2008
SEPTEMBER 28 – OCTOBER 1, 2008
“Diversifying
Research in the Processing of Raw and White Cane and Beet Sugar”
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
Monday, September 29, 2008
Session I: Plenary Session
– Seacrest Ballroom Salon E-F
8:30 am
– 8:45 am Chairman’s
Welcome: Jose Alvarez,
Sugarcane
Growers Coop. of
8:45 am – 9:25 am Award Presentation: “Recurring Themes in Sugar Research,”
Mary An
Godshall, Sugar Processing Research Institute, Inc. (
9:25 am –
9:55 am Keynote Presentation:
“The Development and Commercialization of Dedicated Energy Crops for Biofuels and Power,” Walter Nelson, Ceres, Inc.,
9:55 am –
10:25 am Keynote Presentation:
“The Challenges & Opportunities Facing Florida’s Sugar
Industry,” Barbara Miedema, Sugarcane Growers
Coop. of Florida,
10:25 am –
10:50 am Coffee Break & Poster and Exhibit
Session – Ocean and Palm Breeze, Seacrest
Foyers
Session II: New Technologies – Seacrest
Ballroom Salon E-F
10:50 am
– 11:20 am Keynote Presentation:
“Upgrading Sugarmills to Biorefineries,”
George Philippidis,
11:20 am
– 11:40 am “Biotechnology Across the World with a Focus on Sugarcane,” Charley
Richard,
11:40 am
– 12:00 pm “Sugarbeet
Biotechnology,” Tom Schwartz,” Beet Sugar Development Foundation,
Denver, CO,
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm LUNCH – Sponsored by
Session III: Commercial Session “New Products” - Seacrest Ballroom Salon E-F
2:00 pm – 2:20 pm “The Florida Sugar Industry and Palm Beach Community College Reviving the Sugar Technology Degree in North American,” Tere Johnson, Sugarcane Growers Coop. of Florida, Belle Glade, Florida, USA
2:20 pm – 2:40 pm “Crystallisation – Long Solved (?) Mysteries in
a New Light,” Bernd Langhans, Siemens AG
2:40 pm –
3:00 pm “Better Process Control
and Large Savings by Real-Time Measurement of Sugar Colour,”
Bjarne Chr. Nielsen, Neltec
3:00 pm –
3:20 pm “Wet Scrubber Used to
Control Air Pollution from Bagasse Boilers,”
Warren Brame, MikroPul,
3:20 pm – 3:40 pm Coffee Break & Poster and Exhibit
Session – Ocean and Palm Breeze, Seacrest
Foyers
3:40 pm –
4:00 pm “Fluidized Bed Sugar
Conditioner,” Burkhard Bartels, BMA AG,
4:00 pm – 4:20 pm “Turbo Filtering,” Attilio Turchetti, Mecat-Filtrações Industrias, Goiás, BRASIL
4:20 pm –
4:40 pm “High Antioxidant
– Low GI Sugar, The Sucrose Revolution,”
David Kannar, Horizon Science Pty Ltd., Unit 6,
4:40 pm –
5:00 pm “Ecosorb
“Extender” Products for Complete or Partial Replacement of PAC in
Sugar Refining,” Gerard (Jerry) Lengen, Graver Technologies,
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Session IV: Energy Issues –
Seacrest Ballroom Salon E-F
8:30 am –
8:50 am “The Role of Sugarcane
Breeding and Selection in the Development of Bioenergy
Systems,” Ed Richard, USDA-ARS-Sugarcane Research Unit,
8:50 am –
9:10 am “Caribbean: Increasing
Competitiveness of the Sugar Industry through Biofuels,”
Maureen Wilson, Sugar Industry Research Institute,
9:10 am –
9:30 am “Bioconversion of
Sugar Beet Waste into Energy,” Arthur Teixeira,
University of Florida Department of Ag. & Bio Engineering,
9:30 am –
9:50 am “Production of Bioenergy Using Filter Cake Mud in Sugar Cane Mill
Factories,” Carmen Baez-Smith, Smith Baez Consulting, Inc.,
9:50 am – 10:10 am
The Next Generation of Ethanol Production: Cellulosic Ethanol,” Tim Eves, Verenium
BioFuels LLC,
10:10 am – 10:30 pm Coffee Break & Poster and Exhibit Session – Ocean and Palm Breeze, Seacrest Foyers
Session V: Processing Issues - Seacrest
Ballroom Salon E-F
10:30 am
– 10:50 am “Analysis of
Sugarcane and Sugarbeet Process Streams after Clarification with Polyaluminum Coagulants,” Marianne McKee,
10:50 am
– 11:10 am “Molasses Desugarization Extract: Resolution of Problems Associated
with Processing Extract,” Terry McGillivray,
American Crystal Sugar Company,
11:10 am
– 11:30 am “Environmental
Impact Management as Guided by Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Testing for
Discharge Compliance,” Ron Kawlewski, Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Coop.
– SMBSC,
11:30 am
– 11:50 am “Dust Explosion
Protection for Fine Sugar Grinding,” Mike Prior, The
Fitzpatrick Company,
Session V: Processing Issues – Continued - Seacrest
Ballroom Salon E-F
11:50 am – 2:00 pm LUNCH – On Your Own
2:00 pm –
2:20 pm “Commercial Production
of Fullerenes from Cane Molasses: A Major Breakthrough for the Sugar
Industry,” Karman Singh,
2:20 pm –
2:40 pm “The Influence of
Processing Factors on Maple Syrup Volatilies,”
Mary An Godshall,
2:40 pm –
3:00 pm “Indirect Real-Time
Color Measurement,” Bjarne Chr.
Nielsen, Neltec
3:00 pm –
3:20 pm “Elucidation of the
Hard-to-Boil Massecuites Phenomenon and the Introduction of Oscillatory
Deformation Rheology to the Sugar Industry,”
Gillian Eggleston, USDA-ARS-SRRC,
3:20 pm –
3:40 pm “Colourants
Through Cane Sugar Production and Refining – A
Review,” Luis San Miguel Bento, Bento Sugar Consulting,
3:40 pm – 4:00 pm Coffee Break & Poster and Exhibit Session – Ocean and Palm Breeze, Seacrest Foyers
4:00 pm –
4:20 pm “Quality of Indian
4:20 pm –
4:40 pm “Valorization of Lime
Sludge from Sugar Beet Industry by Production of Compost,” Khalid Fares
and Maha Meskine,
University Cadi Ayyad,
Faculty of Sciences Samlalía,
4:40 pm –
5:10 pm “
5:10 pm –
5:15 pm Conference Closing Remarks,
Jose Alvarez,
Sugarcane
Growers Coop. of
Wednesday,
October 1, 2008 – Technical Tour – Okeelanta
Corporation, 9am-4pm, Bus pickup at 9:00 am at the hotel lobby
Poster
Presentations:
Laurent
Corcodel, CERF,
Marianne Mckee and
Kaman Singh,
Department of Chemistry,
ICUMSA PT scheme, LGC, Europe
Exhibitors:
Bernd Langhans,
Siemens AG,
Scott Wittwer,
Graver Technologies,
Bjarne Chr. Nielsen, Neltec
Romney Richard,
Sugar
Jurgen Bruhns,
Arvind Chudasama, International Sugar Journal, UNITED KINGDOM
