ISSCT XXVI Congress

The XXVIth Congress of the ISSCT was held at the International Convention Centre Durban, from 29 July to 2 August 2007 and was hosted by the South African Sugar Technologists Association (SASTA).

There were some 1179 participants from some 62 countries.

Post-Congress Tours were held in Mauritius by the Société de Technologie Agricole et Sucrère de Maurice (STASM) and in Réunion by the Association Réunionnaise pour le Développement de la Technologie Agricole et Sucrière (ARTAS).

This was the second Congress of the ISSCT to take place in South Africa. The XVth Congress was held in Durban in 1974.

The Pre-Congress tours gave an opportunity for delegates to see the sugar cane industries of countries in South Africa and Swaziland and to visit the fascinating game reserves in this part of the world.

COMMUNICATIONS Plenary Sessions The keynote address at the opening session was delivered by Mr. Paul Zorner Chief Scientific Officer and Director Principle Energy Limited, Johannesburg, South Africa The theme focussed on the need to innovate in advanced technologies for the maximum exploitation of the sugar cane biomass not only to meet human nutritional demand but also to produce renewable fuel and green power, while ensuring the profitability of the industry and the communities concerned. The other three Plenary Sessions were devoted to Symposia on various topics for progress on the above theme, with presentations by authors with a world-wide reputation in their respective fields, as follows:
	Better Management Practices Overview of climate change by Roland SCHULZE, SOUTH AFRICA Better Management Practices in the field by G. KINGSTON, E. MEYER, R. Ng KEE KWONG, RANGARAJAN, JEYABAI , G. KORNDORFER
	Potential of Sugar Cane for 2020 Prospects for the conversion of a sugar mill into a biorefinery by Peter REIN, USA The potential of sugarcane as an energy source by Regis LEAL, BRAZIL Precision breeding to improve the usefulness of sugarcane by Frikkie BOTHA, SOUTH AFRICA
	Marketing of Sugar New strategic drivers for world sugar: What are they and How will they impact the market? by Lindsay JOLLY, UNITED KINGDOM Trends in the World Sugar Market by Quinton HILDEBRAND, SOUTH AFRICA The World Market Product Structure and Pricing of Physical Sugar by Lindsay JOLLY, UNITED KINGDOM
Communications of sections 232 Communications in all have been presented in the different Sections of the Commissions during the week; 140 oral Communications (Papers) and 92 Posters. The number and the list of the different communications are given below: (Click to access the list of titles of communications and click the titles for have access to the ABSTRACTS):

	Papers	Posters
PLENARY SESSIONS	9

Agricultural Commission
Agronomy	21	45
Ag. Engineering	9	5
Biology Commission
Breeding	10	10
Entomology	8	5
Molecular Biology	7	5
Pathology	6	6
Co-products Commission	22	1
Factory Commission
Processing	20	7
Engineering	17	4
Management Commission
Management	11	4
Total	140	92

The lists and the Abstracts of different communciations are accessible below.

Agricultural Commission

Biology Commission

Factory Commission

Co-products Commission

Management Commission

Awards were offered for the best papers of each of the 5 Commissions and for the best posters.

Eventually the full communications will also be available on this website. In the meantime arrangements have again been made with the four Journals: International Sugar Journal, Sugar Cane International, Sugar Journal (of New Orleans) and Zucker Industrie to publish hard copies of some communications selected by them in their forthcoming issues during the year. These publications will be announced on this website.

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