PROGRAM
Day 1: Monday, March 11, 2019
8:55 am	Opening remarks
9:00 am	Chemistry & Processing of Oils & Fats, Dr. Ignace Debruyne, ID&A, Belgium
OILSEED PROCESSING
9:45 am	Critical Issues in Oil Seed Preparation and Meal Post-Processing, Mr. Mario Puente, E.S.E. & Intec, Mexico
10:30 am	Coffee/Tea Break
11:00 am	Energy Recovery Optimization in Preparation Plants, Mr. Mohamed Abid, Solex Thermal Science Inc., Canada
11:30 am	Innovations on Extraction, DTDC and Distillation, Mr. Haskell G. Cooke, CPM Europa Crown Iron Works, Mexico
12:00 n	How a Large Reflex Extractor can Obtain Low ROC on Soy Flakes/Expandates, Dr. Adolfo Subieta, Desmet Ballestra, U.S.A.
12:30 pm	Lunch Break & Networking
ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND BY-PRODUCT VALORIZATION
2:00 pm	Full-Pressing of Canola and Sunflower Seed with the Two-step Pressing Process, Mrs. Wahi Sarika, HF Press+LipidTech, HF Group, Germany
2:30 pm	Soybean Meal and White Flake Desolventization: Balancing Quality with Solvent Recovery, Mr. Richard Ozer, CPM Crown Iron Works, U.S.A.
3:00 pm	Specialty Extraction of Non-Traditional But Higher Value Products, Mr. Richard Ozer, CPM Crown Iron Works, U.S.A.
3:30 pm	Coffee/Tea Break
OIL PROCESSING
4:00 pm	Critical Parameters in Oil Refining, Mr. Arturo Gonzalez , Alfa Laval, Mexico
4:30 pm	Process Automation and Remote Condition Monitoring for Centrifuges and Plants, Mr. Frank Schöning, GEA Westfalia Separator Group, Germany
5:00 pm	Cold Refining Winterizing Using Centrifuges and Classical Filtration System In Sunflower Oil, Dr. Mario Bernardini, CMB Italy - Technoilogy, Italy
5:30 pm	End of Day 1
6:30 pm	DeSmet Ballestra Mexican office 50-year anniversary Welcome cocktail, Mexican food and Music.
Day 2: Tuesday, March 12, 2019
9:00 am	How to Mitigate 3MCPDs and DGs in Palm in Running Plants Today, Mr. Arturo Gonzalez , Alfa Laval, Mexico
9:30 am	Deodoriser - Conceptual design vs Process Goals, Mr. Serge Ghion, Desmet Ballestra Peru, Peru
10:00 am	Vacuum Systems in Edible Oil Processing, Mr. Hernan Algarra, Croll Reynolds, U.S.A.
10:30 am	Coffee/Tea Break
11:00 am	Oil Filtration and Problem in Vertical Filters and How to Avoid Them, Mr. Bruno Reis de Oliveira Silva, Hollbras Filtros e Equipamentos, Brazil
11:30 am	Deodorizer Design in Refineries, Mr. Hernan Paredes, CPM Crown Iron Works, Honduras
12:00 n	Lunch Break
BLEACHING SPECIAL
1:00 pm	Oil Bleaching and Processing, Mr. Jorge Bello, EP Engineered Clays, Mexico
1:30 pm	How to Turn a Filter into a Fixed Bed Bleaching Reactor, Mr. Rodolfo Ledesma, Rettenmaier Mexico (Derivados Macroquímicos), Mexico
2:00 pm	Use of Select Adsorbents for Waterless Refining Processes, Mr. Hector Javier Arias, Oil-Dri Corp of America, U.S.A.
2:30 pm	Filtration Best Practices: Adequate Selection of Filter Media, Mr. Victor Trevisani, EP Minerals, Brazil
3:00 pm	Coffee/Tea Break
OIL PROCESSING (cont'd)
3:30 pm	Improving CPO Quality and Mitigation Strategies for Oil Mills to Avoid 3-MCPD’S Esters, Mr. Frank Schöning, GEA Westfalia Separator Group, Germany
4:00 pm	Enzymatic Interesterification for Speciality Lipids and Lipid Components, Mr. Eduardo Marques Meneghetti, Novozymes, Brazil
4:30 pm	Refining Process Improvements Using Cavitation Technology, Mr. Darren Litle, Arisdyne Systems, U.S.A.
5:00 pm	Continuous Fractionation, iConfrac and Fractionation to Obtain Palm Oil Mid Fraction, Mr. León Pablo Espinosa, Desmet Ballestra North America, U.S.A.
PRODUCT QUALITY MANAGEMENT
5:30 pm	Oxidation Mechanism and Quality Management of Oils & Fats During Processing and Use in Frying and Cooking, Dr. Ignace Debruyne, ID&A, Belgium
6:00 pm	End of program
Day 3: Wednesday, March 13, 2019
9:00 am	OIL PLANT VISITS - Indsutrias Gosa sa de cv, Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos, Jalisco (details available shortly)