test | VLB Berlin

Tuesday, March 10

Hops Quo Vadis? Realignment of hop cultivation for the future

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

Brewery technology: On the way to more sustainable production

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)

Introduction to Plant visits to MEG and Krostitzer

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)

Evening Program

20.00

Get-together with beer & buffet

WESTIN Hotel

0.00

End of the event

* Presentation in German – simultaneous translation will be provided

Wednesday, March 11

The challenge of product safety and risk management

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

Trends in filling and inspection technology in the brewing and beverage industry

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

Barley and other brewing cereals

World barley trade / growth regions

Botanics

Chemical composition / chemistry of sugars, proteins, glucans and other main components

Evaluation of quality

Malting barley varieties / breeding

Pests and diseases / mycotoxins

Enzymes

Malting technology

Storage of barley and malt

Steeping technology

Germination technology

Kilning technology

Production of different malt types

Production of special malts

Influence of malt house equipment on malt quality / classical and modern malting systems

Small scale malting and malting systems

Characteristics and chemical composition of cereals used in brewing

Equipment for micro maltings

Quality aspects

Barley analysis

Malt specifications and malt analysis

Assessment of quality parameters

All lessons will be held as live video conference in English at Berlin local time.

Monday

Schedule Monday

10:00 – 10:30

MMO Introduction LMS/ gotomeeting

10:30 – 11:30

MMO Introduction and Presentation of VLB

12:00 – 13:30

MMO Malting Technology; Cleaning grading Storage

14:00 – 15:30

MMO Raw Materials; Barley & Adjuncts

Tuesday

Schedule Tuesday

10:00 – 11:30

MMO Malting Technology; Steeping

12:30 – 13:30

MMO Malting Technology; Steeping

14:00 – 15:30

MMO Malting Technology; Germination

Wednesday

Schedule Wednesday

10:00 – 11:30

MMO Malting Plantequipment

12:30 – 13:30

MMO Malting Plantequipment

14:00 – 15:30

MMO Malting Technology; Germination

Thursday

Schedule Thursday

10:00 – 11:30

MMO Barley- & Maltanalysis in Theory

12:30 – 13:30

MMO Malting Technology; Germination

14:00 – 15:30

MMO Malting Technology; Kilning

Friday

Schedule Friday

10:00 – 11:30

MMO Malting Technology; Kilning

12:30 – 13:30

MMO Experiences in smal scale Malting

14:00 – 15:30

MMO Malting Technology; Special malts

Schedule Micro Malting Online

Monday, May 11

10:00 – 10:30

Introduction LMS/ gotomeeting

10:30 – 11:30

Introduction and Presentation of VLB

12:00 – 13:30

Malting Technology; Cleaning grading Storage

14:00 – 15:30

Raw Materials; Barley & Adjuncts

Tuesday, May 12

10:00 – 11:30

Malting Technology; Steeping

12:30 – 13:30

Malting Technology; Steeping

14:00 – 15:30

Malting Technology; Germination

Wednesday, May 13

10:00 – 11:30

Malting Plantequipment

12:30 – 13:30

Malting Plantequipment

14:00 – 15:30

Malting Technology; Germination

Thursday, May 14

10:00 – 11:30

Barley- & Maltanalysis in Theory

12:30 – 13:30

Malting Technology; Germination

14:00 – 15:30

Malting Technology; Kilning

Friday, May 15

10:00 – 11:30

Malting Technology; Kilning

12:30 – 13:30

Experiences in smal scale Malting

14:00 – 15:30

Malting Technology; Special malts

Tuesay

X

Horizontal menu