Preliminary program
October 15
8:00-9:30 - Registration of the participants / Morning coffee
9:30-9:40 - Official opening of the Congress work
9:40-9:50 Welcoming speech of the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Oleksiy Pavlenko
9:50-12:00 - Panel discussion "Analysis of the cooperation between the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, the EBRD, the FAO, non-governmental organizations and representatives of the agricultural business in 2014/15 MY. The government policy on exports of grains and its by-products in 2015/16 MY: expectations of agribusiness. Key aspects of the State program for development of the agrarian sector of economy until 2020"
Moderator – Volodymyr Klymenko, President of Ukrainian Grain Association
9:50-11:00 – Speeches of representatives the legislative and executive branches of government, supranational organizations (time limit - 10 min.)
- Leonid Kozachenko, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, President of Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation
- Ivan Miroshnychenko, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
- Vladyslava Rutytska, Deputy Minister on European Integration, Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine
- Oleksandr Danyleiko, Ambassador at Large, Executive Secretary of the Exporters and Investors Council, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
- Olena Voloshyna, IFC Country Manager for Ukraine
- Dmitry Prikhodko, Economist at the Investment Centre Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
- Jean-Jacques Hervé, Сouncellor to the Board for Agriculture at Crédit Agricole Вank
11:00-12:10 - Speeches of agribusiness representatives and investors (time limit - 10 min.)
- Sevki Acuner, EBRD Director for Ukraine
- Andy Hunder, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine
- Nikolai Gorbachev, Director of New World Grain (Soufflet Group), Head of the Grain & Oilseed Committee at the European Business Association in Ukraine
- Hennadiy Novikov, Head of Agrarian Union of Ukraine
- Morgan Williams, President/CEO, U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)
- John Shmorhun, CEO, AgroGeneration
- Mykola Stryzhak, Advisor to the President, Association of Farmers and Private Landowners of Ukraine
12:10-13:30 Lunch
12:20-13:00 – Hall “Krym”
A press-conference on the implementation of the Memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine and the business entities – grain exporters - in 2015/16 MY
13:00-13:30 – Hall “Krym”
- Signing of the Memorandum of understanding between the Ukrainian Grain Association and the Stock exchange trading grains, oilseeds, fruit crops and products (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
13:30-17:00 - Session 1. Global challenges and risks of agricultural production
Moderator – Dmitry Prikhodko, Economist at the Investment Centre Division of the FAO UN
13:30–13:50 - Medium-term prospects for world agricultural markets
Dmitry Prikhodko, Economist at the Investment Centre Division of the FAO UN
13:50–14:10 - Grain production in Latin America. Its role in the global food security
Horacio A.M. Sánchez Caballero, Coordinator of GPS project
14:10–14:30 - World grain trading, experience of Latin America
Martin Fraguio, Agronomy eng, MBA in Administration, Executive director of MAIZAR (Argentine Corn and Sorghum Association)
14:30-14:50 - Trends in agricultural and trade policies in major producing countries
Ekaterina Krivonos, Economist in the Trade and Markets Division of the FAO UN
14:50–15:10 - Prospects of the bioethanol sector of agriculture in Ukraine
Yaroslav Krasnopolskiy, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine
15:10–15:30 - Legalization of GMOs in Ukraine: pros and cons
Borys Sorochynskyi, Coordinator, AgBiotech Committee, ‘Ukrainian Club of Agrarian Business’ Association
15:30-16:00 - Coffee-break
16:00–16:20 - Purpose and objectives of the newly formed State Service on Safety of Foodstuffs and Consumer Protection
Serhiy Hlushchenko, Chairman of the State Service on Safety of Foodstuffs and Consumer Protection
16:20-16:40 - Climate changes and its impact on agricultural production
Tatyana Adamenko, Head of Agrometeorology department of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center
16:40-17:00 - African swine fever: prospects for overcoming and the effects for agricultural production in Ukraine
Vitaly Bashynsky, FAO National Consultant, ASF Emergency Coordinator /Veterinary Epidemiologist
16:00-17:00 - Parallel seminars-discussions from Partner of the Congress – Interlegal (separate registration and conference hall):
- Contracts and marine shipments: reducing risks and expenses
- How farmer to become an international trader
17:00-17:20 Summarizing the first day of the Congress work
17:30-19:30 - Evening cocktail-party for participants of the Ukrainian Agrarian Congress
October 16
9:00-9:30 - Morning coffee
9:30-12:00 - Session 2. Grain market in 2015/16 MY
Moderator – Rodion Rybchinsky, Head of Business Projects Division of APK-Inform Agency
9:30-10:00 - World grain market: impact factors, demand making
Daryna Kovalska, Agricultural Commodities Research at Macquarie Securities Group
10:00-10:30 - Ukrainian grain market: current condition, supply and demand balances
Andrew Kupchenko, Analyst of APK-Inform Agency
10:30-11:00 - Economic basis for successful production and exports of agricultural products
Volodymyr Lapa, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine
11:00–11:20 - Investments and regulatory environment for agricultural business
Andrew Zablotskyi, Senior Associate at SAYENKO KHARENKO Law Firm
11:20-11:40 - Prospects and opportunities of the Mariupol port in the current conditions
Tatyana Belostotskaya, Head of the marketing department at AP-GRUPP LTD
11:40-12:10 - Coffee-break
12:10-12:30 - Egyptian corn market: major development trends and prospects
Hany Younes, Middle East and North Africa Manager at AC VAN WELDEN
12:30-12:50 -World freight market
Okan Bayer, General Manager at Trading & Shipping, Seaking Shipping LTD. & Peakward Denizcilik ve Ticaret LTD. STI
12:50-13:10 - Current problems of grain trading by land and by sea
Artem Skorobogatov, Associated Partner at Interlegal (International Law Offices)
13:10-13:30 - How to improve the grain logistics in Ukraine. Presentation of a new study of the World Bank
Oleg Nivievskyi, Agricultural Policy Advisor at the World Bank Group
13:30-14:30 – Panel discussion: “Establishment of the mechanism of agrarian receipts, as the tool for alternative financing of agricultural producers”
Vasyl Hovhera, Economist at the EBRD
Anna Dragomyretska, Agrisector Advisor in Pavlenko Legal Group
Viktor Gorbachev, commercial banking expert, agricultural complex access to finances, Ukraine Agri-Finance Project, IFC
Valeria Tarasenko, Partner at Pavlenko Legal Group
14:30-14:40 – Completion of the Congress work
