CONFERENCE 2008

Conference-2008: "Grain and Oilseed Markets in 2008/09: Global Shifts and Outcomes for Russia and Black Sea Region". September 9, 2008, Renaissance Moscow Hotel.

Main topics:

• Black Sea Region: big harvest, big problems
• Demand potential and changing expectations of end users
• Regional oilseed market and the future of EU biofuel industry
• Transportation logistics: current situation and the future of Black Sea Region
• Government regulation and grain business: searching right balance

Speakers:

• Oliver Balkhausen, Grain analyst, F.O. Licht
• Nikolay Demyanov, Director of marketing department, International Grain Company
• Sergey Feofilov, General director, Ukragroconsult
• David Jackson, Director, oils and cereals research, LMC International
• Vladimir Petrichenko, General director, OOO ProZerno
• Oleg Rogachev, Deputy General director, OOO LP Trans
• Dmitry Rylko, General director, IKAR
• Sergey Sukhov, Chief of Market regulation department, Russian Ministry of Agriculture
• Arkadiy Zlochevskiy, President, Russian Grain Union
• Representative of the US Wheat Associates - tbd
• Nurbek Dairbekov, general director, Kazakhstan Grain Company
• Nail Townsend, grain analyst, Canadian Wheat Board
• Sergey Naumov, director, National Trade Exchange

290 participants from more than 187 companies and organizations, including 37 foreign guests from 18 countries have attended the 2008 Conference.

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