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The GRAIN UKRAINE Conference is an international industry platform for the dialogue between the largest representatives of the agro market, leaders of Ukrainian agro-food companies, commercial and investment banks, and technological trendsetters in the agricultural sphere. Here, the latest trends of the agrarian market are discussed, as well as the development of sustainable business models and implementation of technological agricultural innovations.
The GRAIN UKRAINE Conference is a brand new format involving key players in the world agricultural market, which provides a new level of discussion.
This conference has been held since 2016.
Grain Ukraine is more than just a conference. ALL AGRICULTURAL MARKET WILL MEET HERE AGAIN!
LOCATION
7 september – Presentations Day. Concert-hall «Sady Pobedy».
8 september – Relax Day with Grain Ukraine.
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Maksym Stepanov, Governor of Odessa region
Andrey Stavnitser, CEO of TIS Group of Terminals
Olga Trofimtseva, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine on European Integration
Special topic “Export Potential of Ukraine”. Olga Trofimtseva, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine on European Integration
10:00-10:30Moderator – Nikolay Gorbachov, President of Ukrainian Grain Association
10:30-11:45Block participants:
“World grains and oilseeds markets in 2018/19 – Quo vadis?”. Miriam Morath, Senior Economic Analyst, International Grains Council (UK)
“US – China trade war – Opportunities for the Black Sea region?”. Zsolt Vincze, Senior Vice President, R.J. O’Brien (US)
“Global economic trends and their impact on agrarian business: What to expect and what to prepare for”. Oleg Ustenko, Executive Director, The Bleyzer Foundation
10:30-11:15Block participants:
“Destination markets for grains from the Black Sea region in 2018/19 marketing year”. Vladimir Osadchuk, General Manager, COFCO Agri Ukraine
“Peculiarities of crop 2018 and issues on the way to progress”. Vasile Varvaroi, General Manager of the Danube region/Ukraine, Cargill
Moderator – Ivanna Dorichenko, Managing Director at TRADAIDE (UK)
12:15-14:00Block participants:
Hazem Saker, Senior Trader, Promising International Trading Co. DMCC (UAE)
Roman Rusakov, Black Sea Trader, Olam International
Oleg Levchenko, CEO of GrainCorp Ukraine LLC
– The present and future of futures for the Black Sea wheat and corn on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME): How do these instruments work today? What are the pitfalls in their use?
– How do market players see the future of these instruments?
Block participants:
“Present and future of futures and options on the Black Sea wheat and corn”. Jeffry Kuijpers, Executive Director, CME Group (UK)
“Black Sea Pricing – Use of Platts’ price assessment both in physical and futures markets”. Alexandre Bobylov, Senior Pricing Specialist of the Department of Agriculture at ЕМЕА, S&P Global Platts (UK)
Topics for discussion:
– How do these instruments work today? What are the pitfalls in their use?
– How do market players see the future of these instruments?
Jeffry Kuijpers, Executive Director, CME Group (UK)
Alexandre Bobylov, Senior Pricing Specialist of the Department of Agriculture at ЕМЕА, S&P Global Platts (UK)
Matt Ammermann, Commodity Risk Manager – Vice President Eastern Europe/ Black Sea Region, INTL FCStone Financial Inc. FCM Division (US)
Aleksandr Solovey, CEO of Spike Trade Group
13:00-14:00During the lunch – one-on-one meetings and business negotiations
14:00-15:00Moderator – Andrey Dligach, Director of Advanter Group of companies, Co-founder of “Nova Kraina” civil platform
Block participants:
“Digitalization and automation of agribusiness and their impact on operational efficiency”. Yevgen Osypov, CEO of Kernel
“Operational efficiency: Measuring, managing and dealing with challenges”. Sergiy Bulavin, Vice President of AgroGeneration
“Agriculture effectiveness and efficiency”. Anton Yakovenko, CEO of Agroscope International
“Farm size and productivity”. Egor Sklyarov, co-founder of “Seim-Agro” company
“Sustainable development in agribusiness: New requirements for grain suppliers”. Sanjay Sethi, Director Sustainability, Phoenix Group (UAE)
15:00-16:30Presentation “Container Block Trains Development”. Yuriy Krasovskyy, CEO at MTA SERVICE
17:00-17:10(with the support of proAgro)
Moderator – Nikolay Gorbachov, President of Ukrainian Grain Association
– How to bypass the infrastructure restrictions? Mechanisms for solving the main problems: expansion of the port railway stations; construction of grain wagons and traction rolling-stock
– The path of Ukrainian grain to ports: auto-, railway, river. Tariffs for transportation VS Сonditions and quality of services provided
– The partnership of the state and private companies to solve infrastructure problems
Discussion participants:
Andrey Ryazantsev, Director for Economics and Finance of PJSC “Ukrzaliznytsia” (Ukrainian Railways)
Olga Kopiika, Chief Advisor on Legal Issues and Relations with Government of Bunge Ukraine, Cohead of the Logistics Committee of the European Business Association (EBA)
Yuriy Shchuklin, owner of logistic company ZERTEK
Andrii Tsokol, Principal Banker at EBRD
Moderator – Vladislava Rutitskaya, Vice President of SigmaBleyzer
– Investments in agribusiness: What are the prospects for Ukraine today and in the nearest future?
– Investing in the agricultural supply chain: Challenges in financing farms and the logistic pipeline – An investor’s perspective.
– Mitigation tools to manage risks and financing costs: From rainfall variability to political & regulatory changes.
Roundtable participants:
Christian Joerg, Director, SALIC (UK)
Natalya Zhukova, Head of Agribusiness, EBRD (UK)
Jason Pellmar, Regional Manager, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine, IFC
Jean-Jacques Soulacroup, Senior Corporate Banker for the Eastern Neighbouring region, EIB (Luxembourg)
“Agrarian receipts – an instrument for hedging risks and securing supplies”. Helen Fairlamb, Project manager of Ukraine Crop Receipts Project, IFC
13:30-13:45Presentation “Why agriculture needs economic steel solutions?”. Peter Remenyi, Executive Sales Manager for Steel Sheet Piles, ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg)
13:30-14:00During the lunch – one-on-one meetings and business negotiations
14:00-15:00(with the support of AgroHub)
Moderator – Kirill Krivolap, Partner of Agrohub
15:00-18:00“Ukraine – from agro- to AgTech country”. Kirill Krivolap, Partner of Agrohub
15:00-15:15“Large agribusiness VS start-ups is a myth. MHP accelerator project is about large agribusiness & startups”. Ksenia Prozhogina, HR & Communications Director, agri-industrial holding Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP)
15:15-15:30Agro-startups pitches:
Alexandr Maschenko, CEO of Zernovoz.in.ua – platform for fast search of carriers and management of motor transport in agribusiness, and Zernotorg.com.ua – platform for communication of large grain enterprises and farmers
Dmitriy Mikhalchuk, Founder of Graintrack – CTRM-program for managing the companygrain trader
Oleg Rudkovskiy, Co-founder of Sovtes – SaaS solution for profitable freight management
Dmitriy Titarenko, CEO & Founder of Agroport Ukraine – Agroportex.Bio, assistant on the global organic products market”
Alex Panfilov, Business Development Director of Aliro Trade – B2B Marketplace for agricultural commodities
Taratunin Oleksandr, CEO&Co-Founder of Farmer2b – global marketplace for new and used agricultural machinery
Sergey Mazurenko, Sales Manager at MobiMill – “Mobile applications as an effective instrument for a modern farmer”
Andrey Bobyshev, CEO of Ukraine Commodity Clearing – AgroBrokBot, innovative trading platform for efficient trading
Q&A session
Velvet season with Grain Ukraine
PlyazhNik Beach-Club
The legendary beach relaxing day with various activities, Holi Festival of Colours, music and video shooting.
This unique networking will allow you to create close friendly ties.
Andrey Stavnitser, Co-owner and CEO of TIS Terminal Group
10:00–10:10Olga Trofimtseva, Acting Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine
10:10–10:30Moderator – Ivanna Dorichenko, Managing director at TRADAIDE
• Global trends and upcoming prospects for the global grain market.
• Growth drivers and major challenges for the development of grain trade in the Black Sea region.
• Forecasts for the season of 2019/2020.
“Grains and Oilseeds Markets – Where to Next?”
Miriam Morath, Senior Economic Analyst at International Grains Council (IGC)
“Global Corn and Wheat Outlook for 2019/2020 – Politics and Fundamentals”
Enzo Merluzzi, Analyst at Avere Commodities S.A.
“Prospects for Grain Production and Trade in Ukraine in the Season 2019/2020: Wheat and Corn”
Svetlana Malysh, Black Sea Agriculture Markets analyst at Refinitiv
Moderator – Ivanna Dorichenko, Managing director at TRADAIDE
• Ukraine in the world and in the region: what is happening on the main consumer markets (EU, Africa, Asia)
• How to strengthen our position on the main consumer markets?
• How to compete and beat other players in the Black Sea region?
Participants of the panel:
Vasile Varvaroi, General Manager of the Danube Region/Ukraine at Cargill
Saker Hazem, Senior Trader at Promising International Trading Co. DMCC
Roman Rusakov, Black Sea Trader at Olam International
Elena Zyrianova, Director at Engelhart CTP Ukraine
Moderator – Vladyslava Rutytska, Vice President of SigmaBleyzer Investment Group, LLC., Vice President of Agrogeneration
• Financial projects and investment contracts that develop business.
• Agribusiness financing: prospects and cost of financing as of today and in the nearest future.
• Influence of political risks and uncertainty on investments and financing of agrarian business.
• Problems and prospects for financing farms and infrastructure projects.
Participants of the panel:
Marina Petrov, Deputy Head, Ukraine (Infrastructure & Energy) EBRD
Olena Voloshyna, Head of IFC Operations in Ukraine
Olexiy Parkhomchuk, Investment Director and Representative Ukraine at the Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU)
Dmytro Tatarko, Food, Beverage, and Agri Clients, Head, Ukreximbank
Oleksandr Isniuk, Director of Corporate Business Department, Ukrgasbank
Artem Gavryshyn, Head of Agri Desk at Ukrsibbank
Ruslan Spivak, Corporate Business Director at Raiffeisen Bank Aval
Moderator – Andrii Dligach, CEO of Advanter Group
• Forming added value in the agro-business: how companies can earn more.
• Experience in implementing innovations in the grain sector and Ukraine’s role in the global AgTech market.
Panel participants:
Dmitry Motuzko, Director of the project “Adampolsoya” at ATK
Andrii Kiianenko, Head of innovation implementation Department at PrJSC “Myronivsky Hliboproduct”
Bohdan Kryvitskyi, Chief Innovation Officer at IMC Company JSC
Artem Belenkov, Founder of SmartFarming
“Quality of Ukrainian Grain and Risks Associated with Mycotoxins.
Monitoring Condition and Movement of Grain in Elevators”
Gennadiy Shulga, Vice President Agriculture, Food and Life at SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SA
Moderator – Nikolay Gorbachov, President of the Ukrainian Grain Association (UGA)
• Prospects for the development of transport infrastructure and key steps in the nearest future.
• Strategic infrastructure projects that can solve problems of the agrarian sector.
• Public and private partnerships to solve problems with railway transportation.
• Prospects for seaports: how to enter top-100 of the best seaports in the world in terms of container traffic.
Panel participants:
Viktor Dovgan, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine for European integration
Maxim Shirokov, CEO of Terminal Group Risoil S.A.
Anton Sabaleuski, Director for Strategic Development and Investment Policy at Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways)
Mykola Miroshnychenko, Director for Logistics at Kernel
Valerii Tkachov, Deputy СЕО on Logistics at Delta Wilmar CIS
“Key Challenges in Project and Construction Management Within the Framework of a Major International Project in Ukraine”
Sergey Fedorik, Project supervisor at MV Cargo project
Hosted by City Food Market (Rishelievska Street, 9a).
Party headliner is TNMK Group.
Party host is Anatoliy Anatolich.
We invite you to visit the new grain terminal MV Cargo, where guests will be shown the latest equipment and advanced facilities of the largest investment project in the agricultural sector of Ukraine in recent years.
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September 7 – Presentations Day.
fficial program, communication and one-on-one meetings for negotiations and signing of business contracts.
At your disposal will be the meeting rooms of the best hall in Odessa, a recreation area and an outdoor terrace with a bar and a magnificent view of the city.
Evening program will allow you to relax in an informal atmosphere.
September 8 – velvet season with Grain Ukraine conference.
Legendary beach rest with various activities and music.
This is an unique network opportunity, which will help to create close friendly ties.
Concert Hall “Sady Pobedy” is the most atmospheric place in Odessa for hosting such large international events like Grain Ukraine. An excellent professional world-class sound system and lighting system, convenient meeting rooms, as well as a terrace overlooking the city will provide you communication and networking during our conference.
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The venue GRAIN UKRAINE 2018 – conference hall “Sady Pobedy”. Address: пл. 10th of April. You can call a taxi using the Uber, Yandex.Taxi or Bond Taxi applications.
You can buy tickets on the GRAIN UKRAINE website in the “Buy ticket”! section. Also, you can purchase a ticket by contacting the manager of GRAIN UKRAINE on +38067 975 94 33 or olga.andre@ideasfirst.info
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The cost of the ticket includes participation in the conference on September 7, a package of materials, presentations of speakers, coffee breaks, lunch, evening program from Grain Ukraine and Relax Day with Grain Ukraine on September 8.
We are pleased to offer special conditions for accommodation to the guests of the GRAIN UKRAINE conference – a 20% discount at such hotels as Il Decameron Clubhouse Odessa, Hotel De Paris Odessa – MGalley by Sofitel and M1 club.
To get a discount at Il Decameron Clubhouse Odessa, use the promo code “GU2018” in the process of booking the room on the official website of the site http://booking.ildecameron.com.ua/.
To receive a discount at the M1 club hotel, please fill the hotel registration form and send it to the hotel’s e-mail.
To get a discount at the Hôtel De Paris Odessa – MGallery by Sofitel, please fill the hotel registration form and send it to the hotel’s email address.
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