The iba-summit will offer exhibitors and decision-makers, bakers and confectioners, politicians and academics a new forum for pioneering ideas, for the reliable assessment of future challenges and risks and for an international exchange of experiences. It is already an essential event for specialists and practitioners in the industry, marking the pinnacle of global dialogue for bakers and confectioners and pointing the way ahead for the craft of baking.

So what awaits us at the iba-summit? The presentations will focus on the current challenges for the worldwide baking and confectionery market. Top international speakers will report on the future of world nutrition, the latest developments in the area of food safety and trends in baking and marketing. The new summit for our industry will also offer you plenty of opportunities to exchange experiences, get involved in intensive discussions and network with influential and ingenious partners. The event will end with the festive opening gala for the iba 2012.

Why not take advantage of this unique opportunity and be sure to add the iba-summit to your diary as the new “unmissable event” of the year. On behalf of the Central Association of German Craft Bakers, I would like to invite you, your customers and business partners to Munich. I am particularly grateful to Ilse Aigner, Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, who has agreed to act as patron of this first iba-summit.”