Monday 31st March | Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

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9:00 Conference Introduction and Overview

Ian Wilson

Session I - Fouling

Time	Lead Author	Title
9:10	Maykel Verschueren NIZO Food Research, NL	Understanding and reducing fouling in whey evaporators
9:32	Ken Morison University of Canterbury, NZ	Reduction of fouling in falling-film evaporators by design
9:54	Kent D Rausch University of Illinois, USA	Fouling rates of model carbohydrate mixtures and their interaction effects
10.16	Pascal Blanpain-Avet INRA, FR	Predicting the distribution of a whey protein fouling in a corrugated plate heat exchanger using the kinetic parameters of the b-lactoglobulin thermal unfolding/aggregation process
	Coffee Break
11:00	Cristiane Boxler TU Braunschweig, GER	Fouling of milk components with varying surface and process parameters
11:22	Yetioman Touré University of Liège-Gembloux, BEL	Influence of whey protein denaturation on adherence of soiling particles to stainless steel
11:44	Tuve Mattsson Chalmers University, SWE	In-situ investigation of soft cake fouling layers using fluid dynamic gauging
12:06	Xiaodong Chen Soochow University, PRC	Modelling crystallisation fouling
12:28	Edward Ishiyama IHS Downstream Research, UK	Management of beet sugar refinery preheat trains subject to fouling [Poster]
12:33	Maykel Verschueren NIZO Food Research, NL	Model based prevention of powder build-up in spray driers
	Session Wrap Up & Lunch

Session 2 – Surfaces and SUSCLEAN

Time	Lead Author	Title
14:00	Parnia Navabpour Teer Coatings, UK	Low surface energy, photocatalytic and antimicrobial approaches to fouling in food and beverage processing
14:22	Thierry Bénézech INRA, FR	Sustainable cleaning and disinfection of fresh-cut products: overview of main advances of the FP7 SUSCLEAN project
14:45	Alfredo Rodrigo AINIA, ESP	Environmental assessment of new decontamination and sanitation techniques for fresh-cut products.- SUSCLEAN project [Poster]
14:50	Charles Cunault INRA, FR	A novel set-up to study the biofilm dynamics under specific turbulent flow conditions encountered in fresh cut food industry processing [Poster]
14:55	Janina Grimm TU Braunschweig, GER	Decontamination of adhered cells with alternative cleaning strategies: Metal colloids, electrolyzed oxidizing water and ultrasound [Poster]
15:00	Leanne Fisher Manchester Metropolitan, UK	Cleaning and disinfection of stainless steels [Poster]
15:05	Xiaodong Chen Soochow University, PRC	Development of antibacterial stainless steel surfaces via surface modification [Poster]
15:10	Phanida Saikhwan Thammasat University, THAI	Effects of surface properties and cell size on adhesion of bacteria on silicon nitride surfaces [Poster]
15:15	Christine Faille INRA, FR	Evaluation of sampling devices for monitoring surface hygiene in food environments [Poster]
15:20	Madalena Lemos University of Porto, POR	The effect of surface properties on the removal of bacillus cereus and pseudomonas fluorescens single and dual species biofilms [Poster]
15:25	Ian Wilson University of Cambridge, UK	A techno-economic analysis of the performance of antifouling coatings in food industry heat exchangers [Poster]

Poster Session

16:30	Jo Verran Manchester Metropolitan, UK	Investigating the potential for the use of photocatalytic surfaces in process hygiene in the brewing industry
16:52	Christine Faille INRA, FR	Food processing lines. Role in food contamination from Bacillus spores.
17:14	Kathryn Whitehead Manchester Metropolitan, UK	The influence of the application and detection method of Listeria monocytogenes and food soil to open surfaces in order to optimize cleaning protocols
	Session Wrap Up