Supplying the brewing, food and beverage industry.

Taking place at Holywell Park Conference Centre, Loughborough, the event will begin with an informal networking dinner on 14th October, followed by a full day of technical presentations, discussion and supplier networking on 15th October. 

CIBD: New Processes In the Brewing and Beverage Industry

THURSDAY, 9 October 2025

9AM – 4PM

Burton Albion Football Club, Princess Way
Burton-on-Trent, DE13 0AR

The Brewing Engineers Association with promotional support from the Chartered Institute of Brewers and Distillers has brought together a group of expert speakers who will discuss state-of-the-art processes and new ideas in the Brewing and Beverage Industry. This event could be useful for those sitting the relevant CIBD exams.

Presentation title Speaker
Tales of the unexpected…..
Stuart Howe
CIBD
Artificial Intelligence in Brewing – current uses and future direction
Alex Bowler
University of Leeds
Electrification of Heat in Food and Beverage, and the role of Thermal Storage
Andy Joynson
Caldera
Good things come in threes – selecting the most suitable Lautering Technology
Andrew Mieleniewski
Briggs of Burton
Good things come in threes – selecting the most suitable Lautering Technology
Alfred Ackbarow/Alex Hinds
Krones UK
Energy ESG Management (Environment, Social and Governance)
Rick Rogers
Simble Solutions
From Waste to Worth: Using GenAI and IoT to Power the Circular Economy
Yianni Alissandratos
Carlsberg Britvic

 

Cost

The cost, which includes lunch, refreshments and a copy of the presentations, is £150 for both BEA and CIBD members and £175 for non-members.

Should you be unable to attend in person, the Brewing Engineers Association invite you to take part in the event via a real-time webinar, running alongside the day’s events. The cost for joining the webinar will be £125 for members and £150 for non-members.

Social evening

Delegates are also invited to the BEA Social event on the evening of 8th October 2025, where food will be provided within the registration fee. This popular Social gathering will be held at the Historic, Burton Constitutional Club where members, delegates and speakers can network and compete for the Ray Banton pub games trophy.

Accommodation

Suggested hotels for accommodation in Burton-on-Trent for the night of Wednesday 8th October are: The Holiday Inn Burton; The Riverside, Branston; and The Premier Inn, Burton (others are available).

How to apply

Applications

Applications for you and your colleagues should be made in the first instance to Eric Candy using ericcandy@inovate.co.uk

You will then be asked to forward your payment to “Brewing Engineering Association”, via the payment procedure provided by Eric, in order to complete the registration..

Table Top Presentations

Speakers are permitted to present table top displays during the lunch break and will be pleased to discuss any applications.

CIBD Diploma in Brewing and Packaging

The Brewing Engineers Association offers a prize to the top candidate in each of the Engineering Papers for the CIBD Brewing Diploma and the CIBD Packaging Diploma examinations.

Apprenticeship Support Scheme

“Engineering plays a vital role in the UK’s economic and societal wellbeing, providing quality employment on a large scale and some of the key solutions to major global challenges. In the face of technological advancements and a changing political and economic landscape, developing the pipeline to address the skills needs of the engineering sector remains a key challenge”.

The objective of the Brewing Engineers Association Apprenticeship Support Scheme is to provide support to engineering apprentices working in UK Breweries to help them to achieve their ambitions.

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