2020 Juice Conference

SAFJA Juice Conference POSTPONED
Diarise NEW date
10-11 May 2022, Spier Hotel, Stellenbosch.

As you will recall, we held a very successful Fruit Juice Conference in 2018 and there was overwhelming support for a repeat in 2020.We are therefore happy to announce that in 2020, the IFU will hold its regional Juice Conference in Stellenbosch in partnership with SAFJA.

The IFU Juice Conference is the event for the juice community in South Africa, truly organised by the industry – for the industry. The presentations will cover topics such as the Dynamics of the global and African juice markets; Supply chain dynamics; Quality and technology; Health and nutrition; as well as Sustainability. We expect 200 to 300 participants, including from senior, commercial and technical management; suppliers and service providers; and marketeers from overseas and South Africa.

CONFERENCE VENUE & PROGRAMME

Spier Wine Farm and Conference Hotel is one of South Africa’s oldest farms with a recorded history dating back to 1692.

Tuesday: Light Lunch, afternoon presentations and evening networking sessions.
Wednesday: All day presentations and evening networking sessions

Sponsorship opportunities are available. Enquire at info@safja.co.za. Registration, Programme and other details are also available on our website

“SAVE THE DATES”. You are invited and most welcome to attend.

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Day 1 – Tuesday 19th May 13:00-17:00

Session	Topic	Speaker
Global Juice Market, including trends in NFC	Welcome IFU & SAFJA	Dirk Lansbergen (IFU) Nigel Jacobs (SAFJA)
	Juice in Europe	Kees Cools (Doehler)
	Juice in the USA and ASIA	Jack Macintyre (Global Data)
	The complexities of exporting into Africa	Corni Myburgh (Pioneer Foods)
Juice Break

African Juice: market and supply chain	Flavour matters	Michael Gristwood (SAAFFI)
	Deciduous in Africa	Jacques Jordaan (Canning Fruit Producers Association)
	Citrus in Africa	Justin Chadwick (Citrus Growers Association)
	Making juice in Senegal	Randa Filfili (Zena Exotic Fruits)

Day 2 – Wednesday 20th May 08:30-17:30

Session	Topic	Speaker
Supply Chain	TBA	TBA
	Tropicals in Africa	Harry van Neer & David O’Hallaran (Africa Juice)
	Global transportation issues including Africa	Stacks
	Global apple Juice market (inc AJ used for Cider)	Neil Murray (IHS Markit)
Juice Break

Quality & Technology	Thermal & non-thermal juice stabilisation technologies overview	Massimiliano Pelacci (University of Parma)
	Supply chain QA including the detection of lemon & Lime	Susanne Koswig (SGF)
	Rapid microbiological methods	Se’bastien Manuel(Biomerieux)
	Future of authenticity testing	Mikko Hofsommer (GFL)
	Citrus processing	Bucher
	Enzymatic methods of analysis in fruit juice	BioSystems
Lunch

Health & Nutrition	Juice PR – Fruit Juice Matters	Wouter Lox (AIJN)
	Plant based nutrition	Heleen van Wyk (Doehler)
	TBA	Tetra Pak
	The power of industry collaboration to help reach Sustainable Development Goals	Matlou Setati (CGCSA)
Juice Break

Sustainabiliy	Use of by-products (Holistic)	Michael Mas (JBT)
	SIG on sustainabiliy	Norman Gierow (SIG)
	Recycling and circular economy	David Berryman (David Berryman Ltd)


There will be a Q&A, after each session, through the Juice Event App, where all questions will be answered