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December 19, 2017

19/12/2017: GRAPAS Conference 2018 - A gathering for millers

Milling and Grain is hosting the one-day 2018 GRAPAS Conference in Bangkok, Thailand on March 27, 2018. 

This one-day conference focuses on technology, innovation and materials for food, flour and rice millers gathering from throughout the Asian region and across the world. The conference will present 10 keynote presentations in three distinct sessions to assist in creating greater synergy between millers everywhere as we meet the challenge of feeding 9.5 billion people by 2050.

The conference will be held in the same exhibition centre - the Bangkok BITEC, Thailand - as the 2018 the three-day Victam Asia Expo (March 27-29, 2018). 


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Delegates attending the conference will have an opportunity to vote on the Innovation Award finalists being put forward by a panel of judges (see below). Votes by registered conference delegates will determine the final winner. The winner will be announced to delegates at the Conference Dinner in the evening of March 27, 2018 (which s included in th registration fee).

If you wish to attend the GRAPAS Conference - and would like to vote on the GRAPAS Innovation Award finalists - please register below or call Tuti Tan on
+44 1242 267700.

Register for the event, HERE.


Applications open for the GRAPAS Innovation Award 2018 
Deadline: 10 January 2018
 

Nominations are being called for from all sectors of food milling and from non-exhibiting and exhibiting companies alike. Those shortlisted as finalists for the Award, will have the opportunity to display their product in a special Award’s Area at the entrance to the Victam Asia 2018 exhibition hall for all visitors to view. Delegates attending the GRAPAS  will have an opportunity to vote for the most appealing nomination. 


The Innovation Award will be made to the most innovative and economically beneficial equipment, process or service in the milling of grains and cereals for food production. All GRAPAS Innovation Award finalists will be published in an edition of Milling and Grain magazine along with a review of the event itself.

The GRAPAS Innovation Award

Entries can be made from one of three categories:
1. A milling technology development (for flour, rice or other cereal)
2. A production process or refinement that makes for more efficient and/or safe production of food 3. A service (online or otherwise) that helps millers achieve their goals more efficiently

Judging
A panel of independent industry experts will judge the entries. Their selection will account for 60 percent of the final vote. Delegates attending the one-day GRAPAS Conference on March 27, 2018 and visitors attending Victam Asia Exhibition from March 27-29, 2018 will be able to vote on the Award and their combined vote will account for 40 percent of the final vote. The Award will be announced during Victam Asia 2018.

How to enter

1. To participate a nomination must be an innovation, process or service and comply with the following:
2. Have been introduced to the market after January 2016
3. Be new
4. Make a contribution to efficiency and/or safety
5. Demonstrate significant practical value
6. Applications can be made by both exhibitors and non-exhibitors

To submit your entry please answer the questions below and email to tutit@perendale.co.uk.
1. Name product/service*
2. When was product/service introduced to the market?*
3. What is new about the product/service?* Please provide supporting information
4. Advantage of this product/service over existing ones * Please provide supporting information
5. Please also include any supporting information that you feel will be relevant to the judges

As the shortlist of nominations will be displayed at Victam Asia 2018 for final voting, please be prepared to supply a small display (details of size and dimensions to be forwarded following application submission) to be set up in the Awards Area at Victam.

The Award

The winner will receive a certificate plus a GRAPAS trophy. Runner’s Up will receive a Certificate of Achievement.

Please make your application by emailing Tuti Tan (tutit@perendale.co.uk or call +44 1242 267700) with the information requested above.


Read more HERE.
 

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