INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS-CONFERENCE “UKRAINIAN BRAD, CEREALS, FLOUR AND PASTS ON WAY TO EU”

19 October , 2022

ABOUT CONFERENCE

The International Business Conference “Ukrainian bread, cereals, flour and pasta on the way to the EU” will be held in Lviv (Premier Hotel Dnister, 6, Mateyka St.) on October 27-29. In the course of the event, it is planned to gather more than 200 top managers and owners of flour mills, groats, bakery enterprises and pasta producers, key specialists of the industry and representatives of companies supplying products, equipment and technologies.

TARGET AUDIENCE OF THE CONFERENCE

Owners and top management of grain processing enterprises, bakery industry, representatives of retail chains of Ukraine and Europe, leading experts of the grain market and AgriFood of Ukraine and the world, importers of goods of the “Grain Grocery” group, representatives of authorities and industry associations, suppliers of equipment and technologies and others participants of agro-industrial and related sectors.

ORGANIZERS:

Public Union “Miller of Ukraine”	Lviv Regional Military Administration
All-Ukrainian Association of Bakers	Agro Marketing Agency LLC

SUPPORTED BY:

Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine

Ministry of Economy of Ukraine

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Branch Association “Union of Food Industry Producers of Ukraine” (Ukraharchoprom)

SPONSORS: Bühler Ukraine, Concern Khlibprom

The last few seasons for agricultural business in general and grain processing in particular have been extremely unpredictable. The quarantine period turned into martial law in Ukraine.

And if the business has already adapted to the difficulties faced with the introduction of the lockdown, then the challenges of the military year 2022 again forced to review the established processes and working conditions in the sector.

Despite the limited export of grain, competition between millers and traders for quality raw materials remains fierce on the market, which affects purchase prices. Added value and stressful logistics, changing geographical directions and transport sales channels to European ones. The grain processing industry continues to transform under the pressure of factors. The difficult situation requires market participants to make decisions related to both ensuring Ukraine’s food security and establishing foreign trade. For these reasons, the International Business Conference “Ukrainian bread, cereals, flour and pasta on the way to the EU” is announced.

KEY TOPICS

The current macroeconomic situation of Ukraine and its prospects
Market of grain raw materials: what do we have and what to expect?
What challenges does the internal market pose to producers of grain products?
Possibilities of Ukrainian grain products on EU markets
The strategy of entering European trade networks in the “Private label” format;
Experience, successful cases and strategies for entering the European market
What should be done to become competitive on the European market?
Is it possible to overcome the existing logistical difficulties in trade?
WFP cooperation programs with Ukrainian grain processors
Business tour “Acquaintance with modern production of flour and bread at enterprises in Poland” (a separate program for October 28-29 will be published additionally)

SPEAKERS

Matthew Hollingworth, Representative & Country Director, Ukraine at World Food Programme

Oleksandr Haydu, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy (TBC)

Oleh Ustenko, adviser to the President of Ukraine on economic issues

Taras Vysotsky, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine

Oleksandr Zhemoyda, director of the Department of Multilateral and Bilateral Trade Agreements of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine

Rodion Rybchynskyi, director of the “Flour Mills of Ukraine” Union, chairman of the board of the NGO “Ukrharchoprom”, UN FAO grain sector expert

Maryna Zabarylo, director of the consumer panel Consumerscan, GFK Ukraine

Yevheniy Motsny, commercial director of Skvyrskyi KHP LLC (TM “Skvira”)

Oleksandr Taranenko, president of the All-Ukrainian Association of Bakers

Vladislav Averchenko, General Director of Concern Khlibprom

Dmytro Romanov, FAO/EBRD representative

Oleh Onishchenko, manager of technical and presentation issues of the company “SGS-Ukraine”

Dmytro Zhygunov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Head of the Department of Grain Processing Technologies, Odessa National Academy of Food Technologies

Andrii Druzyaka, an independent expert on the grain market of Ukraine and the world

Oleksandr Bondarchuk, director of “Stern Ukraine” (representative office of Muhlenchemie in Ukraine)

Andrii Sharan, candidate of technical sciences, director of Buhler Ukraine

AGENDA

October 27

9.00 – 10.00 Registration, morning coffee

10.00 – 14.00 Plenary part of the conference. Speakers’ presentations

14.00 – 15.00 Lunch break

15.00 – 18.30 Continuation of the plenary part. Summing up

19.00 – 21.00 Friendly dinner

TERMS OF PARTICIPATION

Registration fee for 1 delegate

UAH	EUR
10000	250

Registration includes:

receiving all informational and practical materials of the conference
business cards of participants
placement of the business card of the company
coffee breaks, lunch
buffet, informal communication

Discounts:

15%– for member of the Union “Millers of Ukraine” and All-Ukrainian Association of bakers

Registration is obligatory by the link – https://forms.gle/ZJBfWUSqRLn8YMUdA or at the conference page https://conference.ukrmillers.com

TERMS OF ACCOMMODATION AT PREMIER HOTEL DNISTER

Conference delegates have a special 25% discount for accommodation in the period from October 26 to 28, 2022, for rooms of the “Premier” and “Suite” categories.

You can make a reservation at a special rate in the reservation department.

Code word – grain conference

Contacts of the reservation department

Tel.: +38 (032) 297 43 17

+38 (032) 297 43 26

Viber: +38 (067) 673 67 05

E-mail: reservation@dnister.lviv.ua

Hotel website: https://dnister-hotel.phnr.com/ua

ACCOMMODATION IN LVIV IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE REGISTRATION FEE AND IS PROVIDED BY THE PARTICIPANTS BY THEIR OWN.

If you have any questions regarding participation, advertising, making a presentation, please, contact:

Svyatoskav Tkachenko

+38(063)357 73 59