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Keynote speech, plenary sessions & sponsor tours
Breakout sessions
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 ProcessesUwe Heisswolf (Kieselmann GmbH)
Requirements for Valves in Hygienic 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 VisitsGroups 1-3
14:45 - 15:15
TBAAhmad Roustom (BLÜCHER)
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 – ChocolateSpeaker: Matilda Freund (EHEDG), Co-Speakers: Adam Ruskin (Ecolab), Anett Winkler (Cargill), Chloe Pallister (Nestle), Edyta Margas (Bühler Group), Guiseppe Allais (Ammega Group), Jitendra Rai (Mondelēz International), John Holah (Kersia), Kelly Calixto (Diversey), Matti Heide (TU Dresden), Miomir Niksic (University of Belgrade), Nicola Stringer (Barry Callebaut) & Shaun Pitcher (HPS Pigging)
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) & Joerg Zacharias (Krones AG)
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
Foreign BodiesDebra Smith (Vikan) & Intisar Khan (Nestle)
15:45
15:45 - 16:30
TBAMarije Vogelzang
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)
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EHEDG World Congress 2026
'Ensuring Food Safety and Optimising Hygienic Production'
7 & 8 October | Vienna, Austria
Discover the latest in hygienic design through inspiring speakers, real-world case studies, and cutting-edge research.