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The Sugar Industry Technologists, Inc. will be hosting their eighty-third annual Technical Meeting in Vancouver, Canada from April 28th to May 1st, 2024. The conference will be held at the Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Downtown Hotel and will feature a wide range of presentations by industry experts. In addition to the technical sessions, there will be social events and a tour of Vancouver organized by Rogers Sugar. The schedule of events and abstracts for the meeting cover various topics related to the sugar industry, including crystal growth technology, centrifugal safety, dust extraction, regenerant recovery, filtration, and climate change resilience. The abstracts provide detailed information on specific subjects, such as the history of a sugar refining company, the impact of sugar quality on refinery projects, and the use of chromatography as an alternative to traditional sugar refining methods. For more information, interested individuals can visit the organization's website. [Extracted from the article]

The article highlights papers to be presented at the Joint Meeting of the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists. M. C. Avellaneda and J. W. Hoy's "Seedling Inoculation for Cross Appraisal of Brown Rust Resistance" revealed that seedling inoculation is not suitable for cross appraisal of brown rust resistance. "How to Manage Sugarcane in the Field and Factory Following Damaging Freezes" aimed to describe the proper way of managing sugarcane following a freeze.

The article explores the Louisiana sugarcane industry as of May 2013. The 43rd joint annual meeting of the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists (ASSCT) was held in Panama City Beach, Florida were held earlier than usual, which resulted to incomplete figures for the Florida sugarcane harvest. Intensified efforts to obtain funding was started by the Florida Sugarcane Industry Research Committee as it works developing new varieties of sugarcanes.

The article presents an obituary for Dr. Krishnamurthi, who was behind several breeding programs at the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists (ISSCT) including being the first to commercially release a sugar cane variety from tissue culture in the 1970s.

A calendar of events for the sugar industry from February to October 2014, including the International Conclave on Sugar Crops & SugarFest, Sugar Industry Technologists Meeting and the 31st International Sweetener Symposium.

A calendar of meetings related to sugar cane industry across the world from February to October 2014 is presented which include 31st International Sweetener Symposium; Sugar Industry Technologists Meeting; and Sugar Processing Research Institute Conference.

The article offers information on the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists meeting which will be held in Lafayette, Louisiana from February 4 to 5, 2014 in which 2013-2014 Tentative Schedule of Papers will be presented.

The article offers information on the American Society of Sugar Cane Technologists Louisiana Division Annual Meeting in conjunction with American Sugar Cane League Annual Meeting which will be held in Lafayette, Louisiana in early February 2014.

A calendar of events for the sugarcane industry for May to October 2013 is presented, which includes the South African Sugar Technologists Association, the International Congress on Sugar and Derivatives and the Beet End Session of the Beet Sugar Development Foundation.

A reprint of the article "The Proof Stick" which appeared in the June 1972 issue of "The Sugar Journal." It discusses the highlights of the thirty-first annual Meeting of Sugar Industry Technologists held on May 14-16, 1972 at the Shamrock-Hilton Hotel in Houston, Texas. It notes that for this event, the usual international flavor was supplied by representatives from several countries including England, South Africa and the Philippines.