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April 6 and continue on Thursday, April 7.
The specialty milling track, which covers
all aspects related to milling grains other
than wheat, and was added in 2015, continues this year. Other education tracks
include employee management, facility
management, product protection (including sanitation, food protection, food safety, finished product testing, storage and
transportation) and technical operations
(including technical aspects of raw product evaluation, testing, storage and processing).
Product showcases also begin at 1 p.m.
on April 6 in the expo hall and continue
in the morning on April 7. Eligible products include new products and existing
products that have new applications.
The product showcase allows selected
exhibiting companies to promote their
products directly from their booths in
the expo hall. Those selected are given
10 minutes to discuss their product while
showing the product, a slideshow presentation, or anything else they can show
within their booth space.
The Allied Trades event is planned
from 6 to 9 p.m. on April 6 at Huntington Park, located in the Arena District in
downtown Columbus. It is home to the
Columbus Clippers, a Triple-A baseball
team and Cleveland Indians affiliate.
I.A.O.M. conference attendees will
have a chance to explore the Tansky
Sawmill Toyota Club at the ballpark.
The Annual Meeting and Safety Award
Breakfast will be held April 7 at 7:30 a.m.
I.A.O.M. Safety Award recipients will be
honored for their hard work and dedication during the breakfast. To be eligible
for a safety award this year, a facility
must have a recordable injury/illness
rate of less than or equal to 1.8 and have
no work-related fatalities in the calendar
year of 2015. Applications for the awards
were taken through March 1.
The final product showcase and educational sessions are scheduled for the
rest of the day, followed by district and
leader meetings. The awards ceremony
is planned during the closing banquet
at 7 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency.
On Friday, April 8, the conference concludes with the Annual Golf Tournament
at the Foxfire Golf Club in nearby Lockbourne. The scramble will start at 9 a.m.
on the Players Club course, followed by a
barbecue lunch, awards and hole prizes.
I.M.E.F. auction
The International Milling Education
Foundation's (I.M.E.F.) silent auction
will open on the expo floor on Wednesday, April 6. The auction will close at
the Annual Banquet and Awards Ceremony on April 7.

Donations to the auction are made by
milling companies, individuals, partner
organizations, equipment and service
suppliers, and others. Proceeds from the
auction support the learning, knowledge
and resources provided by the I.M.E.F.
Last year, the auction raised more
than $60,000, and a total of $860,000 has
been contributed to I.M.E.F. since 2004.
"We were really excited about bringing back the live auction to the conference activities," Mr. Loepp said. "We
continue to have great support for the
foundation and the auctions, in particular. Our allied partners and milling companies have been very generous with
their donations on an annual basis.
"That next milestone of $1 million is
getting closer and closer, thanks to the
tremendous support of our community."
One of the recent projects funded
by the I.M.E.F. endowment was the
creation of an on-line career kit at
GrainMillingCareers.com. The career
kit was designed and developed to
promote careers in the grain milling industry. In addition, the I.M.E.F. funds a
scholarship program for milling science
students at Kansas State University, as
well as professionals in the industry
to take the I.A.O.M. Correspondence
Course in Flour Milling and resident
milling courses.
The I.M.E.F. trustees also allocated
funding in 2015 to cover the cost of
translating the Correspondence Course
into Arabic.
Special events
The I.A.O.M. Annual Banquet and
Awards Ceremony on April 7 will honor
and pay tribute to its award recipients.
The event will be at the Hyatt Regency in
Columbus. The evening starts at 6 p.m.
with a reception, which will include the
close of the I.M.E.F. silent auction.
The event will feature a program that
includes the passing of the gavel and
presentation of I.A.O.M. awards. Tickets are $75.
The 2016 Milling Operative of the
Year award will be presented during
the ceremony. Nominations for the
award were accepted through Jan. 31.
Established in 1986 by Milling & Baking
News, the award is presented to the practicing milling operative who has made
the most significant contribution to the
progress of a plant, a company and the
industry from an operating point of view.
The winner will receive an inscribed
plaque, and a scholarship will be established in the winner 's name at Kansas
State University in Manhattan, Kas.
John Hultman, Ardent Mills, Decatur,
Ala., was the recipient of the 2015 award. MBN
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