Conferences Programme - BeerForum



1st Edition of BeerForum

Conferences Programme - BeerForum - Hall 4



Tuesday 12 November

10:00 – 10:50

Classification and authentication of wheat beers using multivariate and multi-omics statistical approaches

Speaker:
Giampiero Sacchetti, University of Teramo

A multi-omics approach for assessing the influence of climate change on the quality characteristics of wheat beers

Speaker:
Riccardo De Flaviis, University of Teramo

11:00 – 11:25

Resistance / susceptibility to water stress in hops

Speaker:
Stefano Bona, University of Padua
Anna Perbellini, University of Padua
Giulia Bellaio, University of Padua
Irene Lucchetta, University of Padua
Maddalena Cappello Fusaro, University of Padua

11:30 – 11:55

Statistics to support the brewing supply chain: areas and production areas in the world

Speaker: 
Francesco Licciardo, Ph.D in Economics of Production and Development, CREA – PB, Milan

12:00 – 12:45

The terroir of hops in Lombardy, study of the genotype - environment interaction

Speakers:
Giacomo Cocetta, University of Milan
Davide Bianchi, University of Milan
Andrea Arpano, University of Milan


13:00 – 13:45

Dry hopping through cavitation

Speakers:
Flavio Boero, Beer specialist
Fabio Mazzocchi, Brewing & Processing manager Carlsberg Italy

 

14:30 – 15:15

Use of innovative technologies for the production of "tailor made" hop extracts

Speaker:
Lilia Neri, University of Teramo

Hops: process strategies for the production of powder extracts with high stability

Speaker:
Simona Tatasciore, University of Teramo

 

16:30 – 17:30

State of the art of the brewing market in Italy

Participants include
Andrea Bagnolini, director of AssoBirra
Vittorio Ferraris, director of UnionBirrai
Carlo Schizzerotto, director of Consorzio Birra Italiana

Led by Maurizio Maestrelli, journalist

Wednesday 13 November

10:00 – 10:50

Use of beer production waste: new foods and new materials

Speaker:
Ombretta Marconi, Research Centre for Brewing Excellence (CERB), University of Perugia

Recovery and reuse of exhausted hops from dry-hopping

Speaker: 
Vincenzo Alfeo, Research Centre for Brewing Excellence (CERB), University of Perugia

 

11:00 – 11:50

Production of sustainable beer reusing spent grain:

  • Spent grain: from waste to biofertilizer

          Speaker:
          Davide Assandri, STEMS - CNR Turin

  • The use of biofertilizers from spent grain in horticulture

           Speaker:
           Angela Bianco, University of Sassari

 

12:00 – 12:25

Transfer of aroma from hops to beer: molecules that come and molecules that go

Speaker:
Irene Lucchetta, Research Fellow, University of Padua


12:40 – 13:30

Nutrients for the aromatic enhancement of beer

Speaker:
Tania Porcu, R&D Manager AEB Brewing


14:30 – 15:00

Reading
Craft beer. 
Sustainable production
(Carlo Delfino Editore)
by Francesca Borghi, Marilena Budroni and Giacomo Zara. 
With the participation of the Authors

 

15:30 – 16:20

Production strategies to improve the sustainability of malting

Speaker: 
Giovanni De Francesco, Research Centre for Brewing Excellence (CERB), University of Perugia

Selection and characterisation of yeast strains for the production of non-alcoholic beer

Speaker: 
Ezio Moretti, Research Centre for Brewing Excellence (CERB), University of Perugia



Thursday 14 November

09:30 – 10:50

Impact of barley on beer quality

Speakers:
Stefano Buiatti, University of Udine
Paolo Passaghe, University of Udine
Maria Grazia Farbo, Porto Conte Ricerche, Alghero
Antonio Palomba, Porto Conte Ricerche, Alghero
Salvatore Pisanu, Porto Conte Ricerche, Alghero

Solutions for monitoring beer must and finished product in the laboratory and in production

Speaker:
Mauro Bondesan, sales manager Anton Paar

11:00 – 12:50

Each fruit has its season...and its beer

Speakers:
Luca Pretti, Porto Conte Ricerche, Alghero
Pietro Piu, Porto Conte Ricerche, Alghero
Tommaso Ganino, University of Parma

Effects of hop fertilisation and impact on beer quality

Speaker:
Tommaso Ganino, University of Parma
Luca Pretti, Porto Conte Ricerche, Alghero

Hops interaction at different degrees of ripeness and yeast during brewing

Speakers:
Antonella Costantini, CREA – VE, Asti
Tommaso Ganino, University of Parma

Beer quality control: chemical-physical parameters on must, fermented and finished product

Speaker:
Carlo Trezzi , FOSS Italia
Organised by FOSS Italia

 

14.00 - 14.30

Raw materials in the Brewery: innovation, research and new methods of use

Speaker:
Giovanni Faenza, Ritual Lab brewmaster

 

14:40 – 15:30

The 5.0 evolution of the brewery: efficiency and savings with Omnia Technologies 

Speaker:
Stefano Giacobini, BU Leader Beer Omnia Technologies


16.50 - 17.50

Talk Show
Our first thirty years: birth, evolution and prospects. Thirty years of Italian craft beer told by the protagonists

Participants include
Fabio Brocca, brewer and partner of the Lambrate Brewery
Giovanni Faenza, brewer and owner of the Ritual Lab Brewery
Francesco Mancini, brewer and owner of the Forte Brewery
Fabiano Toffoli, brewer and partner of the Brewery 32 Via dei Birrai

conducted by Lorenzo Dardano, radio host

Friday 15 November

09:30 – 09:55

Statistics to support the brewing supply chain: beer production and consumption in Italy

Speaker: 
Francesco Licciardo, Ph.D in Economics of Production and Development, CREA – PB, Milan

 

10:00 – 10:50

Craft beer, research and innovation for sustainability

Speaker:
Aldo Todaro, University of Palermo

Investigating optimal malting regimes for the Sicilian old landrace Perciasacchi durum wheat

Speaker: 
Ignazio Maria Gugino, Ph.D in Food Science and Technology


11:00 – 11:50

The New LalBrew Pomona™ Yeast: innovation in the laboratory and revolution in the brewery

Speakers:
Gianmaria Ricciardi, technical sales manager Lallemand Brewing
Manfredi Guglielmotti, technical sales manager Beer Division Corimpex Service

organised by Corimpex and Lallemand


12.00 – 13.50

IGA beers: how to enhance the aroma of grapes in beer

Speaker;
Fabio Mencarelli, University of Pisa

Influence of red pulp apple on the aromatic fraction and nutritional value of beer

Speaker: 
Alessandro Bianchi, University of Pisa

Automated management of fermentation: oxygen and yeasts

Speakers:
Giuseppe Floridia, R&D manager Parsec
Stefano Pettinelli, Parsec


14:30 – 15:15

Special beers: consumer preferences and chemical-physical and sensory characterization of fruit beers from grape and pomegranate derivatives

Speakers:
Giorgia Spigno, Università Cattolica del Sacro of Piacenza
Mario Gabrielli, University of Piacenza
Fabio Chinnici, University of Bologna

 

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