Sponsor: gea-brewery.com
Award prize:
Return economy flight to Brau Beviale, Nuremberg, Germany, alternatively Drinktec, Munich which falls within the 4 year period. Accommodation including breakfast during exhibition and at Kitzingen during visit to Huppmann.
Pocket money 500 EUR. Use GEA exhibition stand as a base during exhibition. After exhibition visit Huppmann which is a company of the GEA Group in Kitzingen in Germany. This award will run for five consecutive years starting in 2007.
Participants:
IBD Africa Section younger members employed in industry, academia, manufacturing and service providers to the brewing and distilling industry. Employees of the GEA Group of companies are excluded from entering this award.
Judges:
Professor Graham Stewart on behalf of the IBD, London
A representative from Weihnstephan University, Germany
A representative of Tuchenhagen Brewery Systems
Scope of the project:
Research or applied projects related to process technology in one of the following fields: storage of materials, production of wort, fermentation, maturation, filtration and storage of final product for packaging. Projects may include aspects related to utilities, process control, hygiene and environmental factors. Packaging & spirits distillation processes are excluded from the scope.
Structure of proposal for submission:
Personal data of author of project
Name and age:
Physical address and email address:
Name and address of company or institution:
Name and address of author’s manager or supervisor and permission:
Brief description of current position:
Qualifications:
IBD Membership number:
Project title and details (maximum 3000 words)
Summary of purpose – expected outcomes to be achieved (200 words)
Key benefits obtained
Experimental or practical aspects of the project that include basis for project, calculations, conclusions, diagrams, graphs and pictures where applicable
Literature references
Format of the presentation:
Word document. Arial, type size 11pt, maximum size of document: 2.5MB for ease of communication. If larger advise Award Coordinator below. Pictures may be formatted in PDF to reduce size.
Deadline for 2009 submission:
Submissions to be sent to GEA Award Coordinator not later than 30 March 2009
Eddie Wepener
Manager Marketing
Tuchenhagen S.A. (Pty) Ltd.
GEA Process Engineering Division
ZA-1685, Midrand, South Africa
Office: +27118056911, Mobile: +27 836557007
Fax: +27115410555, Email: eddie.wepener@geasa.com