Tentative Program

Vanilla 2004 Europe

September 30 to October 1, 2004

Majestic Barriere, Cannes, France


 

  Thursday,September 30, 2004

7:30-8:30 AM

Registration

 

8:30–11:00

The Economics of the vanilla  Business

Conveners:

Adel Yousef,  

Energy Ltd New Zealand Raw

8:30 - 9:15

Arrêtons Notre Cinéma

Henry Todd Jr.

Zink & Triest Co, USA

9:15 - 9:45

What the American flavor industry want from vanilla beans?

Rick Brownell Jr.

Virginia Dare, USA

9:45 - 10:30

The EU - Anatomy of a trading animal (economic, social and predatory behavior)

Dr. Jeremy Harisson
Associate of the Cambridge International Land Institute, independent expert in economic development, evaluator of EU and international programs and projects.

10:30 - 11:00

Morning Break

 

11:00 - 5:00

Agriculture production of vanilla around the globe

Conveners:

Dr. Arvind S. Ranadive

Premier Vanilla, Inc, USA

11:00 - 11:30

Madagascar vanilla beans.

The best beans?

Lala Nomenjanahary ANDRIAMANANTSEHENO
Hachmann Madagascar Export, Madagascar

11:30 - 12:00

Vanilla production in Mexico: Today and in the future

Ing. Juan Hernández
INIFAP Experimental Station, Mexico.
 

12:00 - 12:30

Vanilla: An Indian Perspective

Hersh A. Kotecha

Kotecha & Company, India

12:30 - 2:00 

Lunch

 

2:00 - 2:30

What has happened since Princeton ? Price/Quality issues

Francois Bernard 

Tripper, Inc. USA

2:30 - 3:00

"The Lion Killer"

Samash A. Nathu

Uganda Crop Industries Ldt, Uganda
 

3:00 - 3:30

Vanilla Association & Vanilla Journal

Daphna Havkin Frenkel and Julia Rajaonarison

3:30 – 4:00

Afternoon Break

 

4:00 – 4:30

Small Farmers' Perspectives on Vanilla Production in Madagascar

Dr. Margaret L. Brown
Washington University, St. Louis, USA 

4:30 - 5:30

The curing Process of vanilla bean

Dr. Daphna Havkin-Frenkel

Rutgers University, USA

5:30

Cocktail Hour

 

 

 

 

Friday, October 1, 2004

8:30 - 10:30

Vanilla products and Flavor Creations

Conveners:  Michel Douville de Franssu,

Aromatics Group, France

8:30 - 9:15

A review of the newest analytical methods available for distinguishing natural and synthetic Vanilla products

François Vigneau
EUROFINS SCIENTIFIC, France
 

9:15 - 10:00

Consumer and Sensory science

David Schaeppi

Givaudan, Switzerland

10:00 – 10:30

Morning Break

 

10:30-12:30

Botany, Breeding and the hybrid myth

Convener:

Dr. Daphna Havkin-Frenkel  Rutgers University, USA

10:30 - 11:30

Molecular systematics of Vanilla and related orchids

Dr. Ken Cameron 

New York Botanical Gardens, USA  

11:30 - 12:00

Vanilla diversity in Mexico

Pesach Lubinsky

University of California, Riverside, USA 

12:00 - 12:30

Breeding Fundamentals

Dr. Nativ Dudai

Newe Ya'ar Research Center

Israel   

12:30 - 2:00

Lunch

Invited Lunch Speaker:

2:00 – 5:30

Vanillin. From 1858 to 2004

Conveners:

Dr. Chaim Frenkel

Rutgers University, USA

2:00 – 2:30

Vanillin- more than just a flavor compound

Dr. Arjan Narbad

Institute of Food Research Norwich Research Park, UK 

2:30 - 3:00

Vanillin.  Possibilities and Authenticity

Dr. Corrine Cochennec

Senior Key Account Manager, Rhodia, France   

3:00 - 3:30

VANILLIN  - "Qualities - Plants - Markets"

 Gunnar M. Roen

 Borregaard Synthesis, Norway

3:30 – 4:00

Afternoon Break

 

4:00 – 4:30

Biosynthetic pathways for vanillin in Vanilla planifolia

Dr. Andrzej Podstolski

University of Warsaw, Poland

4:30 – 5:30

Round Table Discussion:

Vanilla Research and Development- A future view

 

 

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