Western Canadian

The 69^th Annual Conference of the Western Canadian District of the International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM) was held June 14-16, 2023 at the Fairmont Hotel in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Our annual conference provided an opportunity for professional development for our members. The planning committee arranged for speakers to discuss topics related both to technical milling and to related equipment. The annual business meeting was held for the IAOM Western Canadian District.

The event tee’d off on Wednesday with a golf tournament at the Assiniboine Golf Club. Followed by the opening Allied Trades Evening Reception and Casino night.

These events were graciously sponsored by:

• Can-Seed Equipment
• Carter Day / Jacobson
• Pal Group
• Kice Industries
• Cordano Packaging
• Behst Machinery
• FWS Group of Companies
• Repco
• Blower Engineering
• Bunting Magnets
• Todd & Sargent

Thursday, June 15 – Technical Session
Fairmont Hotel – Wellington Ballroom

9:00 a.m. | Welcome & Opening Remarks from IAOM International: Jennifer Harnish, Secretary/Treasurer
Moderator: Norbert Cabral
9:10 a.m. | Keynote Address: Olivier Lavigne-Lacroix: Work of the Canadian National Millers Association (CNMA)
9:40 a.m. | Buhler Group: Alexis Noel: The digital transformation of the Milling Industry
10:10 a.m. | KPM Analytics: Dr. Hikmet Boyacioglu: Damaged Starch in Flour Milling
11:00 s.m. | VYNCKE:  Claude Van Hoornweder: Converting oat hulls into energy requirements
11:30 a.m. | DT Grain Processing Systems Inc.: Darryl Tateishi: The Ferkar Universal Mill
12:40 p.m. | Sixteen Grains Inc.: David Lapp: Green House Gas Data Capturing with Simple Tools
1:10 p.m. | FWS Group of Companies:  Jason Coreau: Project Management
1:40 p.m. | MasterLock: Brad McIntosh: Lock Tag Try Best Practices
2:30 p.m. | BEHST Machinery Corp:  Chance Barkley and Jeff Young: Fire Protection in the Mill
3:00 p.m. | Business Meeting – IAOM Western Canadian Members Only

6:30 – 8:00 p.m. | Dinner Banquet and Speeches
8:30-11:30 p.m. | Little Brown Jug Microbrewery – tour, networking and social
                                                            

Friday, June 16      

8:30 a.m. | Cereals Canada Tour 
Meet and Greet – Dean Dias, CEO, Cereals Canada
Milling Demonstration
Analytical Testing Demonstration
Baking Demonstration
Pasta Demonstration
Lunch

On behalf of the IAOM Western Canadian District organizing committee, we would like to thank the following sponsors for this event and for their continued support:

MILLING SPONSORS
GRAIN MILLERS CANADA  –  MAJOR SPONSOR
ROGERS FOOD – CHILLIWACK AND ARMSTRONG – MAJOR SPONSOR
ARDENT MILLS
O FOODS
PRAIRIE FLOUR MILLS

MAJOR SPONSORS
BUHLER
CARTER DAY/JACOBSON
CEREALS CANADA
CORBION
HOOD PACKAGING CORP
TUNDRA MECHANICAL
WHITELAW MACHINERY

ALLIED TRADES SPONSORS
BEHST MACHINERY
BLOWER ENGINEERING
BUNTING
CAN-SEED EQUIPMENT
CARTER DAY / JACOBSON
CORDANO PACKAGING
FWS GROUP OF COMPANIES
KICE INDUSTRIES
PAL GROUP
REPCO
TODD & SARGENT