8:00-18:00
The work of the AgroExpo exhibition
9:00-19:00
The work of the Grain Storage Forum
8:00-9:30
Registration of participants, morning coffee and performance by the Kyiv Academic Municipal Brass Band
9:30-9:45
Grand opening of the Grain Storage Forum. Greetings from the forum organisers and partners
9:50-11:10
Session 1. ‘The grain market and agri-political dialogue: current situation and prospects.’
Topics for discussion:
• The Ukrainian grain market and scenarios for its development in the near future.
• Ukraine's competition in traditional markets (MENA, Asia): anti-dumping tools.
• Insurance against military risks as a political tool to stimulate grain exports.
• Soil restoration and demining, taxation of activities.
• From a raw material appendage to a food hub: how agricultural policy focuses on processing.
• Development of elevator and logistics infrastructure: the perspective of the state and business.
• Development of border infrastructure with the EU: potential and challenges.Oleksandr Zhemoida
Head of the Recovery and Reform Support Team (Agriculture) at the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine
Moderator
Taras Vysotsky
Deputy Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine
Alexander Gaidu
Chairman of the Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy
Alexander Varavka
CEO of the international group of companies ALVIVA GROUP
Yuriy Skichko
CEO of Hermes Trading LLC
Oleg Khomenko
CEO, Ukrainian Agribusiness Club Association
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11:10-12:20
Panel discussion ‘The elevator business in Ukraine: major transformation, independence and efficiency’
Topics for discussion:
• Development of the elevator industry: status, challenges, directions.
• Individual elevators as service providers: disappearing or not?
• Farm elevators: independence and the path to development.
• Basic trading at elevators: how not to become unprofitable.
• Examples of improving the efficiency of the elevator's technological chain.
• Energy independence of the elevator: reality and opportunities.
• Reducing the cost of grain drying: ways, connections, solutions.
• Grain preservation and processing: humidification, ventilation, cleaning.Vyacheslav Tymchuk
Head of Elevator Operations Department, Agrosem LLC
Moderator
Serhiy Shcherban
Director of Storage Department, Kernel
Dmytro Dobroshtan
Director of NOVAAGRO Agricultural Company Group of Companies
Yevgen Derkach
Director of the Vesnyanka grain elevator
Andriy Sopruk
Director of STRIMER PLUS LLC
Artem Rempen
Director of Development, ALMEIDA GROUP
12:20-12:40
Report topic: ‘Gas-independent elevator’
Ivan Korzhenko
Director of Greco Group
12:40-13:00
Presentation topic: ‘K-Obiol as a unified solution for protecting grain and storage facilities from stock pests and barn pests. Technical solutions for grain storage enterprises that help minimise losses during grain storage.’
Vasyl Popov
Director of EDS PLUS LLC
13:00-13:15
Presentation topic: ‘Financing agribusiness! Grow your profits with PrivatBank!’
Yevgen Kulikov
Head of Corporate Business at PrivatBank
13:15-13:30
Report topic: ‘New generation technologies in quality control’
Iryna Zakharchenko
Head of the Agro Industry Group at Khimlaborreakti
13:30–13:45
The topic of the report is agreed upon.
Maxim Novakov
Regional representative of Sojam in the Eastern region (Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Sumy regions)
13:45–14:00
The topic of the report is agreed upon.
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14:00-15:00
Reception. Networking.
15:00-16:00
Blitz dialogue on the topic: ‘Artificial intelligence and digitisation of the elevator’
Key questions:
• What is the main digital trend at the elevator?
• Where to start with digitalisation: what does the elevator owner mean by this concept?
• What percentage of processes at a modern elevator can be automated and controlled using AI.
• What is currently the biggest obstacle to the implementation of AI?
• What is the real payback period for a complete digital transformation of an elevator?
• How to evaluate the effectiveness of AI: energy efficiency, human factor, downtime, etc.Sviatoslav Tkachenko
CEO of Agro Marketing Agency, Deputy Chairman of the Ukrainian Grain Association
Moderator
Kirill Vinokurov
Deputy Director of the Storage Department, Kernel
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16:00-17:00
Session 2. ‘Agro-processing: a path to added value or an imaginary unit?’
Topics for discussion:
• Realities and conditions for the development of grain processing in Ukraine.
• Made in Ukraine, compensation for equipment costs, compensation for investments through taxes and other programmes for the development of grain processing.
• Deep grain processing: from idea to factory, prospects and opportunities.
• Focus on new ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat food products.
• Compound feed production: integration of crop and livestock farming. How to create a closed production cycle?
• Livestock farming: focus on cattle and pigs, or an underestimated resource of the industry.
• Financial instruments: grant programmes and loans for the construction and modernisation of processing facilities (the ‘5-7-9’ programme, international grants).Sviatoslav Tkachenko
CEO of Agro Marketing Agency, Deputy Chairman of the Ukrainian Grain Association
Moderator
Mikhail Kovalyov
Production Director, Ukrbakaliya Company LLC
Serhiy Bakum
CEO of YEDNIST' GROUP
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17:00-17:40
Dialogue. ‘Energy independence and alternative energy’
Topics for discussion:
• Own electricity generation: solar power stations (SPS) for the elevator's own needs and cogeneration plants.
• Diesel, gas and other generators for industry: challenges, opportunities, etc.
• Alternative fuels for heat generation: pellets, wood chips, straw, sunflower husks.
• The economics of switching from gas to biomass (ROI and CAPEX).
• Biofuel heat generators for grain dryers: market overview, types of burners, integration into existing drying complexes.
• Energy audit of the enterprise: where the elevator loses heat and electricity and how to fix it with minimal effort.
• ‘How to save up to 100% on electricity with UZE’Vladislav Sokolovsky
Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Solar Energy Association
Pavlo Kastorsky
Head of the Khmelnytskyi sales branch of I SOLAR
18:00-19:00
Closing ceremony of the Grain Storage Forum
Evening programme by the Kyiv Academic Municipal Brass Band
19:00-20:00
Networking