Chair: Dr. Martin Biendl (Hallertauer Hopfenveredelung GmbH)

8.45

Influence of climate change on German hop cultivation*

Dr. Adrian Forster (HVG Hopfenverwertungs-genossenschaft, Wolnzach)

9.20

What is already going on in the hop sector to face the global and also political climate change?*

Walter König (Gesellschaft für Hopfenforschung, Wolnzach)

10.00

Coffee break with exhibition

10.45

Plant protection and sustainability in hop industry*

Dr. Reinhold Kugel (BarthHaas, Nürnberg)

11.20

Hop growing for a modern and sustainable hop industry*

Alexander Feiner (Simon H. Steiner, Hopfen, Mainburg)

12.00

Lunch break with exhibition

Vorsitz: Wolfgang Janssen (Radeberger Gruppe)

13.15

Filter cartridges in a new look: precoat filtration with compressible filter aid successfully implemented*

Peter Gattermayer (Krones)

13.50

Energy management yesterday and today – from data cemetery to fingerprint*

Bernd Franzmann (Karlsberg Brauerei)

14.25

Concept for a sustainable brewery – energy and technology*

Dr. Rudolf Michel (GEA Brewery Systems, Kitzingen)

15.00

Presentation of Schwarz Produktion (Mitteldeutsche Erfrischungsgetränke)*

Thomas Schwindt (Schwarz Produktion - MEG)

15.15

Presentation of the Krostitzer Brewery – a company of the Radeberger Group*

Arnd-Henning Böttrich (Krostitzer Brauerei)

16.00

Start: bus transfer to the visits MEG – Leisslinger Mineralbrunnen, Weißenfels, and Krostitzer Brewery (incl. bus transfer back to the Westin Hotel)

20.00

Get-together with beer & buffet

WESTIN Hotel

0.00

End of the event

Chair: Dr. Mike Eberle (Rotkäppchen-Mumm Sektkellereien GmbH)

8.40

In practice: product safety – crisis management*

Prof. Dr. Alfred Hagen Meyer (meyer.rechtsanwalts GmbH, München)

9.30

News from the IFS Food certification*

Prof. Dr. Bernd Lindemann (Hochschule Geisenheim)

10.05

Food safety from the plant manager's perspective*

Dr. Stefan Lustig (Efes)

10.40

Coffee break with exhibition

Chair: Dr. Mike Eberle (Rotkäppchen-Mumm Sektkellereien GmbH)

11.15

10 years of VLB performance certification for empty bottle inspection machines – a balance!*

Dr. Georg Wenk (VLB Berlin)

11.50

Full bottle inspection in the beverage industry – state of the art, challenges and requirements for food safety*

Patrick Lexis (Gerolsteiner)

12.25

Lunch break with exhibition

13.15

360°-inspection of roll-on closures using the example of Rotkäppchen-Mumm Sektkellereien*

Anton Diehl (Heuft Systemtechnik, Burgbrohl) / Tobias Rost (Rotkäppchen-Mumm Sektkellereien, Freyburg)

13.50

The PET cycle in the beverage industry*

Thomas Schwindt (Schwarz Produktion - MEG)

14.25

Improving the availability of the bottling plant in the Hartmannsdorf Brewery by using digital home remedies

Christian Rudolf (IoT-Plan, Dresden)

14.55

Closing remarks

15.00

End of convention

9.00

Welcome and introduction to the 2nd Africa Brewing Conference

Roberto Biurrun (VLB Berlin)

9.15

VLB: Resume of international activities in 2019 and perspective in 2020

Josef Fontaine (VLB Berlin)

9.30

Current developments and prospects of the beer markets in Mozambique and Sub-Saharan Africa

Rivoningo Hlophe (Euromonitor)

10.00

Coffee break with technical exhibition

10.45

“African Beer”, an overview of brewing with alternative starches in Africa

Petr Vesely, AB-Inbev

11.15

Supply chain, prospects and challenges of cassava starch to brewing industries in Nigeria

Okeoghene Sike-Ezo

11.45

“The Cassava Revolution”

Hubert van Melick , DADTCO Philafrica

12.15

Enzymatic solutions for a more sustainable brewing supply chain, using locally sourced raw materials

Darren Stegmann & Jannik Munksgaard, DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences

12.45

From leaf to special products – Various aspects of the resulting beer

Frank Peifer, Hopsteiner

13.15

Lunch break

14.30

Processing of a wider range of raw materials

Mario Allendörfer (Ziemann Holvrieka)

15.00

Mash Filter vs. Lauter Tun: Aspects regarding flexibility

Roberto Biurrun (VLB Berlin)

15.30

“Are Easy to use (E2U) Active dry yeast a sustainable and flexible solution?”

Andrew De Groot (Fermentis)

16.00

Coffee break with technical exhibition

16.45

Phoebus – The New Membrane Filter Technology. Alternative Filter Aid – The use with existing Candle Filters

(Krones)

17.15

Kieselguhr or Cross Flow-Membrane Filtration. What is your choice?

Marc Eckert (Bucher Unipektin)

18.00

Get-together

Foyer Conference Hall

21.00

End of the Event

12:00

Sitzung des Fachausschusses Logistik des Betriebswirtschaftlichen Ausschusses (BWA) der VLB Berlin (auf besondere Einladung)

18.30

Gemeinsames Get-together der Mitglieder des BWA sowie der Tagungsteilnehmer im Ausstellungsbereich (Ballsaal 1)

23:30

Ende Get-together

Vorsitz: Michael Kappesser (Getränke Schneider GmbH)

9:00

Begrüßung & Einführung

Dr. Josef Fontaine (VLB Berlin)

9:15

Key-Note: Die Zukunft der Digitalisierung in der Logistik

Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Bogdan Fraczyk (Universität Leipzig - Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik)

10:00

Kaffeepause & Fachausstellung

11:00

Inventur per Drohne - Was heute schon geht und morgen möglich wird?

Maik Schockenhoff & Benjamin Federmann  (doks. Innovation GmbH)

11:35

KI und Machine-Learning zur Objekterkennung beim Leerguthandling

Bernd Lämmel (Geuterbrück GmbH)

12:10

FTS-Einsatz in der Getränkeindustrie

Siegfried Hirschmann (BHS)

12:45

Mittagspause & Fachausstellung

14:00

Möglichkeiten Ladeeinheitensicherung mit Folien

Martin Haake (Megaplast Verpackungsinnovationen GmbH)

14:15

Reducing Transport Damage and Improving Brand Image by Actually Implementing Effective Wrapping Standards.

Ben De Koning (Lantech)

14:35

Möglichkeiten der VLB-Motionbase

Norbert Heyer & Christian Raschke (VLB Berlin)

14:50

Nachhaltigkeit und Digitalisierung in der Ladegut-Sicherung

Matthias König (allsafe GmbH & Co KG)

15:05

Aktuelles bei Fahrzeugaufbauten

Herr Marian (Berger Fahrzeugtechnik Ges.m.b.H)

Besichtigungen bei Amazon-Logistics, Porsche-Werk, Flughafen Leipzig, Sternburg Brauerei

15:30

Abfahrt der Busse

16:00

Besichtigungen bei Amazon-Logistics, Porsche-Werk, Flughafen Leipzig, Sternburg Brauerei

Begrüßungsabend

19:30-0:00

Begrüßungsabend im Hopfenspeicher, Leipzig

Vorsitz: John A. Eke (exxent Consulting)

9:00

Begrüßung & Einführung

9:10

Onlinebestell- und Express-Liefergeschäft - Dicht am Kunden

Maximilian Illers (durstexpress)

9:40

Moderne Geschäftsprozesse im GFGH

Mirco Jacob (Getränke Pfeifer Holding)

10:10

Kaffeepause & Fachausstellung

11:00

Aktueller Stand VLB-AK Leergutmanagement

 Dr. Josef Fontaine (VLB Berlin)

11:10

Aktueller Stand VLB-AK Leergutmanagement

Stefan Brass (Bitburger Brau Gruppe)

11:25

Leergut-Stammdaten und Referenzprozesse zur Leergutbestandserfassung

Kay Liebsch (Trinks)

11:40

GTINS für Poolflaschen

Ingo Pankoke (VLB Berlin)

11:50

Kurze Pause

12:20

Stammdatenmanagement in der Getränkebranche

Wolfram Scholz (GEDAT Getränkedaten GmbH)

12:45

Leergutrücknahmeautomat – Möglichkeiten und Chancen durch die Digitalisierung für die verschiedenen Stakeholder

Frank Höhler (Tomra Systems GmbH)

13:15

Zukunft des Mehrwegsystems aus Sicht des LEH

Walter Steffens (REWE-Group)

13:45

Lunch & Ende der Tagung

Chairman: Burghard Meyer (VLB Berlin)

10:15

From grain to malt – an overview of malting
The technological process steps from steeping over germination to kilning are explained. Alongside, the required parameters to control these steps, in order to achieve the desired malt composition, are discussed. Another focus is made on what is happening inside the grain during malting. The equipment used in malthouses and the way it is run, also is being shown.

Mick Holewa (VLB Berlin)

11:00

Weyermann® Specialty Malts for craft brewers – New trends in malting

Axel Jany (Weyermann Speciality Malt)

11:35

A Malt Analyses – Analytics, Results and Conclusions
Assessing barley quality for use in malting / Technical and legal requirements for malt / Determining malt quality for brewhouse use

Chris Bergtholdt (VLB Berlin)

12:20

Lunch break

Chairman: Burghard Meyer (VLB Berlin)

13:30

Brewhouse work: Wort boiling and quality parameters
Aims of boiling / understanding quality parameters / influence on quality parameters by different boiling systems used in micro breweries

Burghard Meyer (VLB Berlin)

14:15

Brewing dark lagers “By the book"
Horst Dornbusch and Thomas Kraus-Weyermann have published the book “Dark Lagers – History, Mystery, Brewing Techniques and Recipes” last year. Horst presents some insights from this comprehensive work.

Host Dornbusch (Cerevisia Communications)

14:50

Studies on New England IPA
How to produce a NEIPA: basical recipe / Analytical results and experiences of Hopsteiner NEIPAs / Investigation of 12 commercial NEIPAs

Frank Peiffer (Hopsteiner)

15:25

Coffee & beer break

16:00

Active dry yeast (ADY) and the world of taste & pleasure

Olivier Caille (Fermentis)

16:35

Developments in the Swedish craft beer scene and the story of Sahlins Brygghus
Erik is founder and brewmaser of Sahlins Brygghus. Located in Central Sweden, he started the brewery as part of a farm in 2015. He will share with us some insights into the lively craft brewing scene in Sweden as well as an introduction of his concept of combining a traditional farm with a brewery and tourism.

Erik Sahlin (Sahlins Brygghus)

17:10

Possible ways to produce non-alcoholic beer – also in small scale
Since there is a growing number of craft brewers introducing their own non-alcoholic beer, this topic is becoming more and more interesting for quite some time. The technological approaches currently available will be focussed: from the production of special wort with reduced fermentability, cold contact procedures or the use of special yeast strains to subsequent de-alcoholisation with special equipment. Reasonable possibilities for small-scale production as well as combinations of different methods are pointed out.

Mick Holewa (VLB Berlin)

17:50

Closing words