Upcoming
Events
6th December 2012
Official Conference Opening by H.E. Rashid Mubarak Al Hajeri
Welcome Speech by Merzad Jamshidi
Introductory Speech: “Corn Matters: How Other Grains Affect Wheat Buyers” by Alan Tracy
Country Focus: “Food Security and the UAE” by H.E. Khalifa Ahmed Khalfan Al Ali
MANAGEMENT | ||||
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| PAPER NO. | PRESENTATION | SPEAKER | DESIGNATION | ORGANIZATION |
| Mgt 1 | Crises or Opportunities: On Search of New Business Model | Dr. Hischam El-Agamy | Executive Director | International Institute for Management Development (IMD) |
| Mgt 2 | Expectation in Leadership | Michael Weber | Director | Swiss School of Milling |
| Mgt 3 | Social Networking in the Milling Industry | Mohammed Nass | General Manager | Bahrain Flour Mills |
| Mgt 4 | Linking Milling Knowledge to the Food Processing Sector | Earl Geddes | Executive Director | Canadian International Grains Institute (CIGI) |
| Mgt 5 | Mid. East, N. Africa & East Asia Regional Review | Mark Samson | Vice President for MENA | US Wheat Associates Inc. |
| Mgt 6 | Tech Food for Thought | Spencer Kelly | TV Host (BBC’s Click) | Spanner in the Works Ltd. c/o Curtis Brown |
| TECHNICAL/ EDUCATIONAL 7th December 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAPER NO. | PRESENTATION | SPEAKER | DESIGNATION | ORGANIZATION |
| TP 1 | Wheat Blending or Specification | Peter Lloyd | Regional Technical Director | US Wheat Associates, Inc. |
| TP 2 | How to Optimize Flour Quality | Peter C. Bohni | Managing Director Nutrition Solutions | Buhler AG |
| TP 3 | Benefits of Using Hard White Wheat in Milling | Irfan Hashmi | Technical Advisor – Wheat | GrainCorp Limited |
| TP 4 | Wheat Harvest and Quality in the Northern Europe | Indrek Aigro | Broker for Grains | Copenhagen Merchants |
| TP 5 | Effects of Enzymes and Additives on the Costs and Quality of Pasta Flour | Lutz Popper | Head R&D | Muehlenchemie GmbH & Co. KG |
| TP 6 | Healthy Flour and Sound Margins | Ashok K. Sarkar | Head, Milling Technology | Canadian International Grains Institute (CIGI) |
| TP 7 | Supply Chain Management with Approach to Quality Control in Flour Milling | Mohammadreza Najafi | CEO | Petkus/ MMW Iran |
| WHAT’S NEW 7th December 2012 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| PAPER NO. | PRESENTATION | SPEAKER | ORGANIZATION |
| WN#1 | Vega High Capacity Grain Classifier | Marcel Ramseyer | Buhler AG- Switzerland |
| WN#2 | Grain Conservation Cooling System | Ralph E. Kolb | Frigor Tec – Germany |
| WN#3 | Mixo Lab-Profiler | Charles Loubersac d’Hotel | Chopin Technologies – France |
| WN#4 | Satake Grain Scanner Type RSQ 1 10 A | Shamik Patel | Satake Europe Limited – UK |
| WN#5 | The Mill in Your Hand | Ugo Balistrieri | Ocrim Spa – Italy |
| WN#6 | Brabender GlutoPeak | Markus Loens | Brabender – Germany |
| WN#7 | The New Development of Pneumatic Ship Unloader | Touraj Goudarzi | Neuero Industrietechnik – Germany |
| WN#8 | The Ultimate Technology “Semolina HP” | Mauro Pizzamigilo | Golfetto Sangati – Italy |
| WN#9 | New Evolution in Bag Closing Technology | Bontemps Rene | Fischbien- Belgium |
| WN#10 | Processing of Food Ingredients by Coating, Mixing and Drying | Ulrich Vielhaber | AVA-Huep GmbH u. Co. KG – Germany |
| WN#11 | MMW and Petkus Covering Seeds, Grain, Flour and Feed | I.A. Frank Spalek | MMW Technologie GmbH – Germany |
| TRADING 8th December 2012 | ||||
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| PAPER NO. | PRESENTATION | SPEAKER | DESIGNATION | ORGANIZATION |
| TS#1 | Hedging Solutions for the Grain Market Participants | Abdelatif Abada | Executive Director | Morgan Stanley |
| TS#2 | Purchase Risk Control – Contracts | Wayne Bacon | President | Hammersmith Marketing Ltd – Grain Trading |
| TS#3 | Shipping & Logistics | Colin Tutt | General Manager Operations | CBH Group, Australia |
| TS#4 | Global Market Outlook | Dr. Bill Tierney | Chief Economist | AgResource Company |
| TS#5 | Australian Outlook | Chris Whitwell | Head of International Sales & Marketing | GrainCorp Operations Limited |
| TS#6 | Canadian Outlook | Jean-Benoit Gauthier | Director, Trading & Sales (Europe, Africa, Middle East) | Canadian Wheat Board |
| TS#7 | USA Outlook | Dan Hughes | Vice Chairman | US Wheat Associates, Inc. |
| TS#8 | French Outlook | François Gatel | Director | France Export Cereales |
| TS#9 | South American Outlook | Joost Viehoff | Trader | Glencore Grain B.V. |
| TS#10 | Black Sea Outlook | Swithun Still | Director | SOLARIS Commodities S.A. |
