Sugar Processing Research Institute, Inc. – (SPRI)

CONFERNCE ON SUGAR PROCESSING RESEARCH

TECHNICAL PROGRAM

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

March 28-31, 2010

“Research in a Changing Sugar Industry”

IBERVILLE SUITES/RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL

Monday, March 29, 2010

Salon III – Ritz-Carlton

Award Session I

8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Welcome – Doug Emek, SPRI Chairman, Lantic Inc., Taber, Alberta, Canada

9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Keynote Address: SPRI Science and Technology Award Winner – Prof. Giuseppe Vaccari

“Sugar Crystal: A Chameleon,” Prof. Giuseppe Vaccari, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

9:45 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. “Louisiana’s Sugar Industry: “Heritage and Horizon,” Jim Simon, American Sugar Cane League, Thibodaux, LA

10:05 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. “The Role of Sugarcane in Our Future: The Grand Challenge,”Gail Wisler, USDA-ARS National Program Leader, Beltsville, MD

10:25 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. COFFEE BREAK – Exhibitor and Poster Session – St. Charles and Carondelet Rooms

Session II

10:45 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. “Louisiana Institute for Biofuels and Bioprocessing,” John Russin, LSU AgCenter Associate Vice Chancellor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

11:05 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. “USDA-ARS Efforts in Expanding the Region for Growing Sugar Cane and Complimentary Sugar Crops for Bioenergy,” Edward Richard, USDA-ARS Sugarcane Research Unit, Houma, LA

11:25 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. “Processing Sweet Sorghum in Sugarcane Mills: What We Know, What We Don’t Know,” Sarah Lingle, USDA-ARS Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, LA

11:45 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. “Growth Analysis of Different Sweet Sorghum Varieties and Determination of Optimum Harvest Time for Biomass and Bio-Ethanol Production,” San Thein, U Ye Htut, U Ngwe Soe and Sein Thaung Oo, Myanmar Sugar Industry, Yangon, Myanmar

12:05 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. LUNCH – On your own – Exhibitor and Poster Session – St. Charles and Carondelet Rooms

Session III

2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. “A New Sugar Refinery for Louisiana,” Jack Thompson, Imperial Sugar Corp., Gramercy, LA

2:20 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. “The SPRI Method for Rapid Analysis of Starch in Raw Cane Sugar,” Marianne McKee, Sugar Processing Research Institute, Inc., New Orleans, LA

2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. “Flow Characteristics of C-Massecuite in Cooling Crystallizers,” Vadim Kochergin, Audubon Sugar Institute, LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA

3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. COFFEE BREAK – Exhibitor and Poster Session – St. Charles and Carondelet Rooms

Session IV

3:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. “Floc Prediction in Refined White Cane Sugar: The SPRI Rapid Floc Test,” Marianne McKee, Sugar Processing Research Institute, Inc., New Orleans, LA

3:50 p.m. – 4:10 p.m. “Impact of Sugar Cane Juice Chemical Composition on Clarification and VHP Sugar Quality,” Henrique V. Amorim, Fermentec Ltda, Piracicaba, Brasil

4:10 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. “Testing for Insoluble Organic Matter in Raw Cane Sugar,” Charley Richard, Sugar Processing Research Institute, Inc., New Orleans, LA

4:30 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. “The Impact of New Sugarcane Varieties on Sugar and Ethanol Production in Brasil,” Alexandre Vialou, Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, MD

4:50 pm Adjourn

IBERVILLE SUITES/RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Salon III – Ritz-Carlton

Session V

8:30 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. “Causes of Low Sugar Production in Pakistan and Remedies,” Muhammad Bilal, Agriculture Adoptive Research Institute, Sargodha, Pakistan

8:50 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. “Water Management in Sugar Factories,” G.M. Jendkar and O.P. Thaval, Department of Sugar Technology of Sugar Technology, S.G.G. S. Institute of Eng. & Technology, Vishnupuri, Nanded, India

9:10 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. “Raceland Raw Sugar Corporation: Fiber Fuel – 1^st Pase,” Neville Dolan, Raceland Raw Sugar Corp., Raceland, LA

9:30 a.m. – 9:50 p.m. “The Impact of Sugarcane Crop Composition on Sugar, Energy and By-Products,” Charley Richard, Sugar Processing Research Institute, Inc., New Orleans, LA

9:50 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. COFFEE BREAK – Exhibitor and Poster Session – St. Charles and Carondelet Rooms

Commercial Session VI

10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. “Flow Pattern Analysis in a Turbofiltering Processing of Insoluble and Colloidal Matter of Clarified Cane Juice and Syrup in a Standard and Special Situation,” Attilio Turchetti, MECAT Filtrações Industrias Ltda, Goiás, Brasil

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. “Process Imaging Technology to Optimize Production and Improve Quality Control,” Thomas M. Canty, J.M. Canty Inc., Lockport, NY

11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. “6x to 12x and Finer, With Dust Explosion Protection,” Michael Prior, The Fitzpatrick Company, Elmhurst, IL

11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. “Process Deviations in the Sugar House Detectable by On-Line Colorimeter, Only” Bjarne Nielsen, Neltec Denmark A/S, Bevloft, Denmark

12:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. LUNCH – On your own – Exhibitor and Poster Session – St. Charles and Carondelet Rooms

Session VII

2:15 p.m. – 2:35 p.m. “Methods Matter – Wither Sugar Methods in the Twenty-First Century? Mary An Godshall, Sugar Processing Research Institute, Inc., New Orleans, LA

2:35 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Symposium – “Sugar Quality for Food and Impact on the Change of the Industry”

Market Trends and Industry Changes in the Sugar Industry - Charley Richard, SPRI Inc., New Orleans, LA

Why Sugar Quality is Important to Beverage Industry? – Pranee Turbush, The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA

Sugar Quality Issues Important to the Food Processor? – Pierre Hilzim, Kajun Kettle Foods, Inc., New Orleans, LA

Sugar Manufacturing –Steps of the Process that Impact Quality – Jeff Robinson, American Sugar Refining Inc., Baltimore, MD

4:15 p.m. – 4:25 p.m. “Research in a Changing Sugar Industry: Discussion,” Marianne McKee, Sugar Processing Research Institute, Inc., New Orleans, LA

4:25 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Adjournment – Doug Emek, SPRI Chairman, - Lantic Inc., Canada

CONFERENCE TOUR - Chef John Folse & Company Manufacturing Plant

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Bus will leave at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Canal Street side, 9:00 a.m., Bus returns to the hotel by 4:00 p.m. (Lunch included)