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Author Guidelines & Scope
Technical, Pasta Production, Feed Milling, What’s New, Grain Commodities Trade & Finance

PRESENTATION SCHEDULE
Technical, Pasta Production, Feed Milling, What’s New, and Grain Commodities Trade & Finance presentations will be delivered any time between 25 to 27 October 2016.

FORMAT

*Each session (comprised of 3-5 presentations) will be followed by a 10-minute panel Q&A session.
*In case speaker needs more presentation time, Education Committee will evaluate and decide depending on the topic.

SUBMISSION PROCESS
Your entry should include the following documents. Incomplete and/ or late submissions will not be considered.

• Completed application form - download it from these link PDF file, MS Word file;
• At least one-page abstract of your proposed presentation explaining why it is important to the millers in Middle East & Africa.

Email your proposals to contact@iaom-mea.com before Friday, 15 April 2016. You can contact IAOM MEA office at +968 24398760,67 for further clarification.

IMPORTANT DATES

EVALUATION
Final selection of presentations is solely at the discretion of IAOM MEA Education Committee.

SCOPE
All presentations should be non-commercial in content and should address flour and feed milling industry innovations, standards, and trends. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

1. Technical
   • Compare and contrast compact flour milling against standard flour milling

     In Ethiopia most of the mills are compact mills with very short break and reduction system, with no detachers, no purifiers and with air filters of poor cleaning system. Washing machines are being used for cleaning in most of these mills. Comparison of the flow diagrams and operation of the two different types of mills, the flour yield and quality and overall efficiency would help millers to understand limitations of their mills, see how to optimize their operation and evaluate options available for improvement.

   • Advantages of Industrial milling of Maize, Teff, and Sorghum and available technologies

     In Ethiopia, Maize is number one in volume of production followed by Teff.TeffIngra is the most preferred bread by most Ethiopians. Yet, there is no industrial milling of both Maize and Teff currently in Ethiopia. Ethiopia also produces substantial quantity of Sorghum all of which is milled at cottage mills currently. A paper on this will create awareness on the subject and aspire millers to evaluate investing in industrial milling of these cereals.

   • Challenges in the supply of Wheat to Flour Mills in Ethiopia

     The demand for wheat in Ethiopia during the last few years has been greater than the local supply and government is importing wheat which is being used only for bread at subsidized price. The price of local wheat is also increasing significantly from year to year. Most of the local wheat supply comes from small land holders and getting consistent quality of wheat in big volumes is difficult. Currently, there is no government or other body that make assessment on the yearly production before or after harvest that provides information to millers on the volume of wheat produced based on some standardized quality parameters .There is no standard quality grading and pricing based on quality. A paper on the subject could help to understand the impact of the problem on the industry and initiate a further study that will recommend how to tackle the problem.

   • Lack of trained millers and the need for flour milling technology training

     Most of the flour mills are being operated by unskilled professionals. There are only few professionals who received proper training in milling technology abroad as there is no local institutions for flour milling technology training. As a result, most of the mills are being operated inefficiency. A paper that asses the magnitude of the problem and recommends solution could be interesting and helpful to the Ethiopian millers.

   • Durum Milling, applied technologies

     What are the differences in the cleaning and milling technology between wheat and durum. How to produce a high quality durum semolina or durum pasta flour. Which parameters in the durum semolina and durum flour are having an influence in the pasta production.

2. Pasta Production

   Pasta processing technology Pasta production challenges and food safety

   Value added products from pasta plants

3. Feed Milling

   Adding value to wheat bran Advances in feed mill pelleting and conditioning Prebiotics and probiotics in animal nutrition Important issues and challenges in the poultry industry Principles of feed manufacturing and processing

   Value of raw material analysis in the feed milling industry Factors that affect pellet quality and trouble shooting in the pelleting process Quality control in feed milling Enhancing the nutritive value of the diet Measuring the mixer variation performance and cross contamination

4. What’s New

   New milling technology, product or service recently launched in the market (12 months or less) or has yet to be launched.

   Silo temperature measurement and control systems Whole grain quality analysis Maize milling new technology Mycotoxins in milling - specification, detection and removal Non-wheat grain milling technology Functionality of dough Effects of various of improvers Optimizing diagrams to produce the best flour quality Optical sorting equipment

   Developments in automation and control systems Quality assurance systems Optimized treatment and handling of return flour Plant hygiene, mill pest control & fumigation using gases and heat Developments in fluting & roll frosting systems Developments in whole wheat products, pasta & couscous production, and instant noodle technology Social media applications in milling

5. Grain Commodities Trade & Finance
   • Analysis of developments affecting world trade in grains
   • World production, consumption and market outlooks
   • Guidelines in drafting milling contracts
   • Finance facilities and banking solutions (commodity trade finance, storage finance, export pre-payment and pre-export finance structures, etc.)
   • Insurance policy and risk management (trade credit insurance)
   • Growing investment and consumption needs in emerging countries
   • Development in free trade policies