Day 1, May 26
08:30-09:30 Registration of participants, morning coffee break
09:45-10:00 Official opening
10:00-11:30 Grain section I. Global trends and Ukrainian realities
(conference hall Windsor Grand Ball room)
MODERATOR – MYKOLA GORBACHEV, PRESIDENT, UKRAINIAN GRAIN ASSOCIATION
- Ukrainian grain market: 20 years of development. Key long-term trends
- Ukrainian economy 2021: raise after hitting the ground? Investment climate and agricultural complex
- Global climate changes, GREEN DEAL, changes of consumers’ preferences: challenges for Ukraine in the new realities
- Global food market outlook: AMIS perspective
SPEAKERS:
- Volodymyr Klymenko, Ex-president, UGA
- Rodion Rybchinskiy, Head, Millers of Ukraine
- Dimitar Bogov, Regional Lead Economist, EBRD
- Mikhail Malkov, Coordinator, FAO development programmes in Ukraine
- Denis Drechsler, Project Manager, Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS), FAO
11:30-12:00 Coffee break
12:00-14:00 Grain section II. Results of 2020/21 MY, prospects for 2021/22 MY
(conference hall Windsor Grand Ball room)
MODERATOR – RODION RYBCHINSKIY, HEAD, MILLERS OF UKRAINE
GLOBAL
- Trends of the global grain market
- China as the key factor of market trends
- Grain market of MENA countries
SPEAKERS:
- Alexandre Bobylov, Senior specialist on commodities derivatives, Agricultural division, EMEA S&P Global Platts
- Bogdan Kostetskiy, Partner, Barva Invest
- Hesham Soliman, CEO, United Grain (Egypt)
UKRAINIAN GRAIN MARKET
- Surprises of quarantine seasons on the grain market of Black Sea region
- Forecasts for 2021/22 MY – whether the tough grain balance will ease
- Basic risks while hedging prices of wheat, corn and rapeseed in Ukraine
- Grain quality and phytosanitary norms
- Prospects of organic products in Ukraine
- How will we transport grain in 2021/22 MY
- Defaults: why it is more profitable to find common ground…
SPEAKERS:
- Andriy Kupchenko, Head of Business project unit, APK-Inform
- Yuriy Ruban, Business Development Manager, Syngenta
- Vladyslav Sedyk, First Deputy Chairman, State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection
- Kostyantyn Zhytnetskyy, Head of Certification Department, Organic Standard
- Vsevolod Velikodny, Chief Analyst, BGS Rail
- Artem Skorobogatov, Partner, Interlegal
14:00-15:00 Lunch
15:00-17:00 Marine section: Maritime business in a new light
Section Sponsor – The Charterers
СО-MODERATORS:
Arthur Nitsevych, Partner, Interlegal
Oleksandr Glushenko, CEO Ports of Ukraine publisher house
– Freight trends of Mediterranean and Black seas
Peter Sand, Chief Shipping Analyst, BIMCO
PANEL DISCUSSION: BUSINESS AT SEA OR MARITIME BUSINESS: PROSPECTS 2030
- Fleet handling
- Investing in shipping
- Technical management of the fleet
- Crewing of a new type
- Grain transportation (river, sea)
- Prospects of Ukrainian shiprepairing
- Trends in the purchase and sale of ships in the Black Sea region
PARTICIPANTS OF DISCUSSION:
- Gennady Ivanov, Director, KRONOS BULKERS
- Bogdan Zelensky, Founder, Alpha Navigation
- Maxim Sheremet, Freight and Operation Manager, Baywa
- Vladimir Kozakevich, General director, Marin
- Maxim Khaulin, Director, INTRESCO LIMITED
- Oleg Solodukhov, founder, The Charterers
17:00-18:00 Discussions with speakers, completion of the first day of the conference
19:00-22:00 Gala dinner (М1 Club Hotel)
Optional roundtable discussions, May 26
(small hall)
(parallel to the main sections, small hall)
12:00-13:00 Companies, invoices and taxes
SPEAKERS:
- Irina Voyevodina, partner, Interlegal
- Marta Sverdlykivska, associate attorney, Interlegal
- Daria Liashenko, associate attorney, Interlegal
- Dmitro Tychynskyy, associate attorney, Interlegal
13:00-14:00 Arbitrage LMAA, LCIА, MAC, ICAC
SPEAKERS:
- Karyna Gorovaya, senior associate, Interlegal
- Mykola Kozachenko, lawyer, Interlegal
- Igor Kostov, associate attorney, Interlegal
- Alexey Remeslo, partner, Interlegal
15:00-16:00 Yachting for everyone
- Purchase of new or second-hand yacht
- Registration of yachts under flags of convenience
- Investments into charter company
- Temporary import issues
SPEAKERS:
- Kirina Riashentseva, senior associate, Interlegal
- Valeria Fetysenko, lawyer, Interlegal
- Nikolay Melnykov, partner, Interlegal
Day 2, May 27
09:30-10:00 Morning coffee
10:00-13:00 Section 1. Market of grain processing
(conference hall Windsor Grand Ball room)
Under the support of Union Millers of Ukraine
Ukrainian Bakers Association
Sponsors: Buhler, Mühlenchemie
MODERATOR – RODION RYBCHINSKIY, HEAD, MILLERS OF UKRAINE
- Global trends of flour and groats market
- Bread market: desires of bread producers and harsh reality…
- Trendy products of Muhlenchemie for Ukrainian flour market
- Modern technologies of flour quality improvement
- Agricultural policy of Ukraine in 2021/22 MY
- Development prospects for export of value-added products
SPEAKERS:
Rodion Rybchinskiy, Head, Millers of Ukraine
Sergiy Sakirkin, Head of Processing, Agrarian Fund
Alexander Taranenko, Director, Ukrainian Bakers’ Association
Alexander Bondarchuk, Director Stern Ingredients Ukraine
Andriy Sharan, Head of representative office of Bühler AG in Ukraine, General Director of Bühler Service
Roman Leshchenko, Minister of Agricultural Policy of Ukraine
Alexander Zhemoyda, Head of Department of multilateral and bilateral trade agreements at Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine
13:00-13:30 Coffee break
13:30-15:00 Open joint meeting of Logistic committee of ЕВА and Transport working group of South Ukrainian office of ЕВА: “Infrastructure reforms 2021: challenges and expectations”
MODERATOR – NATALYA GUDKOVA, EXECUTIVE PARTNER OF ADVISERS, HEAD OF TRANSPORT WORKING GROUP OF SOUTH UKRAINIAN OFFICE OF ЕВА
- Infrastructure reforms, business vision
- Reform of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia
- Towards river reform
- Corporatisation of USPA and calculation methodology of port charges rates
- Influence of harmonisation of legislation on customs clearance of Ukraine and the EU (implementation of AEO, NCTS)
- Development prospects of multimodal transportation in Ukraine
- Assurance of P&I clubs
- Dry ports: policy management problems
PARTICIPANTS OF DISCUSSION:
- Daria Sichkar, manager of Logistic committee, ЕВА
- Natalya Gudkova, Executive Partner of Advisers, head of Transport working group of South Ukrainian office of ЕВА
- Alexander Lazarev, director LAMARIN LLC, co-head of ЕВА Customs committee, head of coordination board of South Ukrainian office of ЕВА
- Olga Kopiyka, key advisor on legal issues and government agencies cooperation of Bunge Ukraine LLC, head of Logistic committee of ЕВА
- Valeriy Tkachev, Deputy commercial, Ukrzaliznytsia (to be confirmed)
- Representative of USPA (to be confirmed)
- Sergey Nedelko, head of Odessa office of Ilyashev and partners
- Karyna Gorovaya, senior associate, Interlegal
15:00-16:00 Completion of the conference, closing drinks
May 28
Special roundtable discussions from Interlegal
(conference hall Interlegal)
11:00 I. Arrest and release of vessels
- Arrest of a vessel as a mean of control recovery
- Differences of arrests of vessels in countries of Black Sea region
- Arrest of a vessel for terminal: profit and risks
- Release of a vessel – procedures, time, legislation
- Overview of successful cases from Black Sea practice of Interlegal