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 September, 5  Program of the XVIIth Annual International Conference ЂBlack Sea Grain and Oilseeds 2011/12ї

08:00-09:45 Welcoming coffee
Registration of Conference participants
Grand opening of the Conference

09:45-11:30 First session
New season: new problems of state regulation of the agro-food markets
Moderator Ц Evgeny Gromyko, Deputy Governor of the Krasnodar Territory
Ilya Shestakov, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation
Andrey Klepach, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Arkady Zlochevskiy, President of the Russian Grain Union
Nikolay Galushin, Deputy General Director of Ingosstrakh, OJSIC

11:30-11:45 Coffee-break

11:45-13:15 Second session
The situation at world grain and oilseed markets: conditions and long-term trends
Moderator Ц Dmitry Rylko, General Director of IKAR
Dan Basse, President of AgResource (USA)
Stephane Delodder, Global Macro Ingredients Manager of Provimi Holding B.V. (The Netherlands)
Peter Bryde, Deputy Director on Agribusiness of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Great Britain)
Dan Hofstad, Commodity Risk Management Consultant Eastern Europe, FCStone (USA)

13:15-14:15 Lunch

14:15-16:30 Third session
Regional grain and oilseed markets: from shortage to overproduction?
Moderator Ц Alexander Korbut, Vice-president of the Russian Grain Union
Mikhail Burmistrov, General Director of Infoline-Analytics, LLC
Andrey Tolcheev, Head of agricultural laboratory of SGS Vostok Limited, CJSC
Dmitry Rylko, General Director of IKAR
Vladimir Petrichenko, General Director of ProZerno, LLC
Sergey Feofilov, General Director of UkrAgroConsult
Evgeny Gan, President of Kazakhstan Union of Grain Processors and Bakers

16:30-16:45 Coffee-break

16:45-18:10 Round table of grain market experts
Moderator Ц Igor Abakumov, Editor-in-chief of Krestianskie vedomosti, Media-group
Valery Gachman, CEO of Altai Mills, LLC
Nikolay Demianov, Deputy General Director of the International Grain Company, LLC
Arkady Zlochevskiy, President of the Russian Grain Union
Yury Kovalev, General Director of the National Union of Pig-breeders
Vladimir Petrichenko, General Director of ProZerno, LLC
Dmitry Rylko, General Director of IKAR
Sergey Sukhov, Director of Agrifood market regulation and infrastructure development department, Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation

18:00 - 19:00 Cocktail party

For enquiries or information on the conference, please call or email at:

Russian Grain Union: +7 (495) 607-82-85, +7 (499) 975-53-57
Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR): +7 (495) 232-90-07