LENEXA, KANSAS, U.S. — Registration has opened for the 6^th Annual IAOM Southeast District Conference & Expo. It will be held at the Pullman Jakarta Central Park Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia. Conference registration from Oct. 4-6. Conference registration is open at www.iaom.info/southeastasia.

The Leadership Council is developing a comprehensive schedule of educational presentations:

What’s New in Wheat Preparation for Milling, Roger Cook, PETKUS

Flour Treatment without Chemicals – Fad or Future? Hendrick Moegenburg, Stern Ingredients Asia-Pacific

Creating Values for Millers in South East Asia, Erwin Sudharma, Büuhler Indonesia

Sefar Nytal. The Fabric for Millers, Daniel Kinek, Sefar Switzerland

Advanced & New Technologies in Grain Milling, Thomas Heierli,  Buhler Thailand 

Wheat Quality Determination, Dr. Irfan Hashmi, GrainCorp Operations – Australia

TOS 3000, Fischbein Packaging (S) Pte Ltd.

ALVEOLAB, SRC, Mixolab 2, Chopin Technologies

MSP Supersense Purifier, IMAS-MILLERAL

GlutoPeak, Brabender GmbH & Co. KG

Asia’s Rise and its Impact on Grain Logistics, Will Syers, Bunge

Gain from Packing Dense! Christian Helwig, FAWEMA

Trends of Grain Milling, Food Industry and their Role in Nutrition Security in India, Dr. Subrata Dutta, FFI-India

Hot Air – An Effective, Green Alternative, Dr. Raj Hulasare, Temp-Air

Main Cost Factors of Wheat Flour Mills, Ali Korkut, Alapala

Noodle Flour Production, Dr. Li Dongsen, Golden Grains Int.

Including SRC Test in Standard Flour Quality Control: The Whys. Arnaud Dubat, Chopin Technologies

Food Fortification Initiative (What Happened to Flour?),  Dr. Jeff Gwirtz, JAG Services Inc.

                                                    
A preconference workshop on Process Management will open the program on Oct. 4. Jeff Gwirtz, JAG Services Inc., will conduct the workshop. Gwirtz has a Ph.D. in milling science from Kansas State University and taught for several years in the grain science and industry department prior to beginning his own company. Some of the topics to be covered during the workshop include: flour milling process, compact mills vs. long mills, lightsout vs. semi-automatic mills, big capacities vs. small capacities, double vs. single roll stand.

The event will also feature an expo with exhibitors from around the world showcasing the latest technologies.