Technical Scientific Committee met at VLB Berlin

 TWA

For the first time since October 2019: In May 2022, the Technical Scientific Committee (Technisch Wissenschaftlicher Ausschuss, TWA/TSC) of VLB met again for a working conference in presence form. The members of the five technical committees discussed current topics and trends from the brewing, malting and beverage industry.

VLB Managing Director Dr. Josef Fontaine and TWA Chairman Dr. Stefan Kreisz (r.) welcome the participants of the conference to the evening reception (oh) Due to the pandemic, the meeting was moved from its originally planned date in mid-March to 11 May. After the TWA had met exclusively in (well-attended) online meetings in the past two years, this meeting was now held in hybrid form. A total of more than 100 TWA members and guests took part in the face-to-face event, while another 25 joined the individual expert committees online. Dr. Stefan Kreisz, TWA Chairman and member of the VLB Board of Directors, was pleased with the lively interest and popularity and thanked all participants.

Technical Committee Filling, Packaging, and Business Technology

Chair: Thomas Faber (Erdinger Weißbräu) / Thomas Lauer (Bitburger Brewery Group) New members: ‰ Gernut van Laak (ABB, Mannheim) ‰ Jan Fischer (VLB Research Institute (RI) for Beer and Beverage Production) ‰ Florian Heukäufer (VLB RI for Management and Beverage Logistics, Packaging Testing Department)

Technical Committee Quality Assurance and Analytical Technology

Chair: Frank Homann (Warsteiner Brewery) / Dr. Annika Lagemann (Bitburger Brauerei Group) New members: ‰ Katrin Pankoke (BRŁO, Berlin) ‰ Simon Esser (Kulmbacher Brauerei AG, Kulmbach)

Technical Committee Production/ Brewing Technology

Chair: Michael Jakob (Carlsberg Supply Chain) / Dr. Roland PahlDobrick (Pall) New members: ‰ Dr. Jörg Maxminer (Filtrox AG, St. Gallen, Switzerland)

Technical Committee Raw Materials, Malting, and Hop Processing

Chair: Dr. Christian Müller (IREKS) / Darko Zimmer (Brauerei Bischofshof) New members: ‰ Dr. Marc Kusche (Carlsberg Supply Company Germany, Wernesgrüner Brauerei) ‰ Florian Schrickel (VLB RI for Beer and Beverage Production)

Technical Committee Environment, Resource Management, and Safety at Work

Chair: Werner Sauer (Privatbrauerei Sauer & Hartwig) / Bernd Franzmann (Karlsberg Brewery) New members: ‰ Olaf Teunissen (Aqana, Netherlands) ‰ Lucia Rupp (Radeberger Group, Frankfurt am Main)

The good-humoured guests ended the meeting at the evening reception at VLB with fresh Berliner-Kindl and a buffet. The next morning, the advisory board of the German Braugersten Gemeinschaft also met at VLB.

About the TWA

VLB's Technical and Scientific Committee looks back on almost 120 years of existence. Its main task is the discussion of practice-relevant, future-oriented topics from the brewing, malting and beverage industry with scientific support from VLB. The TWA is thus an active link between science and industry. The members of the TWA are executives from national and international breweries or brewery groups, malt houses, soft drink producers, universities and colleges, industry associations and the supply industry. A prerequisite for admission to the TWA is membership in the VLB. In addition, it is possible to appoint personalities from associations and other scientific institutions as members of the TWA. According to the statutes, the number of members is limited to 150. Since March 2019, the TWA has been chaired by Dr. Stefan Kreisz, Erdinger Weißbräu. His deputy is Peter Peschmann, Brauerei C. & A. Veltins. The TWA meets twice a year.