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First Beverages Middle East Congress
(BevME) will be held at the Madinat Jumeirah
resort in Dubai from 22 to 24 January 2008.
Speaker from Juhayna Group in Egypt. Other speakers include
Masafi,
Lacnor, Dubai Refreshment Company, Aujan Industries,
Nestlé Waters, Power
Horse and Mecca Cola. Géant Hypermarket, Saatchi & Saatchi,
BPG, the
Emirates Environmental Group and csrnetwork will also be on the platform.
PLANT TOURS
Tuesday 22 January
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Masafi bottling plant tour |
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07.00-14.30 |
Registration |
Mina A’Salam |
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Depart
07.30 |
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From Mina A’Salam
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Return
13.30 |
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Coach leaves hotel for Northern
Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah,
where 250,000 square metre Masafi natural mineral water plant sits in
foothills of Masafi mountains.
Tour covers manufacture of PET preforms and caps, 3 blow moulding
lines, 2 PET filling lines at 34,000 and 40,000 bottles per hour, 1 cup
filling line, 1 four gallon line, 1 juice and flavoured water hot fill
line, warehousing, laboratory and separate unit making facial tissues.
Visit will also include briefing and refreshments. A packed lunch will
be provided.
Masafi started production in 1977, was first in Gulf region into PET in
1998, first into sports caps in 2000, first into kids’ packs in 2003 as
well as first to gain ISO 9002, 9001:2000, 14001 and HACCP accreditations.
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Lacnor dairy/beverage plant tour |
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Depart
09.30 |
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From Mina A’Salam |
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Return 17.00 |
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Coach leaves hotel for neighbouring Emirate of Sharjah,
where Lacnor is located.
Established in 1979, plant covers
10,000 square metres and produces premium quality pure juices, nectars,
dairy drinks and other milk products. Site supplies both UAE and export
markets. Tour covers 9 long life filling lines, quality control and storage
facilities.
Visit will also include brief presentation and refreshments giving
delegates opportunity to sample Lacnor products.
Coach then continues northwards to Masafi for
bottling plant tour as above.
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Wild ingredients centre tour |
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Depart 14.00 |
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From Mina A’Salam |
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Return 17.00 |
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Coach leaves for short journey westwards to new WILD Flavors Middle
East production facility in Jebel Ali Free
Zone, opened in November 2007. Centre caters for markets of GCC, Levant,
North Africa and Indian sub-continent.Tour of WILD product development division includes opportunity to taste
new beverage concepts and visit state-of-art production plant.
Tour available to beverage producers only.
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18.30-19.30 |
Welcome drinks
reception |
Bahri Bar Terrace |
Conference: World classpotential
Wednesday 23 January
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09.00 |
Registration and refreshments |
Mina A’Salam |
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09.30 |
Inauguration ceremony |
Majlis Al Salam
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His Excellency Humaid Al Qutami, UAE Minister of Health |
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Market trends |
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09.40 |
Global and Middle East beverage trends |
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Richard Hall, Chairman of Zenith International Ltd |
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10.00 |
Emerging sectors and high growth opportunities for the
beverage industry
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Roland G Klein, Managing Director of WILD Flavors Middle East FZE |
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10.20
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Questions and discussion |
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10.45
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Refreshments |
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Market leadership |
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11.15
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Water and beyond |
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Ashraf Abushady, Chief Executive Officer of Masafi LLC
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11.35 |
Dairy beverages opportunity |
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Najib Nasr, Sales and Distribution Director of National Food
Products Corporation and General Manager of Lacnor |
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11.55 |
Refreshing future |
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Alan Salem, Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Refreshment Company,
franchisee for PepsiCo |
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12.15
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Questions and discussion |
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12.45 |
Lunch
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Innovation |
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14.00 |
Latest beverage launches around the world |
Majlis Al Salam
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Bill Bruce, Group Managing Editor of Zenith International Publishing
Ltd
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14.15 |
Packaging innovation in the Middle East
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Khaled Arafa, Beverage Industry Consultant
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14.30
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Malt drinks as a new age beverages category |
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Tolga Sezer, Executive Vice President of Aujan Industries |
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14.45 |
Questions and discussion |
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15.00 |
Refreshments |
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Connecting with consumers |
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15.30 |
Marketing in a multicultural environment |
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Andrew Phillips, Senior Vice President of BPG Group |
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15.50 |
Creating shopper experiences
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Steve Anastasiadis, Chief Executive Officer of Saatchi & Saatchi
Dubai |
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16:10 |
The changing face of Middle East retailing
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Jean Marc Lebrun, Chief Operating Officer of Géant Hypermarket
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16.30 |
Questions and discussion |
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17.00 |
Close |
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Gala industry dinner |
Fort
Island |
| 19.00 |
Drinks reception |
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A two minute walk from the Mina A’Salam Hotel, the Fort Island lies in
the centre of a lagoon and enjoys spectacular views of the Madinat
Jumeirah resort. |
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| 19.45 |
Gala dinner |
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Dinner will be served in the open air from a selection of buffet and
cooling stations around the perimeter. |
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Thursday 24 January
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Functionality and health |
Mina
A’Salam |
| 09.15 |
Keynote address: Nutrition, health and wellness |
Majlis Al
Salam
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Maurizio Patarnello, Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé Waters Middle
East and Africa |
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| 09.45 |
Performance drinks
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Mohamed El-Gamal, Chief Executive Officer Middle East and North Africa
of Power Horse FZ-LLC |
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| 10.00 |
Probiotics |
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Tarek Elhouby, Lab, Quality and R&D Director of Juhayna Group |
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| 10.15 |
Questions and discussion |
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| 10.30 |
Refreshments |
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Sustainability and ethics |
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| 10.45 |
Environmental issues for the beverage industry |
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Habiba Al Marashi, Chairperson of the Emirates Environmental Group |
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| 11.05 |
Practical steps and best practice in corporate social
responsibility |
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Mark Line, Managing Director of csrnetwork |
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| 11.25 |
Drink with commitment |
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Tawfik Mathlouthi, Chairman of Mecca Cola World |
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| 11.45 |
Questions and discussion |
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| 12.00 |
Lunch |
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Market briefings |
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45 minutes presentation, 15 minutes questions and discussion |
Majlis Al
Salam |
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13.00 |
Global and regional market developments in functional
soft drinks |
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Gary Roethenbaugh, Research & Development Director of
Zenith International Ltd
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14.15 |
Global and regional market developments in energy and
sports drinks
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Jason Holway, Market Consulting Director of Zenith International Ltd
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15.15 |
Close |
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Programme as of 2 January 2008 - final details may be subject to change

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