Over 20 Educational Events at Modern Bakery Moscow
More than 20 events were held within the framework of the Modern Bakery Moscow business program, at the 22nd international trade fair for bakery and confectionery for Russia and the CIS Modern Bakery Moscow, March 14 – 17.
During these events, experts from industry, politics and associations informed participants about current issues in the bakery and confectionery industry.
The Plenary session “Improving the competitiveness of national products”, and the seminars “Bakery of the 21st century – bakery as a business” and “New technological solutions for tasty and healthy ice cream”, organized in cooperation with the Union of Ice Cream Producers, were held at the exhibition for the third time.
The IX International Bakery Forum took place, which included the All-Russian contest “Best Bread of Russia-2016” and the symposium “Bread as the basis of healthy nutrition”.
The following events of Modern Bakery Moscow 2016, organized in cooperation with the Union of Producers of Food Ingredients, were of great interest to professional visitors: the seminar “Technology of applying special purpose fats for confectionery and bakery products” offered further education for technologists in the “School of Modern Bakers and Confectioners”, in cooperation with MSUFP. А scientific-practical conference “Innovation management as an effective strategy of business development” was organized with the support of the All-Russian Research Institute of Confectionery Industry.
The seminar “Cooling and refrigeration technologies in the bakery industry”, as usual, gathered together a large number of participants.
The fourth Eurasian Forum “Bread and the Health of the Planet” focused on the global tendencies of the bakery industry’s development.
The conference “Improving the competitiveness of bread baking companies in the period of economic challenges” was set up, together with the Research Institute of Bakery Industry, for the second time this year. The Saint-Petersburg Institute of Management and Food Technologies organized the business club “Best regional examples of national bakery in Russia” and the strategic session “Bakery development tendencies as a mechanism of import substitution”. Both events raised the most important issues for the industry’s development.
The third session was “Confectionery Art Cup” – a contest organized with the support of the School of Chocolate and Sweet Art – generated great interest, as usual.
Besides the traditional events, new this year were the seminar of the Business School of Nataly Kulakova “Business School: How to start your own pastry business” and the seminar of the School of Management of Food Industry “Branding and packaging of bakery and confectionery products”.
For the first time, a special area for master classes “Novelties of the market of ingredients and raw materials” was launched.
During the four days, 14,382 professional visitors managed to see the products, presented by 201 exhibitors from 18 countries. Among the exhibitors were 122 Russian and 79 international companies. This represents a 12 per cent growth in comparison with the previous event.