Schedule and scientific program
Sunday, 10 May 2026
15 h – 21 h Registration
18 h 30 Welcome reception (at MuK Conference Center)
Monday, 11 May 2026
8 h Registration
8 h – 13 h Stand setup
14 h – 18 h Opening, Plenary Sessions
18 h – 21 h Get together in the exhibition area
Tuesday, 12 May 2026
9 h – 17 h Plenary Sessions
18 h Departure of buses from the exhibition area to
Dinner at Hotel Maritim in Travemünde
19 h Start of Dinner (Dress code: smart casual)
22 h 30 First bus leaves to MuK
Wednesday, 13 May 2026
9 h VDZ Hauptversammlung
10 h – 13 h Plenary Sessions
13 h – 17 h Stand dismantling
Download Programme
Guest program
(Accompanying Persons)
Sunday, 10 May 2026
18 h 30 Welcome Reception
Monday, 11 May 2026
18 h – 21 h Get together in the exhibition area
Tuesday, 12 May 2026
10 h – 16 h Guest program download
· European Hanseatic Museum
· City Tour
· Lunch
· Boat cruise
18 h Departure from exhibition area to Dinner at
Hotel Maritim in Travemünde
19 h Start of Dinner (Dress code: smart casual)
Program
Monday, 11 May 2026
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14 h 00 |
Opening |
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Plenary Presentation |
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| 14 h 10 | Nicolas Wüthrich European sugar industry at a pivotal juncture |
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Decarbonization |
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| 15 h 00 | Ruben Rey, Stéphane Petit, Frédéric Lefevre, Marc Clausse Exergoeconomic Optimization of the Multiple Effect Evaporation Design and Heat Integration |
| 15 h 25 | Coffee Break and Poster Session |
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Artificial intelligence and sugar production |
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| 15 h 55 | Kornel Hulak Improving the Continuous Crystallization Process with AI Models |
| 16 h 20 | Mahesh Kumar Murugaia Ask. Answer. Act. Learn: How AI speeds Decisions in Sugar Production |
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16 h 45 |
Mathieu Cura, Vincent Gavroy, Franck Honoré |
| 17 h 10 | Andreas Soika, Mark O. Burkhardt Integrated Crystallization Control (SFC Crystallisation) |
| 17 h 35 | Andrew Youssef, Wolfgang Klosterhalfen Model Predictive Control Concepts for the Sugar Industry Using Extraction as an Example |
Tuesday, 12 May 2026
| Short Presentations Chairman: Piotr Wawro |
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| 9 h 00 | John Jensen Simple and Rapid Method for Mannitol Analysis in Juices |
| Jiří Zítko, Bjarne Nielsen Real-time Colour Measurement and Purging Measurement for Process Control? |
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| Andreas Lehnberger, Dirk Spangenberg Centrifugal Operation: Basket Design and Vibration Issues |
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| Karol Miądlicki, Łukasz Marchewka, Dariusz Sikorski From Pixels to Process Control: Visual and Thermal Monitoring for Process Control in Sugar Manufacturing |
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| Amitha Asokkumar Optimizing Sugar Crystallization through a Process Digital Twin |
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| Louise Camp, Laurence Cegel Decarbonization Strategies for the Beet Sugar Industry: Equipment and Process Optimization |
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Decarbonization |
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| 9 h 35 | Arash Bagherzadeh, Quido Smejkal, Sascha Nicolai, Steve Howe Hybrid Heat Management for Fossil-Free Beet Processing: Integrating Strengthened Evaporation and Targeted Vapour Compression |
| Thomas Kimmenauer, Stefan Szymkiewicz, Arash Bagherzadeh, Quido Smejkal, Sascha Nicolai, Steve Howe Low Temperature Enddrying (LTD) of Sugar Beets with optimized Valorization of Waste Heat: Example of the Frauenfeld Sugar Beet Factory |
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| Raymond C. Decorvet, Zeno Antonini, Gianluca Tocco, Arash Bagherzadeh, Quido Smejkal Integration of Heat Pump Technology in a Beet Sugar Factory: A Case Study as a Contribution to Roadmap to Zero Emissions Sugar Production |
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| 10 h 35 | Coffee break and Poster Session |
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Decarbonization |
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| 11 h 20 |
Thomas Will |
| Markus Lorenz Biomethane Production in the framework of Climate Protection Agreement |
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| Nicolai Zenns Electrification Concepts: Zero Waste-Heat-Strategy |
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| 12 h 20 | Lunch |
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Changes in beet quality and processing properties |
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| 13 h 30 | Sakura Yagami, Karl Schlumbach, Jonas Niksch, Eckhard Flöter Year II on the Extraction of Beets with varying Quality – Beet Characteristics and Processing |
| 13 h 55 | John Jensen, Slawomir Marek Na, K, Amino-N in Delivered Beets – Trends and How Good Fit to Varieties Trials – Opportunities and Expectation Management |
| 14 h 20 |
Kathrin Ilzhöfer, Martin Benz, Romy Geer |
| 14 h 45 | Maciej Wojtczak, Jakub Macierzyński, Aneta Antczak-Chrobot Polyphenols and Proteins in Sugar Beet Leaves: Composition, Variability, and Valorization Opportunities |
| 15 h 10 | Coffee break and Poster Session |
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General Sugar Technology |
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| 15 h 40 | Andreas Lehnberger, Folker Aljets, Thomas Schulze, Carmen Moschner Insights to the Operation of a Countercurrent Cossette Mixer |
| 16 h 05 | Felix Johannes Preiss, Stephan Kuhnke, Barbara Schmidt, Romy Geer Acetaldehyde Emission of High Temperature Beet Pulp Drying Systems – Influencing Process Parameters |
| 16 h 30 | Jonas Niksch, Sakura Yagami, Karl Schlumbach, Eckhard Flöter Design and Application of a Small-Scale Extraction Cell Trying to Mimic the Tower |
Wednesday, 13 May 2026
| 9 h 00 | VDZ-Mitgliederversammlung (nur für VDZ-Mitglieder / only for VDZ members) |
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Decarbonization |
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| 10 h 00 | Rémi Aubry, Catherine Hénault, Philippe Robert, Urs Venus, Anna Jacobs Balancing Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Acidic Agricultural Soils: Integrating Nitrous Oxide Reduction and Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Sugar Factory Lime Applications |
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General Sugar Technology |
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| 10 h 25 | Natalie Bahr, Susanne Rudolph-Flöter, Eckhard Flöter Application of FTIR to Determine Sucrose Concentrations in Complex Matricees |
| 10 h 40 | Anna Laux, Karl Schlumbach, Nadja Hermsdorf, Bernd-Christoph Schulze, Eckhard Flöter On the Ability to Evaluate IEX Resins at Small Scale under Industrial Conditions |
| 10 h 55 | Karl Schlumbach, Constantin Frantzioch, Eckhard Flöter Investigation of Screen Configurations for Improved Centrifugation in Sugar Production |
| 11 h 10 | Coffee break and Poster Session |
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Changes in beet quality and processing properties |
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| 11 h 35 | John Jensen Implementation of Glucose Analysis in Beet Filtrate in all Tarehouses |
| 11 h 50 | Andreas Georg Degenhardt The Components of the Sugar Beet and Their Influence on the Sugar Manufacturing Process |
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Decarbonization |
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| 12 h 05 | Daniele Terruzzi, Piyush Godse The TFG Gas fired Lime Kiln is the Solution for the Green Sugar Industry |
| Edward Nicol, Alexandre Spiga, Vincent Couplet, Marc Vandemoortele, Jean-Pierre Laurent Externalisation of Lime Production in the Beet Sugar Industry as a Means of Decarbonating: Assessment of the Impact on the Process and the Resulting Modifications |
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| Marine Beguin, Christof Ruhrmann, Géraldine Léonard, Marc Bieswal, Eric Lourtie Lime Externalization in Sugar Industry |
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| Robert S. Gärtner, Axelle Fillinger, Christopher Pust, Tobias Dickmann, Vega Bierwolf Improving the Liming of Raw Sugar Beet Juice by Lime Quality – An Opportunity to Support the Decarbonization of Sugar Production |
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| 12 h 50 | Closing remarks |
| 13 h 00 | End of Conference |
Posters
Plastics Across the Sugar Line: Triboelectric Risks, Material Choices and ATEX-Ready Designs
Jacek Molski, Karol Grygiel, Magdalena Molska, Radosław Michał Gruska
ANDRITZ Equipment for the Recycling of Beet Washing Water — Solution & Current Results
Philip Schofield and Markus Weingartner
Analysis of Accuracy and Efficiency of Sugar Beet Processing
Roman Markalov
Leveraging Synergies of LENZING`s Patented CakeFil Candle Filter Design and Advanced Filter Cloth Weave Structures for Highly Efficient Mud-Juice-Filtration
Christian Scheidle
NIR Polarimetry in the Beet Sugar Industry
Mathis Kuchejda, Sarah Dinkler
Crystallization Modelling, from Sugar Crystal to Boiling House
Frédéric Sauvage, Jean-Pierre Laurent, Vincent Couplet
Transparent quantities. Smart processes. Sugar beet stocktaking with OWL EYE®
Quirin Kraus, Fynn Reuver
Lifetime Extension for Gearboxes in Horizontal and Vertical Presses
Achim Oebel
Simple and Rapid Method for Mannitol Analysis in Juices
John Jensen, Dr. Müller
Real-time Colour Measurement and Purging Measurement for Process Control?
Jiří Zítko, Bjarne Nielsen
Centrifugal Operation: Basket Design and Vibration Issues
Andreas Lehnberger, Dirk Spangenberg
From Pixels to Process Control: Visual and Thermal Monitoring for Process Control in Sugar Manufacturing
Karol Miądlicki, Łukasz Marchewka, Dariusz Sikorski
Optimizing Sugar Crystallization through a Process Digital Twin
Amitha Asokkumar
Decarbonization Strategies for the Beet Sugar Industry: Equipment and Process Optimization
Louise Camp, Laurence Cegel
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