SDT Southern Ireland Regional Meeting: Advances in Dairy Processing Technology

The Southern Ireland SDT Regional meeting with a theme of Advances in Dairy Processing is taking place at the two day Dairy Connect Ireland event in the BIAInnovation Campus, Galway on 15th April. The SDT event will provide you with a deep dive in recent research projects from DPTC on enhancing evaporator and spray dryer efficiency, dissemination of the UCC Dairy CoVE project, sharing the development of the Dairy Learning Hub, and a presentation from the Irish Bioeconomy Foundation on their Biomethane Development. The event is free for the wide dairy industry to attend and lunch will be provided. Trade stands will be available (cost €250). The full programme will be available shortly. Book your place or trade stand by following the link to Eventbrite below.

Society of Dairy Technology Southern Ireland Section Regional Meeting

Title: Advances in Dairy Processing Technologies

Date: Wed 15th April 2026

Venue: Bia Innovator Campus, Athenry, Co Galway

 

Programme

13.00 - 14.00                Lunch  with trade stand viewing

14.00 - 14.10                Welcome and Introduction (Micheál Cosgrove, SDT Southern Ireland Chairman)

14.10 - 14.40                Presentation 1: Seasonal changes in milk chemistry influencing skim milk concentrate viscosity (Johnathan Magan, Teagasc)

14.40 - 15.10                Presentation 2: Optimization of skim milk concentrate properties: implications for efficiency during spray drying processes (John Tobin, Teagasc)

15.10 - 15.40                Presentation 3 : Protein standardisation and viscosity development during evaporation of skim milk (Prof Seamus O’Mahony, UCC)

15.40                             Coffee/Tea with Trade stand viewing

16.10 - 16.40                Presentation 4 : Developments in Anaerobic Digestion & Potential Integration with Biorefining (Sean O’Grady, Irish Bioeconomy Foundation)

16.40 - 17.00                Presentation 5: EU Project Dairy CoVE Dissemination (Colette Crowley, UCC)

17.00                            Closing Remarks

 

Please note:

• This is a free to attend event, for members and non members with lunch provided. Delegates will only be admitted if they have registered using the Eventbrite link at the base of the page.
• Trade Stands will be welcome at the event (€250), booked using the Eventbrite link below.
• Delegates are encouraged to attend other events at this two-day Dairy Connect Ireland event (see link)

 

Joint Organising Partners:

• Society of Dairy Technology (link)
• Dairy Processing Technology Centre (link)
• Dairy CoVE Project (link)