Conference on Corn Technology
Jan 20-21, 2015
The Leela Hotel, Mumbai
Tentative Agenda
Monday, January 19, 2015
Opening Session & Reception
Attire: Business Casual
1400 hrs Registration
1730 hrs Ribbon Cutting and Lamp Lighting
1740 hrs Welcome Remarks by
Kevin Roepke, Regional Director, US Grain Council, South and South East Asia
1800 hrs Opening Remarks on Industrial Biotechnology
Sheril Vaidhyan, Director, DuPont, South Asia and ASEAN
Aindrila Dasgupat, Senior Manager Application Technology, Novozymes South Asia Private, Ltd
Pramod Chaudhari, Executive Chairman, Praj Industries Ltd
Ron Gray, US Grain Council, Chairman
1830 hrs An Evening with Indian Music
1930 hrs Cocktail & Dinner
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Morning Session
Attire: Business Casual
Opening Session
Session Chair – Kevin Roepke, Regional Director, US Grain Council, South and South East Asia
0800 hrs Poster Session
0900 hrs Keynote address
Jay Shetty, DuPont Fellow, DuPont
1000 hrs Sh. Jagdish Prasad Meena*,Additional Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Starch Production Technology - Technical Session
Session Chair – Vijay Singh, Professor, University of Illinois
1000 hrs Siddharth Kasyap, Chairman & Managing Director, KasyapSweetners Limited
1020 hrs Prashant Dravid,Vice President – PPI Division, Alfa Laval
1100 hrs Tea break
1130 hrs Vijay Singh, Professor, University of Illinois
1150 hrs David Johnston, Research Scientist, Eastern Regional Research Center, USDA, ARS
1210 hrs ThiagarajanManoharan, Head Sales and Marketing ,AndritzSeparation India Private Ltd
1230 hrs Kent Rausch, Associate Professor, University of Illinois
1300hrs Lunch
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Afternoon Session
Attire: Business Casual
Starch for Food – Technical Session
Session Chair – Jay Shetty, Fellow, DuPont Industrial Biosciences
1430 hrs Dr PrasantaKalita, Director, ADM Institute for Prevention of Post -Harvest Losses
1450 hrs Pauline Teunissen,Staff Scientist, Dupont Industrial Biosciences
1510 hrs Chris Richards, Vice President, International Business & Corporate Technology, Lallemand
1530 hrs Tea break
1600 hrs Kalpana Beesabathuni, India Country Head - Sight & Life, DSM India Private Limited
1620 hrs Mohan B H, Starch Technology Manager, Novozymes
1650 hrs Brian Plattner, Process Engineering Manager at Wenger Manufacturing, Inc.
1710 hrs Panel of experts:Unmet needs for growth from starch processing customers (representatives from All India Starch Manufacturer’s Association)
1800 hrs Networking Session
1900 hrs Reception followed by dinner
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Morning Session
Attire: Business Casual
0800 hrs Poster Session
Starch for Biofuels and Bioproducts
Session Chair – Gajanan Nabar, CEO & MD, Praj Industries Ltd.
0900 hrs Larry W Peckous, Technical Service Group Manager – Asia Pacific, Novozymes
0920 hrs Vipul Gohel and Duan Gang, Grain Processing Enzyme Application, Dupont Knowledge Center
0940 hrs Atul Mulay, Vice President, PrajIndustries
1000 hrs Tea
1030 hrs Shanthan Selvakumar, Sr Business Development Manager- Biomass, Asia Pacific, Novozymes
1050 hrs Ghanshyam Deshpande, President, Center for Innovation & Applied Technology, Praj Industries
1110 hrs Ranjan Pattnaik, Director, DuPont Knowledge Center
1130 hrs Bernardo Vidal, Senior Scientist, Starch R&D, Novozymes NA
1150 hrs Panel of experts:Starch to Bioproducts
1300hrs Lunch
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Afternoon Session
Attire: Business Casual
Starch from Grains and Other Feedstocks
Session Chair – Puneeth Kumar, Team Lead - Industry Manager, Novozymes South Asia Private Ltd.
1400 hrs Amit Sachdev, Consultant, US Grains Council India
1420 hrs Grace Danao, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois
1440hrs Kevin Roepke, Regional Director, US Grain Council, South and South East Asia
1500hrs Ron Gray, US Grain Council, Chairman
1530 hrs Tea break
Concluding Program
1600hrs Keynote address –KhoonTian Yap, Regional Marketing Manager - Grain Processing – Asia Pacific, Novozymes
1630 hrs Robert Hauser - Dean, College of ACES, University of Illinois
1700 hrs Concluding Remarks - Thomas Sleight, President and CEO, US Grains Council
1730 hrs Adjourn
Posters at CTC
1. Somavat, P., Huang, H., Kumar, S., Garg, M.K., Danao, M.C., Singh, V., Rausch, K.D., and Paulsen, M.R. - Comparison of hermetic storage of wheat with traditional storage methods in India.
2. Challa, R., Johnston, D.B., Singh, V., Tumbleson, M.E. and Rausch, K.D. - Thin stillage fouling in multiple effect evaporators.
3. Ramchandran, D., Johnston, D.B., Tumbleson, M.E., Rausch, K.D., and Singh, V. - Seasonal variation in dry grind ethanol production associated with incoming corn variability.
4. Plumier, B.M., Danao, M.C., Rausch, K.D., and Singh, V. - Changes in unreacted starch content in corn during storage.
5. Kandhola, G., Engeseth, N.J., Bohn, M.O. and Rausch, K.D. 2014. - Development of a laboratory scale corn flaking procedure.
6. Rausch, K.D., Pruiett, L.E., Wang, P., Xu, L., Belyea, R.L. and Tumbleson, M.E. - Laboratory measurement of yield and composition of dry milled corn fractions using a shortened, single stage tempering procedure.
7. Rausch, K.D., Raskin, L.M., Belyea, R.L., Agbisit, R.M., Daugherty, B.J., Clevenger, T.E. and Tumbleson, M.E. - Nutrient flows in maize wet milling streams.
8. Huang, H., Danao, M.C., Rausch, K.D., and Singh, V. - Diffusion and production of carbon dioxide in bulk corn and various temperatures and moisture contents.
9. Mumm, R.H., Goldsmith, P.D., Rausch, K.D. and Stein, H.H. - Land usage attributed to corn ethanol production in the United States: sensitivity to technological advances in corn grain yield, ethanol conversion, and co-product utilization.
10. Wilkins, M.R., Wang, P., Xu, L., Niu, Y., Tumbleson, M.E. and Rausch, K.D. - Variability of reaction efficiencies and pasting properties of acetylated maize starch from various commercial hybrids.
11. Kim, S.M., Khullar, E., Liu, W., Lanahan, M., Lessard, P., Dohle, S., Emery, J., Raab, M., Singh, V. - Improvement of ethanol yields using rice straw with altered carbohydrate content.
12. Chen, M.-H., Bowman, M.J., Dien, B.S., Cotta, M.A., Iten, L.B., Rausch, K.D., Tumbleson, M.E., Whitehead, T.R., Singh, V. - Hydrothermolytic production of xylooligosaccharides from Miscanthus x giganteus: characteristics, purification and functional test.
13. Singh, V., Johnston, D.B. and Neoh, S. L. - Enzymatic corn wet milling process: enzyme optimization and commercial trial. Industrial Biotech. 6:34-39.