World Grain - August 2010 - 65

FEATURE

IAOM,
AEMIC
team up for event
T

he International Association of Operative Millers
(IAOM) Eurasia District will for the first time join
the Association of Cereal Industry Trades Alumni
(AEMIC) as they convene their 61st JTIC to create one of
the biggest international events for the milling and cereal
industries.
The joint event will be held Oct. 13-15 at the Convention
Centre in Reims, France. Last year's JTIC attracted nearly
2,400 participants and more than 100 exhibitors to its trade
show. The fourth annual IAOM Eurasia District meeting,
which was held in Moscow, Russia last September, drew more
than 250 participants and featured an exhibition with equipment from 37 companies.
This year's conference will be preceded by a Flour Fortification Initiative workshop.
"We are excited to be teaming up with AEMIC for this
annual meeting," said IAOM Executive Vice-President
Melinda Farris. "We feel that the collaboration will benefit both organizations. The JTIC is a well-established
event with attendance numbers in the thousands, so we are
thrilled to have the members in our nascent district exposed

IAOM Eurasia District technical session
Oct. 15
* 2-2:30 p.m. - "IAOM as a Training Resource for the European Milling Industry," Joe Woodard, IAOM vice-president;
* 2:30-3 p.m. - "Ensuring a Consistent End-product: Keeping
Customers Happy by Controlling Flour's Quality and Functionality," Charles Loubersac d'Hotel, Chopin Technologies;
* 3-3:30 p.m. - "An Update on Flour Fortification Activities:
The European Perspective," Quentin Johnson, Flour Fortification Initiative;
* 3:30-4:30 p.m. - IAOM business/leadership meeting
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by Arvin Donley

Eurasia District will hold its fifth
annual meeting as part of JTIC in
Reims, France
to the network offered through AEMIC and the JTIC."
The IAOM portion of the meeting will convene at 2 p.m. on
Oct. 15, with a short technical session followed by a district
business meeting.
Nearly 3,000 French and foreign visitors, the majority of
which are heads of companies and decision-makers in the
cereals sector, are expected to attend the three-day event.
More than 100 exhibitors who supply equipment to the cereals and milling industries will display their latest technology
Oct. 14-15.
In addition, numerous workshops and technical sessions
will be scheduled during the AEMIC portion of the event,
with translations available in English and Russian.
For registration information, visit the IAOM website (www.
iaom.info/eurasia).
MIDEAST & AFRICA DISTRICT MEETING
The 2010 IAOM Mideast & Africa (MEA) District meeting
is set for Nov. 22-25 at the Westin Grand Hotel and Southern
Sun Waterfront Hotel and the Cape Town International Convention Center in Cape Town, South Africa.
This marks the first time in the event's 21-year history that it will be held in South Africa, which has thriving
maize and wheat milling industries.
Topics being added to this year's educational program inAugust 2010 / World Grain / www.World-Grain.com

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