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Italian Craft Beer Conference

 
Beer&Food Attraction 2024 will host the 2nd edition of the Italian Craft Beer Conference organized by Unionbirrai" in collaboration with Italian Exhibition Group.
 
The event aims to create an important moment of insight into brewing techniques, new technologies, raw materials, instrumentation and analysis of trends in the craft beer market, comparing all the players in the supply chain.
 
The conferences will be held in Sala Tiglio - Hall A6

The programme

 

FEBRUARY, SUNDAY 18

► 11:30 am - 12:20 pm | Quality control in the brewery: ideas for a conscious monitoring of the process, from the raw material to the finished product

  • David Pierattoni, Business Development Manager - Beer and Wine
  • Paolo Berardinetti, Cleaning specialist - Piramide
     

► 12:30 pm - 1:20 pm | Make your choice for wheat beers

  • Gilles Goemaere, Technical Sales Support - Fermentis®
     
 

► 4:30 pm - 5:20 pm | Cleaning and sanitization in production: a modern and conscious approach

  • Paolo Berardinetti, Cleaning specialist - Piramide
  • Raffaele Bonaventura, Cleaning specialist - Piramide

 

 

FEBRUARY, MONDAY 19

► 10:30 am - 11:20 am | Malt analysis and impact of other cereals on beer quality

  • Yahia Chabane, Malt & Beer Craft manager - BoortMalt
     

► 11:30 am - 12:20 pm | Process optimization and sustainability - technological and biotechnological solutions
 
  • Gianmaria Ricciardi, Technical Sales Manager - Italy, Slovenia, Greece, Spain & Portugal - Lallemand
     
  • Kacper Kulpa, Brewing Innovations team - Yakima Chief Hops
     

► 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm | Showcase of Hops Grand Cru new harvest
 
  • Eugenio Pellicciari, Italian Hops Company
  • Alessandra Agrestini, Brewing consultant and populizer - Italian Hops Company
     

► 2:30 pm - 3:20 pm | The importance of foam in beer and the improvement of its stability
 
  • Alirio Caldera, Brewing Expert - Weyermann® 
     

►3:30 pm - 4:20 pm | The insight of primary and secondary gushing by a maltster
 
  • Karl Dingemans, Maltster - Mouterij Dingemans
     

► 4:30  pm - 5:20 pm | Managing hops in low alcohol beers - Practical examples
 
  • Enrico Prenni, Territory Sales manager Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria - Barth Haas

 

 

FEBRUARY, TUESDAY 20

► 10:30 am - 11:20 am | The curious case of Cask Conditioned Ale

  • Adam Johnson, European Technical Sales - Murphy & Son®
     
 
► 11:30 am - 12:20 pm | Water and characteristics of water
 
  • Dott. Lorenzo Bavagnoli, Product Manager Food Hygiene - REYS
  • Dott. Simone Cagliani, Product Specialist Water Treatment - REYS
     

► 12:30 pm - 1:20 pm | Brewery Analytics in 2024: Improving brewery results and profits through data and numbers

  • Marco Battaglia, J-Software
  • Nicola Simion, Freelance Brewer - BirraPro