Event agenda

Experience two days packed with expertise, innovation, and networking!

Automation / Food Biotech / Processing / Ingredients /

Day 1 · 09 June 26

09:00

Welcome coffee & registration

10:00

Warm-up

Moderator: Dr. Mehmet Cicek, Fovation Food & Innovation

10:45

Coffee Break

11:00

Opening day 1

Dr.-Ing. Volker Heinz, Director & CEO DIL e. V.
Gitta Connemann, MdB, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy

11:15

Session 1 – Food & Feed Biotech

Dr. Heinrich Kleine Klausing, Dr. KK Consulting
Solid-state fermentation of protein-rich feed materials – next step towards “Feed 3.0”
Hans Christian Ebbe, Alfa Laval
Fast-growing New Food applications – innovative bioreactor solutions for a scaling industry
Dr. Jeroen Wouters, Phageguard | Micreos Food Safety B.V.
Bacteriophages as an innovative tool in the control of Listeria and Salmonella

12:15

Networking Lunch with Exhibitions & Start-Up Area

13:15

Keynote

Hanni Rützler, futurefoodstudio
Food Culture in Transition: From Diagnosing the Present to Shaping the Future

14:00

Session 2 – Ingredients

Dr. Waldemar Buxmann, Sternchemie GmbH & Co. KG
Highly Functional Sunflower Lecithins: Properties and New Application Potential in the Food Industry
Eike Meyer-Wetjen / Bajo Bajović, Leiber GmbH
From sidestream to multifunctional ingredient – rethinking yeast extracts

15:00

Networking with Exhibitions, Demonstrations & Start-Up Area

Opening and Live Demonstration of the new Pilot Extraction Plant
Lutz Lütke Föller, Schrader Verfahrenstechnik
Live Demonstration: High moisture extrusion of pea protein using FiberFlow cooling die
Dr. Volker Lammers, Cosucra & DIL-Group
Live Demonstration of Protein Shifting with NETZSCH LabCompactPlus
Dr. Sharvari Raut, NETZSCH Trockenmahltechnik GmbH
Opening and Live Demonstration of the Regenis Max Pyrolysis Unit
André Schillingmann, REW Regenerative Energiewirtschaftssysteme GmbH
Demonstration of Individual Quick Freezing (IQF)
Fabian Kinghorst, Air Liquide Deutschland GmbH

16:00

Session 3 – Automation

Gerrit Cramer, Stäubli
Transitioning from Dry to Wet Food: Identifying and Meeting Requirements with Precision
Dirk Burhenne, Mayekawa Deutschland GmbH
Flexibility despite automation: AI brings flexibility to future meat production
Jörg Brezl, SLA Software Logistik Artland & Sinah Klümper, H. KLÜMPER GmbH & Co. KG
Smooth Sailing in the Cloud: Offline-Ready Production Systems Enable Seamless Shopfloor, IoT, and ERP Integration

17:00

Visit the new ELEA Technology GmbH Pulsed Electric Field Innovation Centre

Dr. Claudia Siemer & Prof. Dr. Stefan Töpfl

18:00

Start of the Evening Programme at Artlandkotten, Quakenbrück

19:00

Dinner with Appetizer Talk

Hanni Rützler & Dr.-Ing. Volker Heinz

Day 2 · 10 June 26

06:00 – 07.00

Wake-Up Workout (Strength, Endurance & Balance)

How do you want to start your day?

Option 1: Yoga with Antonia Herm-Stapelberg
Lead of Market Development, DACH CrowdFarming
Option 2: 5 km run through Quakenbrück with Jan Puncak
Extrusion Specialist, DIL Deutsches Institut für Lebensmitteltechnik e.V.
Option 3: Strength workout with Brandon Thomas
Sports Director, Artland Dragons Basketball GmbH

08:00

Welcome coffee & registration

Networking with Poster Session, Exhibitions & Start-Up Area

09:00

Opening day 2

Philipp Hildebrandt, adesso business consulting
Cracking Digital Scaling Paradoxes: How Standardisation Drives Differentiation in the Food & Beverage Industry

09:30

Session 4 – Processing

Ansgar Rinklake, Air Liquide
Automation Through Stabilization: How Cryogenic Cooling Enables Efficient Process Automation
Dr. David Burzynski, Coldsense Technologies
Smart Cooling for the Food Industry: AI-Driven Refrigeration Control Using Aerospace Sensor Technology

10:15

Networking with Exhibitions & Start-Up Area

11:15

Start-up Pitch Session powered by DIL Innovation Hub

Moderator: Alexander Märdian, DIL Technologie GmbH

DIL Innovation Hub Panel Talk

Panelists:

Anna Loraine Hartmann
niedersachsen.next GmbH
Dr. Li Tran
High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH
Marvin Anker
Pioneer Netzwerk, DLG e. V.

LI Food Panel Talk: Personalized Nutrition

Moderator
Christian Kircher, LI Food

12:00

Panelists

Noah Petermann
Aniva Health GmbH
Dr. Clara Mehlhose
Georg-August Universität Göttingen
Bert Mutsaers
Really.cloud GmbH

12:30

Award Ceremony Best Poster and Best Start-up Pitch

12:45

Networking Lunch with Exhibitions, Demonstrations & Start-Up Area

Live Demonstration of the new Pilot Extraction Plant
Lutz Lütke Föller, SCHRADER Verfahrenstechnik GmbH
Live Demonstration: High moisture extrusion of pea protein using FiberFlow cooling die
Dr. Volker Lammers, Cosucra & DIL-Group
Live Demonstration of Protein Shifting with NETZSCH LabCompactPlus
Dr. Sharvari Raut, NETZSCH Trockenmahltechnik GmbH
Live Demonstration of the Regenis Max Pyrolysis Unit
André Schillingmann, REW Regenerative Energiewirtschaftssysteme GmbH
Demonstration of Individual Quick Freezing (IQF)
Fabian Kinghorst, Air Liquide Deutschland GmbH

14:00

Visit the new ELEA Technology GmbH Pulsed Electric Field Innovation Centre

Dr. Claudia Siemer & Prof. Dr. Stefan Töpfl

Visit the BIQ Business Innovationspark Quakenbrück

Steffen Kesse, Managing Director BIQ Business- und Innovationspark Quakenbrück GmbH

Insights of the FoodTech Start-Up HS Tumbler GmbH

Andreas Leitze, Managing Director HS Tumbler GmbH

15:00

Closing Session

Prof. Dr. Kemal Aganovic, DIL e. V.
Taste of future: Grass protein for Human Nutrition