IFU Technical Workshop 2024
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IFU Technical Workshop 2024

Join us at the IFU Technical Workshop on Monday, March 18, 2024 – the main hub for experts in the global fruit and vegetable juice industry, covering research, quality, labs, suppliers, and universities. We'll explore faster analysis methods, ways to check if juices are real, easy quality control, using AI in juice-making, new laws, and the AIJN Code of Practice. Plus, hear success stories from the juice industry on boosting sustainability. Don't miss this opportunity!

18/03/2024
When: Monday, March 18, 2024
day: workshop; evening: networking evening
Where: KölnMesse, Offenbach Saal, Concgress-Centrum Ost
Deutz-Mülheimer Str. 51
Cologne 50679
Germany
Contact: Maria Schlaffer
maria@ifu-fruitjuice.com
+43 664 2127823

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To register for the IFU Technical Workshop 2024, please use this link (the registration will be done by our agency conneccted. The invoice will show Conneccted: Events & Live Marketing as issuing company). Ideally, open it in a new tab! Find here a detailed manual for the registration.

If you are not a member of IFU, please use the code IFUWORKSHOP to access the correct ticket. If you are a member of IFU, please log in to your account and then click here to see the code that reveals the member price.
We recommend to copy and paste 
https://gstoo.de/ifuworkshop into a new tab or into a new browser!

(more details on the tickets at the end of this page)

PROGRAM

Monday, March 18, 2024 – Congress Center Cologne

09:00

Opening


Methods of Analysis

09:10

Forever PFAS? – Implications for the Juice Industry

Arne Dübecke, Head of Global Center of Excellence for Food Fraud, Tentamus Chelab GmbH

09:30

Automated Formol Number by photometry, a safe and faster alternative

Merce Boix, Business Development Manager, BioSystems

09:50

Simplified sample preparations for D-threo-iso citric acid and total sulfite in fruit juices

Prof Dr Thomas Hektor, Director R&D, R-Biopharm

10:10

Ensuring Authenticity in Orange Juice Production - How to verify conformity?

Markus Jungen, Technical Manager, SGF

10:30

Q&A


10:45

Juice Break


Trends & Technologies

11:15

Detection of Adulteration Using FT-IR

Nur Altug, Head of Analytical Science and Regulatory, Doehler

 11:45Fast-tracking Antioxidant Capacity Analysis:Expanding Horizons in Juice Industry MonitoringHenar Muñoz Cimadevilla, CEO, BQC Redox Technologies

12:05

Innovation in Quality Controls: Non-invasive ultrasound monitoring of fluids 

Benjamin Rubio, Project Manager, Tecnalia

12:25

The Four Dimensions of Fruit Juice Processing: Recent Advances of the Horizon2020 HiStabJuice Project

Hassan Zia, Early Stage Researcher, GfL Gesellschaft für Lebensmittel-Forschung mbH

12:45

Q&A


13:00

Lunch


Nutrition & Legislation

 14:00 Industry 4.0: the Future of Food Safety & QualityGuillaume Dancoisne, EMEA Augmented Diagnostics Business Development Manager, bioMérieux

14:20

Artificial Intelligence in Juice Processing

Pierre Volschenk, Business Systems Analyst, Summerpride

14:40

Updates on the Nutritional strategy in Germany

Judith Hausner, Regulatory Head, VdF

15:00

New developments in the AIJN Code of Practice

John Collins, Chair of Expert Group, AIJN

15:20

Q&A


15:35

Juice Break


Sustainability

16:00

Carbon footprint calculation in the Argentinean lemon juice production

Patricia Garolera De Nucci, Engineering & Agroindustrial Processes, EEAOC

16:20

Sustainable Juice Platform: sustainability examples to inspire

Athanasios Mandis, CEO and Chair, De la Tierra

16:40

Endolysine produced by virus to treat bacterial infections in crops

Gema Vivo, Project Manager, AINIA

17:00

Q&A


17:10

Closing Remarks

 

 

Timeline:

 Day Morning AfternoonEvening
 Sunday, March 17, 2024 

IFU ExCom Meeting (upon invitation) at Mercure Hotel Severinshof

 
 Monday, March 18, 2024 IFU Technical Workshop  IFU Technical Workshop IFU Networking Dinner (at Anno 1858)
 Tuesday, March 19, 2024 European Beverages Quality Conference (EBQC) European Beverages Quality Conference (EBQC) 
 Wednesday, March 20, 2024 possiblity to visit Anuga FoodTec possibility to visit Anuga FoodTec 

Registrations for the IFU Technical Workshop can be done here:

To register for the IFU Technical Workshop 2024, please use this link (the registration will be done by our agency conneccted). Ideally, open it in a new tab!

If you are not a member of IFU, please use the code IFUWORKSHOP to access the correct ticket. If you are a member of IFU, please log in to your account and then click here to see the code that reveals the member price.
We recommend to copy and paste 
https://gstoo.de/ifuworkshop into a new tab or into a new browser!
Once you opened the registraiton page, and clicked on "register", you can insert the code here:


Ticket prices: 
Member-Ticket Technical Workshop incl. Networking evening: EUR 359 (excl. 19% VAT)
Non-Member-Ticket Technical Workshop incl. Networking evening: EUR 499 (excl. 19% VAT)

Each participant will receive a code to attend Anuga FoodTec free of charge (for the whole week). A free ticket for public transport in Cologne is also included in this Anuga FoodTec ticket!
Please note that due to administrational reasons, our agency Conneccted can only accept bank transfers. 

If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please contact us!

ACCOMMODATION:

Here a list of hotels you can book while joining the IFU Technical Workshop and maybe also the EBQC:
Motel One Köln Waidmarkt (same hotel as in 2018): ask for a quotation via e-mail or book directly on their website

Hotels that can be booked via travel agent are listed here: https://offer.travel2fair.com/so/bJKkklJ , you can also contact our Sales Agent George Williams via e-mail


We thank our sponsors for their support: 

Workshop Sponsors:

BioSystems 

GfL Gesellschaft für Lebensmittel-Forschung mbH   

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