For 22 years, Mr Roger Gilbert was the Secretary General of the International Feed Industry Federation, which he co-founded in in 1987. In that time, he saw the federation rise from humble beginnings, to represent more than 85% of all compound feeds produced globally. He initiated the industry’s NGO representation with Codex Alimentarius and set up one of the first Memorandum of Understandings between an industry and the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation.

Today, Mr Gilbert is the publisher of International Aquafeed and Milling & Grain magazine: two international magazines translated into several languages to promote aqua and terrestrial protein production.

Joseph P. Kearns is the editor for International Petfood magazine, and a consultant in Extrusion Cooking Consulting, Animal and Aquatic Feeds. Previously he was the Vice President Aquafeed Div. for WengerManufacturing, Inc. Joe received his bachelor’s degree from Kansas State University inFood Technology Engineering. He has been employed at Wenger since 1974. He has 8 patents for Wenger all with regards to aquatic feeds and/or machinery associated with production of same. He has more than 60 published articles on aquatic feeds production advantages by extrusion cooking through trade magazines.He has presented at countless events around the world on the topic of aquatic feed production.

Thomas Runde is CEO and Sales Director of Tietjen Verfahrenstechnik GmbH since 2013. He combines a background from machine manufacturing and environmental technologies with a hands-on and result-driven approach to business and leadership. Before coming to Tietjen, he worked as managing director for several international companies from the machinery industry and renewables. He achieved a university degree from the University of Muenster in Germany and the University of Washington in Seattle in 1995. Thomas career started in telecommunication and consulting, before he focused on technology-driven medium sized companies like Tietjen in the early 2000 years. He worked on long-term projects in India, South East-Asia and Eastern Europe and served as a MD for a tech company in Belgium. Since 2013 he fully dedicated his management power and heart to the particle size reduction topic, leading the Tietjen company from a component manufacturer (with an excellent reputation for machine quality) to a complete solution provider in particle size reduction. Tietjen delivered more than 2,100 projects and corresponding services worldwide to nearly all countries of the world since 1959.