The 10th International Conference

BLACK SEA OIL TRADE 2024

Bucharest
InterContinental Athénée Palace Hotel

KEY MARKET EVENT AT THE START OF THE OILSEED SEASON

BLACK SEA OIL TRADE conference aims to bring together operators from the Black Sea & Danube regions, Eastern Europe and Balkans in order to create optimal oilseed & vegoil supply chains to the global food markets.

The event will address the most pressing issues in the regional oil & fat sector, trade and logistics, a new model of the global vegoil imports amid the crisis in the olive segment, EU agricultural policy, as well as provide exclusive forecasts and insights. Join the networking with industry leaders and get a driving force for your business!

Companies from 25+ countries attend the conference annually – oilseed producers and crushers, traders, oil & fat plants, agrifood sector, investment companies, banks, shipping, brokerage, legal, insurance, surveyors and other operators.

Annually ‘BLACK SEA OIL TRADE’ conference is attended by:

300+
Delegates
25+
Countries
200+
Companies

Learn about the key issues:

1
Green Deal and Deforestation Law: impact on the future production and import of soybeans and soybean meal in the EU
2
A new trend in the Black Sea - exports of processed products rather than raw materials. Will there be enough of raw materials to load the crushing plants?
3
Investments in the oil & fat industry of the Black Sea & Danube region
4
Trade regulation - how to avoid trade wars. Trade compromises
5
Danube ports – emerging of the new Sunseed Hub of Europe
6
Investments in logistics - the main factor of competitiveness and efficient trade in the Black Sea & Danube regions
7
Changing consumption and import patterns of major vegetable oil importers
8
Impact of weather disasters and risks on agricultural production and exports

Participation Packages

Business
Delegate Package
(from 16.09)

  • Participation of 1 representative in the Conference
  • Conference presentations
  • Networking zone
  • Conference digital catalogue
  • Access to the delegate networking chat in Telegram
  • Evening Cocktail, lunch, сoffee-breaks
price:
525 €
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Conference Agenda

08.30
Registration & Networking Coffee
09.45
Conference Opening
10.00 - 10.30
Presentation
Global Oilseed and Vegoil S&D. Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Outlook. Price Forecast for 2024/25 Season

Thomas Mielke

Editor and CEO, OIL WORLD, Germany
10.30-11.00
Presentation
Black Sea & Danube Region: Oilseed and Vegoil Markets Within Ongoing Transformation

Sergii Feofilov

Director General, UkrAgroConsult, Ukraine
11.00 - 11.30
Presentation
Romania. Oilseed & Vegoil Industry Outlook 2024-2026

Cezar Gheorghe

Founder, Agricolumn, Romania
11.30 - 12.30
Discussion panel
Oilseed Industry. Leaders and Strategies in the Times of a Great Change

Moderator - Cezar Gheorghe

Founder, Agricolumn, Romania

Shamil Khakirov

Director of Agri Trade and Oil Business Development, Delta Wilmar Ukraine

Vassil Vassilev

Founder and CEO of AgriVia Oil, Agria Group Holding, Bulgaria

Dmytro Kazanin

Director and owner of the logistics company TEUS, Ukraine

Jan Felix Gruber

Senior Trader, Getreide AG Company, Power Oil, Germany
12.30-13.00
Presentation
How the Green Deal impacts the EU Oilseed & Veg Oil Supply Chains

Christoph Müller

Director for Advocacy & Sustainability, Donau Soja, Austria
13.00-14.00
Lunch & Networking
14.00-14.30
Presentation
China. Current Situation and Development Trends in the oilseed and oil & fat industry

Andriy Vusyk

Deputy General Manager, Myande Group, China
14.30-15.30
Discussion Panel
Global Demand and Price Trends. Changing Consumption Patterns in the Oilseed Sector

Moderator - Sergii Feofilov

Director General, UkrAgroConsult, Ukraine

Miguel Costa

Commodities & Wholesales Director, Sovena Group, Portugal

Oleksii Artіushov

Vegetable Oils Trader, Kernel, Ukraine

Nouran Ezzeldin

Founder & CEO of Granos Oros, Egypt

G. Chandrashekhar

Economic Advisor, IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, India

Mert Demirkaya

Commodity Trader, Tiryaki Agro, Iraq
15.30 – 16.00
Presentation
Vegetable Oils Market: New Trends, Essential to Know

Oleksiy Udovenko

PhD. in Technical Sciences, MPOC, Malaysia
16.00 - 17.00
Discussion Panel
Margins and Risks: How to Navigate the Efficiency of the Oilseed Sector

Moderator - Sergii Feofilov

Director General, UkrAgroConsult, Ukraine

John McFarlane

Wastes and residues broker, Albion Design, Switzerland

Andreas Lovstad Tranoy

Project manager, Norwegian-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce, Norway

Victoria Golubyatnikova

International Sales and Customer Care Manager, SGS Iberia

Charles Maury

Managing Director and Founder, CLImate INSurance CLI INS, France

Pablo Caramangiu

Senior Advisor, Elica Processing, Bulgaria
17.00
Conference Closing Remarks
17.15
Evening Cocktail & Networking

Conference speakers

All speakers
Sergey Feofilov
Director General
UkrAgroConsult
Ukraine
Miguel Costa
Commodities & Wholesales Director
Sovena Group
Portugal
Thomas Mielke
Editor and CEO
OIL WORLD
Germany
Nouran Ezzeldin
Founder and CEO
Granos Oros
Egypt
Cezar Gheorghe
CEO and founder
AGRIColumn
Romania
Mr. G. Chandrashekhar
Economist, Senior Editor and Policy Commentator
India
Andrii Vusyk
Deputy General Manager
Myande Group
China
Shamil Khakirov
Director of Agri Trade and Oil Business Development
Delta Wilmar
Ukraine
Victoria Golubyatnikova
International Sales and Customer Care Manager
SGS
Spain
Oleksiy Udovenko
PhD. in Technical Sciences
MPOC
Malaysia
Oleksii Artiushov
Vegetable Oils Trader
Kernel
Ukraine
Vassil Vassilev
Founder and CEO of
AgriVia Oil
part of Agria Group Holding
Bulgaria
Mert Demirkaya
Commodity Trader
Tiryaki Agro
Iraq
Dmytro Kazanin
Director and owner of the logistics company TEUS
Ukraine
Jan Felix Gruber
Senior Trader
Getreide AG Company,
Power Oil
Germany
Christoph Müller
Director for Advocacy & Sustainability
Donau Soja
Austria
John McFarlane
Wastes and residues broker
Albion Design
Switzerland
Andreas Lovstad Tranoy
Project manager
Norwegian-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce
Norway
Charles Maury
Managing Director and Founder
CLImate INSurance CLI INS
France
Pablo Caramangiu
Senior Advisor
Elica Processing
Bulgaria

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Conference venue

InterContinental Athénée Palace Hotel

Episcopiei 1-3 Bucharest 010292 Romania
https://atheneepalace.intercontinental.com/

Organizing Committee

For participation enquiries, please contact the organizing committee:

+380 (44) 364 55 85

+380 (50) 786 13 10 – WhatsApp / Telegram / Viber

uac-info@ukragroconsult.org

Contacts:

Julia Feofilova

Event Manager

julia.feofilova@ukragroconsult.org
Yurii Kozynets

International Account Manager

yurii.kozynets@ukragroconsult.org

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