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Keynote speech, plenary sessions & sponsor tours
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Programme essentials (Registration, opening, lunch, coffee break)
Day 1 – EHEDG World Congress 2026 | Vienna – 7 October
Note: This schedule is subject to change
Main Stage
08:00
08:00 - 09:00
Registration – Name Tags, Welcome Packages, Coffee
09:00
09:00 - 09:15
09:15
09:15 - 09:55
Importance of Food Safety. Prioritising Spending and Investing in EquipmentFrank Cervi (Mondelez)
10:00
10:00 - 10:30
TBAJohn Donaghy (Former Nestlé)
10:30
10:30 - 11:00
Hygienic Design Is a Decision, Not a Detail – The Message of EHEDG Guideline 8Jürgen Hofmann (Hygienic Design Weihenstephan)
11:00
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break & Poster Session with Q&A
Auditorium - Food Safety & Hygienic Building Design
Room II - HD of Components
Room III - Automation, Data & Food Safety
Main Hall
11:30
11:30 - 11:50
11:30 - 11:50
GL 20 & 14 – Hygienic Design and Safe Use of Mixproof Valves &
Requirements for Valves in Hygienic and Aseptic ProcessesUwe Heisswolf (Kieselmann GmbH)
Requirements for Valves in Hygienic and Aseptic ProcessesUwe Heisswolf (Kieselmann GmbH)
11:30 - 11:50
GL 62 – RoboticsAlan Friis (FORCE Technology)
11:30 - 11:50
Guided Sponsor Visits
11:50
11:50 - 12:10
GL 44 Part 3 – Hygienic Design Principles for Food FactoriesPatrick Wouters (EHEDG) & Herwig Nollet (Volker Aufderhaar)
11:50 - 12:10
GL 65 – Sampling Systems For Representative Liquid SamplingCarsten Rosendal (KEOFITT)
11:50 - 12:10
Sustainability in Food Factories Through Best Practice Food Safety Andrew Still (SMC)
11:50 - 12:10
Guided Sponsor Visits
12:10
12:10 - 12:30
GL44 / Part 4 – Karen-Louise Habermann & Rob Benson (Sika)
12:10 - 12:30
The Gauss Illusion: Why flux density does not measure magnetic separation performanceConré Oostrom (Goudsmit Magnetics)
12:10 - 12:30
12:10 - 12:30
Guided Sponsor Visits
12:30
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30
13:30 - 14:20
Round Table – Auditing: The Role Auditing Can Play in Verifying the Effectiveness of Hygienic Design as a HACCP Prerequisite ProgramModerator: Marc Cwikowski (World of Auditing)
Panel: Franz Geissler (EURO-CONCEPT), Stephan Tromp (IFS), Elsabe Matthee (FSSC), Belen Barber (SGS), Ciaran Conway (Ferrero)
Panel: Franz Geissler (EURO-CONCEPT), Stephan Tromp (IFS), Elsabe Matthee (FSSC), Belen Barber (SGS), Ciaran Conway (Ferrero)
14:20
14:20 - 14:45
Making Hygienic Design Happen in the Food Factory Adam Ruskin (Ecolab)
Main Hall
14:45
14:45 - 15:15
Guided Sponsor VisitsGroup 1
14:45 - 15:15
Guided Sponsor VisitsGroup 2
14:45 - 15:15
Guided Sponsor VisitsGroup 3
15:15
15:15 - 15:40
Coffee Break & Poster Session
Main Stage
15:40
15:40 - 16:10
Biofilms in Food Processing: Persistence, Removal, ValidationFelix Schottroff (BOKU)
16:10
16:10 - 16:50
From Recalls to ROI: Rethinking Hygienic Design & Sanitation Through Risk, Not Zero-ToleranceNathan Mirdamadi (Kerry)
16:50
16:50 - 17:00
ClosingWrap-up – Hein Timmerman (EHEDG President & Diversey) & Gerhard Schleining (BOKU)
18:30
18:30
Bus to Dinner Venue
19:00
19:00 - 19:30
Arrival & Welcome Cocktail
19:30
19:30 - 23:00
Day 2 – EHEDG World Congress 2026 | Vienna – 8 October
Note: This schedule is subject to change
Main Stage
08:30
08:30 - 09:00
Registration – Name Tags & Coffee
09:00
09:00 - 09:15
09:15
09:15 - 09:40
09:40
09:40 - 10:05
Productivity – The Implementation of Hygienic Design in the Development of a New SiteVicky Van den Bossche (Agristo)
10:05
10:05 - 10:30
10:30
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break & Poster Session – Poster Evaluation by the Scientific Committee
Auditorium - HD for Dry Materials
Room II - CIP: Challenges & Solutions
Room III - Equipment, Water & Hygienic Design
11:30
11:30 - 11:50
GL 63 – ChocolateMatilda Freund & Adam Ruskin (Ecolab)
11:30 - 11:50
11:30 - 11:50
GL42 – Disc Stack Centrifuges - Design and CleanabilityThomas Kleimann (GEA Group)
11:50
11:50 - 12:10
GL 22/41/38/60 – Dry MaterialsGabrie Meesters (Delft University of Technology) & Martijn van der Hoeven (Danone Nutricia Research)
11:50 - 12:10
11:50 - 12:10
12:10
12:10 - 12:30
Sanitation in the Chocolate Industry and the Importance of Hygienic DesignNicola Stringer (Barry Callebaut)
12:10 - 12:30
Digital assistant is the future of CIP & COP processesVasyl Mazov (Viravix)
12:10 - 12:30
3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc. Meri Beth Wojtaszek (3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc.) & Chris Hylkema (NYS Dept. of Agriculture & Markets)
12:30
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
Auditorium - Thermal Processing
Room II - Food Packaging & Equipment
Room III -
Professional Growth in Hygienic Engineering
13:30
13:30 - 13:50
13:30 - 13:50
GL 43 – Hygienic Design of Belt Conveyors for the Food IndustryEnrico Visconti (Habasit)
13:30 - 13:50
Storytelling in Technical Presentations: How to Keep Your Audience Truly Engaged Juliane Dias (Flavor Food Consulting)
13:50
13:50 - 14:10
GL 12 – The Continuous or Semi-Continuous Flow Thermal Treatment of Liquid Particulate Foods Bengt Eliasson (Tetra Pak)
13:50 - 14:10
GL 29 P2 – Hygienic Design of Packaging Systems for Solid Foodstuffs – Part 2: Thermoforming Packaging Machinery Peter Golz & Tobias Braunegger (MULTIVAC)
13:50 - 14:10
Effost & Eye Mentorship ProgrammeGabriela Versteeg (Effost), Adwy van den Berg (EHEDG) & mentors
14:10
14:10 - 14:30
Insights to Crack and Biofilm DetectionSamuel Peppin (Bioscan)
14:10 - 14:30
GL 23 Part 1 & Part 2 – Lubricants Taco Mets (Van Meeuwen Lubrication) & Sofia Öberg
14:10 - 14:30
EHEDG Summer CourseDirk Nikoleiski & Dr. Gerhard Schleining (EHEDG)
14:30
14:30 - 14:50
Coffee Break & Poster Session
Main Stage
14:50
14:50 - 15:20
SustainabilityModerator: by Niamh Burke
Panel: Ludvig Josefsberg (Tetra Pak), Georg Kalss (Bühler Group), Patrick Wouters (EHEDG), Raquel Ezcurra Barcos (University of Limerick) & Andrew Still (SMC)
Panel: Ludvig Josefsberg (Tetra Pak), Georg Kalss (Bühler Group), Patrick Wouters (EHEDG), Raquel Ezcurra Barcos (University of Limerick) & Andrew Still (SMC)
15:20
15:20 - 15:50
GL 56 – Foreign BodiesDebra Smith (Vikan)
15:45
15:45 - 16:30
16:10
16:30 - 16:45
ClosingWrap-up & Poster Awards
Hein Timmerman (EHEDG President & Diversey) & Gerhard Schleining (BOKU)
Hein Timmerman (EHEDG President & Diversey) & Gerhard Schleining (BOKU)