LILLE 2024 PROGRAMME

OVERALL SCHEDULE

Fermentis - Main sponsor of Lille 2024

Brewers Forum - ROOM 2.3/2.4

09:30 – 11:00 (90′)
Reducing water use and waste water in general – challenges and solutions

11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30
Plenary

12:30 – 14:00
Lunch

14:00 – 16:00 (120′)
Reducing scope 3 emissions across the beer value-chain

16:00 – 16:30
Coffee break

16:30 – 19:00
Poster session

Brewers Forum - ROOM 3.5/3.6

09:30 – 11:00 (90′)
Defining competitive strategies in a world of shrinking beer shares

11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30
Plenary

12:30 – 14:00
Lunch

14:00 – 16:00 (120′)
Saison- between tradition and reinterpretation

16:00 – 16:30
Coffee break

16:30 – 19:00
Poster session

EBC Congress - Room 3.1

09:30 – 11:00 (90′)

Downstream processing & co-products

11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30
Plenary

12:30 – 14:00
Lunch

14:00 – 16:00 (120′)

No- and low-alcohol beers (nablab)

16:00 – 16:30
Coffee break

16:30 – 19:00
Poster session

EBC Congress - Room 3.2

09:30 – 11:00 (90′)

Fermented products other than conventional beers

11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30
Plenary

12:30 – 14:00
Lunch

14:00 – 16:00 (120′)

Malt & brewing adjunct quality

16:00 – 16:30
Coffee break

16:30 – 19:00
Poster session

TUESDAY 28 May 2024

Brewers Forum - ROOM 2.3/2.4

09:00 – 10:00 (60′)
Flavour evaluation training: a brewing and marketing skill

10:00 – 11:00 (60′)
Fast-growing breweries. How to manage success? Is growth desirable?

11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30
Plenary

12:30 – 14:00
Lunch

14:00 – 16:00 (120′)
The future of packaging and packaging waste in Europe

16:00 – 16:30
Coffee break

16:30 – 18:00 (90′)
Championing European hops?

Brewers Forum - ROOM 3.5/3.6

09:00 – 10:00 (60′)
Improving the working conditions in the brewery

10:00 – 11:00 (60′)
Implementing DEI policies from the breweries to the end consumer

11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30
Plenary

12:30 – 14:00
Lunch

14:00 – 16:00 (120′)
Terroir in beer: does it exist?

16:00 – 16:30
Coffee break

16:30 – 18:00 (120′)
Tourism as a hook to promote beer and breweries

EBC Congress - Room 3.1

09:00 – 11:00 (120′)

Environmental sustainability in breweries

11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30
Plenary

12:30 – 14:00
Lunch

14:00 – 16:00 (120′)

Yeast & fermentation

16:00 – 16:30
Coffee break

16:30 – 18:00 (90′)

Sensory science in brewing

EBC Congress - Room 3.2

09:00 – 11:00 (120′)

Hop & barley plant breeding / agronomy

11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30
Plenary

12:30 – 14:00
Lunch

14:00 – 16:00 (120′)

Hop & hop products

16:00 – 16:30
Coffee break

16:30 – 18:00 (90′)

Wort production & wort quality

WEDNESDAY 29 May 2024

EBC Congress - Room 3.1

09:00 – 10:30
Poster session

10:30 – 12:30 (120′)

Beer consumer studies

12:30 – 14:00
Lunch

14:00 – 16:00 (120′)

Analysis & quality measurement

16:00 – 17:30
Plenary

EBC Congress - Room 3.2

09:00 – 10:30
Poster session

10:30 – 12:30 (120′)

Advances in beer flavour stability

12:30 – 14:00
Lunch

14:00 – 16:00 (120′)

Flavour science & brewing technology

16:00 – 17:30
Plenary