VLB Berlin: The Technical Scientific Committee met online

VLB Berlin

The Technical Scientific Committee met online

The Technical Scientific Committee (TWA/TSC) is an important link between the VLB and its members. Founded in 1903, this body usually meets twice a year. On 5 March, the meeting of the five specialist committees was held for the second time as an online meeting due to pandemic.

(oh) The Technical Scientific Committee (TWA/TSC) of the VLB looks back on almost 120 years of existence. Launched by its predecessors in 1903, the structure of the Committee has been repeatedly adapted to the needs of practice – most recently in 2010. His primary task is to develop practical, futureoriented topics from the brewing, malt and beverage industries with scientific support from the VLB. The TSC thus forms an active link between universities, the VLB and the brewing, beverage and malt industries as well as their suppliers. The members of the TSC are executives from national and international breweries or brewing groups, malthouses, manufacturers of soft drinks, universities, industry associations and the supplier industry. Membership of the VLB is a prerequisite for admission to the TSC. The TSC membership is a personal one, cannot be delegated and ends at the latest when one leaves active service. In addition, it is possible to appoint personalities from associations and other scientific institutions as members of the TSC. According to the statutes, the number of members is limited to 150. Since March 2019, Dr. Stefan Kreisz, Erdinger Weißbräu, and Peter Peschmann, Brewery C. & A. Veltins, have been chairmen of the TSC. This body is currently structured in five thematically delimited specialist committees. The regular committee meeting on 5 March was held as an online meeting at the VLB Virtual Campus. Nearly 140 members and guests attended the meeting. There were the following new admissions to the below specialist committees:

 Raw Materials, Malting, and

Hop Processing

Chairman: Dr. Christian Müller (IREKS) / ViceChairman: Darko Zimmer (Stuttgarter Hofbräu) New admission: Berthold Klee (Bühler)  Production and Brewing

Technology

Chairman: Michael Jakob (Carlsberg Group) / ViceChairman: Dr. Roland Pahl (Pall) – new election. New admissions: Louis de Jager (Molson Coors), Christian Zimmer (Krombacher Brauerei), Dr. Mark Schneeberger (GEA Brewery Systems), Prof. Dr. Brian Gibson (TU Berlin)  Filling, Packaging and

Business Technology

Chairman: Thomas Faber (Erdinger Weissbräu) / ViceChairman: Thomas Lauer (Bitburger Brauerei). New admissions: Elmar Barlet (Carlsberg Group), Dr. Thomas Jahnen (Heuft Systemtechnik)  Quality Assurance and

Analytical Technology

Chairman: Frank Homann (Warsteiner Brauerei) / ViceChairwoman: Dr. Annika Lagemann (Bitburger Brauerei) – new election. New admission: Dr. Andreas Ludwig (Krombacher Brauerei)  Environment, Resource

Management and Safety at Work

Chairman: Werner Sauer (Privatbrauerei Sauer & Hartwig) / ViceChairman: Bernd Franzmann (Karlsberg Brauerei). New admission: Johannes Eichert (Krombacher Brauerei)

At the final meeting, TSC Chairman Dr. Stefan Kreisz congratulated the new committee colleagues and thanked the retiring members for their support. The next TSC meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, 25 October 2021. The location or type of meeting (if personal or online) will be decided depending on the further developments of the pandemic. Online meetings – now a familiar image for the most of us. Above, the TWA chair discussion; below, a look at the final meeting