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AOCS Industrial Oil Products Division
Newsletter February 2007AOCS Annual Meeting May 13-16 in Québec City
This year's Annual Meeting offers Industrial Oil Products Division members a robust technical program and three networking events.The technical program is online, including oral presentations and poster presentations. Updates and other conference information can be found at the official Annual Meeting webpage.
Be sure to register by April 13, 2007, to receive the early registration fees. Click here for registration information.
Remember to sign up for the Industrial Oil Products Division Luncheon when registering for the meeting. The luncheon will be Tuesday, May 15, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. The luncheon speaker will be Thomas A. Foglia of the Easter Region Research Center/USDA. He will discuss "Value Added Fats and Oils Research at ERRC/USDA."
Other Industrial Oil Products networking events include the Roundtable Discussion Monday, May 14, from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and the Board Meeting Sunday, May 13, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Several Industrial Oil Products Division awards will be presented during the meeting. The SDA/NBB Glycerine Innovation Award will be presented to Bruno Jestin and Philippe Kraft, of Solvay SA, Belgium. The Student Award will go to Umer Rashid of the University of Agriculture, Pakistan. The recipient of the Ralph Potts Memorial Fellowship is Darrell Sparks, Jr., from Mississippi State University, USA.
You are also encouraged to visit the Industrial Oil Products Division website.
Please share this information with your colleagues. We expect a great meeting in a great locality this May.
AOCS, 2710 S. Boulder, Urbana, IL 61802-6996 USA
Chairperson
Max Norris
phone: +1-507-537-7440
fax: +1-507-537-7441
e-mail: mnorris@auri.org
Vice Chairperson
Sevim Erhan
phone: +1-309-681-6532
fax: +1-309-681-6685
e-mail: erhansz@ncaur.usda.gov
Secretary/Treasurer
Andrew Guo
phone: +1-620-235-4036
fax: +1-620-235-4919
e-mail: aguo@pittstate.edu
Member-at-Large/NBB Representative
Steven Howell
phone: +1-816-635-5772
fax: +1-816-635-4836
e-mail: showell@marciv.com
Member-at-Large
Daniel Pioch
phone: +33-4-67-61-5882
fax: +33-4-67-61-7562
e-mail: daniel.pioch@cirad.fr
Member-at-Large/Program Cmt.
Bob Dunn
phone: +1-309-681-6101
fax: +1-309-681-6340
e-mail: dunnro@ncaur.usda.gov
Member-at-Large
Dharma Kodali
phone: +763-476-0590
e-mail: Kodali@globalagritech.us
Immed. Past Chair
John Massingill
phone: +1-512-245-9618
fax: +1-512-245-1892
e-mail: john.massingill@txstate.edu