VICTAM Asia and Health & Nutrition Asia 2024
The conferences and technical seminars will take place simultaneously with the exhibition at the BITEC Exhibition Center in Bangkok, Thailand
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Dr. Sohail Nazari currently serves as the Head of the Automation and Digitalization Business Unit and Global Vice President of the Feed and Biofuel Division at ANDRITZ.
Since 2006, Sohail has been a dedicated advocate and facilitator for introducing advanced digital technologies into various industries, including Automotive, Oil & Gas, Pulp & Paper, Mining & Mineral Processing, and Feed & Biofuels. His primary focus is helping operations achieve higher efficiency and productivity through digital transformation while also reducing their carbon footprint by decreasing energy consumption. Along this journey, he has successfully launched and commercialized multiple digitalization products and businesses, received numerous awards, been invited as a keynote speaker in various professional settings, and holds a patent.
Dr. Nazari earned his PhD from the University of Alberta, Canada, in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2013.
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The global shrimp industry is currently in vulnerable condition. Farmers suffer from low prices and lost margins. Excess supply under falling demand will continue for another year at least. The causes and solutions will be shared in the discussion. Including an assessment of shrimp industry and it trends in 2024 for both producers and consumers. So that producer can set a safe direction to run the business in 2024.
The Dutch Agricultural Counsellor
Bram Schuit is Commercial Director at GMP+ International. He is part of the Management Team that oversee the entire business operations of GMP+.
Dr. Bhupender Sharma is based in Singapore leading the Scientific & Public Affairs function of IFF in the region, a Nourish, Scent, Health & Biosciences and Pharma Solutions multinational. IFF’s Biosciences portfolio is aimed at improving sustainability of the food chain, consumer products, and the bio-based economy at large.
Bhupender has a PhD in Agricultural Sciences from India. Bhupender is professional, capable of handling regulatory portfolio through advocacy capabilities and has passion to manage resources & technical programs. Bhupender have skills developed in areas of product development, marketing, and business development with more than 20 years’ experience in regulatory affairs & advocacy for crop protection solutions across three multinational corporations and about 7 years in regulatory advocacy and market access of food & bioscience products at IFF.
Bhupender also serves as Director on board of Feed Ingredient Premix Association of Asia (FIPAA) an initiative of Manufactures of Feed Additives and Premixes with Asia Pacific focus.
Patchanee Yasurin is the current Dean of Theophane Venard School of Biotechnology at Assumption University. She has an extensive experience working in Academe and as consultants with companies and the ministry. Her passion involves educating the industry on how to produce safe products for human consumption.
Marcos Rostagno is a Veterinarian, with M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Preventive Veterinary Medicine, focusing his career in the areas of Salmonella ecology and epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, and gut health in poultry and swine production. Dr Rostagno has acquired extensive academic and industry global experience, working as faculty in Brazil and the U.S., as well as in different roles in multi-national animal health and nutrition companies. Since 2022, Dr. Rostagno is the U.S. Technical and Innovation Director with Selko-USA.
Antibiotics were part of our feed production a long time ago to prevent treat and control bacterial infections in livestock animals and even to increase animal performance. Through the years, this practice is agreed to eliminate to reduce the likelihood that resistant bacteria develop and threaten human health. But how's Asia's feed industry doing in cutting back on meds and antibiotics in the production of animal feed? Our goal is simple: raise awareness. We'll help clarify the existing rules, so everyone knows what's expected and how to meet industry standards. And we hopefully offer tips for better feed production. Takeaways:
Antimicrobial Resistance: How It Shapes and Drives Regulatory Changes
The audience will receive comprehensive information on how developments in antimicrobial resistance have influenced the regulatory frameworks of diverse Asian countries.
Antibiotics in Feed: Addressing Consumer Concerns and Food Processor Responsibilities
Discusses how antibiotics in animal feed worry consumers and the obligations of food processors. It looks at the effects of antibiotic use on food safety and public health, as well as ways for processors to handle these concerns responsibly.
Safeguarding Feed Production: Strategies to Prevent Cross Contamination and Unintended Use of substance
The presentation will focus on the following 3 key points:
GMP+ No-Antibiotic Feed Standard
The presentation will focus on the new standard of GMP+ International about the No-Antibiotic use in animal feed production. Bram will highlight the importance of having certification as a strong proof of complying and supporting the ambition of the industry to eliminate the antibiotic in animal feed production.
Former R&D director Nutreco and em. professor Wageningen University and on behalf of VICTAM, The Netherlands
Dr. Mai Anh Khoa is a vice research director at Thai Nguyen University - Vietnam. He was conferred a PhD degree in field of Animal Nutrition at Wageningen University and Research Center in 2007. Since then, his works mainly focuses in finding the alternative feed materials for ruminants and poultry to cope with the challenges of feeding shortage in his own country with regard to climate change perspective. Some of his research were to find the possible solution for the replacement of expensive protein sources by the locally available leaf meals in broiler and layer diets. The others were to manipulate the feeding regimes to eliminate the emission of methane from the rumen without interference animal performance.
A senior lecturer at the Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Hold a PhD degree in animal nutrition from Wageningen University & Research. Current research projects include optimizing insect-based poultry feed and ration formulation using locally available resources for ruminant.
Education:
Works Experience :
Feed Technology Office | Charoen Pokphand Group Co., Ltd
Senior Vice President 2015 – present
Vice President 2010-2014
Assistant Vice President 2007-2009
Senior Specialist 2002-2006
Manager 1999-2002
Technical Service 1993-1998
Job Responsibilities :
Supervise all research data and experimental feeds to improve and develop feed and feeding for all non-ruminant species.
Dr. Pairat Srichana started his career in Feed Technical Service at Feed Technology of Charoen Pokphand Group Co., Ltd. In 2002, He was offered a university scholarship in the field of Animal Nutrition. He received his doctoral degree in 2006. After received PhD in Animal Science Nutrition from University of Missouri-Columbia, USA, he was appointed as the chair of Feed Research and Innovation Center at CPF (Thailand) PCL.
Dr. Pairat has over 30 years of experience in feed research and animal nutrition. As a head of animal feed R&D, He was in charged of experimental data, statistic analysis, feed formulation, feed management, feedstuff quality and dietary supplement evaluation. That enables Dr.Pairat has an in-dept understanding of animal feed.
In this role,Dr. Pairat is also invited as a special instructor. He currently teaches introductory animal nutrition courses at undergraduate level and is a co-instructor for a graduate level course.
Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Feed technology under industrial research conditions in Asia
Pairat Srichana, Ph.D., Charoen Pokphand Group Co., Ltd.
Abstract
Feed technology involves the processing of ingredients and the manufacture of animal feeds and is integral part of animal production systems to provide high quality and nutritious food. Livestock industry has been developed rapidly in Asian countries for the past few years due to several factors. Genetic of animal is the main factor, since modern genetics such as hyper-prolific sows, fast growth, and high lean meat of genetic lines of pig have been imported. As well as, for broiler industry, high meat yield, rapid growth with excellent feed efficiency are selected. Therefore, animal feed, feeding program, and farm management have to be changed to fit the genetic potential of animals. There are an argument whether or not industrial research should be invested as long as there are so many publications from university research. Based on feed technology perspectives, industrial research is really importance, especially in Asia not only because genetic of animal has been changed but also several alternative raw materials in Asia have been used. Raw materials such as corn, wheat, soy bean meal, and DDGS are commonly used in several countries in America and Europe with full of nutritional information of those raw materials. However, accurate information of local raw materials are really required in different Asian countries. For example, cassava and cassava by products, feed rice and rice by products, and palm kernel meal which there are huge variation of these raw materials caused by its origins and production processes. Moreover, price of imported major raw materials in Asia are fluctuated which consequently affects feed price and production cost of domestic animals. These problems can be alleviated by commercial research as precision nutrition is being focused. Appropriate protein diets with synthetic amino acid supplementation is not a new concept. However, application of this concept can be achieved by theoretical understandings of the concept and proper animal science research techniques to find the optimal requirement of animals. Precision nutrition is not only gain benefits to animals and producers but also provide benefit to the environment since Charoen Pokphand Food has focused on One Health Concept.
Jonathan Zheng has been working in feed industry for 14years and he has much experience in poultry, livestock, aqua feed and pet food processing fields.
He is the general manager of MEA in Zhengchang group.
Josef W Barbi, born in Austria shortly after World War II, to Walter Barbi, Italian, and Hermine Barbi, German, basic Education and Seminary in Melk, Austria, worked on small Family Farm and in local Flour Mill and Feed Mill during studying. He worked and studied Machinery Mechanics and Agriculture (Animal Production) and had Military Services to 1966, Migrating to the UK and Canada to work in the Dairy Industry and on a large Cattle Range to pay University for Mechanical and Industrial Process Engineering. He later migrated to South America as a special Process Engineer designing and installing many Process Systems and Production Plants until 1979.
He migrated to the U.S. in 1979, specialising in Aquatic Feeds Production Technologies, and built the first special Shrimp Feed Plant for China Sea Recourses and later developed, designed and built over 380 Process Systems and Plants in over 40 Countries around the Globe, with his own Engineering and Manufacturing Company starting in 1983.
Several Partnership for Cultivation and Productions of Fish and Shrimp in the U.S. and Latin America, and own Genetics Cattle Ranch, applying latest production and nutrition technologies.
As a person, grown up in a polyglot and multicultural family, I have always had a strong passion about meeting new people and studying different cultural approaches.
After graduating in ‘Language Mediation and Intercultural Communication for business’ at the University of Padua, I got a Masters Degree in ‘Business Internationalization and marketing with focus on Eastern European countries and Central Asia’ at “Ca’ Foscari” University in Italy. During an internship at Metalmont, I delivered a project focusing on the potential of the Eastern European grain markets.
Thanks to Metalmont I started my adventure in the agricultural and agro-industrial sector, studying the grain storage field, as well as the equipment and solutions used in this sector. Today I’m the Metalmont Marketing Manager and I work with Italian and international grain traders, food processing companies, feed millers and oil extraction plants, studying their needs, sharing best practices and working with them on new and innovative storage and grain handling solutions.
Marco Baumann, Vice President Business Unit Capital at ANDRITZ Feed & Biofuel, brings over three decades of expertise in plant engineering to his role. With a background in Business Economics from Switzerland and a native of South Africa, Marco has established himself as a key figure in the industry.
Previously serving as the Industry Director for Animal Feed at ANDRITZ, Marco played a pivotal role in solidifying the company's position as the preferred strategic partner for plant solutions in the global feed and biofuel sectors. His leadership has been instrumental in navigating the intricate challenges faced by these industries, leveraging his extensive knowledge and experience.
As a proactive and visionary leader, Marco is dedicated to positioning ANDRITZ Feed & Biofuel at the forefront of addressing global issues such as feeding a growing population. He emphasizes the importance of forging long-term relationships with customers to drive sustainable and successful solutions forward.
President of Thai Feed Mill Association
Assistant Professor in Environment Technology Division, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi
Please note that the following topics will be held in Thai language with Translator to English:
Global head for nutrition consultancy services, Vetworks
Poultry technical sales manager – APAC, ADM
Regional technical director – SEAP, EW Nutrition
Head of technical services, Kemin Animal Nutrition – Asia Pacific
The Feed Strategy Seminar, “Sustainable feed, nutrition solutions to support antibiotic reductions,” aims to address the specific needs and health challenges Southeast Asian animal feed nutritionists and feed producers face when reducing and eliminating growth-promoting antibiotics (AGPs) in regional poultry and livestock production. Industry experts will explore practical nutrition strategies and leading-edge feed additive research for the sustainable enhancement of animal performance.
When the shrimp industry are in a crisis period due to falling of farm gate prices. The way to survive that the farmer can be done by yourself is to manage to reduce production costs. Key idea is to increasing production efficiency not to cut off the expense. The method that should be chosen is to accept the LEAN concept to manage all 6 production costs. By breaking down the cost of shrimp production into 6 items, then figure out with the most efficient method of management. This can help reduce costs by up to 30%, which will definitely increase the opportunity for profit and survival for operators during this crisis.
With a background in wheat milling, Adi Witono is currently in charge as Operation Vice President for Bogasari Division of PT. Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk. in Surabaya, Indonesia.
Established in 1971, Bogasari Division, the biggest flour mills in Indonesia, as part of Indofood Group, committed to run it’s operations as well as to protect the environment by adhering to the relevant rules and regulations related to environmental management, taking preventive measures against covering water, air and soil pollution through continuous assessment and improvement of environmental practices taking into consideration the regulatory development and new technologies to contribute to the resources conservation. The environmental concern was used as one of consideration for production process innovation, including material, energy use, water efficiency, as well as the involvement of employees and our consumer. Through all that has been done by Bogasari, several environmental awards have been given by the government and international institutions.
David Balaguer, the current President of Balaguer Rolls Company, has 26 years of seniority and a strong background in Business Administration, Finance and International Trade. He moved quickly from a brief banking career to head up sales for the Balaguer Group when he joined the company in 1998. Under his leadership, Balaguer Rolls Company has emerged as a world leader in the manufacture of rolls for flour, oils and animal feed. Beyond corporate achievements, David actively contributes to the growth of Balaguer’s Chinese subsidiary, Balaguer Rolls Changzhou, and expands the company's presence in the Asia-Pacific market. Married and the father of two daughters, David seamlessly blends his personal and professional life, embodying a dedication to family and a strategic vision for the company's continued success on the global stage.
After gaining his degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Southampton in England, Neal spent 10 years developing and commissioning control systems for a major international food process system manufacturer. In 2007 he started working for Hydronix as a Customer Service and Software Development Engineer before becoming Sales Manager in 2011.
Peer Hansen is a Biochemist from University of Copenhagen. His career spans 30 years of creating industrial applications based on frontier science, including more than 20 years in the grain processing industry. Peer Hansen was the first to develop both in-bin moisture monitoring and infestation monitoring based on CO2 measurements. He is a specialist ingrain chilling and has developed 100% automatic aeration control systems for use in any climatic zone. Peer Hansen is known worldwide for his ground-breaking research in infestation control using Ozone. This research was conducted with scientists from Aarhus University, Denmark and has led to the invention of a detoxification processing line, theTOXI-SCRUB®. The TOXI-SCRUB®eradicates insects, bacteria and fungus and reduces contamination like Aflatoxins and other Mycotoxins in grain commodities and pulses to safe levels for humans and animals.
Ph.D. Purdue University (Food Science) January 2003 – June 30, 2006
M.App.Sc. The University of New South Wales, Australia (Food Technology) 1988 -1989
B.Sc. Chulalongkorn University, Thailand (Food Technology) 1982 – 1986
Associate Professor. 1999-until now (25 years)
Agricultural Engineer, Postharvest Engineering Research Group, Agricultural Engineering Division, Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture. 1989 – 1999 (10 years)
Rice processing, Microwave food processing, Food engineering
Mr. Tripop Boonmuan, the visionary behind the Maxtex Group of Companies, founded Maxtex in 1996, inspired by the concept of "Maximum Technology." Beginning as a Service Engineer at SORTEX in 1986, he climbed the ranks to become Service Department Manager before embarking on his entrepreneurial journey with Maxtex Co., Ltd. Transitioning from being Thailand's exclusive agent of Optical Color Sorter devices, Tripop ventured into manufacturing in 2013, launching "MAXSORT," Thailand's premier brand of Optical Color Sorter machines. Through collaboration with skilled engineers, he adeptly integrated machine capabilities to cater to diverse client requirements. Maxtex specializes in distributing and servicing machinery, with a focus on enhancing rice quality through advanced technologies. Recognizing the potential of rice milling byproducts, Maxtex undertakes research and machinery procurement to convert them into high-value rice flour. In 2021, Maxtex Flour Factory, equipped with the groundbreaking Maxx Series Rice Flour Processing Compact Platform by Wet Milling Technology, commenced operations, heralding a new era in rice flour production.
Raymond Ma is the General Manager of Handan Company of WuDeLi Flour Mill Group.
Philipp Fritschi is currently serving as the Director, Grains Technology Asia for Buhler Group. In this role, Philipp is responsible for driving technology and innovation for the Grains Business in Asia that includes customer collaboration, new product development and technical services.
Prior to becoming Chief Engineer in China, Philipp worked as Flour Milling Technology Manager and focused on growing Chinas Domestic Demand and technical leadership position. Prior to China, Philipp worked in a number of leadership positions for Buhler Group and Flour Milling Operation Companies in Europe.
Philipp earned a Science degree in Flour Milling of the Swiss milling School in Switzerland. He also obtained an MBA of the Buhler group.
Philipp is based in Wuxi, China since now 8 years and was before in South Korea, Middle East and Africa.
Shorts:
Nationality : Swiss
20 year of Working Experience in Flour Milling Industry
10 Year Working Experience in APAC Market (8 Years in China)
Lee Deon, an engineer with an MBA, currently serves as the Area Manager for Asia Pacific at Yenar A.S. Collaborating with Yenar’s dynamic team, he played a pivotal role in transforming Yenar into the leading supplier of rolls and rolls reconditioning machines in the Asia Pacific. Joining Yenar in 2014 when the company was relatively unknown in Asia Pacific, Deon overcame significant challenges to help establish strong partnerships with major milling groups across the region. This success is evident as these companies annually purchase hundreds of rolls and consistently invest in Yenar's innovative and reliable machines. Deon's engagement with milling began in 2004 when he worked for a company selling various chemicals and machines. Progressing swiftly, he became the Operations Director, leading a substantial sales team, nurturing his love for mentoring and solution selling. Beyond his professional pursuits, Deon's diverse interests include economics, psychology, business, science, history, travel, and sports.
CRONOS roll, the one and only indefinite chilled roll Cronos roll is the latest inovation launched by Balaguer rolls Group in the field of fliur milling compresion rolls, this unique roll is casted by single poured material being the one and only indefinite chilled cast iron rolls ever made. The special properties of this new casting grade allows the roll to run at lower temperature than standar smooth sandblasted rolls normally seen at milling sections, lower roll temperature helps to get a cooler flour which is one of the desires of every miller. Cronos material itself help the rolls to mantain its matt finished during operation what makes no needed to be re-sanblasted unless a preassure excess is aplyied to the rolls. Hardness of these rolls is lower thah any other smooth roll ever seen before however it has the ideal hardness which guarantees the ideal wear resistance. Cronos material can be supplyied for any brand or model of smooth sand blasted rolls. The new features of this revolutiaonary roll means a new era on compresion rolls technology for flour milling industry.
Novel method of rice flour production for environmental friendliness The traditional rice flour production uses wet milling method which consumes a lot of water and generates a lot of waste-water which needs waste water treatment. Green house gas emission is a lot which is not environmental friendliness. The energy consumption is high. Therefore, freeze grinding method is developed to replace the wet grinding. This method doesn’t use water, therefore, no waste-water, no green-house gas emissions, less energy consumption, more sustainability and more environmental friendliness. The freeze grinding process involved soaking the rice samples in liquid nitrogen before grinding in a dry grinding machine. Freeze grinding using the hammer mill significantly reduced both the average particle size and lower percentage of damaged starch content, higher yield and much less energy consumption. The freeze grinding process was a viable alternative to the traditional wet grinding process.
Keynote Speaker - Introduction of wudeli and revolution of equipment and tech Established in 1989, WuDeLi is the biggest flour mill group in the world, and also China, with a capacity of 80000t/d. I will talk about the companies past and present, which will contain the most important evolutionary innovations.
Transformations in Wheat processing Industry
Continuous transformation of the wheat processing industry is one of the key factors to ensure continuous maximizing of the benefits. This Transformations enhancing as well economical, ecological and quality outcomes to the industry.
Knowing that the industries is challenged by many factors, new food trends and meet the increasing consumer demand, we have to focus more on solutions to support our next generation.
It is essential to implement measures with Smart intelligence which to ensure high quality products, while ensuring economical yields and reducing losses in production or health prospectives.
New generations of mills and new processing technologies, like Mill E3 will change the landscape with its 3 efficiencies of Space, Time and Energy.
As Sustainability ranks more and more important in the wheat processing industry, the awareness and transparency have to be given to the consumers. Finding solutions to mitigate the impact is importance to Bühler. The company invests a lot to creating breakthrough technologies and market-specific solutions to help its customers to achieve a sustainable benefit.
Bühler has been partnering with science institutes and applied research for many years in order to learn more about the new technologies to enhance the transformation of the Wheat processing industry. The created long-term Ecosystem will accelerate the impact into the global and regional industry, as well as to the commercial success of companies.
Bühler technologies help achieve commercially viable yields.
How to recondition rolls to improve mill performance Many flour mills face inefficient mill performances, experiencing elevated energy costs, higher ash content, lower flour extraction rates, and compromised flour quality. One contributing factor to these problems is the difficulty of reconditioning roller mill rolls correctly. The extensive effort, time, and cost required for this process often lead mills to not recondition the rolls as often as they should. When mills do execute roll reconditioning, many times it is not done accurately. This means the mills are operating with semi-worn-off rolls or with inaccurate flute profiles and roll tapers, resulting in detrimental effects on the mill. Our session aims to address these challenges by sharing effective techniques for reconditioning rolls, ensuring precise flute profiles on break rolls, and accurate taper on reduction rolls to enhance overall mill operations. Additionally, we will explore the relationship between inaccurate or worn-off rolls and their adverse effects on mill performance.
VICTAM Asia and Health & Nutrition Asia, in co-location with GRAPAS Asia