SPRI 2012 CONFERENCE ON SUGAR PROCESSING RESEARCH

“Sugar And Bio-Products: International Research Needs for the Future”

Chateau Bourbon Wyndham Hotel

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

March 11-14, 2012

Topics: Bio-product Development, Process Improvements and Sweetener Usage

In addition to operating its research program, S.P.R.I. holds the Conference on Sugar Processing Research every second year, for technical leaders in the sugar industry. Proceedings of these Conferences form a written record of advances in processing, new products and analytical methodology in the cane and beet sugar industries.

This International Conference includes a Welcoming Reception, 2 Days of Technical and Poster Sessions, a Commercial Session, Exhibits for Vendors, Awards Banquet, and a Conference Tour.  All delegates planning to attend the conference are invited to attend the Conference Tour.  Sessions will include process improvements, bio-product development and sweetener usage of sugarcane and sugarbeet. 

We invite you to attend and present an oral presentation at the 2012 SPRI Conference to be held at the Chateau Bourbon Wyndham Hotel in the famous historic “French Quarter” on March 11-14, 2012, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.  Please fill out the conference reply form below to receive your registration packet regarding hotel and conference registration or view the links below for conference information, travel visas and schedule of events.

Partial List of Presentations

Bio Fuel Energy and Its Associated Problems, Babagana Abubakar, Kanuri Development Assoication (KDA), Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria

Raising Awareness and Providing Solutions to Prevent Carryover Amylase Activity in Sugars and Sugar Products, Gillian Eggleston, SRRC/USDA/ARS, New Orleans, LA, USA

Reforming Indian Sugar Industry, Anjali Gamta, ISGEC John Thompson, Noida, India

Dust Explosion Prevention in Fine Sugar Grinding Process, Tomas Johansson, The Fitzpatrick Company, a subsidiary of IDEX Corporation, Elmhust, IL, USA

Post-Harvest Changes in Sweet Sorghum, Sarah Lingle, USDA/ARS/SRRC, New Orleans, LA, USA

Near Infrared Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Macro and Micro Nutrients in Sugarcane Leaves, Giovanni Rojas, Colombian Sugarcane Research Center, Cali, Colombia

Immobilization of psychrophilic Bacteria for production of Cold Active Dextranase, Doaa Abdel Rahman Mahmoud, National Research Center, Cario, Egypt

Brassica SURE: A New Sugar Refining Process, Kaman Singh, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India

Advanced Computer Simulation of the Milling Process, Omkar Thaval, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Advancements in Replacing Hazardous Reagents in Spectrophotometric Sugar Determination, Eduardo Borges, Fermentec Ltda, Piracicaba, Brasil

 

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For further information on the SPRI Conference contact: Sugar Processing Research Institute, Inc., at spri@ars.usda.gov, 504-286-4230.

 

COMMERCIAL SESSION            EXHIBITORS

 

 

CONFERENCE TOUR (Wednesday, March 14, 2012) To be announced

 

Louisiana

No other state has a more varied or colorful past than Louisiana.  The state has been governed less than 10 different flags beginning in 1541 with Hernando de Soto’s claim of the region for Spain.  La Salle later claimed Louisiana for Bourbon France and over the years Louisiana was at one time or another subject to the Union Jack of Great Britain, the Tricolor of Napoleons, the Lone Star flag of the Republic of West Florida and the fifteen stars and stripes of the United States.  At the outbreak of the Civil War, Louisiana became an independent republic for six weeks before joining the Confederacy.

 

Earlier, in 1803, in one of the largest land deals of the century, Louisiana had become a part of the United States because of the region’s importance to the trade and security of the American west. New Orleans and the surrounding territory controlled the mouth of the Mississippi River down which much of the produce of the Midwest traveled to reach markets. To get the vital region in American hands, President Thomas Jefferson nearly doubled the size of the fledgling U.S. and made it a world power.  Later, 13 states or parts of states were carved out of the Louisiana Purchase territory.  Through much of its early history Louisiana was a trading and financial center, and the fertility of its land made it one of the richest regions in America as first indigo then sugar and cotton rose to prominence in world markets.  Many Louisiana planters were among the wealthiest men in America.  The plantation economy was shattered by the Civil War although the state continued to be a powerful agricultural region.  The discovery of sulphur in 1869 and oil in 1901, coupled with the rise of forestry sent the state on a new wave of economic growth.  Eventually, Louisiana became a major American producer of oil and natural gas and a center of petroleum refining and petrochemicals manufacturing, which it remains to this day.

 

We invite you to visit Louisiana and enjoy all the state has to offer in entertainment, food and historic gems near the host city of New Orleans during your attendance of the conference. 

 

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Phone: 504-286-4343, -4230,  Fax: 504-282-5387

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