08:00 - 16:00
REGISTRATION & BADGE COLLECTION
Sheikh Rashid Hall - DWTC
19.00 - 21.30
WELCOME RECEPTION
BCH: CLB
Sponsored by
08:00 - 09:00
REGISTRATION & BADGE COLLECTION
Sheikh Rashid Hall - DWTC
09.00 - 16.00
EXPO
Sheikh Rashid Hall - DWTC
09.00 - 09.10
WELCOME SPEECH
Essa Al Ghurair
Conference Chairman of IAOM MEA 2024
Chairman, Essa Al-Ghurair Investment (UAE)
09.10 - 09.20
OPENING SPEECH
Ali Habaj
Regional Director of IAOM MEA
09:20 - 09:25
IAOM MEA REGIONAL LEADER AWARDEE
Muhammad Islam Ali
Director, Mombasa Maize Millers Ltd (Kenya)
09.25 - 09.30
IAOM MEA MILLER OF THE YEAR
Abdel Moniem Salem
Senior Engineering Advisor, Essa Al Ghurair Investment LLC (UAE)
09.30 - 10.30
INSPIRATIONAL INSIGHTS
"THE WORLD IS CHANGING - HOW ABOUT US?"
Riaz Shah, OBE
Professor of Practice, Innovation & Leadership
Hult International Business School (UK)
This session will explore how the world is changing, focusing on demographic shifts, evolving consumer and employee attitudes, sustainability, and cutting-edge technologies. We will examine why companies struggle to adapt and discuss how leaders need to respond to these challenges.
10.30 - 11.00
IAOM MEA 2024 SPONSORS' APPRECIATION
11.00 - 11.30
COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING AT EXPO
11.30 - 12.00
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
"GEOPOLITICS AND WORLD WHEAT IMPORTER DEMAND DRIVES 2024/2025 GRAIN PRICES - A REVIEW OF THE WORLD WHEAT SITUATION"
Dan Basse
President & Founder, AgResource Co (USA)
12.00 - 13.00
PANEL DISCUSSION
"HOW TO MANAGE RISK IN A DYNAMIC POLITICAL WORLD AS GRAIN TRADING TITANS DISCUSS WHAT’S AHEAD IN 2025"
Moderated by Dan Basse
President & Founder, AgResource Co (USA)
Merzad Jamshidi
Managing Director, Khousheh Fars Flour Mills & Chairman, IAOM MEA
Paul Smith
Chief Marketing & Trading Officer, CBH Group (Australia)
Abid Ahmed
Manager – International Marketing (Australia)
Ieva Serksnyte
Senior Trader, ME Solaris Commodities (UAE)
13.00 - 14.00
LUNCH BREAK
Sponsored by:
RAFFLE DRAW
14.00 - 15.30
MILLING EFFICIENCY AND EDUCATION
PANEL Q&A moderated by:
Julius Ndunga
Mill Manager, Bakhresa Grain Milling Ltd. (Rwanda)
FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE: EDUCATION’S ROLE IN FLOUR MILL MANAGEMENT
Dr. Secil Uzel
Alapala Academy Supervisor Associate Prof. – Food Engineering Department, Hitit University (Türkiye)
THE FUTURE OF MILLING EDUCATION
Priscilla Bakalian
Head of African Milling School – Bühler Group (Nairobi / Kenya)
POTENTIAL FOR ENERGY SAVINGS IN THE FLOUR MILL
Andreas Hummel
Chief Technology Officer, Wingmen Group GmbH (Germany)
FORECASTING THE FUTURE LANDSCAPE OF MILLING: A TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION
Marcel Scherrer
Head of Wheat & Rye, Bühler Group (Switzerland)
COUSZYM – WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF COUSCOUS
Sven Mattutat
Global Head of Product Management, Mühlenchemie GmbH & Co. KG (Germany)
15.30 - 16.00
COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING AT EXPO
19.30 - 22.30
TRADERS' COCKTAIL DINNER
SOHO GARDEN DXB
Sponsored by:
08:00 - 09:00
REGISTRATION & BADGE COLLECTION
Sheikh Rashid Hall - DWTC
09.00 - 16.00
EXPO
Sheikh Rashid Hall - DWTC
RAFFLE DRAW
09.00 - 09.45
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
"MEGATRENDS SHAPING THE BUSINESS LANDSCAPE IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD: WHERE ARE THE CHALLENGES AND THE OPPORTUNITIES?"
Dr Hischam El-Agamy
Executive Director, IMD (Switzerland)
09.45 - 11.00
PANEL DISCUSSION
"TÜRKİYE SURPRISINGLY BANS WHEAT IMPORTS: IS THERE A STRUCTURAL MARGIN IMPACT ON TURKISH AND MEA MILLERS?"
Moderated by:
Dan Basse
President & Founder, AgResource Co (USA)
Muhammad Islam Ali
Director, Mombasa Maize Millers Ltd (Kenya)
Dr. Eren Günhan Ulusoy
Director, IAOM Eurasia Region. Chairman of Board, Ulusoy Flour Mills (Türkiye)
Nicolas Tsikhlakis
Chairman, The Jordanian Grain & Flour Mills Association (Jordan)
Mandeep Singh Bindra
General Manager, Emirates Grain Products – An IFFCO Group Company (UAE)
11.00 - 11.30
COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING AT EXPO
RAFFLE DRAW
11.30 - 13.00
MARKET OUTLOOKS SESSION
Panel Q&A moderated by:
Dan Basse
President & Founder, AgResource Co (USA)
FRENCH MARKET OUTLOOK
Roland Guiragossian
Algeria & Middle East Manager, Intercereales (Egypt)
BLACK SEA MARKET OUTLOOK
Indrek Aigro
Head of Grains, Copenhagen Merchants (Denmark)
CANADIAN MARKET OUTLOOK
Jeffrey McPike
Broker/Analyst, WASEDA Commodities, Inc. (USA)
US MARKET OUTLOOK
Ian Flagg
Regional Vice President, U.S. Wheat Associates (Netherlands)
AUSTRALIAN MARKET OUTLOOK
Don Campbell
General Manager-International, GrainCorp (Australia)
INDIAN MARKET OUTLOOK
Sumit Gupta
CEO – Asia Business, Mcdonald Pelz (India)
13.00 - 14.00
LUNCH BREAK
Sponsored by:
RAFFLE DRAW
14.00 - 15.00
FEED MILLING TECHNOLOGY
Panel Q&A moderated by:
Kamaldeep Singh Phull
Managing Director, Maisha Flour Mills (Kenya)
EFFICIENT AND SAFE STORAGE TECHNOLOGY FOR FEED MEALS
Nicoleta Axenti
Marketing Manager, METALMONT SRL (Italy)
BEYOND THE HYPE: PRACTICAL AI APPLICATIONS IN FEED MILLING FOR MEASURABLE GAINS
Ivan Harjacek
Head of Digitalization, ANDRITZ (Denmark)
HIGH QUALITY EXTRUDED SHRIMP FEED
Philippe Taeschler
Head of Sales & Market Development Value Nutrition, Bühler Group (Switzerland)
15.00 - 15.10
WHAT'S NEW MILLING TECHNOLOGY
INTEGRATED FLOUR MILLING: FOOD SECURITY THROUGH PRODUCTION SAFETY: COMBUSTIBLE DUST RISK MANAGEMENT
Hank Paul
Market Development Manager, BS&B Pressure Safety Management BV (Netherlands)
15.10 - 15.20
ACHIEVING PACKING EXCELLENCE WITH THE NEW FULLY AUTOMATIC BAGGING STATION
Jovin Wehrli
Product Manager, Bühler Group (Switzerland)
15.20 - 15.30
HOW TO STORE AND RECLAIM HARD-TO-FLOW BULK MATERIALS
John Koorn
International Sales Manager, Laidig Systems, Inc. (USA)
15.30 - 16.00
COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING AT EXPO
08:00 - 09:00
REGISTRATION & BADGE COLLECTION
Sheikh Rashid Hall - DWTC
09.00 - 16.00
EXPO
Sheikh Rashid Hall - DWTC
RAFFLE DRAW
09.00 - 09:30
THE TRANSITION FROM WHEAT IMPORTER TO WORLD'S LARGEST WHEAT EXPORTER - WHAT'S NEXT IN THIS GROWTH STORY?
Eduard Zernin
Chairman of the Executive Board, RUSGRAIN UNION – The Russian Union of Grain Exporters and Producers (Russia)
09.30 - 10:00
PRODUCTION AND EXPORT OUTLOOK - HOW TECHNOLOGY AND CUSTOMER DEMAND IS SHAPING WHAT RUSSIA GROWS, WHERE IT IS GROWN, AND WHERE IT IS EXPORTED FROM?
Igor Pavensky
Head of Agricultural Markets Research – Head of Rusagrotrans Marketing Division, Demetra Holdings (Russia)
10.00 - 11:00
PANEL DISCUSSION
"RUSSIAN GRAIN INDUSTRY INSIGHTS AND OUTLOOK"
Moderated by:
Stas Ognev,
Senior Trader, ME Solaris Commodities (UAE)
Ilia Aliev
CEO, Grain Gates LLC (Russia)
Eduard Zernin
Chairman of the Executive Board, RUSGRAIN UNION – The Russian Union of Grain Exporters and Producers (Russia)
Michel Meyer
Head of Grains, Invictus Trading FZE (UAE)
Dr. Eren Günhan Ulusoy
Director, IAOM Eurasia Region. Chairman of Board, Ulusoy Flour Mills (Türkiye)
Oga Venkat
Desk Head – Middle East & Africa, World Trading Group, Cargill International SA (Switzerland)
11.00 - 11.30
COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING AT EXPO
RAFFLE DRAW
11.30 - 12.40
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AND ITS IMPACT ON MILLING
Panel Q&A moderated by:
Ibrahim Al-Hazaa
Executive Director, Al-Hazaa Investment Group (Jordan)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) – HOW MILLERS CAN BENEFIT?
Martin Ellegast
CEO, Wingmen Group GMBH (Switzerland)
HOW AI-DRIVEN PROCESSES REVOLUTIONIZE FLOUR MILLING
Alexis Noel
Digital Program Manager, Bühler Group (Switzerland)
AI BATCHING TECHNIQUES IN MILLING
Ali Magboul
CEO, ASM Process Automation (UAE)
NAVIGATING THE PATH TO FLOUR QUALITY EXCELLENCE: LEVERAGING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MILLING OPERATIONS
Fabien Varagnac
Founder, Grains & Flours Insights (France)
12.40 - 12.50
WHAT'S NEW MILLING TECHNOLOGY
INSTALLATION EXAMPLE OF TMS
Tobias Diener
CEO, Agromatic (Switzerland)
12.50 - 13.00
THE NEW MULTIPLEXA PLANSIFTER
Seyit Ali Topaç
Sales Manager, IMAS (Türkiye)
13.00 - 13.10
THE MOULINS SOUFFLET CASE: BOOSTING EFFICIENCY AND ENERGY SAVINGS
Pietro Barbalarga
Sales Director, Omas Industries (Italy)
13.10 - 13.20
INTEGRATED DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES FOR MILL BUILDINGS
Dr Martino Celeghini
CEO, CESCO EPC GmbH (Germany)
13.20 - 13.30
NATURAL FUMIGATION WITH NITROGEN
Peer Hansen
Biochemist – R&D Director, Toxi-Scrub ApS (Denmark)
13.30 - 13.40
ATEX & HAZARD MONITORING
Ahmad Mansour
Sales Manager, 4B Braime Components (UAE)
13.40 - 14.20
PASTA & BAKING
Panel Q&A moderated by:
Tarik Gahi
Assistant Technical Director, U.S. Wheat Associates (Morocco)
A 360° VIEW ON FLOUR QUALITY: IMPACT OF MILLING TECHNIQUES, ADVANTAGE OF SPECIALIZED TREATMENTS, AND DIAGNOSIS BEHIND RHEOLOGICAL TESTING
Salim Makhoul
General Manager, CrownZym (Lebanon)
FROM UNDERSTANDING WHEAT QUALITY TO PROVIDING CONSISTENT FLOUR QUALITY TO BAKERS: MILLERS’ CHALLENGES
Novrani Bundhoo
Technical Team lead, Mühlenchemie GmbH & Co. KG (Germany)
CEREAL-BASED INGREDIENTS AND NEW PREMIXES FOR MILLERS
Nicolas Sulblé
R&D Formulator, AIT Ingredients (France)
14.20 - 14.25
CLOSING SPEECH
Frances Churchill
IAOM President (USA)
14.25 - 14.30
ANNOUNCEMENT OF IAOM MEA 2025
Ali Habaj
Regional Director of IAOM MEA
14.30 - 15.30
LUNCH BREAK
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