Perlyna Resort Hotel Complex (40 Poleva St., Sokyrna village, Cherkasy region)
May 15
Arrival, accommodation and pre-registration
Optional departure to Kaniv and climbing the Chernecha (Tarasova) mountain
May 16th
8:30-9:30
Registration, welcome coffee
9:30-9:45
Opening of the conference: greetings from the organizers, Cherkasy Regional Military Administration, general partner of the conference
9:45-11:20
Panel discussion “Challenges of 2024 for the state and agri-food business and ways to solve them”
Moderator: Olena Kovaleva
Taras Vysotskyi, agrarian policy expert of the IPSA project
First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine – Oleksandr Krasnolutskyi
First Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine – Yuriy Vaskov
Deputy Minister of Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure (pending confirmation) – Viktor Sheremeta
First Vice President of the Association of Farmers and Private Landowners of Ukraine – Andriy Tabalov
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PJSC Cherkasy Bakery
11:20-11:40
Coffee break
11:40-13:00
Panel discussion “Sustainability of value chains in the bread industry”
Moderator: Oleksandr Taranenko
First Vice President of the UBA, Deputy General Director of Bread Investments LLC (TM “Tsar Khlib”, “Teremno”, CHANTA) – Nadiya Bigun
Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine – Arsen Zhumadilov
Director General of the State Logistics Operator – Yaroslav Zheleznyak
First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy – Oleh Hetman
Coordinator of expert groups of the Economic Expert Platform – Natalia Petrivska
Executive Director of the Ukrainian Food Retail Alliance – Vladyslav Averchenko
General Director of Concern Khlibprom PJSC (TM Agrola, Vinnytsiakhlib, Bandinelli, Grill & Bakery, etc.)
13:00-13:50
Lunch
13:50-15:00
Panel discussion “Do consumers’ desires and producers’ capabilities coincide?”
Moderator: Oleksandr Varavka
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Alviva Group (Kyivkhlib, Kyivmlyn, Stolychnyi Mlyn) – Maryna Zabarylo
Director of Consumer Panel Services GfK Ukraine – Oleksiy Starikov
Commercial Director of Firma Strilets LLC (TM Zodiac) – Dmytro Zhygunov
Professor, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Head of the Department of Grain Processing Technologies, OtU
15:00-15:20
Coffee break
15:20-17:30
Panel discussion “Alternative raw materials, innovative technologies, innovative products”
Moderator: Boris Shestopalov
Co-owner of HD-Group and GFS Group (TM Khlibodar, Zaporizhmlyn, Pervyi Khlib, EveryDay) – Sergiy Sots
Dean of the Faculty of Grain Technology and Grain Business, Odesa National Technological University, PhD – Sergiy Tonkonog
Representative of Astra Group
Representative of USAID-Agro
Representatives of enterprises and companies
18:00-21:00
Friendly dinner from the general partner – Formula Smaku group of companies
May 17
9:30-11:30
Panel discussion “How to increase exports of Ukrainian value-added products?”
Moderator: Rodion Rybchynskyi
Director of the Union “Millers of Ukraine” – Igor Novitsky
General Director of First Mill LLC – Oleksandr Yasynskyi
Commercial Director of Terra LLC – Viktor Zhabchyk
Co-owner and director of VILIS PE (TM VILIS, ChiBi, Makarella, Italino, Viverelli)
Representative of AGA Partners Law firm
11:30-12:00
Coffee break
12:00-17:00
Offsite session (parallel sessions, lunch will be provided at each session)
Location 1.
CherkasyElevatorMash LLC – specialized session “New products based on extrusion. Demonstration of equipment and products”
Location 2.
Cherkasy Bread LLC – specialized session “What is more profitable to invest in today – technology or marketing?”
Location 3.
“Bo Khlib – specialized session “Is it possible to make money on a bread franchise?”
* The program is subject to change
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