7 & 8 JUNE 2018 FEATURING MORE THAN 90 SPEAKERS INCLUDING: Nicolas Billard Jasper Cuppaidge Steve Hindy Michel Moortgat Frank Boon Leonardo Di Vincenzo Sturlaugur Jón Björnsson Michel Ordeman Mikkel Borg Bjergsø Richard Fuller Katharina Kurz Pavlos Photiades Carlos Brito Cees t Hart Fernanda Meyboom Kevin Verstrepen Escola Superior de Cerveja e Malte VIB-KUL Center for Microbiology/Leuven Institute for Beer Research Founder Vadia Brewery & Brew Pub Brewery Boon Founder and Mikkeller AB InBev Founder and Camden Town Brewery Brewmaster Birra del Borgo Corporate Affairs Director Fuller s Carlsberg Co-founder & Chairman Brooklyn Brewery Brewmaster Jón Björnsson Sturlaugur BRLO Beer Beer Sommelier/Professor Duvel Moortgat Head of Church Jopenkerk Brewery President of The Brewers of Europe & Managing Director Photos Photiades Breweries Professor/Director Programme at a glance subject to change (version dated May 28, 2018)
PLENARY Gold Hall Level 0 (Delvaux Entrance) Copper Hall Level 0 9:45 AM Welcome & official opening Pavlos Photiades President of The Brewers of Europe & Managing Director - Photos Photiades Breweries 10:00 AM Increasing the value of beer Mikkel Borg Bjergsø Founder and - Mikkeller 10:20 AM The craft beer revolution is going global Steve Hindy Co-founder & Chairman - Brooklyn Brewery 10:40 AM The renaissance of beer: managing growth and authenticity Olly Wehring (Moderator) Managing Editor - Just Drinks Katharina Kurz - BRLO Beer Jasper Cuppaidge Founder and - Camden Town Brewery Eduardo Riaza Director & master brewer - Cerveza Goose Frank Boon - Brewery Boon 3:20 PM Small Brewing, Big Impact Michel Ordeman Head of Church - Jopenkerk Brewery 3:40 PM 13 years of driving growth : an interview with Carlos Brito, of AB InBev Carlos Brito - ABInBev 4:00 PM Key dynamics in the beer sector: the impact of international and new brewers Olly Wehring (Moderator) Managing Editor - Just Drinks Willem van Waesberghe Global Master Brewer - Heineken Alexandros Kouris Owner and - Cyclades Microbrewery Benet Fité Director of Quality - Mahou San Miguel 11:00 AM From 1970 to 2020: fifty years of misreading consumer preferences Tim Webb Co-author and Executive Member - World Atlas of Beer -The Pocket Beer Book - EBCU 11:30 AM Fermenting the figures, tapping into key categories and what is brewing on the horizon Spiros Malandrakis Head of Alcoholic Drinks Euromonitor International 11:50 AM The future of beer Tim Webb (Moderator) Co-author and Executive Member - World Atlas of Beer -The Pocket Beer Book - EBCU Mathieu Duyck - Brasserie Duyck Cees t Hart - Carlsberg Michel Moortgat - Duvel Moortgat Grant Caunter Global Manager Craft and Variety - Heineken
BREWING & BEER QUALITY Gold Hall Level 0 (Delvaux Entrance) 1:20 PM Using state-of-the-art systems biology to generate superior beer yeasts Kevin Verstrepen Professor VIB - KU Leuven for Microbiology and Director Leuven Institute for Beer Research 1:20 PM Innovations in centrifugation - Studio 213-215 (level 2) Fernando Jimenez Global Sales Brewery & Beverage - Alfa Laval 2:00 PM Hops - facts, figures and flavours of the green gold Christina Schönberger Technical Manager - Barth-Haas Hops Academy 2:25 PM Yeast solutions today & practical brewing tips Copper Hall Level 0 9:00 AM Trappist Beer Philippe Henroz - Brasserie Orval 9:40 AM Cara malts vs kilned malts Bruno Bonacchelli Co-owner Brasse&Vous Brewery 10:05 AM Brewing with various raw materials a technical challenge? Frédérique Harmegnies R&D Manager Meura 2:00 PM Simple methods for craft brewers to preserve aroma Peter Bouckaert Co-owner & Brewmaster Purpose Brewing and Cellars 2:40 PM The craftmanship of brewing ale & lager Stefan Hanke Chief Brewmaster Pilot Brewery - Bitburger Roger Ryman Brewing Director - St. Austell Brewery Vojtech Homolka Brew Master - Pilsner Urquell 3:40 PM Alcohol free beer market & dealcoholization technologies Martin Jörg Sales & Project Manager - Centec
MARKETS & INNOVATION Hall 100 Level 1 1:20 PM Small Breweries: How to grow and stay small Sam Holloway President - Crafting A Strategy 1:30 PM Global trends in beer consumption and production Johan Swinnen Professor Economics KULeuven and President Beeronomics Society 2:00 PM Growth and value creation in the beer business Sam Holloway (Moderator) President Crafting A Strategy Nicolas Billard Co-founder and Head Brewer at Vadia Brewery&Brewpub - Vadia Brewery & Brew Pub Leonardo Di Vincenzo Brewmaster - Birra del Borgo Richard Fuller Corporate Affairs Director - Fuller s Grant Caunter Global Manager Craft and Variety, Heineken Hall 100 Level 1 2:00 PM Crowd funding your brewery - Studio 213-215 (level 2) Erwin Vanmol General Manager Vrijstaat Vanmol Brewing André Janssens General Manager Hof ten Dormaal Anke Frencken Country Manager Belgium Ulule Peter De Bruyne Business development manager KBC - Bolero Crowdfunding 9:00 AM What s your strategy for authenticity? Krishan Maudgal (Moderator) Managing Director - Maudgal International Johan Van Dyck Founder - Antwerp Brewing Company Susanne Hecht Beersommelière and Sales Director National and International - Schneider Weisse 9:40 AM No alcohol and low alcohol: product innovations and forecasts of a fast growing product category - Hall 400 (level 4) Sam Holloway (Moderator) President Crafting A Strategy Yiannis Evokiadis Global Manager Low & No Alcohol - Heineken Ronald van de Streek Founder & General Manager, vandestreek bier Spiros Malandrakis Head of Alcoholic Drinks Euromonitor International 9:40 AM Brand & Products - Stories & Styles Hugo Hanselmann (Moderator) Founder & HuHeHa Grant McKenzie Director Marketing and Strategy - Asahi Breweries Europe Giovanni Campari Brew Master and Co-Founder Birrificio del Ducato 2:00 PM Start local, go global Vincent Bayer (Moderator) Agency Director - Agency Director Sopexa Benelux Steve Parr Export Development Program Manager - Brewers Association Krishan Maudgal Managing Director Maudgal International 2:40 PM Consumer oriented innovations that might drasticly impact your business Hugo Hanselmann (Moderator) Founder & - HuHeHa Karim Choueiri Co Founder and - HiKaMi Digital Edwin Blom - MiniBrew Ricardo Texeira General Manager & Co-founder - Virtusai Andrew Reeve and Founder - Honestbrew
BREWPUB & FOOD PAIRING Hall 400 Level 4 Hall 400 Level 4 1:20 PM Making Sense of Taste Peter Klosse Founder - Academy for Gastronomy 2:00 PM New Culinary delights made with brewery products Henri Reuchlin (Moderator) Coordinator - StiBON Beer Education Selma Seddik Co-founder - Instock Bernard Sironval Co-founder - OTOMAT Heavenly Pizza Karl Zuser Junior Beer Sommelier - Biergasthof Riedberg 9:00 AM Building a brewpub Luc De Raedemaeker (Moderator) Director Brussels Beer Challenge - Chief editor Bier Grand Cru - International Bier Sommelier - Co author Belgian Beer Book Vasja Golar - Bevog 2:00 PM Better beer sells better André Thix Group Sales Manager - Micro Matic 2:40 PM Beer & Food Pairing Pat Fahey (Moderator) Content Director - Cicerone Marco Philipsen General Manager - Mitra Retail Daiane Colla Beer Sommelier - Comer, Beber, Harmonizar Fernanda Meyboom Beer Sommelier/Professor - Escola Superior de Cerveja e Malte
CHANGING CONSUMER & SOCIETAL NEEDS Studio 213-215 9:00 AM Showing the natural beauty of beer: how labelling and packaging can help you do it Dr Allison Dunne (Moderator) Business Consultant, GfK Social and Strategic Research Lene Bech Chair EBC Analysis Group and Senior Laboratory & Regulatory Manager - Carlsberg Breweries A/S 9:40 AM Beer s untapped potential: the growing consumer appetite for environmentally-friendly products Jan van der Kaaij (Moderator) Co-Founder and Managing Partner - Finch & Beak Peter Johannes Wutte Energy and Project Manager - Göss Brewery Eskild Andersen Group Environmental Manager - Carlsberg Gabriela Maria Straka Director Corporate Affairs & CSR - Diplom Beersommeliere - Brau Union Österreich Adeline Farrelly Secretary General - FEVE (European Container Glass Federation) 2:00 PM Time to team up: stop reinventing the wheel Cees-Jan Adema (Moderator) General Manager - Dutch Brewers Association David Castro President - AECAI (Asociación Española de Cerveceros Artesanos Independientes) Mike Benner President - Society of Independent Brewers Ana Perdomo-Spinola - Cervecera Casasola 2:40 PM Making beer the number one choice David Cunningham Programme Director - There s a beer for that Cees-Jan Adema General Manater Dutch Brewers Association Floor van Aerde Communications Manager - Dutch Brewers Association Jeroen Welten Founder - Van Bieren Kathryn D Arcy Corporate Affairs Director - Heineken Ireland 3:40 PM The market of gluten-free beer Theo Wijsman Product Application Expert for Beverages - DSM Food Specialties
EBC SYMPOSIUM: FILTRATION Studio 211-212 Level 2 Studio 211-212 Level 2 1:20 PM Welcome and introduction Tiago Brandao President - European Brewery Convention 1:25 PM Filtration in Brewery Supply Chain Stefan Lustig Supply Chain Expert 2:00 PM Cross-flow filtration: future developments and current solutions Carsten Zufall (Moderator) Corporate Head of Technology & Innovation - Cerveceria Polar Wolf-Dietrich Herberg Head of filtration - GEA Rod White Assistant Professor - University of Nottingham - School of Biosciences Stefan Lustig Supply Chain Expert 9:00 AM Important factors in precoat filtration with alternative filter aids Jörg Zacharias Technical Expert Process - Technology Corporate R&D - Krones 9:40 AM Filtration and traditional beers Steve Livens (Moderator) Policy Manager, Product Assurance & Supply Chain British Beer & Pub Sturlaugur Jón Björnsson Brewmaster - Olgerdin Roger Ryman Brewing Director - St. Austell Brewery 2:00 PM Depth filtration during beer production Dr Jürgen Ebert Docent - Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW 2:40 PM The future of filtration Carsten Zufall (Moderator) Corporate Head of Technology & Innovation - Cerveceria Polar Reiner Gaub Business Manager Beer Emerging Countries - Pall Life Sciences Pierre Adam Global Brewing Process Development Specialist - ABInbev Gert De Rouck Brew Master, KULeuven Esko Pajunen Former President EBC 3:25 PM Closing & conclusions from the EBC Symposium 2018 Tiago Brandao President European Brewery Convention
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