Powder & Bulk Solids Conference | Conference Overview

April 25-27, 2023

Donald E. Stephens
Convention Center

iPBS Conference

The ENHANCED iPBS Conference unites executives, processing engineers, and bulk manufacturers to provide expert-led technical training through fundamentals and advanced educational pillars. Whether you work in food, pharmaceutical, metals, or agriculture--a wide variety of industries attend the two-day conference to uncover bulk material handling solutions and address the toughest challenges in processing technology.

iPBS serves industries that process, handle, and package dry particulate matter, including, but not limited to the food, chemical, and pharmaceutical markets. Powder and Bulk Solids is devoted to exclusive coverage of new technology, equipment, manufacturing systems, and dry processing and bulk material handling marketplace services.

Our ENHANCED conference format breaks all the sessions into four tracks:

Powder and Bulk Solids Fundamentals
Material Storage & Gravity Flow
Conveying
Processing & Quality

Conference Highlights & Features

Leadership & Strategy Sessions

Designed for process manufacturing executives to get the expert insight and data needed to identify opportunities for growth and profitability in 2023
and beyond.

Workshops & Tech Sessions

Learn from the most experienced faculty of processing experts to deepen your dry processing and bulk solids handling knowledge and help solve your toughest engineering challenges.

Keynotes & Industry Panels

Get insights on advances in technology and key trends, including plant-based food manufacturing, sanitary design, additive manufacturing, and
Industry 4.0.

Networking Events

Reconnect with colleagues and make valuable new connections with industry leaders, suppliers, and prospects during daily roundtable discussions and networking events.

Why Attend?

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At the iPBS Conference, you’ll get access to top-level industry experts, critical education, and practical guidance to help solve your toughest process engineering challenges.

You'll connect with industry executives and get the insight and data needed to strategize for growth and profitability in 2023 and beyond.

Plus you'll get access to the multi-track bulk solids processing technical sessions you need to take your career and business to the next level. Attend workshops, keynotes, industry panels, product demos, networking events and more.

Past Sessions:

Updating Equipment, Processes, and Training to Respond to Market Demand
Hazard Management, Facility Reliability, and Operational Risk Management for Process Manufacturers
Material Optimization & Process Safety for Additive Manufacturing

Automation and Digitization for Process Manufacturing
Plant-based Food Processing
The Future of Computational Modeling and Simulation

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Who Attends?

The iPBS Conference is designed for C-suite executives, managers, and director-level engineers, as well as process and safety engineers seeking to learn about the latest technologies, standards and regulations, and new applications in powder & bulk solids handling and dry manufacturing. Attendees from these leading companies joined the conference in the past:

3M
Amway
Albemarle
Anheuser-Busch
BASF
Baxter Healthcare
Campbell Soup
Clorox

Dakota Growers Pasta Company
DuPont
Duracell Battery
General Mills
Henkel
Herbalife
Honeywell
Innophos

JM Smucker Company
Kellogg
Lifeline Foods, LLC
McCormick & Co.
Owens Corning
Procter & Gamble
Shell
Sweet Street

Merging Education and Application

Show Floor Tours
Each conference day also includes an extended lunch hour, giving you the chance to take what you’ve learned in the classroom and see how it applies to processing products and solutions. Walk the show floor with your cohort, ask questions, and see practical applications for your conference education.

Speakers’ Corner
Continue your real-world application in our Speakers’ Corner. At the end of both conference days, you have to opportunity for 1:1 time, a Q&A, and networking with the thought leaders in your track.

presentation on powder manufacturing education

International Powder & Bulk Solids brewery tour Revolution Brewery Illinois

Brewery Tour
Tour the LARGEST independent brewery in Illinois, included with the two-day and Wednesday conference passes.

On Wednesday, April 26, join us at Revolution Brewery for an in-depth, technical tour connecting what you’ve learned in the conference to brewery operations. Join us for a reception after the tour and enjoy complimentary drinks and food, games, and more as you network with your peers.

Transportation to and from the brewery is included with your conference pass.