The 1st Technical/Technological Conference for executives of the 4 leading Japanese breweries was held in Tokyo from 13th to 14th of march, 2007. The Faculty of Technology of Brewing of the Technical University of Munich-Weihenstephan, the Research Centre for Brewing and Food Quality Weihenstephan and Fachverlag Hans Carl Nuremberg organized the conference in collaboration and with the outstanding organizational support of Eberhard Gerlach, Künzel Maschinenbau GmbH and Hidekazu Miyake, Miyake Industries C. Ltd., Tokyo.