PROGRAM OF CONFERENCE

Program of the XXVI International Conference
«Black Sea Grain and Oilseeds 2021/22»
September 16, 2021
Congress – hotel “Don-Plaza”, Rostov-on-Don

09:00-10:00   Welcoming coffee. Registration of participants  

10:00-10:15   Ceremonial opening of the Conference

10:15-11:30   Session I «New reality: challenges, restrictions and possibilities for running efficient business. Future and trends of state market regulation. How will the grain market be redesigned?»

Speakers:

Arkady Zlochevsky, President, Russian Grain Union
Constantine Rachalovsky, Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Provision of the Rostov Region
Salis Karakotov, General Director, Schelkovo Agrohim
Alexander Polyakov, Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Scientific Support and Technical Re-equipment of the Agro-Industrial Complex of the Committee on Agrarian Issues of the State Duma of Russia, the State Duma of the Russian Federation

Moderator: Alexander Korbut, Vice President, Russian Grain Union

11:30-12:00   Coffee break

12:00-14:00   Session II «Situation on the grain market. Black Sea grain: trend of the new season. The quality of grain of the new harvest –where to find sellers? Big Circum-Pontic region – what to expect from business rivals?»

Key topics:

World market of the countries-participants of the Big Circum-Pontic Region- market situation, level of competition and supply potential; Results of the past and trends of the new season; Harvest of 2021- qualitative indicators of the new crop; Phytosanitary state of export grain supplies in the current season

Speakers:

Vladislav Shichanin, Head of the Office of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision in the Rostov, the Volgograd and the Astrakhan Regions and the Republic of Kalmykia, Rosselkhoznadzor
Dmitry Rylko, General Director, IKAR
Olga Grab, Black Sea Agriculture Markets Analyst, Refinitiv
Vladimir Petrichenko, General Director, ProZerno
Irina Sarycheva, Customer Care and Technical Governance Manager, Department for Agriculture, SGS Vostok Limited
Sabina Sodikova, Regional Director, Agrozan Commodities

Moderator: Daria Tatarintseva, Director of the Department for Event Organization, Russian Grain Union

14:00-15:00   Tasty lunch

15:00-16:00   Session III «Agrilogistics 2021 – how will we go? The future of cargo transhipment»

Key topics:

Tax discipline in the road transport market; Measures to stimulate and support cargo transportation on the country's inland waterways; Limited port infrastructure - problems and solutions; Development Prospects and Availability of Grain Cargo Transportation by GDP; Prospects for the development of the Azov-Rostov grain hub; Transhipment rates during the high season 21/22

Speakers:

Ekaterina Roganova, Executive Director, Association of bona fide agribusiness market participants
Yuriy Giltz, General Director, Volga Shipping Company JSC
Olga Vasilyeva, Head of the Business Department, Rostov Grain Terminal
Sergey Zadorin, Head of the Railway, SKZD - affiliated to the Russian Railways (JSCO "RZD")
Bugay Aleksey, Deputy Director, Digital Platform Smartseeds

16:00-16:30   Coffee break

16:30-18:00   Session IV «Development trends of oilseed market situation: harvest, prices and restrictions»

Key topics:

The situation in the global oilseeds market is a vector of changes; Soybean and rapeseed processing - assessment of the market situation; Starting purchase prices at the beginning of the new season; Russia's competitiveness in the oil and seed market, Price damper - new rules of the game

Speakers:

Dmitry Rylko, General Director, IKAR
Vladimir Petrichenko, General Director, ProZerno Representative of the Company EFKO
Vitaly Smirnov, Director of Quality, Managing Company Sodrujestvo
Arkady Zlochevsky, President, the Russian Grain Union

Moderator: Alexander Korbut, Vice President, Russian Grain Union

Russian Grain Union: +7 (495) 607-82-85, +7 (499) 975-53-57;

IKAR (Institute for Agricultural Market Studies): +7 (495) 232-90-07;

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