PROGRAM |
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Day 1: Monday, June 1, 2026 |
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8:55 |
Opening remarks |
9:00 |
AI in Oils and Fats Industries, Dr. Wim De Greyt, Desmet, Belgium |
Session 1: OILSEED EXTRACTION and PROTEIN PROCESSING |
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9:30 |
Oil Seed Preparation and Dehulling, Mr. Kevin Jobling, Europa Crown, U.K. |
10:00 |
CPM Monarc Clean Oilseed Processing™; Mr. Kevin Shadlock, CPM Crown Iron Works, U.K. |
10:30 |
Coffee/Tea Break |
11:00 |
Protein Concentrates and significant synergies when incorporating with Monarc, Mr. Kevin Shadlock, CPM Crown Iron Works, U.K. |
Session 2: FUNDAMENTALS OF EDIBLE OIL PROCESSING & MODIFICATION |
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11:30 |
Review of Degumming and Refining Technologies, Mr. Andrew Logan, Alfa Laval, Denmark |
12:00 |
GEA Advanced Degumming with Enzymes: when Sustainability meets Efficiency , Mr. Patrick Schürmann, GEA Westfalia Separator Group, Germany |
12:30 |
Lunch Break |
14:00 |
Review of Edible Oil Refining Separator and Decanter Processes, Mr. Patrick Schürmann, GEA Westfalia Separator Group, Germany |
14:30 |
New Significant Innovation in Oil Refining, Mr. Benjamin Sleiman, CPM Crown, the Netherlands |
15:00 |
Filtration of Edible Oils: Options, Optimization, and Economy, Mr. Bart Scholten, Envirogen Group, The Netherlands |
15:30 |
Coffee/Tea Break |
16:00 |
Introduction to the Deodorizing Process, Dr. Wim De Greyt, Desmet, Belgium |
16:30 |
Latest Developments in Deodorization to Minimize Heat Induced Contaminants, Mr. Andrew Logan, Alfa Laval, Sweden |
17:00 |
Edible Oil Refining : it is (Not) All about Contaminant Mitigation, Dr. Wim De Greyt, Desmet, Belgium |
Session 3: NEW TECHNIQUES IN OIL PROCESSING AND REFINERY OPTIMIZATION |
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17:30 |
Comparison between Conventional and Newly Developed HVO Pre-treatment Process, Mr. Patrick Schürmann, GEA Westfalia Separator Group, Germany |
18:00 |
End of day 1 |
Day 2: Tuesday, June 2, 2026 |
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Session 3: NEW TECHNIQUES IN OIL PROCESSING AND REFINERY OPTIMIZATION (Cont'd) |
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9:00 |
Fractionation: A Cutting-edge Modification Process for High Value Food Products, Mrs. Veronique Gibon, Artemis Lipids, Belgium |
9:30 |
Conversion of Edible Oils into High Quality Food Products, as Margarines, Shortenings and Other, Mr. Josef Barbi, E.S.E. Intec, U.S.A |
10:00 |
Advancing Measurement Reliability in Edible Oils: Four Critical Challenges Solved, Mr. Yannick Farine, Industry Specialist Vegetable Oils, KROHNE, Belgium |
10:30 |
Coffee/Tea Break |
11:00 |
Innovative Bleaching and Dry Degumming, Dr. Stefan Neufeld, J. Rettenmaier & Söhne, Germany |
11:30 |
New Developments in Vegetable Oil Bleaching, Mr. Jorge Bello, EP Engineered Clays, U.S.A. |
12:00 |
TD-NMR Combined to Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Process Control, TBC, FIT - Fine Instrument Technology, Brazil |
12:30 |
Lunch Break |
14:00 |
New Pathways for the Production of Renewable Diesel and Sustainable Aviation Fuel, Dr. Roland Verhe, Ghent University, Belgium |
14:30 |
Micronutrients Recovery and Concentration from Deodorizer Vapor/Distillate, Dr. Bent Sarup, Alfa Laval, Denmark |
15:00 |
End of program |