Schedule

Sunday, 10 May 2026
15 h – 18 h Registration
19 h ESST Welcome Reception, Invitation

Monday, 11 May 2026
8 h Registration

13 h 30 – 18 h Opening, Plenary Sessions
18–20 h Get together in exhibition area

Tuesday, 12 May 2026
9–17 h 15 Plenary Sessions
19 h 30 Reception
20 h Dinner (Invitation; Dresscode: smart casual)

Wednesday, 13 May 2026
9 h VDZ Hauptversammlung
10–13 h Plenary Sessions

Program

Monday, 6 May 2024

13 h 30	Opening Bram Fetter, Harald Powitz
Plenary Presentation – Chairman: Piotr Wawro
13 h 40	Norbert Harringer (CTO Agrana) Sustainability and decarbonisation in the sugar market
14 h 10	Erik Bek-Pedersen (Topsoe) Sugarbased chemicals and fuels – ongoing developments and trends
Challenges in decarbonization of sugar production – Chairman: Wolfgang Klosterhalfen
15 h 00	Josh Gartland Climate Neutrality Toolbox of CEFS
15 h 25	Coffee break
15 h 55	Stephane Petit “Digital energy twin” project
16 h 20	Daniel Nouws, M. van Dijk Integrating thermal vapor recompression in a sugar factory
16 h 45	Saiedeh Wicht, Yannis Affeldt, Boris Morgenroth Beet sugar factory decarbonisations
17 h 10	Nils Träber, Wjatscheslaw Popov, Deike Laue Energy and cost efficiency in the sugar house: combining proven methods with continuous crystallisation and vapour compression
17 h 35	Sébastien Schellen, Vincent Couplet, Adrien Couplet Efficient crystallization: Paving the way to 100% electrification in crystallization
18 h 00	Bestowal of ESST Science Award

Tuesday, 7 May 2024

Short Presentations – Chairman: Piotr Wawro
9 h 00	Mischa Baier Slurry, viscosity reducer and color remover for efficient and energy-saving sucrose crystallization based on laboratory data and field tests
	Mario Gürtl Sugarlyzer 5000 – the fully automated factory-control lab
	Stefan Schöpf Revolutionary candle type precoat filtration within the sugar industry
	I. Bejenke, T. Erichsen, E. Hilscher The future shines bright – Implementation of NIRS-based process-analytical systems in sugar factories
	Jakab Rózsa Perfecting supersaturation curves in various sugar crystallization processes
	Karin Abraham, Karl Schlumbach, Luiza Fritzsche, Eckhard Flöter The effect of Dextran on sucrose crystal color and morphology
Chairman: Stephane Petit
9 h 40	Martin Bruhns The beet sugar factory – a European cultural asset
10 h 05	Dierk Martin ICUMSA®: aims, development and current activities
10 h 30	Coffee break and Poster Session
Sugar technology knowledge transfer to new generations – challenges and good practices – Chairman: John Jensen, Eckhard Flöter
11 h 10	Panel Discussion L. Rademaker, P. van Dam Operator Training System – Practical experiences in the sugar industry Isabel Altmann Bringing shift work closer to young skilled workers V. Baumann, S. Boetcher, N. Bertram Humans, Technology, Organization: Managing Generation Change in Sugar Analytics Mahesh Kumar MurugaiahDigitally Bridging Generations: LLM-RAG Innovation in Sugar Industry Maciej Wojtczak, Aneta Antczak-Chrobot: Educating the next generation of sugar technology experts: best practices and challenges
12 h 30	Lunch
Digitization Chairman: Stefan Frenzel
13 h 45	Romy Ries Weihenstephan Standards and OPC UA – Paving the way for transparent and efficient future production
14 h 10	Bo Stig Energy optimizing vacuum pans through machine learning
14 h 20	Brett Stewart Transforming Sugar Manufacturing with the Power of Artificial Intelligence
14 h 30	Wolfgang Klosterhalfen, Mark O. Burkhardt Visual Smart Sensor (VSS) for cossettes quality determination (VSS cossettes) Visual Smart Sensor (VSS) for beet quality determination (VSS external beet quality)
15 h 05	Coffee break
Climate change and beet availability and quality Chairman: Marco de Vries
15 h 35	Stefan Frenzel Technical and technological effects of changing texture properties of sugar beet
16 h 00	Karl Schlumbach, Jörg Tuchert Beet Texture – Technological value of texture altered beets
16 h 25	Christa Hoffmann Impact of drought stress on yield, quality, and beet texture of sugar beet
16 h 50	Fernando Finger Relationship of long-term storage and raffinose metabolism in sugarbeet

Wednesday, 8 May 2024

9 h 00	VDZ-Mitgliederversammlung (nur für VDZ-Mitglieder / only for VDZ members)
General Sugar Technology Chairman: Barbara Muir
10 h	Karl Schlumbach, Susanne Rudolph, Daniel Eichstädt, Eckhard Flöter First steps towards a process model of extraction towers
10 h 25	Rebekka Birke, B. Zwirzitz, F. Emerstorfer, K.J. Domig Biodegradation potentials of microorganisms in sugar factories
10 h 50	Janus Egholm, Ricco Kügler In-line detection of foreign particles and color measurement for dry sugar on conveyor belt
11 h 15	Coffee break
General Sugar Technology Chairman: Florian Emerstorfer
11 h 35	Felix Geisendörfer, Eckhard Flöter Numerical modelling regarding the role of sucrose crystals for the evaporation process within a discontinuous evaporating crystallizer
11 h 55	Christiane Lakenbrink Application of rapid methods for product release
12 h 15	Manuel Ruiz Holst, Leandro Dinnocenzo Solids-liquid filtration technology and solutions in the sugar beet processing and sugar production
12 h 35	Marlies Rothauer Quality management systems and their further development
12 h 55	Final remarks
13 h 05	End of conference

Posters

Sugar beet analysis using HPCEC-RI and ITP
Henke, S. Gillarová, K. Chalupný, Š. Zvěřina, D. Kulichová, Z. Bubník, P. Kadlec, V. Pour

Crystallization process optimization with on-line process microscope
Markus Honkanen, Hannu Eloranta, Harjeet Singh Bola, Boris Morgenroth, Naresh Saini

Enhancing production safety and reliability: Smart vibration motors for screens and feeders
Markus Kratz

Assessment of dust explosions in the sugar industry with regard to screening technology
Tristan Stephan

ITECA on-line crystal growth technology applied to improving pan stage performance: Review of some applications
Clarie Rua, Catherine Bouche

Alternative suspension agents for slurry production
Jens Mahrholz, Andreas Lehnberger

Comments on validity and benefits of sucrose crystals colour determination by laboratory and indirect real-time method, with comparison between the two
Bjarne Christian Nielsen

Process development of beet sugar factories: reduction of fossil energy and CO2-emmissions based on master plan of technology improvements
Quido Smejkal and Arash Bagherzadeh

Can I improve the efficiency of my batch centrifuge when I change the basket
Philip Schofield

Changes in composition and metabolism of sugarbeet root cell walls during storage
Karen Fugate, Abbas Lafta, Mohamed Khan and Fernando Finger

Application of continuous chromatography for mannitol production
S. Gillarová, S. Henke, Z. Bubník, P. Kadlec, E. Šárka, V. Pour

First steps towards optimized process condition in tower extraction as a function of beet quality
Sakurako Yagami, Karl Schlumbach, Eckhard Flöter

Characterization and purification of technical non-sucrose solutions
Sakurako Yagami, Karl Schlumbach, Eckhard Flöter

Upgrading two falling-film evaporators at the Chortkiv sugar factory, Ukraine – design and installation of centrifugal juice separators below the calandria
Martin Bruhns