Registration & Coffee

Opening. Welcome speech

Sergey Feofilov

UkrAgroConsult, General Director

Taras Vysotskyi

First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine

The EU future agricultural policies (Green Deal, Deforestation Law). Impact on the EU and Ukrainian grain and oilseed production and farmers' margins/profitability

Moderator - Leonid Kozachenko

President of Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation

Taras Kachka

Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine, Governmental Trade Envoy for Ukraine

Mykola Gorbachov

President of the Ukrainian Grain Association

Volodymyr Pugachov

Donau Soja Association, Executive and Regional Director for Eastern Europe

Oleh Khomenko

Ukrainian Agribusiness Club, Director General

- Main aspects of Ukraine consolidated strategy for negotiating with the European colleagues

- Prospects for transit of Ukraine agricultural exports through Poland and to other countries

- What are the innovations in the EU legal system regarding imports, cultivation technologies, etc.? Preventive measures against deforestation

- Future directions in the EU agricultural policy. How will they affect Ukrainian agricultural exports?

- Trade barriers influence on the EU member states

Ag sector profitability in wartime, Competitiveness in the world market

Rafael Goroyan

Owner and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Prometey

Global grain and oilseeds market overview. 2024/25 MY forecast for agricultural markets. When will demand recover?

- China-USA. Strengthening influence of political and geo-economic factors on global trade. Expectations of demand recovery from China? Will trade disputes turn into trade wars?

Wang Hao

Head of Research, North Asian Region, Louis Dreyfus Company

- South America. Potential for growth in grains and oilseeds production. Intensified competition in the grain, oilseeds, and biofuels markets

Adriano Ode Lo Turco

Senior Market Analyst, Agroconsult, Brazil

- India. India's trade policies. Demand forecast for grains and vegetable oils in 2024/25 MY. Ukraine's share in Indian sunflower oil imports, competition of Ukrainian sunflower oil with other origins from the Black Sea region

Guruswamy Chandrashekhar

Economist, Senior Editor and Political Commentator, India

Lunch

Logistics as a key factor of competitiveness. Uncertainties and challenges in logistics and trade

Moderator - Mykola Gorbachov

President of the Ukrainian Grain Association

Dmytro Kazanin

CEO and owner of TEUS logistics company

Volodymyr Slavinsky

Trade Director of Nibulon

Valerii Tkachov

Deputy Director of the Commercial Department of Ukrzaliznytsia

Yuriy Skichko

CEO of Hermes Trading

- Identifying the largest markets as a crucial strategy for exporters to maximize their potential growth and profitability. The share of logistics costs in commodity prices

- Changes in trade flows. Modeling mutually beneficial relations with Europe

- The role of small Danube ports after the re-opening of the alternative maritime corridor

- Competition between rail and vehicle logistics within Ukraine

- Insurance and other instruments to address global logistics challenge

Ukrainian business continues to invest. New investment segments, new trends and stakeholders in the processing industry

Moderator - Volodymyr Vasylevskyy

Head of the Investment Office of Ternopil Region

Roman Neyter

Expert on agrarian and land policy, Kyiv School of Economics

Pavlo Kozyrev

Head of the Association of Towns of Ukraine

Sergiy Nechyporuk

Chief Operating Officer, Vitagro

Igor Novytskyi

Deputy Director for Technical Issues, Urochysche Zhuravske, Ukraine

Ivan Kun

Director general and owner of Interproject GmbH

- Financing of the agricultural sector recovery. Margin generating sources

- Financing sources for reconstruction. The role of the state, investment funds, international organizations and banks

- Estimates of investment in infrastructure rehabilitation. Land - 2024 as an asset

- Agro-processing and its prospects

Markets of the Black Sea and Danube regions. Insights into the new export region. Production and export trends and forecasts in the Black Sea and Danube countries

Sergey Feofilov

CEO of UkrAgroConsult

Julia Garkavenko

Head of Analytical Department, UkrAgroConsult

Liza Malyshko

Head of Market Research, UkrAgroConsult

Maksym Kharchenko

Logistics market analyst, UkrAgroConsult

- Competition between cereals and oilseeds in spring 2024

- Increase or decrease in the number of exporters? Forecast for 2022-2025

- Grain and oilseed stocks and production outlook for the 2024/25 season. New trends of production and trade in the Black Sea region

- Logistics tariffs, the main trends of 2022-2024. Transformation of logistics routes. Handy, Panamax and Coaster

- Commodity prices under conditions of overproduction. Correlation between global and regional prices. Bullish or bearish markets?

Evening Cocktail - Marking UkrAgroConsult's 30th Anniversary!