Another chance to attend New Petfood Innovation Workshop

Representatives from Petfood Industry magazine have announced that, due to high demand, another Petfood Innovation Workshop: Next Generation Treats event featuring an increased emphasis on providing a hands-on experience will be held this fall on October 28-30, 2015, in collaboration with Kansas State University’s “Pet Food Experience.” The Pet Food Experience is hosted by the Kansas State Pet Food Program Team on the university’s main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, USA, and utilizes facilities within the community.
The multi-day event is a joint industry-academic venture to promote research, innovation and talent development focused on pet food and pet treat manufacturing. At these two cooperative events attendees can expect two days of academic research presentations combined with the hands-on creation of new types of pet treats in the workshop sessions, several networking opportunities and facility tours.
The Petfood Innovation Workshop is expected to sell-out again and will include the full Pet Food Experience agenda. Space is limited for the hands-on Workshop to the first 100 registrants. The Kansas State Pet Food Experience will also be available as a separate registration, and promises to have additional capacity. Registration and more event details are due to be released in August.
The premiere Petfood Innovation Workshop: Next Generation Treats held April 27, 2015, was the one-day opener for the Petfood Forum 2015 conference and exhibition, with a new hands-on format that spurred registrations to hit maximum capacity months in advance. Registrants were transported to the Kansas State-Olathe Food Innovation Accelerator Lab where they rotated among six different stations and engaged in making different types of pet treats to take home.
“The Petfood Forum team was looking for an opportunity to allow more people to participate in the Innovation Workshop that were previously excluded due to being sold out,” said Debbie Phillips Donaldson, Editor-in-Chief of Petfood Industry. “Our new partnership with the Kansas State Pet Food Program gives us that chance, and also lets us improve it with even more hands-on concepts, plus add new content by showcasing the research activities, facilities and students from the university.”
 The Pet Food Program at Kansas State University was started in 2012 and has established degree programs, short courses, and research concerning pet food and nutrition. Kansas State University is a public teaching and research institution founded in 1863 and located in Manhattan, Kansas, USA.

Videos: Petfood Forum Europe 2015

During Petfood Forum Europe 2015, held June 10 in Cologne, Germany, experts presented on pet nutrition, pet food ingredients, palatability, pet food safety, pet food processing and pet food packaging. Video clips from some of the presentations are now available.
The videos include:

• Tarique Arsiwalla, co-founder of Protix in the Netherlands, presenting on insects as an alternative protein source for pet foods;
• David Primrose, technical consultant for Synergy Food Ingredients in the UK, highlighting the potential financial impact of pet food recalls;
• David Thomas, PhD, senior lecturer for Massey University in New Zealand, explaining how new research on cats' seasonal feeding habits and body weight fluctuations could impact requirements for AAFCO feeding trials;
• Melinda Fernyhough Culver, PhD, scientic affairs manager-biosciences for Abitec Corp. in the US, describing the metabolic pathway of caprylocapric (medium chain) triglycerides and their potential benefits for promoting weight wellness;
• Brian Streit, director of pet food and aquatic technology for Wenger Manufacturing in the US, sharing a new method of pet food extrusion that features a higher ratio of thermal to mechanical energy to save energy and allow for the use of higher levels of fresh meat.

View the videos here.
Petfood Forum Europe 2015, held in conjunction with Victam International, enjoyed record attendance of more than 200 pet food professionals from throughout Europe and the world—32 countries in all. That represented a 25% increase over the last edition of the conference in 2011. The conference may next be held in 2017, again in Cologne; for updated information, please bookmark PetfoodForumEvents.com.

Petfood Forum Europe 2015 announces record attendance

Petfood Forum Europe, held June 10, 2015, in Cologne, Germany, enjoyed record attendance. More than 200 pet food professionals from throughout Europe and the world participated in the exclusive conference, a 25% increase over the previous edition of Petfood Forum Europe, held in 2011.

Held in conjunction with Victam International 2015, Petfood Forum Europe featured expert presentations on pet food packaging, safety, processing, emotional palatability and novel ingredients, such as microalgae as a source of omega-3s for dogs, specific medium chain triglycerides as potential weight loss agents for cats and insects as protein sources for dog and cat diets. During his presentation, Tarique Arsiwalla, co-founder of Protix in the Netherlands, announced that the first commercial pet food featuring insect protein, a therapeutic, hypoallergenic diet for dogs, will be launched by TroVet in September.

Petfood Forum Europe also offered several networking opportunities for participants, including with sponsors from leading industry suppliers.

The conference will take place again in Cologne in 2017 or 2019. Watchwww.petfoodforumevents.com for announcements.

Petfood Forum Europe registration now live

Registration for Petfood Forum Europe 2015 is now open, with 10% off the price if you register before April 1. The conference will be held June 10, 2015, at the Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany, in conjunction with VICTAM International 2015.

The dynamic petfood market is growing quickly in developing regions like Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia; and even with slow growth lately in developed markets like Western Europe, opportunity abounds for innovative, healthy petfood products to capture pet owners’ attention and purchasing power. At Petfood Forum Europe, attendees will glean new information and ideas to innovate and expand their business.
Petfood Forum Europe has offered expert knowledge and valuable networking for European petfood professionals since the late 1990s. In 2015, it will again be co-located with VICTAM International, together with the 6th FIAAP International Conference. The 2015 VICTAM International event combines the FIAAP, VICTAM and GRAPAS exhibitions (and their respective conferences) under one roof at Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany, June 9–11, 2015, and will attract a large audience of feed professionals from all around the world.

Petfood Forum Europe 2015 call for papers announced

Petfood Forum Europe, the leading conference in Europe for the petfood industry, is seeking abstracts for oral presentations for its 2015 event, organizers have announced. Petfood Forum Europe 2015 will take place 10 June at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany, in conjunction with Victam International 2015.

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Submissions to the call for papers for oral presentations are due November 1, 2014. The Petfood Forum Europe content advisory board is seeking noncommercial abstracts on the latest research and information on topics such as pet nutrition, the petfood market and petfood safety, processing, marketing, packaging, palatability and new product development. The topic should be original to Petfood Forum Europe 2015 and the information should be new and innovative. The submission must include evidence of past speaking experience.
Visit http://petfoodforum.petfoodindustry.com/PetfoodForumEurope/Call_for_papers.html for more information.

Victam International 2011 to include Petfood Forum Europe among events

The first Victam International show since 2007 will be held this year and will include such events as an opening speech by the president of the European Feed Manufacturers Federation, several technical seminars and Petfood Forum Europe 2011.
“It has been four years since the last Victam International exhibition and a lot has happened in the industries that this world famous exhibition serves," said Henk van de Bunt, general manager at Victam. "This will be reflected in this new event. There will now be three trade shows within the exhibition hall and seven different conferences for the international delegates to attend." The event, which will be held in Cologne, Germany, will have 300 exhibitors from 28 countries and will focus on everything from the manufacturing of petfood and aqua feeds to equipment for production plants and distribution systems.
Petfood Forum Europe will take place on May 4, the second day of Victam International.

Victam International 2011 will host three tradeshows, including Petfood Forum Europe, in one location

Victam International announced its 2011 event, planned for May 3-5, 2011 in Cologne, Germany.
The event will feature three tradeshows and several conferences all at one location. The Victam International tradeshow will display new technology and equipment used in the manufacturing and production of animal feeds, dry petfood, and aquafeed. Alongside the Victam event, Petfood Forum Europe will be held for the petfood industry.
The two other tradeshows are FIAAP International tradeshow for the feed processing industry and GRAPAS International, for the flour milling, grain and rice processing, and pasta production industries.

2011 Victam International event combines three shows in one event

The 2011 Victam International event will feature three, co-located shows in one event. The exhibition includes the Victam International event for animal feed processing and biomass pelleting; FIAAP International event for animal feed ingredients, additives and formulation; and GRAPAS International event for flour milling, grain processing and pasta production.
The event will be held May 3-5, 2011 at the Cologne Exhibition Centre in Cologne, Germany. Event attendees will be able to visit all three exhibitions with one ticket.
Petfood Forum Europe 2011 will also take place during the event, on May 4. A series of other technical conferences and workshops will also be held, including the International Research Association of Feed Technology (IFF) Feed Processing Conference, organized by IFF; the Biomass Conference, organized by the European Biomass Association (AEBIOM); FIAAP Conference, organized by Linx Conferences; GRAPAS Conference, organized by Linx Conferences; Aquafeed Horizons, organized by Linx Conferences; and Feed Safety Assurance in a Globalizing Industry, organized by GMP+International.

Petfood Forum to be part of Victam 2011 in Germany

Victam International, which includes Petfood Forum Europe, will open for the very first time in Cologne, Germany, in May 2011.
Victam, one of the largest events for animal feed processing technology, has always been held in The Netherlands but the organizers have decided that Cologne would be a more suitable venue for the international event.
The show will also include FIAAP International and GRAPAS International.
Bookmark this link for event updates and look for an upcoming call for papers.