#GMD online-conference

APK-Inform Agency and International law firm Interlegal invite you to take part in the international #GMD conference "Features of the grain market and agricultural logistics in terms of the virus crisis", to be held on the traditional dates of Grain&Maritime Days in Odessa — May 28-29, 2020.

As previously reported, taking into account the current situation in both the world and Ukraine in terms of the spread of COVID-19 disease, the organizers of Grain&Maritime Days in Odessa 2020 (May 27-30) decided to make adjustments to the agenda and regulations of the event, and propose a new format — Double GMD.

On-line conference agenda

May 28
Event timing — 15:00-18:00
15:00-17:00 — Session 1. Development of the global grain market in terms of the agro-climatic and economic instability
Major issues:
— Estimations of the global grain production and distribution. Positions of the key countries-exporters of grains

— Exchange trading of grains in terms of the economic uncertainty. How long will the market fever develop?

— Formation of the pattern of grain export trading in 2020/21 MY in the Black Sea region

— Prospect of the global grain demand in the key consumption regions. Changes in the trading policy of countries-importers

17:00-18:00 — Session 2. Grain market logistics: trends & challenges-2020

Major issues:
— Development of the global agricultural cargo logistics in terms of new rules and the COVID-19 pandemic

— Forecast of formation of the sea transportation market and freight rates in the second half of 2020

— Prospects of the river logistics of agricultural cargoes

May 29 
Timing — 12:00-14:00
Section: Anti-crisis lessons: from pandemic to panic
Major issues:
— Ides of May. How should agribusiness and logisticians prepare for the crisis

— COVID-19 impact on shipping industry

— Quarantine + Customs = Result. Trends of container shipping, forecasts of the imports, and "new customs"

— How does a shipowner live in the crisis

— Risk insurance: what one can foresee, and what one needs

— Changes on the freight forwarding market. Review of the crisis cases: customer practice

Panel discussion with participants: "Future of the logistics and marine transportation: what to prepare for? People, cargoes & processes"

The event will be held in English and Russian, on the Zoom platform.

The cost of participation in #GMD online-conference totals $100.

All companies, which already paid for participation in the conference Grain&Maritime Days 2020 (May 27-29) and became participants of the summer #GMD Conference 2020: Summer edition (August 20-21, Odessa), will receive access to the event as bonus, and do not require any payment.

Please, fill in the registration form, to participate in the online-conference.

Register for participation in #GMD Conference 2020: Summer edition, and get the additional bonus!

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APK-Inform Agency
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Irina Ozip (ext. 115),
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