Evening meeting of participants of Grain & Maritime Days in Odessa-2019
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The conference partner — Benjamin wine & bar — invites you.
The program includes: 20% discount for conference participants for dinner and wine list, stories about Odessa from bartenders, vinyl DJ set by charming Sasha Zetqa.
Benjamin is the fancy place in the heart of Odessa, around the corner from the Odessa Opera Theater. It is ideal for old friends reunion, making new acquaintances and gathering of cheerful groups.
You are welcome to the original cuisine in Modern Bistro style, wine list from all parts of the world, 12 meters of the contact bar counter, 25 original cocktails and classic strong drinks.
26/28 Grecheskaya st., booking telephone number: +38 (097) 633-03-30
It is a fair opportunity to communicate with participants of the grain market in the informal atmosphere, relax and play "Mafia", which already became a tradition of the event.
For the game organization, the club invited the leading coach, founder of the project "Motivator" and the club IQ Mafia, Kyiv — Dmitriy Velichko.
Venue: 19:00, hotel Maristella Marine Residence (2A Bernardazzi St.)
Venue: hotel "Maristella Marine Residence" (2A Bernardazzi St.)
Welcoming speeches of the organizers, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine and the Exclusive Sponsor SGS Ukraine
Moderator — Rodion Rybchinskiy, Head of Business project unit, APK-Inform Agency
- Development trends of the Ukrainian grain market, positions on the global market. Opening of the land market, as the change driver in the Ukrainian agricultural production
- Market drivers and trade trends: FAPRI commodity outlook challenges
- Ukrainian economy in terms of the global trends: chance of a breakthrough?
- Political and economic features of business development in Ukraine
- Global economic trends and macroeconomic developments in Ukraine - a year of uncertainty
- Building of international relations between Ukraine and other prospective consumer markets: specific features of the mentality and the geopolitics impact
Speakers:
Viktor Sheremeta, Deputy of Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine
William H. Meyers, Emeritus Professor of Agricultural & Applied Economics of the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri (FAPRI)
Oleg Ustenko, Executive Director, The Bleyzer Foundation
Dimitar Bogov, Regional Lead Economist for Eastern Europe and Caucasus, EBRD
Suvra Chakraborty, Director, AMC Overseas FZE
Main sections
(large conference hall) 12:30-14:30 Section II. Global grain perspectiveModerator — Mykola Gorbachev, President, Ukrainian Grain Association (UGA) - North and South American market: prospects of the grain season-2019/20 - EU grain market: challenges of the season-2018/19, expectations for 2019/20 MY - Lithuania — Northern gates of Europe - Global demand for Black Sea grains: prospects of 2019/20 MY - Price formation methods on the global grain market - Qualitative and phytosanitary features of soft wheat, corn and soybeans of the harvest-2018, in terms of the statistics data by SGS Ukraine |
Optional parallel sections(small conference hall) 12:30-13:30 International business by new rulesModerator — Irina Voyevodina, Partner, Interlegal - Deoffshorization. How to restructure a business in the BEPS terms (bank account management, substance, corporate structures) - Where is it profitable to register a company and keep on the safe side? Overview of convenient jurisdictions for transport, trading and IT companies - How business can use benefits of the foreign exchange liberalization? Speakers:
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Main sections
(large conference hall) 15:30-17:30 Section III. Global shipping perspectiveCo-Moderator — Arthur Nitsevych, Interlegal - Modern challenges in the maritime industry - Current trends in the European port management - Funding of the fleet in the following 5-10 years. What prospects? How the maritime industry fights against corruption through collective actions - One Belt. One road. What is the position of Ukraine? - Corinth canal. The safest sea route, the shortest waterway - Near future of the maritime industry. The passion which creates reality |
Optional parallel sections(small conference hall) 15:30-17:00 Crisis on coursePanel discussion "How to shield from fraud in grain trading: challenges-2019" Moderator — Ekaterina Gadetskaya, Senior Associate, Interlegal - Fraudulent schemes in agribusiness. Will checking of the contractors help? Panel members: Ivanna Dorichenko, Managing Director of TRADAIDE, International arbitrator and GAFTA dispute settlement expert
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Awarding of companies that won in the following exclusive categories:
1. Opening of new markets — "Over hill and dale"
2. Exotic & Long way — "Over hundreds of seas"
3. Organic Production & Trade
4. Information activity — "Openness — road to success"
For the first time, the evening art auction will exhibit the work “WHEAT” from the new photo project of the high-profile Ukrainian photographer Igor Gaidai “VERUM IN GRANO”.
The photographic work is the real dignity of the collection including 13 views of grains and one “secret” image which each guest can discover personally within the exhibition.
The opening price of the photographic work totals 2500 USD.
The registration of participants takes place at the reception on May 30 at 14.30-15.30.
9:30-10:30 Morning coffee
Main sections
(large conference hall) 10:30-12:30 Section I. Local shipping perspectivePanel discussion "Topical features of the Black Sea shipping" Co-moderators: - Digitalization in Shipping and IMO 2020 Panel members: Svetlana Balaban, Black Sea Sales Manager for Sealand, Maersk Company
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Optional parallel sections(small conference hall) 10:30-12:00 The future is nowSection partner — Codeska Panel discussion "IT-solutions in the grain and maritime business" Moderator — Artem Skorobogatov, Partner, Interlegal Panel members: |
Moderator — Rodion Rybchinskiy, Head of Business project unit, APK-Inform Agency
- Potential of the Ukrainian grain market VS features of its performance: gray market, illegal takeover, laws…
Mykola Gorbachev, President, Ukrainian Grain Association (UGA)
- Whether the Ukrainian farmer to keep the marginality of production, if he harvests 100 mln tonnes of agricultural products? The best global cases
Oleg Nivievskyi, Kyiv School of Economics, coordinator of the UaFoodTrade project
- Infrastructure and logistics issues: role and prospects of the Azov Sea ports of Ukraine VS global cases
Pavel Plotnikov, General Director, UkrTransAgro LLC and UTA Logistic LLC
- Logistics problems of the Ukrainian grain market and its solutions — position of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia
Dmitry Bazarov, Business Development Director, Group of companies Weight-measuring systems LLC
Sergiy Komlik, Head of trade department, Group of companies Weight-measuring systems LLC
- Notifications and phytosanitary issues: real problem or part of the global trade wars?
Vladyslav Sedyk, President, Phytosanitary Association of Ukraine
- Using of the computer vision technologies for identification of grain impurities: wild-growing, toxic, quarantine seeds
Alexander Plehve, Director, SocTrade LLC
Panel discussion "Does the world need 100 mln tonnes of Ukrainian agricultural products?" (50-60 min)
Key discussion issues:
- 100 mln tonnes harvest — win or fail?
- Ukrainian features of the grain market, and how does one manage to work with them?
- Dialogue between the authorities and business: in the pursuit of compromise
- Infrastructure issues: where, how and what?
- What's to be done with niche crops, which have even more difficult situation?
- Where should the trader to look for demand, and how to have the best of the trade wars?
- How to make the trader's life easier? Trading instruments and new opportunities
Speakers:
Viktor Sheremeta, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine
Vladimir Osadchuk, General Director, COFCO Agri Resources Ukraine
Timur Shishlov, Trader, RisOil Ukraine
Alexander Shtefanets, Director, Shtef Logistic LLC
Andrey Druzyaka, Director, Grain Star International
Vadim Bikulov, CEO JIT+
Olena Neroba, Head of the analytical department, MarcoPolo Commodities SA
Seats are limited
Registration: +38 (094) 956-05-96 (Karina Kharchuk)
Venue: FC Chernomorets training fields (Vitse-Admirala Azarova St, 1)