8:55 am

Opening remarks

9:00 am

Chemistry & Processing of Oils & Fats - Palm, Palm Kernel and Coconut Oil, Dr. Ignace Debruyne, ID&A, Belgium

9:30 am

Current Market Trends: Palm & Lauric Oils & Co-Products, TBN, Cenipalma, Colombia

PALM OIL PRODUCTION AND BY-PRODUCT VALORIZATION

10:00 am

Use of Expeller® Presses in Palm Kernel and Copra Oil Production, Mr. Enrique O. Diaz, Anderson International Corp., U.S.A.

10:30 am

Coffee/Tea Break & Networking

11:00 am

Maximizing Sustainability in Palm Oil Processing with New Zero Liquid Discharge Solution, Mr. Frank Schöning, GEA Westfalia Separator Group, Germany

11:30 am

D3PRO - A Green Clarification System: Best Oil Yield and Lowest Effluent Production, Mr. Camillo Dominguez, Alfa Laval, Colombia

12:00 pm

Improving CPO Quality and Mitigation Strategies for Oil Mills to Avoid 3-MCPD Esters, Mr. Frank Schöning, GEA Westfalia Separator Group, Germany

12:30 pm

Lunch Break and Networking

2:00 pm

How Magnetic Resonance Technology (MRI) is Impacting the Extraction and Yield of Palm Oil, Eng Lucas Topp, Fine Instrument Technology, Brazil

PALM OIL PROCESSING

2:30 pm

Palm Oil Refinery - Best Engineering Practices to Design a Refinery, from P&IDs, PFDs, Proper Specification of Equipment, Layout, Mr. Paulo Telles, CPM Crown Iron Works, U.S.A.

3:00 pm

Critical Parameters in Oil Refining, Mr. Camillo Dominguez, Alfa Laval, Colombia

3:30 pm

Coffee/Tea Break & Networking

4:00 pm

Nano Reactor Technology to Improve Chemicals Consumption in Neutralization and Biodiesel Production, Mr. Anibal Urizar Silva, Desmet, Mexico

4:30 pm

How to Add Value to Palm and Palm Kernel Oil Refinery: from By-Products to Specialty Fats, Mr. Andrea Bernardini, Technoilogy, Italy

5:00 pm

End of Day 1

9:00 am

How to Mitigate GE and 3MCPDs in Palm in Running Plants, Mr. Leon Pablo Espinosa¸ Desmet, U.S.A.

PALM OIL BLEACHING

9:30 am

Critical Issues on Bleaching of Hybrid Palm Oil, Mr. Jorge Bello, EP Engineered Clays, U.S.A.

10:00 am

Palm Oil Purification Challenges, Mr. Héctor Ángel Lara Cortéz, Clariant Productos Químicos, Mexico

10:30 am

Coffee/Tea Break & Networking

11:00 am

Palm Oil Filtration and Problems in Vertical Filters and How to Avoid These, Mr. Bart Scholten, Envirogen Technologies, the Netherlands

PALM OIL DEODORIZATION AND DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING

11:00 am

Deodorizer Design in Refineries, Mr. Paulo Telles, CPM Crown Iron Works, U.S.A.

12:00 pm

PalmFlex a New Physical Refinery for GE and 3MCPD Mitigation, Mr. Camillo Dominguez, Alfa Laval, Colombia

12:30 pm

Lunch Break and Networking

2:00 pm

Introduction on the Palm Oil Crystallization Process, Mrs. Emma Claudia Sandoval, Palsgaard Industri, Mexico

2:30 pm

Continuous and Static Dry Fractionation for High Quality Palm and Palm Kernel Fractions: IConFrac™ and Statolizer™, Mr. Leon Pablo Espinosa, Desmet, U.S.A.

3:00 pm

Vacuum Systems in Edible Oil Processing, Mr. Hernan Algarra, Croll Reynolds, U.S.A.

3:30 pm

Coffee/Tea Break & Networking

4:00 pm

Enzymatic Interesterification, a Sustainable Alternative to Chemical Interesterification, Mr. Anibal Urizar Silva, Desmet, Mexico

VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS

4:30 pm

Adding Value to Fats & Oils through Micronutrients Fortification: Use of DHA and Natural Antioxidants, Mr. Gabriel León, DSM Firmenich, Brazil

5:00 pm

Oxidation Mechanism and Quality Management of Oils & Fats During Processing and Use in Frying and Cooking, Dr. Ignace Debruyne, ID&A, Belgium

5:30 pm

End of program