EBC Symposium 2025 - EBC Brewing Science Group 14th Technical Meeting
18 - 20 May 2025, Budapest

EBC SYMPOSIUM – Provisional Programme

Sunday 18 May

• 18h30 – 22h30Welcome Evening at MATE, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Villányi út 29-43, 1118 Budapest (Grand Hall / Díszterem)

Monday 19 May – GRAND HALL (Díszterem), MATE Buda Campus

08h00 – 10h30Registrations (in Foyer of “K” Building)

• 08h30 – 08h45Welcome address by  EBC President Paul Lefebvre

Key-note Session

• 08h45 – 09h15The once and future keg. Christopher McGreger, McGreger Translations & Consulting, DE
• 09h15 – 09h45Greener, Lighter Kegs: The impact of innovative Duplex Stainless Steel material in the brewing industry. María Angélica Mayorca, Thielmann Portinox, ES
• 09h45 – 10h15Exploring the world of Stainless Steel Kegs: The Future of Draft – Sustainability and the Ultimate Customer Experience. Alexander Brand, Chair of Steel Keg Association (SKA)

10h15 – 10h30Coffee / Tea Break

Microbiological Stability of Draught Beer

• 10h30 – 11h00Draught Beer Hygiene: A Hidden Threat to Quality. Maciej Ditrych,  Lodz Univ. of Technology, PL
• 11h00 – 11h30Stabilization of non-alcoholic beer on tap with natural glycolipids. Christof Lietke, Lanxess Deutschland, DE
• 11h30 – 12h00Ozone as a Sustainable Alternative for Cleaning Beverage Lines in the Hospitality Industry. Reyver Serna, Ozonium, FI

12h00 – 14h00Lunch (selection of Hungarian beers available)

Technical Aspects of Draught Beer Dispense

• 14h00 – 14h30Optimizing Sustainable Packaging in Brewing: Leveraging Supply Chain Dynamics and Digital Twin Technology. Martin Schindler, Siemens Digit. Log., DE
• 14h30 – 15h00Development of Full-Automatic electric pressure regulator. Tsutomu Maeda, R&D Laboratories, Asahi Breweries, JP

15h30 – 15h45Coffee / Tea / Beer Break

Optimising Pasteurisation for Draught Beer

• 15h00 – 15h30Development of a pasteurisation bioindicator for optimisation of beer pasteurisation. Grzegorz Rachon, CampdenBRI, UK
• 15h45 – 16h15The pasteurization of differently produced non-alcoholic beer and the influence of sporulation. Soenke Kienitz, Chair Brewing & BevTech, TUM, DE

• 16h30 – 17h00Wind-down beer
• 18h30 – 21h00DANUBE RIVER CRUISE for all registered delegates. Meeting Point: Batthyány Tér (in front of the church, then we will walk together to the boat). Meeting Time: 18:45. Pier: Pier 1 Batthyány Tér. Boat Name: Budapest.
  Emergency contact: Tony Prior +36 20 911 9807

Tuesday 20 May – GRAND HALL (Díszterem), MATE Buda Campus

Pushing the Boundaries on Draught

• 08h45 – 09h15 Tapping into Telemetry: Benefits, Challenges, and the Future of Draught Beer Digitalisation. Torben Amby,  MicroMatic, DK
• 09h15 – 09h45 A Low Cost And Sustainable Solution To Reducing Beer Waste. Amanda Thompson, Avani, UK
• 09h45 – 10h15 Improving Quality, Efficiency, and Sustainability in Draft Beer Operations: A Data-Driven Assessment of Innovations. Mert Can Cinka, Pubinno, TR

10h30 – 10h45 Coffee / Tea Break

Dispense Systems and Novelties

• 10h45 – 11h15 Revolutionizing Beer Distribution: Sustainable Tank Beer Systems for the Evolving European Market. Cor Ax, FIB Beer Systems, NL
• 11h15 – 11h45 Beer Concentrate with REVOS and Redraft Technologies. Nicholle Coo, Alfa Laval Copenhagen, DK
• 11h45 – 12h15 Going beyond beer: Tapped purified water in on-trade and its global significance for emerging countries. Ed Ros, Schäfer Werke, DE

12h15 – 13h30 Lunch (selection of Hungarian beers available)

The Sustainability Conundrum

• 13h30 – 14h00 How Dolium one-way keg maximizes your profit & sustainability strategy of your beer packaging portfolio. Albert Wauters, Dolium Kegs, BE
• 14h00 – 14h30 Recent advancements in sustainable beer packaging. Goran Saric, Karlovac Univ. Appl. Sc., HR
• 14h30 – 15h00 Lightweight disposable stainless steel keg – Best technology with almost 100% recycling rate worldwide. Gerd-Albrecht Graf, Coolsystem Keg, DE

15h00 – 15h30 Summary / conclusions and wrap-up

15h30 – 16h30 Final beer & departure of EBC Symposium delegates

16h00 – 18h00 Registration of EBC Brewing Science Group members and guests