LENEXA, KANSAS, U.S. — The International Association of Millers (IAOM) announced on March 14 that it is accepting educational paper submissions for the upcoming 27th annual IAOM Mideast & Africa (MEA) District Conference & Expo planned Oct. 25-27 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The proposals must be e-mailed before April 15 along with a completed application form and at least a one-page abstract of the proposed presentation explaining why it is important to flour millers in the Middle East and Africa.

Incomplete and or late submissions will not be accepted and the final selection of presentation is solely at the discretion of the IAOM MEA Education Committee.

The selected presenters will be announced on May 16. Deadline to submit power points will be Oct. 17 to [email protected].
All presentations should be non-commercial in content and should address flour and feed milling industry innovations, standards and trends. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Technical issues
- Pasta production
- Feed milling
- New milling technology
- Grain commodities trade & finance

Contact the IAOM MEA office at +968 24398760 for more information.