Draft conference program

8.00-9.15

Registration and welcome coffee

9.15-10.00

Conference opening

Welcome speech of Andrey Volkov, deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation

10.00-11.20

Session 1. World and domestic agricultural and food commodity markets

Moderator: Andrey Bodin, Chairman, Russian Sugar Union

Prof. William Wilson, professor, NDSU State University (Fargo, USA)

Dmitry Rylko, general director, IKAR
Cost increase and agricultural prices: «Where the margin is»

Discussion

11.20-11.50

Coffee break

11.50-13.10

Session 2. Big Data: new technological revolution in a global agriculture and opportunities for Russia

Moderator: Patrick Ghidirim, Managing Director, «NCH Capital Russia»

Discussants:

Howard Dahl, President, Amity Technology LLC

Wade Barnes, President, Farmers Edge

13.10-14.10

Lunch

14.10-15.05

Session 3. Round table of the agricultural and food commodities producers

Moderator: Pavel Grudinin, General Director, Sovhoz imeni Kirova

Discussants:

Alexander Nezhenets, General Director, Agroholding Progress (Kuban)

Oleg Kananykhin, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Russkij Dom (Kursk)

Oleg Opanasuk, General Director, TH Razdolie (Volgograd)

Anatoly Nikitasenko, Executive, association «Zauralie» (Kurgan)

15.05-16.10

Session 4. Round table on the financial support of domestic agriculture

Moderator: Sergey Korolev, President, National Vegetable Growers Union

Discussants:

Dmitry Yuriev, deputy Minister of Agriculture, Russian Federation

Dr. Andrey Klepach, Deputy Chairman (Chief Economist) – Member of the Board

Alexey Zhdanov, Deputy Chairman, Russian Agricultural Bank

Sberbank Representative (TBD)

16.10-16.25

Coffee break

16.25-17.10

Session 5. Mini-sessions. Urgent issues on agricultural sector regulation: land transactions, taxation, insurance

Moderator: TBD

Discussants:

Olga Romanova, Advocate, managing partner, «Law Group «Ratum»

Representative of the Ministry of Agriculture (TBD)

Kornei Bidzhov, President, National Association of Agriculture Insurers

17.10-18.10

Session 6. Round table of industry leaders

Moderator: Victor Semenov, Chairman, The Union of Russian agribusiness associations / Chairman, Agribusiness committee of the Russian Chamber of Industry and Commerce

Discussants:

Andrey Bodin, Chairman, Russian Sugar Union

Evgenia Uvarkina, Chairman, TRIO Group of Companies, Chairman, Commission on the Agricultural Sector and Development of Rural Areas of the Civic Chamber

Arkadiy Zlochevskiy, President, Russian Grain Union

Maxim Protasov, Chairman, Rusprodsoyuz

Yuri Kovalev, General Director, National Pig Growers Union

Denis Cherkesov, General Director, National Beef Cattle Growers Union

Sergey Korolev, President, National Vegetable growers Union

18.10-18.30

Conference closing remarks

18.30-19.30

Сocktail