PROGRAMME

SUNDAY, 24 MAY MONDAY, 25 MAY TUESDAY, 26 MAY WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY THURSDAY, 28 MAY

 

MONDAY, 25 MAY

07.45 – 18.00 – Registration

Plenary Session - DESPACHANTES HALL

OPENING SESSION/ KEY-NOTE ADDRESSES
Chair: Stefan Lustig, Brau Holding International, Germany

09.00 – 09.30: L1: Key note 1: Beer and Brewing in Portugal: challenges of the 21st Century
Abecasis, J., President of APCV

09.30 - 10.30:
L2: Promoting the unique contribution made by beer and brewers to Europe
Carceller, D., President of The Brewers of Europe, CEO of Damm Breweries, Spain

10.00 - 10.30: Coffee break

10.30 - 11.00:
L3: Key note: The importance of science for the future of our industry
Besenbacher, F., Chair of the Carlsberg Board

11.00 - 11.30:
L4: Key note: The joint EBC / Euromalt Gushing Project: Results and Outlook
Rath, F., VLB, Berlin, Germany

11.30 - 12.00:
L5: Key note: The crystal ball - Hot topics for the brewing sector
Zufall, C., Cerveceria Polar, Venezuela & Walker, C., Campden BRI, UK

12.00 - 14.00: Lunch

Afternoon Parallel Session 1 -  DESPACHANTES HALL

BENELUX
Chair: Guido Aerts, KU Leuven (Ghent), Belgium

14.00 - 14.30:
L6: Glance at the Future: A New Approach for Accurate and Selective Determination of Vicinal Diketones in Beer via Negative Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry and Selected Ion Flow Tube-Mass Spectrometry
De Clippeleer, J., KU Leuven, Belgium

14.30 - 15.00:
L7: Antigushing effect of hopaid antifoam versus Class 2 hydrophobins: a part of the veil is lifted
Riveros, D., KU Leuven, Belgium

15.00 - 15.30:
L8: The ‘kettle hop aroma’ mystery: Sesquiterpene oxidation products as flavour character impact
Praet, T., KU Leuven, Belgium

15.30 - 16.00:
L9: Polyfunctional thiols and terpenoids potential of new dual hop varieties for late and dry hopping
Kankolongo Cibaka, M., UC Louvain, Belgium

16.00 - 16.30: Coffee break

Afternoon Parallel Session 2 - NOBLE HALL

CENTRAL EUROPE I
Chair: Thomas Becker, TUM Weihenstephan, Germany

14.00 - 14.30:
L10: Predicting filterability using an accurate ß-glucan assay
Kupetz, M., Lehrstuhl für Brau- und Getränketechnologie, Germany

14.30 - 15.00:
L11: A new approach to bacterial identification in a point-of-care format
Koob, J., Research Center Weihenstephan for Brewing and Food Quality, Germany

15.00 - 15.30:
L12: Enzymatic hydrolysis of barley starch as affected by degree of gelatinization
Henke, S., TUM Weihenstephan, Germany

15.30 - 16.00:
L13: Fixed bed process: A faster way to biogas - From spent grains to Energy in 14 days
Haeffner, B., TU-München, Center of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Germany

16.00 - 16.30: Coffee break

Afternoon Parallel Session 3 - AUDITORIUM

SCANDINAVIA/ FINLAND
Chair: Brian Gibson, VTT, Finland

14.00 - 14.30:
L14: Sugar transporters in different strains of lager brewing yeast and their impact on fermentation performance
Magalhães, F., VTT, Finland

14.30 - 15.00:
L15: A particular a-L-arabinofuranosidase, selectively hydrolysing (13)-a-Larabinofuranosyl residues of doubly substituted xylopyranosyl residues in arabinox-ylan-a real booster of mash- and consequently beer filtration
Mauch, A., Novozymes A/S, Denmark

15.00 - 15.30:
L16: Protein thiols and sulfite: Competing or complementary antioxidants in beer?
Lund, M., University of Copenhagen, Denmark

15.30 - 16.00:
L17: Newly-created hybrid lager yeast strains (S. cerevisiae x S. eubayanus) outperform both parents during brewery fermentation
Krogerus, K., VTT, Finland

16.00 - 16.30: Coffee break

Late - Afternoon Supply Chain Plenary Session - DESPACHANTES HALL

Chair: Susan James, SABMiller, UK

16.30 - 17.00:
L18: Sustainable Packaging for Carlsberg
Kreisz, S., Carlsberg, Denmark & France

17.00 - 17.30:
L19: Safety first: our journey
Galvão, M., Central de Cervejas, Portugal

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Founded in 1958 and based in Brussels, The Brewers of Europe is the voice of the European brewing sector to the European institutions and international organisations. Current members are the national brewers’ associations from EU Member States, plus Norway, Switzerland and Turkey.
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