Convention Chair Welcome - Brendan Flanagan, Cascade Brewery
By: Brendan Flanagan
04/03/2025
Apac Convention, Apac convention 2025
IBD Asia Pacific – Welcome, Dr Garry Menz
Opening Keynote - Nick Haddow, Bruny Island Cheese & Beer
Industry Keynote - Jane Bennett, HPA
How do you maintain a competitive edge through professional education in a rapidly changing world? - Kathryn Thomson, CIBD
The state of the global hop industry - Owen Johnston, Hop Products Australia
05/03/2025
The “Smart” approach to using hops & hop products in existing brands and NPD - Ed Kentish, Hopsteiner
Dry Hopping Innovation – T90 Pellets vs Innovative Hop Extracts - Jon Burridge, Yakima Chief Hops
Australian Rum Industry – a current perspective in comparison to other key global rum industry producer regions - Steven Magarry, Sydney Rum Distillery
Starward packaging update – delivering sustainability and supply chain security - Sam Slaney, Starward
Four Pillars Commitment to Sustainability: presenting innovation and passion to Sustainable Practices in our Distillery and Hospitality Venue in Healesville, Victoria - Michelle Hall, Four Pillars Distillery
Strategic Premiumisation in Distilling and Brewing – Beyond High-Cost Whisky and Beer - Anne Gigney, Tasmanian Whisky Academy
Coopers: a fully integrated model for crafting beer, extracts and single malt whisky from proprietary malted barley - Tim Cooper, Coopers Brewery
Easy Tiger, transforming a boutique cinema into a full-scale hospitality and tourism showpiece - Tim Bishop, Easy Tiger Pty Ltd
The top ten approaches to better foam on beer - Dr Charles Bamforth, University of California
Understanding Sensory Performance in the Marketplace - Fiona Harrington, Lion
The development of innovative and complex flavour profiles in new make spirit through the process of combining brewing yeast and bacteria with traditional distilling yeast during fermentation - Philip Woodnutt, WHC Lab
The use of S.pombe in rum, the history, the mystique, the science-introducing AB Biotek’s new Pinnacle Rum pombe - Alex Moriarty, Ab Biotek
Comparing the performance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation and the production of congeners in different substrates - Krishna Rajiv, Fermentis
Non-Saccharomyces yeasts for distilled spirit fermentations - Prof Graeme Walker, G Walker Consultancy
Survival of pathogens in non-alcoholic beers - Dr Grzegorz Rachon Section Lead, Campden BRI
Designing the sensory experience of no/low alcohol beers using advanced hop products - Prof. David Cook, University Of Nottingham
Crafting Distinctive NAB: Worty Flavor Mitigation through Kettle Souring, Dry Hopping and other Flavor Mitigation Techniques - Tom Ashton, Fermentis
Non-alcoholic beer on draught – risks and solutions - Thomas Hutschenreuter, Micro Matic Sarl
An independent UK brewer perspective on sustainability - Will Calvert, Trustee, CIBD
The Carbon Footprint of Australian Hop Pellet Production: A Cradle-to-Gate Life Cycle Assessment - George Webster, Hop Products Australia
SC Decarbonisation Motor – Sustainable Packaging Solutions. A comparison in capability, cost and environmental impact - Dr Martin Orzinski, Orzinski Consulting (OCon)
Open fermentation: Dying Craft or New Frontier? - Willie Simpson, Seven Sheds Brewery
Development of new co-fermentation strategies based on the enzymatic activities of lager and ale yeasts to enhance polyfunctional thiol release from glutathionyl, y-GluCys- and Cys-precursors - Simon Jeanpierre, Fermentis
A review of our experience of operating Krones PoseidonTM dynamic fermentation systems including a comparison with conventional fermentation and conditioning in cylindroconical vessels - Dave Medlyn, Coopers Brewery
Brewing tomorrow’s food – Brewing technology for the fermentative production of alternative proteins
The reduction of CIP cycles during the production week is an efficient and simple way to decrease your water consumption in existing production plants. How? With retrofittable ultrasonic devices.
‘The (Bare) Beer Necessities’ – Contemporary Case Studies in Brewery Hygiene - Hugh Dircks, Asahi Beverages
Detecting microbial contaminants with real-time PCR in the brewery; practical applications for quality control - Frank Schmid, Lion Pty Ltd
Using Per-Formic Acid for Brewery Santizing and Disinfection
Application of control science concepts for improved Manager decision making - Michael Lees, (Yatala Brewery), Asahi Group (Carlton & United Breweries)
06/03/2025
Quality testing your beer: Are you hitting the specifications for each beer style? - Dr Glen Fox Anheuser-Busch, University of California
A Top Ten Approach to the Most Flavour Stable Beer - Dr Charles Bamforth, University of California
Cultivating Resilience & Empowering Farmers: Developing a Sustainable Sugarcane Industry for Rum Production in Vanuatu’s Challenging Climate - Pierre-luc Chabot, 83 Islands Distillery
Decarbonization of brewing & distilling industry by utilization of biomass e.g. spent grains – they heat the plant and chill the product. Water savings with retrofittable ultrasonic devices - Konstantin Ziller, Ziemann Holvrieka
How To Cut Distillation Energy by 85% with MVR – A Case Study on GlenAllachie Distillery - Andrew Mieleniewski, Briggs of Burton
Sustainability In Design – From Roadmap to Reality - James Ludford-Brooks, Beca Pty Ltd.
Recent findings of Premature Yeast Flocculation - Dr. Alex Speers, Icbd
A quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) based diagnostic test for premature yeast flocculation (PYF) in malts - Dr Evan Evans, Tassie Beer Dr
Investigation of carbon-sulfur lyases in brewing yeast and their impact on nitrogen scavenging and volatile thiol release during beer fermentation - Avi Shayevitz, Lallemand Inc.
FLYing High: Revolutionizing Yeast Propagation in Brewing - Dr Simon Carlsen, Novonesis A/S
Benchmarking spirits using targeted chemical and sensory profiling techniques - Neil Scrimgeour, Affinity Labs
Impacts of botanical placement and pot alcohol concentration on flavor profiles in gin distillation - Dr Graham Jones, Kent Jones Distillers
Stellar Technology – The extra kick for your malt - Marc Helmers, Bühler GmbH
Optimizing Brewing and Distilling: Tailored Mill Solutions for Superior Product Quality - Malcom Neill, AFSystems
Risk based approach for reducing risk of combustible dust explosion in malt storage and handling - Alexander Evershed-Brown, Asahi Beverages
Optimizing Brewery Efficiency and Sustainability: Assessing the Effects of Substituting Hop Pellets with Hop Extracts - Breeze Outhwaite, Totally Natural Solutions
Enzymatic solutions to create novel and exciting beers & beverages applying modern biotechnology - Jaydeep Chatterjee, IFF
How AI Can Assist in Predicting Asset Health and Efficiency - Freddie Coertze, ifm efector
Presentation of Chenhou Kunsha Jiangxiang baijiu and importance to Chinese culture - Frank Feng, Chenhou Distillery
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