Seminars & Symposiums

Thought-provoking possibilities are on offer here.

9th Trends in Brewing

13-16 April
International Symposium on Technological Innovations and Sustainability in Malting and Brewing, Technology Campus KaHo Sint-Lieven, Gebroeders Desmetstraat 1, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

Contact: Marleen Dhondt, Symposium Secretariat, KaHo Sint-Lieven
T: +32 9 265 8613
E: marleen.dhondt@kahosl.be
W: www.trendsinbrewing.org

Symposium profile: The emphasis will be on novel technologies and most promising tendencies in malting and brewing, aiming at improvement of malt and beer quality in a practically feasible way. However, parallel to our continuing efforts of “moving science into practical solutions”, the focus of this symposium will be equally well on sustainability and, even more, on the challenge of integration of technological innovation, cost-efficiency, and environmentally friendly malt and beer production. From this point of view, the raw materials and major processing steps in malting and brewing will be treated and discussed, keeping in mind workable solutions for problems encountered in daily practice. 

The 2nd International Symposium for Young Scientists and Technologists in Malting, Brewing & Distilling

19-21 May
Technische Universitat Munchen, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Am Forum 2, 85354 Freising, Germany

Contact: Dr Jens Voigt, Technische Universitat Munchen, Weihenstephan
T: +49 81 61713179
E: yst@wzw.tum.de
W: www.wzw.tum.de/yst

Symposium profile: The aim of the symposium is to especially attract young people, new in the field and to cover a broad range of malting, brewing, fermented beverages and distilling related topics. This low cost symposium also intends to facilitate the dissemination of scientific work and to stimulate the discussion about state of the art topics in the field. It is specifically designed to initiate networking in this group of people who will be the future of the malting, brewing and distilling community.

VLB Seminar: Malting Barley and Malt - Breeding, Cultivation and Processing

2-4 June
Pereslavl, Russia

Contact: Dr Josef Fontaine, VLB-Berlin
T: +49 30 450 80138
E: fontaine@vlb-berlin.org
W: www.vlb-berlin.org

Seminar profile: Three-day seminar for breeders and producers of malting barley, maltsters and brewers. The seminar will cover up-to-date topics with practical relevance for professionals from the agricultural sector, the malting and brewing industry in Russia and the CIS countries. The complete supply chain of brewing barley and malt starting from plant breeding and cultivation to further processing up to malting as well as aspects of quality are in focus.

EBC Hop Symposium 2010

12-14 September
Wolnzach, Bavaria, Germany

Contact: European Brewery Convention
T: +32 2 551 1810
E: info@europeanbreweryconvention.org
W: www.ebc-hop-symposium.org (site becomes live 1.3.10)

Symposium profile: A hop symposium covering all aspects of the agronomy, process and product innovations and use of hops in brewing, as well as hops and health issues will be presented from 12 to 14 September 2010 in Wolnzach, the centre of the Hallertau hop growing area in Bavaria. More details will be available early in 2010 when website is launched.