Draft conference program

7.45-9.15

Registration and welcome coffee

9.15-9.45

Conference opening

Jambulat Khatuov, First deputy Minister of Russian Agriculture (principle agreement to speak)

9.45-11.15

Session 1

Situation and outlook of the main world agricultural and food commodity markets

Discussants:

• Kona Haque, Group Head of Research, ED&F Man (London)
• Matt Ammermann, Commodity Risk Management – Vice President Eastern Europe/Black Sea Region, INTL FCStone
• Dmitri Rylko, general director, IKAR LLC

11.15-11.45

Coffee break

11.45-12.45

Session 2

Situation and prospects for the agricultural land and real estate markets

Moderator: Vladislav Novoselov, Managing Director, Partner, BEFL

Discussants:

• Olga Romanova, Managing Partner, Law Group "RATUM"
• Alexey Lozovoy, Head of Agricultural Division of the Department of Investment Activities Sberbank CIB
• Nadezhda Samoilova, Head of Department of Land Policies, Property Relations, and State Ownership, Ministry of Agriculture of Russia

12.45-13.45

Lunch

13.45-14.45

Session 3

Round table: «Innovations in domestic agriculture: from idea to implementation»

Part 1, agricultural inputs

Moderator: Alexey Ugarov, General Director, Agrokultuta

Discussants:

• Alexey Shveytsov, Commercial Director, Rostselmash
• Yuri Vasilkov, Marketing Director in Russia, Syngenta LLC
• Maksim Seregin, Head of Sales Department in Russia and the CIS, Regional Director, Russia and CIS, MCC EuroChem, JSC
• Elena Ikhsanova, Managing Director, Agency of Technological Development

14.45-15.45

Round table: «Innovations in domestic agriculture: from idea to implementation»

Part 2, «smart farming»

Moderator: Vitaly Buzu, General Director, IntTerra LLC

Discussants:

• Igor Kozubenko, Director of Informatization Department, Ministry of Agriculture of Russia
• Andrey Oleynik, Managing director, agribusiness, Basic Element
• Denis Usanov, Director, ANT LLC

15.45-16.10

Coffee break

16.10-17.30

Session 4

Round table: The restructuring of the mechanisms of the direct government support of domestic agriculture: problems and opportunities

Moderator: Andrey Bodin, Chairman, Russian sugar union

Discussants:

• Natalia Chernetsova, Director of the Department of Economics & State Support of the AIC, Russian Ministry of Agriculture
• Igor Kuzin, Deputy Minister of Russian agriculture (principle agreement to speak)
• Pavel Grudinin, Director, Sovkhoz imeni Lenina, JS
• Vadim Erizhensky, Deputy General Director, PRODIMEX LLC
• Eugeny Sladkov, Managing Director, VTB Bank JSC

17.30-18.45

Round table of the leaders of industry associations and agribusiness managers

Moderator: Mikhail Maltsev, Executive Director, Fats and Oils Union of Russia

Discussants:

• Artyom Belov, Executive director, National union of milk producers
• Andrey Bodin, Chairman, Russian sugar union
• Alexander Korbut, Vice President, Russian Grain Union
• Yuri Kovalev, general director, National union of pig producers
• Sergey Korolev, President, National Union of vegetables producers
• Evgenia Uvarkina, Chairman, Commission on the Agricultural Sector and Development of Rural Areas of the Civic Chamber / Chairman, TRIO Group of Companies

18.45

Conference closing and reception

18.15

Evening cocktail party with famous Russian musician V. Eilenkrig
Wines testing exercise with Grape Company