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27 January, Wednesday – first conference day 

10.00 – 11.00 Session-discussion.
The agricultural development of the EEBB region: large producers and their fertilizer requirements

Moderator: Tatiana Shershnyova (Shengur), Analyst of global fertilizer market, WFM (Chem-Courier)

QUO VADIS UKRAINIAN AGRICULTURE: LESSONS LEARNED FROM IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE SO FAR
Roman Slaston, General Director, Ukrainian Agribusiness Club

NEW CLIMATE AND FARM TO FORK POLICY CHALLENGES AND THEIR IMPACTS ON AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT IN LATVIA
Maira Dzelzkaleja Burmistre, Vice Chair, Farmers Parliament

Participants:
Dmitry Skornyakov, CEO, HarvEast Holding (Ukraine, 123 000 ha)

Topics for discussion:

   ■ Changes in requirements depending on cultivated crop in recent years

   ■ Consumers’ needs: quality, specifications and new fertilizer grades

   ■ Preferable supply sources

11.00 – 11.30 Networking coffee break

11.30 – 13.30 Session-discussion.
Fertilizer N, P, K supply in EEBB: changes in production, commodity flows into and inside the region

Moderator: Zhanna Tsyhankova (Glushko), Head of WorldFertilizerMarket, WFM (Chem-Courier)

OPENENING REPORT ON CURRENT MARKET SITUATION IN EEBB
Zhanna Tsyhankova (Glushko), Head of WorldFertilizerMarket, WFM (Chem-Courier) 

THE ROLE OF A CEE FERTILIZER PRODUCER IN A TURBULENT ENVIRONMENT
Zoltan Bige, Chief Strategy Officer, Owner, Nitrogenmuvek 

FERTILIZERS TRADE IN THE EU: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
Laura Casuscelli, Senior Trade & Business Analyst, Fertilizers Europe 

EASTERN EUROPEAN AN/CAN MARKET REVIEW. CONSEQUENCES OF TOUGHER AN STORAGE REGULATIONS IN 2021: CONSUMPTION CUTS OR SUBSTITUTION?
Elizabeth Demertash, Analyst of global fertilizer market, WFM (Chem-Courier) 

Participants:

Ofelia Nalbant, General Manager, Borealis LAT Romania and Moldova
Vitalie Ciobanu, Market Intelligence Analyst, Borealis

 Topics for discussion:

   ■ The current situation and outlook for regional production

   ■ Supply and raw material sources

   ■ Structural shifts in the supplier’s market and the consequent changes in import flows in recent years

   ■ New distribution networks

13.30 – 14.00 Networking coffee break

14.00 – 15.00 Session-discussion.
Logistics: major sea and river distribution hubs, truck shipping in EEBB

Moderator: Tatiana Shershnyova (Shengur), Analyst of global fertilizer market, WFM (Chem-Courier)

 NATURAL AND CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS IN CONSTANTA PORT
Daniel Jarnea, Head of Marketing Department, National Company Maritime Ports Administration S.A. Constanta

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Ion Nemerenco, CEO, Tracia Trading

 Topics for discussion:

   ■ The market structure by fertilizer type

   ■ The climate change and its influence on agriculture: decreasing fertilizer consumption in the EEBB region because of drought, growing demand for liquid fertilizers

   ■ The market development scenarios following the European Commission’s efforts to make farmers use 20% less fertilizer

15.00 – 18.00 One-to-One networking meeting
 28 January, Thursday – second conference day
10.00 – 16.00 One-to-One networking meetings
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Comments 2020

Mr Levente NEMES, Export Trader, Nitrogénművek Zrt.(Plc.)
"We are already back into Hungary upon yesterday`s Chem-Courier conference attendance. In the name of our company`s delegation I hereby would like to thank you all for the good organisation and professional event management. We see your expansion, and realise Chem-Courier events become more popular, happy for your success! We are pretty much satisfied with event content"

Laura Casuscelli,  Senior Trade & Business Analyst, Fertilizers Europe
“The Warsaw conference was well organized and its programme very interesting. It has been a great opportunity to get an insight into the Eastern European fertilizer business and the latest developments in the industry“

  Comments 2019

Calin Pop, General manager Romania, Borealis L.A.T GmbH
The conference in Bucharest was extremely useful for the local fertilizer market. Most players were there and we could see what their market vision is. It was also a benefit for all of us to understand how new market participants pop up and what innovations they bring.
The format was wise as all the promised areas of interest were covered.
Talking with people there, I learned that they were very interested in monitoring the economy (agricultural statistics different areas). This is a good basis for the planning for any of us.
I hope you will be back to the region with something similar.

Dmitry Magazanik, Head of Analytical Marketing Department, EuroChem Trading Rus
Thank you and the entire Chem-Courier team for your invitation for the conference and tits excellent organisation!
It was a real pleasure to meet old friends and make new contacts in Bucharest.
It was very interesting to me to take part in the conference sessions, where a number of detailed presentations on the Central and Eastern European market the available information on which is usually very limited and contradictory were given, and in the round table discussion that, to my mind, drew attention of many conference attendees.
A trip to the port of Constanta was very informative as I learnt about the specifics of its location and operations.
Onceagain, IreallyappreciateChem-Courierteam’sefforts.

Stefan Grancharov, Marketing Director, Neochim PLC
It was a pleasure to be a part of the 2019 WFM conference. The topics covered were well chosen and represented the current fertilizer market trends as well as what to expect in terms of regulations.

 Comments 2018

Georgy Yeliseyev, Head of Planning and Sales Analytics Department, UralChem
The topic of the conference includes fertilizer markets of a region with growing economy and good prospects for fertilizer consumption. This region includes Central Europe, the Baltics, Balkans, Ukraine and Turkey. I am sure that all analysts in our industry should seriously follow what is happening there, as this region is a marginal producer at the global cost curve, bly influencing the world markets and prices. Countries like Ukraine, Turkey, Poland, export a lot in some years, but in a different situation may become large net importers of fertilizers and ammonia, thus affecting the world markets and pushing prices up or down. The conference has a b content: it is not only a good reason for local traders to set meetings in its lobby, but also an interesting event from the market intelligence point.

Stefan Grancharov, Director of Marketing, Analysis and Controlling, Neochim
I would like to express my gratitude to you and your team for making the first WFM conference in Athens with regional focus on the Balkans and inviting our company to participate.
The event was well organized and covered all necessary updates on the regional markets. As discussed, the regional market potential might be well undervalued currently, so there is room for growth.
We as a producer and the other participants had many questions answered such as AN trading restrictions in Turkey, Cadmium levels proposal development, regional trade balances etc.

Malgorzata Madura-Folta, Director of Strategic Research, Grupa Azoty
As for the 2018 conference, in my opinion you managed to collect a large number of companies for the first time.
I wanted to praise the choice of place (good connection with the airport) and attractions. Maybe you should consider to move the attractions to the starting day, but this is not necessary.
As for the substantive scope, it seems to me that you have been able to present key information from the represented markets.
From the point of view of my work, it would be more interesting for me to expand the scope of information on forecasts and key trends in the short and long term.

Daria Grib, Export Sales Manager, Grodno Azot
I liked the concept, workshop sessions and presentations as well as the chance to do some networking during the evening activities. This means we left the event with some knowledge, not just business cards of the companies that may never buy anything from us.
Please keep it up - the market information, trade flows, the key suppliers and producers, pricing factors in a given region. The more information of this kind we have, the better. Your colleagues with their analysis were good at that. I’d be happy to listen to experts talking about each and every country separately.