THURSDAY, March 27, 2025 

17:00 - 19:00 WORKSHOP: Sensory assessment of beer quality - undesirable aromas - led by PhD Boris Gadžov,  

                         FlavorActiv, UK.

FRIDAY, March 28, 2025 

 9:00 - 10:00 Registration of participants with drinks and pastries 

10:00 - 10:10 Conference opening (welcome speech by the president of the organizing committee, Goran Šarić, PhD

                          and the Dean, Ivan Štedul) 

10:10 -10:50 LECTURE: What every brewer needs to know about water - the key ingredient of beer? (Aleksander

                        Poreda, PhD, Faculty of Agriculture Krakow, Poland) 

11:00 - 11:30 LECTURE: Optimization and sustainability in brewing processes (Gianmaria Ricciardi, Lallemand

                         Brewing, UK) 

11:40 - 12:10 LECTURE: The use of κ-carrageenan extracted from seaweed in brewing (Jonas Trummer, PhD,

                         Murphy & Son, UK) 

12:10 - 12:30 Short break 

12:30 - 13:00 LECTURE: Aroma stability: Unlocking the secret of beer's lasting aroma (Jan Biering, VLB Berlin, Germany) 

13:10 - 13:40 LECTURE: The aroma of beer and its changes (Miha Ocvirk, PhD, Slovenian Institute of Hop Research

                          and Brewing, Žalec, Slovenia) 

13:40 - 14:10 PANEL: Craft brewing in Croatia (Andrej Čapka (Zmajska pivovara), Matija Mrazek (Varionica Brewery),

                          Edi Jendrić (Mlinarica Brewery), Ana Teskera (Brlog Brewery) - moderator Goran Šarić, PhD

14:10 - 14:30 Panel discussion with lecturers 

14:30 - 15:30 Lunch 

From 20:00 Socializing with beer at the nearby Edison cinema

Moderator: Natalija Velić, PhD