We invite representatives of the grain and maritime businesses to become participants of one of the largest conference events - Grain & Maritime Days in Odessa 2017, which to be held in a new format on May 23-27. Extended format of the event will provide an opportunity to get the maximum level of information services at the same time and in the same place – in Odessa!

In Details:

Assistance in booking accommodation for the period of the conference "Grain & Maritime days in Odessa 2017": Oksana Gamaliya, Conference service manager, IA "APK-Inform", service2@apk-inform.com, Phone/fax 00380 (562) 32-15-95 add.232, Mob. 0038 (096) 574-25-47

 

MAY 23-24 GPD COMMODITY SHIPPING COURSE, ORGANIZED BY GAFTA.

REQUIRES SEPARATE REGISTRATION!

Please contact gafta@gaftakyiv.com, +38 044 290 82 90 (93)

Location: M1 Club Hotel, Odessa,

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MAY 25 CONFERENCE GRAIN & MARITIME DAYS IN ODESSA, DAY 1

Location: Risoil Terminal, City of Chornomorsk, ex-Illichivs'k

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IMPORTANT!

Since pass control operates at the sea port, please provide the following information in advance:

• passport data: full information about the conference participant in Ukrainian or Russian (surname, full name, patronymics, passport series and No.) shall be submitted to the APK-Inform Organization Committee not later than May 7, 2017, in order to facilitate issuing the participant’s pass dd. 25.05.17. If participants fail to provide the necessary information in advance, security service may not allow them to enter the territory of the commercial sea port and Risoil terminal.

• in case of personal transport vehicle: your automobile state No. and model shall be submitted to the APK-Inform Organization Committee not later than May 7, 2017, in order to facilitate issuing the vehicle’s pass dd. 25.05.17. 

• For sponsors, advertisers, information sponsors: the list of advertising projects (books, notes, booklets, pens, souvenirs etc.) and advertising equipment (banners and banner constructions) shall be submitted to the APK-Inform Organization Committee not later than May 14, 2017.

Please send this information by email:
info@apk-inform.com or office@apk-inform.com marked "RISOIL"

Identifying document shall be provided on 25.05.2017. Each participant shall provide the identifying passport to security service while entering the territory of the commercial sea port and Risoil terminal. If there is no such document, security service may not allow the participant to enter the territory of the commercial sea port and Risoil terminal.

Thank you for understanding and cooperation!

In case of any questions, please contact the APK-Inform Organization Committee.

00380 562 320795 (multichannel)

 

MAY 26 CONFERENCE GRAIN & MARITIME DAYS IN ODESSA, DAY 2

Location: Atlantic Garden Resort, Odessa

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MAY 26, 7:00 PM ANNUAL ODESSA SHIPPING DINNER 2017

Location: Otrada Beach Club, Odessa

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MAY 27 FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT ODESSA SHIPPING CUP 2017

Location: FC Chernomorets Training fields

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IN DETAILS:

 

May 24

 

16:00–20:00 - Registration of participants in the lobby of the hotel Atlantic Garden Resort

 

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May 25

 

Venue: Risoil Terminal, Commercial Sea Port of Chornomorsk

08:00-10:00 – Meeting of participants nearby the hotel Atlantic Garden Resort, boarding buses

10:00-11:00 – Transferring by bus/ private cars to Risoil Terminal, Chornomorsk

11:00-11:30 – Placing of participants in the conference area, coffee-break

11:30-12:00 - Official opening of the conference. Welcoming speeches of the organizers, Risoil management, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine

 

12:00-13:00 - PANEL DISCUSSION “DEVELOPMENT OF AGRIBUSINESS IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT OF UKRAINE”

- Macroeconomic situation and its impact on the Ukrainian agro-industrial complex in the short term

- Land reform in Ukraine

- Grants vs taxes: whether the agribusiness to survive in terms of such state support

- Cooperation between government and business: possible dialogue

 

Panel members:

- World Bank

- Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine

- Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine

- Parliamentary Committee on Taxation and Customs Policy at the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

- Parliamentary Committee on Agrarian Policy and Land Relations at the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

- The Blazer Foundation

- Representatives of grain and oilseed businesses of Ukraine

 

13:00-14:00 - Lunch

 

14:00-15:00 - Excursion at the terminal Risoil

 

15:00-16:30 - SESSION 1. DEVELOPMENT TRENDS OF THE GRAIN AND OILSEED MARKETS AFFECTED BY MACROECONOMIC FACTORS

- Tendencies of the global grain market in terms of high supply. Competition on the market of raw materials. Forecast for 2017/18 MY

- Global freight in the season-2017/18: whether the transport component to change in the structure of grain price

- Grain and oilseed trading in Ukraine: results of 2016/17 MY, forecasts for 2017/18 MY

- Logistics vs exports of agricultural cargoes in Ukraine: efficiency of logistics chains, bottlenecks of agricultural export logistics

 

16:30-17:30 - PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW TO RESOLVE TO INVEST IN UKRAINIAN GRAIN TERMINALS?

 

Panel members: representatives of the EBRD, IFI, Risoil Terminal, Cargill

17:30-18:00 - Completion of the first conference day, summing u

18:00-20:00 – Cocktail-party

20:0-21:00 – Transfer of participants from Chornomorsk to Odessa

 

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May 26

 

Venue: hotel Atlantic Garden Resort, 24a Genuezskaya street, Odessa

 

09:30-10:00 - Welcoming coffee

 

10:00-11:30 - SESSION 2. GLOBAL GRAIN TRADING IN 2017/18 MY: KEY CONSUMER MARKETS

- Prospective sales markets for Ukrainian grains and its by-products (Sub-Saharan Africa)

- Asian markets: cumulative potential

- Influence of India on the global grain market: import vs export

- MENA region: prospects for grain trade in the season-2017/18

- Features of grain trading with African countries: logistical component, risks, geopolitical factor

 

11:30-12:00 – Coffee-break

 

12:00-13:30 - ROUND TABLE: KEY FACTOR OF BUYER'S CHOICE: QUALITY VS PRICE

- Global changes of requirements to the quality of grains

- Strengthening of phytosanitary controls in Ukraine

- Fumigation of grain cargoes for maritime transportation: international rules, conditions in Ukraine

- Principles and rules of importer for choosing of supplier

Speakers: representatives of GAFTA, International law office Interlegal, Fumigation Association of Ukraine, European Business Association, World Bank, representatives of companies-importers, exporters.

 

13:30-15:00 – Lunch

 

15:00-17:00 - SESSION 3. GRAIN TRADING AND TRANSPORTATION OF CARGOES

- Key players of grain trading segment in Ukraine: how the rating of exporters has changed for 5 recent years. "Young" traders: adaptation to conditions of the modern grain trading

- Grain trading and logistics in the Black Sea countries (Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine). Grain trading on various bases: where is the margin?

- Features of grain transportation in the Black Sea

- Dnipro river – possible reboot in 2017?

- Features of maritime logistics in the Caspian region (Kazakhstan/Azerbaijan/Turkmenistan/Georgia)

 

OPTIONAL ROUND TABLES FOR CONFERENCE DELEGATES

10:30-11:30 - Round Table 1. New GAFTA clauses & New LMAA Rules 2017

12:00-13:00 - Round Table 2. Conventions on the safety of maritime navigation 2017: quo vadis?

15:00-16:00 - Round Table 3. Non-resident companies in the global trade: challenges-2017

16:00-17:00 - Round Table 4. How to take on goods insurance for 2 minutes?

 

17:00-17:30 - Summing up the conference work

 

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May 26, 7:00 PM

Annual Odessa Shipping Dinner

 

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May 27

Football tournament Odessa Shipping Cup