Obrisani Korisnik — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:52:22 GMT

THURSDAY, March 26, 2026

14:00 – 16:00 PRACTICAL WORKSHOP: New Trends in Malt and Beer Technology with Weyermann® Specialty Malts -

led by Fedor Nikolashkin, Weyermann, Germany

17:00 – 20:00 PRACTICAL WORKSHOP: The Importance of Sensory Analysis in Beer Quality Assessment - led by Dr.

Boris Gadžov, FlavorActiv, UK.

FRIDAY, March 27, 2026

8:30 – 9:30 Registration

9:30 – 9:45 Opening of the conference (welcome speech by the chairman of the organizing committee, Dr. Goran Šarić,

and the Dean, Ivan Štedul)

9:45 – 10:10 LECTURE: Yeast propagation in modern breweries: Innovations and global practices (Jan Biering, VLB

Berlin, Germany)

10:15 – 10:45 LECTURE: Adapted fermentation for non-alcoholic and low-alcohol beers (Dr. Gert De Rouck, KU Leuven,

Belgium)

10:50 – 11:15 LECTURE: Adapting water - perfect ionic composition: case study in yeast propagation from Bury

brewery (Dr. Aleksander Poreda, Krakow School of Brewing, Poland)

11:20 – 11:45 LECTURE: Freshness sells: Practical approaches to improve beer flavour stability (Dr. Tuur Mertens,

CraftSense, Belgium)

11:45 – 12:15 Short break

12:20 – 12:45 LECTURE: Does it matter who comes first? Exploring how microbial community is established in barrel-

aged sour beers (Tin Kocijan, KU Leuven, Belgium)

12:50 – 13:15 LECTURE: Using TPM to drive excellence in supply chain operations (Krunoslav Kolar, B.Eng., Heineken

Croatia)

13:20 – 13:35 SHORT PRESENTATION: Yeast management - Hamilton, Slovenia (Alenka Okršlar)

13:35 – 13:50 SHORT PRESENTATION: Brewing efficiency improving using new fermentation solutions - WHC Lab

Brewing&Distilling, Ireland (Filip Paprocki)

13:50 – 14:05 SHORT PRESENTATION: Liquinova group - Vipoll, Slovenia (Krešimir Hršak)

14:05 – 14:20 SHORT PRESENTATION: Thiols Biotransformation and SafLager™ SH-45 - Fermentis, France (Janisz

Topalidsz)

14:20 – 14:35 SHORT PRESENTATION: Aromatic Yeast Nutrients as Beer Flavour Boosters - AEB, Italy (Klaus Reich)

14:35 – 14:50 SHORT PRESENTATION: Stability from nature: Functional use of plant polyphenols in brewing - Murphy

& Son, UK (Jonas Trummer)

15:00 – 16:00 Lunch

16:00 – 19:00 Socializing and networking

20:00 – Dinner and socializing in the tavern ˝Kostanjac˝

Moderator: Prof. dr. sc. Natalia Velić

THE WORKSHOP IS FULL AND REGISTRATION IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE

10:00 – 16:00 PRACTICAL WORKSHOP: Microbiological quality control - Microbial Mastery: Elevate Your Brewing

Game – led by Jan Biering Dipl. Ing., VLB Berlin, Germany