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Mideast & Africa

Leadership Council

Ali Habaj

Ali Habaj
Director
Oman Flour Mills

Merzad Jamshidi
Chairman
Global Prime Investment, Inc.

Essa Al Ghurair
Councilman
Al Ghurair Resources, LLC

Abubakar Said Bakhresa
Councilman
Saiid Salim Bakhresa & Company, Ltd.

Kamel Belkhiria
Councilman
La Rose Blanche Group

Bachar Boubess
Councilman
Modern Mills of Lebanon SAL

Hakan Esen
Councilman
Bakery Solution Provider (BSPWorld)

Ian Flagg
Councilman
US Wheat Associates

Walid Ali Mohamed Saeed
Councilman
Alsaeed Trading Company

Martin Schlauri
Councilman
Buhler AG/Switzerland

Nicolas Tsikhlakis
Councilman
The Modern Flour Mills and Macaroni Factories Company

PROGRAM
SAT-SUN, 2-3 NOV
2-DAY SEMINAR ON SILO MANAGEMENT & SAFE GRAIN STORAGE
2 days
08.00 – 17.00
Click here for more information

To register, please email expo@iaom-mea.com.

Diamond Meeting Room, Novotel DWTC
SAT, 2 NOV
Registration Day 1
12.00 – 17.00 Registration/ badge collection Sheikh Rashid Hall, DWTC
SUN, 3 NOV
Registration Day 2
08.00 – 17.00 Registration/ badge collection Sheikh Rashid Hall, DWTC
19.30 – 22.00 WELCOME RECEPTION
Sponsored by
Buhler, Fawema, Sefar
TBC
MON, 4 NOV
Day 1
TUE, 5 NOV
Day 2
WED, 6 NOV
Day 3
09.00 – 16.00 EXPO 09.00 – 16.00 EXPO 09.00 – 16.00 EXPO
09.00 – 09.05 OPENING SPEECH
Essa Al Ghurair
Conference Chairman of IAOM MEA 2019 | Chairman, Essa Al Ghurair Investment (UAE)
09.00 – 09.20 INSECT PROTEIN – A NEW SOURCE FOR ANIMAL NUTRITION
Susanne Steghoefer
Animal Nutrition Expert, Bühler (UAE)
09.00 – 09.20 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GRAIN STORAGE AND STORAGE SYSTEMS
Alberto Baena
Sales Director, Symaga (Spain)
09.05 – 09.10 WELCOME SPEECH
Ali Habaj
Regional Director of IAOM MEA
Director, Sohar Flour Mills (Oman)
09.20 – 09.40 FEED MILLING
TECHNOLOGY & TRENDS 2
TBC
09.20 – 09.40 ATTA FLOUR VS WHOLE FLOUR- SPECIFIC PROPERTIES AND DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRODUCTION
Peter Striegl
Head of Business Development, Bühler (UAE)
09:10 – 09:15 IAOM MEA REGIONAL LEADER AWARDEE
Nicolas Tsikhlakis
CEO & Vice Chairman, Modern Flour Mills & Macaroni Factories (Jordan)
09.40 – 10.00 CONTROL OF PATHOGENS IN BY-PRODUCTS-A HOLISTIC APPROACH
Susanne Steghoefer
Animal Nutrition Expert, Bühler (UAE)
09.40 – 10.00 FLOUR TECHNOLOGY
Mohib Ahmed Khan
General Manager, Atyab Foodtech (Oman)
09.15 – 10.15 PANEL DISCUSSION
“What’s Ahead in 2020: The Strategy and Thinking From the World’s Largest Grain Traders”

Djamal Djouhri
CEO, Al Ghurair Resources International

Eduardo Doyhambehere
Vice President Distribution Middle East & Africa, Bunge

Michel Meyer
Middle East & Africa Manager – Grains & Oilseeds, Cargill

Bas van Hoorn
Global Trading Manager, Grains Department, Glencore Agriculture

Don Campbell
General Manager – International, GrainCorp

Pedro Nonay
Head, Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) Region and Regional Head of Grains for EMEA, Louis Dreyfus Company

10.00 – 10.20 FEED MILLING
TECHNOLOGY & TRENDS 4
TBC
10.00 – 10.05 PANEL Q&A
Moderated by Tarik Gahi
Milling and Baking Technologist, US Wheat Associates (Morocco)
10.15 – 10.30 Q&A
Moderated by Dan Basse
President & Founder
AgResource Co (USA)
10:20 – 10.25 PANEL Q&A 10.05 – 10.45 COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING
10.30 – 11.30 COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING
Sponsored by
Copenhagen Merchants
10.25 – 11.00 COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING
Sponsored by
Alapala
10.45 – 11.15 TRANSPARENCY AND TRACEABILITY ARE KEY TO FEEDING THE GLOBAL POPULATION – BLOCKCHAIN AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES ARE THE ENABLERS
Stuart Bashford
Digital Officer, Bühler (Switzerland)
11.30 – 11.50 DIGITALIZATION- HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WILL IMPROVE PLANT PERFORMANCE
Gernot Ruppert
Product Manager, Bühler (UAE)
11.00 – 11.15 BALTIC SEA MARKET OUTLOOK
Indrek Aigro
Broker for Grains, Copenhagen Merchants (Estonia)
11.15 – 11.30 FORCE MAJEURE – CAN I WALK AWAY FROM MY CONTRACT?
Michael Swangard
Partner, Clyde & Co LLP (UK)
11.50 – 12.10 DIFFERENT IMPROVERS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON BAKING
Shwetha Singh
Junior Manager R&D Flour, IFFCO (UAE)
11.15 – 11.30 FRENCH MARKET OUTLOOK
Francois Gatel
Director, France Export Cereales (France)
11.30 – 12.00 THE RISK OF CLIMATE IN A WORLD AWASH IN WHEAT
Dan Basse
President & Founder
AgResource Co (USA)
12.10 – 12.30 IMPROVEMENT OF FLAT BREAD PROCESSING AND QUALITY BY ENZYMES
Dr Lutz Popper
Head of Research & Development, SternEnzym GmbH & Co. KG (Germany)
11.30 – 11.45 US MARKET OUTLOOK
Ian Flagg
Regional VP Europe & MENA, US Wheat Associates, Inc. (Netherlands)
12.00 – 12.05 PANEL Q&A
Moderated by Dan Basse
President & Founder
AgResource Co (USA)
12.30 – 12.35 PANEL Q&A
Moderated by Tarik Gahi
Milling and Baking Technologist, US Wheat Associates (Morocco)
11.45 – 12.00 AUSTRALIAN MARKET OUTLOOK
Don Campbell
General Manager of International, GrainCorp (Australia)
12.05 – 12.50 PANEL DISCUSSION
“Next-Gen Millers: Challenges & Opportunities for Family Companies”

Dr Hisham El-Agamy
Executive Director, IMD (Switzerland)

Bachar Boubess
Owner & CEO, Modern Mills of Lebanon

Karim Boubess
COO, Modern Mills of Lebanon

Essa Al Ghurair
Chairman, Essa Al Ghurair Investment (UAE)

Omar Al Ghurair
General Manager, Essa Al Ghurair (UAE)

12.35 – 13.30 LUNCH
Sponsored by
Alapala
12.00 – 12.15 BLACK SEA MARKET OUTLOOK
Sebastien Thilmany
Trader, Ameropa (Switzerland)
12.50 – 13.00 PANEL Q&A
13.30 – 13.40 NEW GENERATION WEIGHING SYSTEMS DURA-TEC
Milan Shah
Technical Director, Alapala Machine Industry & Trade Inc. (Turkey)
12.15 – 12.30 CANADIAN WHEAT MARKET OUTLOOK
Johny Boerjan
VP Technical Governance
SGS Group Management SA (Switzerland)
13.00 – 13.05 CLOSING SPEECH
13.40 – 13.50 BÜHLER NEW CLEANING PORTFOLIO- NO COMPROMISE IN GRAIN CLEANING
Peter Striegl
Head of Business Development, Bühler (UAE)
12.30 – 12.35 PANEL Q&A
Moderated by Dan Basse
President & Founder
AgResource Co (USA)
13.05 – 13.10 ANNOUNCEMENT OF
IAOM MEA 2020
13.50 – 14.00 TOXI-SCRUB™ A NEW PROCESSING LINE TO REMOVE MYCOTOXINS
Peer Hansen
Biochemist, Sales&Marketing, Eye-Grain Aps (Denmark)
12.35 – 13.30 LUNCH
Sponsored by
GrainCorp
13.10 – 14.30 LUNCH
Sponsored by
Al Ghurair Resources International
14.00 – 14.10 ANALYTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF GLUTEN & GLUTEN FREE RAW MATERIALS
Jessica Wiertz
Head of Food Application Laboratory, Brabender GmbH & Co. KG (Germany)
13.30 – 13.40 THE MILLING REVOLUTION
Pietro Barbalarga
Commercial Director, Omas SRL (Italy)
14.10 – 14.20 SILO MANAGER SM2010S
Tobias Diener
CEO, Agromatic AG (Switzerland)
13.40 – 13.50 THE FOOD SAFETY AND HYGIENE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Martin Ellegast
CEO, Wingmengroup (Switzerland)
14.20 – 14.30 NEW IMPROVED SYSTEM FOR GLUTEN TESTING
Martin Hallin
Product Manager – Rheology, Perten Instruments AB (Sweden)
13.50 – 14.00 HOW CAN AN INTELLIGENT MILL BUILDING DESIGN REDUCE OPERATIONAL COST?
Wim Delameilleure
Sales Area Manager, SCE – Silo Construction & Engineering (Belgium)
14.30 – 14.40 INTELLIGENT MILLING SYSTEMS
Peter Marriott
Sales Manager, Henry Simon (UK)
14.00 – 14.10 KPI FOR ULTIMATE FEED PLANT PERFORMANCE
Elias El Cheikh
Regional Area Sales Manager, Bühler (UAE)
14.40 – 14.50 NEW OPTICAL FLUTING TEST 2.0
David Balaguer
Sales Director, Fundiciones Balaguer SA (Spain)
14.10 – 14.20 THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING THE TOTAL COST OF OPERATION
Renato Dall’agata
Engineering & Energy Director, Fava S.P.A.(Italy)
14.50 – 16.00 COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING
Sponsored by
Copenhagen Merchants
14.20 – 14.30 CONSUMERS NO LONGER LOOK SOLELY AT TASTE OR PRICE, BUT ALSO AT THE EFFECTS DIFFERENT PRODUCTS CAN HAVE ON THEIR HEALTH
Biagio Sala
Food Business Development, Anselmo Impianti S.R.L. (Italy)
19.30 – 22.30 TRADERS’ COCKTAIL DINNER
Sponsored by
Ameropa, Bunge, Cargill, Glencore, Invivo Trading
14.30 – 14.40 PRACTICAL STORAGE AND RECLAIM CONSIDERATIONS FOR HIGH PROTEIN BULK MATERIALS
John Koorn
International Sales Manager, Laidig Systems Inc (USA)
14.40 – 14.50 SUSTAINABILITY OF PACKAGING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF MACHINE PRODUCERS
Christian Helwig
Area Sales Manager, Rovema GmbH (Germany)
14.50 – 16.00 COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING
Sponsored by
Alapala
DISCLAIMER: The organizers reserve the right to delete, modify or alter items from the program or to delete, modify or alter any aspect of the conference timetabling and delivery at their sole discretion and without notice. Neither the host organization nor the meeting organizers will accept any liability for any loss or inconvenience caused to any party consequent to such changes.


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Fax: +968 2439 8748
Email: info@iaom-mea.com
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