16/06/2015: 26th Annual IAOM MEA District Conference & Expo, 31st October to 3rd November 2015

The 26th Annual IAOM MEA District Conference & Expo will take place on 31st October to 3rd November 2015 at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), UAE.

This year, the DWTC Sheikh Maktoum Hall 3800 sqm floor area will be converted into a ConFex venue combining conference, expo, lunch and coffee break areas to increase interaction among delegates, exhibitors, and visitors.

The Expo is now sold out with almost 130 stands booked by over 100 companies including machinery manufacturers, food processing and packing companies.

IAOM MEA Leadership Council and Education Committee members worked closely with speakers to develop a highly educational conference program featuring technical, 'what's new', feed milling, and trading topics:

•    New Industrial Process for Whole Wheat Flour/ Old Stone Mills/ Chakki Mills
•    Alternative Pest Management for Grain, Food & Feed Processing Facilities
•    Replacement of Azodicarbonamide (ADA) in Flour Treatment & Baking Improvers
•    Mid Chain Fatty Acids (MCFA) Applications and Benefits in Agribusiness
•    Reduced Feed Cost & Improved Performance with Altered Feed Particle Size
•    Binder Technologies for Food and Feed
•    Global Grain Trade Trends--The Importance of the Supply Chain
•    Managing Strategies & Price Risks for Flour Milling Firms
•    US, Black Sea, Canadian, Baltic Sea, Australian, French Markets Outlook

Reputable industry speakers, market leaders, and distinguished professors from North Carolina State University, and North Dakota State University will deliver high-calibre presentations, and engage with the audience during the panel Q&A sessions.

Marketing keynote speaker will be Mr Keith Chambers, Marketing Expert to the Fortune 500. Mr Chambers has led marketing strategy and executional tactics for more than 160 goods and service providers, including some of America’s biggest household names like Arm & Hammer, Hormel, Coppertone, Claritin, 3M, McCormick, Clorox, General Mills, Dole, Frito Lay, and many, many more.  In his keynote, he will share this extraordinary process as well as many of the new marketing insights he has produced.
    

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IAOM are also pleased to announce the participation of Ms Dorie Clark, an adjunct professor of business administration at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, and guest lecturer at Harvard Business School, and the Harvard Kennedy School. A frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, TIME, Entrepreneur, and the World Economic Forum blog, Ms Clark will demonstrate how leaders cultivate a powerful professional reputation.

Dr William Wilson, a University Distinguished Professor at North Dakota State University, will moderate the trading session and deliver the keynote presentation, 'Managing Strategies and Price Risks for Flour Milling Firms.' He was recognized as one of the top 10 Agricultural Economists in 1995 and more recently as one of the top 1 percent of agricultural economists by RePEc (Research Papers in Economics).

IAOM MEA will also be launching the Arabic edition of the Future of Flour book. The first 2000 copies of the Arabic book will be on sale during the conference.
 
Click to view:  

• conference program 
• speaker lineup
• expo floorplan  
• exibitors' list

 Register HERE.

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