Technical Committees

Beverage and Ingredient R&D Technical Committee

COMMITTEE CHAIR

Emina Goodman

Global Product Director

Kerry

Help shape what's next in beverage innovation.

From emerging ingredients and formulation technologies to new product trends, the Beverage & Ingredient R&D Technical Committee brings together professionals working throughout the beverage development process.

Members exchange ideas, explore new technologies and ingredients, discuss real-world formulation challenges, and stay connected to trends influencing beverages around the world.

Whether you're an experienced formulation scientist or just beginning your career in beverage R&D, you'll find opportunities to learn from peers, ask questions, contribute to projects, and expand your technical knowledge.

If you're curious about what's next in beverages, this is your committee.

Beverage Gases Technical Committee

COMMITTEE CHAIR

Jerome Benneman

Director, CO2 Business Development

Archaea Energy

Bring your beverage gas challenges to the table—and help the industry solve them.

CO₂ and other beverage gases play a critical role in beverage production, quality, and the consumer experience. The Beverage Gases Technical Committee creates an open technical forum where beverage producers, gas manufacturers, suppliers, and other professionals can exchange knowledge and tackle challenges together.

Members discuss emerging technologies, sourcing and supply considerations, quality, applications, technical breakthroughs, and other issues affecting beverage gases.

For those newer to this area of the industry, committee participation provides an opportunity to learn directly from professionals across the beverage gas supply chain and gain a broader understanding of the technical and operational issues involved.

Bring a question. Share what you've learned. Volunteer for a project. Every perspective can contribute to a better industry solution.

Have a question, solution, or perspective to share? There's a seat at the table.

Beverage Operations and Processing Technical Committee

COMMITTEE CHAIR

Mathew Goldman

Principal Engineer Aseptic Filling

Nestle

Where beverage processing challenges become shared solutions.

What does it take to operate a safe, efficient, high-performing beverage facility? This committee brings beverage professionals together to answer that question.

Members explore established and emerging processing technologies, exchange practical operating knowledge, identify industry challenges, and collaborate on guidelines, best practices, and educational resources that can be applied in real-world production environments.

From processing and aseptic operations to emerging production technologies, this is a forum for learning what's working, sharing lessons learned, and helping advance beverage manufacturing.

If you're early in your career, committee participation can also expose you to operations, technologies, and challenges beyond your own facility or role. It's an opportunity to learn from experienced professionals while building a broader understanding of beverage production.

If you work where beverage science meets production—or want to learn more about it—get involved.

Packaging Technology Technical Committee

COMMITTEE CHAIR

Muluken Tilahun

Director of Packaging Physical Performance

The Coca-Cola Company

Help build the future of beverage packaging.

Packaging is changing quickly—from lightweighting and recycled materials to new closure technologies, evolving regulations, and changing consumer expectations.

The Packaging Technology Technical Committee connects packaging and closure manufacturers, beverage producers, suppliers, and technical professionals to address these challenges together.

Members exchange knowledge and collaborate on voluntary guidelines, best practices, specifications, test methods, and emerging technologies that support safe, reliable, high-performing beverage packages.

Whether you're developing the package, producing it, filling it, testing it, or using it, your perspective belongs here.

And if you're early in your packaging career, this committee offers an opportunity to learn from professionals across the entire packaging value chain—not just your own specialty—while contributing to real industry projects and building valuable professional relationships.

You don't have to know everything about beverage packaging to participate. Come ready to learn and contribute.

Quality Technical Committee

COMMITTEE CHAIR

Danny Taveras

QA & Lab Consultant

Doctitech Consulting LLC

Because great beverages depend on great quality systems.

The Quality Technical Committee brings together beverage professionals committed to continuously improving product quality and production performance.

Members share practical experience, discuss quality control challenges and emerging approaches, and collaborate on resources that help beverage organizations strengthen their quality programs.

It's an opportunity to see how professionals across different companies approach common quality challenges, learn from their experiences, and bring new ideas back to your own organization.

For early-career quality professionals, the committee can provide exposure to challenges, systems, and approaches you may not encounter in your everyday role—while helping you build a network of people who understand the work you do.

If quality is part of your job, this is your community for making it better.

Sanitation and Microbiological Control Technical Committee

COMMITTEE CHAIR

Kathryn Seaman

Co-Pack Quality Manager

Talking Rain Beverage Company

Protect the product. Improve the process. Share the science.

Sanitation and microbiological control are fundamental to producing safe, high-quality beverages—and the challenges continue to evolve.

This committee brings industry professionals together to exchange technical knowledge about sanitation processes, microbiological control, new technologies, alternative approaches, and emerging concerns.

Members can learn from real-world experiences, explore new solutions, and collaborate with peers facing many of the same challenges.

If you're developing your expertise in sanitation, microbiology, food safety, or beverage manufacturing, committee participation gives you access to professionals who have spent their careers solving these problems. Ask questions, listen to their experiences, and bring the perspective of the next generation of beverage professionals to the discussion.

Come with questions. Share what you've learned. Help advance sanitation and microbiological control across the beverage industry.

Sweetener Technical Committee

COMMITTEE CHAIR

Rishi Shukla

VP AS&O R&D and Operational Excellence

ADM

There's a lot more to sweeteners than sweetness.

The Sweetener Technical Committee brings together beverage producers, sweetener manufacturers, supply chain partners, and technical professionals to explore the many factors that influence sweetener performance and use.

Members exchange knowledge about applications, benefits, technical challenges, storage, security, transportation, sustainability, and emerging technologies.

Just as importantly, the committee provides a forum for bringing real-world questions and challenges to peers who understand them. Through collaboration, members help develop solutions and technical resources that support continuous improvement across the beverage industry.

Newer professionals can gain exposure to the entire sweetener value chain and develop an understanding of how formulation, manufacturing, quality, logistics, and other considerations intersect.

Whether you formulate with sweeteners, manufacture them, transport them, manage their quality—or are just beginning to learn about them—there's something to contribute and something to learn.

Water Quality and Treatment Technical Committee

COMMITTEE CHAIR

Ying Xu

Director of Sales

Aquafine/Trojan Technologies

Every beverage starts with water. Help advance the science behind it.

Water quality and treatment affect nearly every aspect of beverage production. This committee connects professionals from across the industry to share practical knowledge, explore innovative technologies, and address today's—and tomorrow's—water challenges.

Members exchange experiences and best practices, discuss regulatory and microbiological developments, evaluate new treatment processes, and explore solutions for water and wastewater management.

The committee also helps bring technical knowledge into ISBT educational programming, keeping the broader membership informed about important developments.

Whether you're focused on treatment, quality, microbiology, sustainability, wastewater, operations, or emerging water technologies, you'll find professionals here who understand the challenges you're working to solve.

New to beverage water treatment? That's a reason to participate, not a reason to wait. Committee involvement gives you the opportunity to learn directly from professionals with decades of experience, ask questions, expand your technical knowledge, and bring fresh perspectives to the conversation.

Join the conversation and help move beverage water management forward.

Where the Beverage Industry Comes Together to Solve Technical Challenges

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