PROGRAM OF CONFERENCE

Program of the XXI International Conference
Black Sea Grain and Oilseeds 2015/16

September 10, 2015

«Azimut Moscow Olympic Hotel»

08.30-10.00 Welcoming coffee

Registration of participants

Ceremonial opening of the Conference

10.00-12.30 Session 1. The macroeconomic situation, the government regulation of the grain market, the situation and outlook for the development of the world markets of grain and oilseeds

Key Topics:

The macroeconomics, sanctions and prohibition of importation: influence on the domestic agro-food system

The state and grain market in the season 2015/16

World grain and oilseeds market in the current season

Participants:

Sergey Levin, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Russia

Dan Basse, President, AgResource (USA)

Andree Defois, President, Tallage-Strategy Grains (France)

12.30-13.30 Lunch

13.30-15.30 Session 2. Black Sea grains and oilseeds in the coming season

Key Topics:

The oilseeds: results of last season and development’s trends in the new season

Quality of grain in the season 2015/16

Participants:

Irina Sarycheva, Managing director for the agricultural projects, SGS Vostok Limited

Dmitry Rylko, General Director, IKAR

Vladimir Petrichenko, General Director, ProZerno

Viktor Aslanov, Director of the Research Office of Grains and Oilseeds, Kazakhstan

Sergey Feofilov, General Director, UkrAgroConsult (Ukraine)

15.30-16.00 Coffee break

16.00-18.00 Session 3. Panel discussion with the participation of experts in the sector of development of grain and oilseed markets

Participants:

Dmitry Rylko, General Director, IKAR

Vladimir Petrichenko, General Director, ProZerno

Arkady Zlochevsky, President of the Russian Grain Union

Nikolay Demiyanov, Deputy General Director of MZK

Oleg Rogachev, First Deputy General Director of Rusagrotrans

18.00-18.45 Buffet-dinner

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;

e-mail: rzs@grun.ru, www@ikar.ru