Overview

Following on from the success of our 2017 conference on Building FMCG structures through engineering, the Food & Drinks Special Interest Group would like to invite you to the first part of our two part conference in 2018.

This year’s theme is on the future of food & drinks, and in particular, developments in the areas of product, process and other related areas of interest. Examples of topics include:

• Product: microstructure design & characterisation
• Process: scale up (industrial), automation, in-line monitoring and control, novel processes, process transformation
• Beyond: factory of the future, industrial strategy, food technology, supply chain, agriculture.

We bring you from both FMCG companies and academia. There will also a panel discussion to explore opportunities for collaboration.

The first conference will be at Campden BRI on the 14 March 2018, with a slight lean towards Industrial (60%) than Academia (40%). We are delighted to announce that Prof. Tim Ingmire, Senior Director of Food Structure & Ingredient Sciences from PepsiCo will be our key note speaker for the day. Further programme details will be announced nearer the date.

Save the date

The second conference will be at the Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge on the 26^th September 2018, with a slight lean towards Academia (60%) than Industrial (40%). Details to follow in April 2018.

If you’d like to present at the September event (oral or poster), please email your CV and a 200 word description to: amanda.talhat@pepsico.com and paula.haran@pmgroup-global.com

Cost

Students: £20.00
Food and Drink SIG Members: £40.00
Non-SIG Members: £50.00