Programme

Sunday 26th August
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Arrival Tea and Coffee - Annex Room
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm ICUMSA Method writing instructional workshop hosted by Dr Puke
(Hubya Meeting Room)
5:30 pm Welcome Cocktail 'Meet and Greet' (African Conference Centre)
Monday 27th August
Session I: Technical Session - (Hubya Meeting Room)
9:00 am - 9:30 am Welcome - Stephen Walford, Chairperson of the South African National Committee
9:30 am - 10:00 am GS1: Raw Sugar - Tim Thys, Control Union, Rotterdam, Netherlands
10:00 am - 10:30 am GS2: White Sugar - Karen Pardoe, British Sugar Plc, Norfolk, UK
10:30 am - 11:00 am GS9: Plantation White Sugar - Dr Keskar, MAARC Labs, Pune, India
11:00 am - 11:30 am Coffee Break - Annex Room
Session II: Technical Session - (Hubya Meeting Room)
11:30 am - 12:00 noon GS3: Specialty Sugars - Andreas Degenhardt, Pfeifer & Langen GmbH & Co. KG, Elsdorf, Germany
12:00 noon - 12:30 pm GS4: Molasses - José Godoy, UNICA, Jardim Paulistano SP, Brazil
(Referee not attending)
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm GS5: Cane - Camille Roussel, eRcane, La Reunion, France
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm LUNCH - Kudyela Restaurant
Session III: Technical Session - (Hubya Meeting Room)
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm GS6: Beet - Dierk Martin, Südzucker AG Mannheim/Ochsenfurt, Germany
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm GS7: Cane Sugar Processing - Gillian Eggleston, Audubon Sugar Institute, Baton Rouge LA, USA
(Referee not attending)
3.15 pm - 4:00 pm Coffee Break - Annex Room
4:00 pm - 4:15 pm ICUMSA Ltd AGM
4.15 pm - 6.15 pm Executive Committee Meeting - (Hubya Meeting Room)
CONFERENCE DINNER
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Cocktails - (River Boma)
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Dinner - (River Boma)
Tuesday 28th August
Session IV: Technical Session - (Hubya Meeting Room)
9:00 am - 9:15 am Outcome of Executive Committee meeting
9:15 am - 9:30 am S1: Constitution and By-Laws - Geoff Parkin, Alltech (UK) Ltd., Stamford, UK
9:30 am - 10:00 am S2: Method Format, Collaborative Testing and Statistical Treatment of Data - Roger Wood, Norwich, UK
(Referee not attending)
10:00 am - 10:30 am S3: Colour, Turbidity and Reflectance Measurement - Christiane Lakenbrink, Nordzucker AG, Braunschweig, Germany
10:30 am - 10:45 am S4: Physical Methods - Mathis Kuchejda, Schmidt & Haensch, Berlin, Germany
(Referee not attending)
10.45 am - 11.30 am Coffee Break - Annex Room
Session V: Technical Session - (Hubya Meeting Room)
11:30 am - 12:00 noon S5: Chemical Methods - Maciej Wojtczak, Technical University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland
12:00 noon - 12:30 pm S6: Microbiology - Maritta Jacobs, Pfeifer & Langen GmbH & Co. KG, Elsdorf, Germany
Presented by Michael Klingeberg, Südzucker AG, Obrigheim, Germany
12:30 pm - 1.30 pm LUNCH - Kudyela Restaurant
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm S8: Sampling and Sample Preparation - Alan Mead, ASR Group Tate & Lyle Sugars, London, UK
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Closing Remarks - Adjourn
Wednesday 29th August
8:30am - 3:00 pm Visit to Malelane Sugar Mill and Refinery