AGIC 2018 Presentations
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Peter Reading, Chair, Grain Trade Australia
Hon Steven Ciobo, Minister for Trade and Investment
Keynote address Hon Keith Pitt Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister
GRDC Launch: John Woods, Chair, Grains Research and Development Corporation
Session 1: Grain Markets and Outlook
Bill Lapp, Principal, Advanced Economic Solutions: Dynamics in world grain and oilseed markets for the coming year
Session 2: Future demand trends of the Asian market
William Syers, Distribution Director - Grains, Bunge Asia Pte Ltd Asian flour milling trends and value chain. Request a copy
Andrei Agapi, Asia-pacific Agriculture Manager, S&P Global Platts: Pricing mechanics and competitive landscape for global wheat in South East Asia
Session 3: Panel discussion - China
Facilitator: Andrew Young, Director, Plumgrove
Panelists: William Syers, Distribution Director - Grains, Bunge Asia Pte Ltd; Yebin Li, CEO, COFCO Agri Australia; Lyndon Asser, Senior Commercial Manager, Glencore Agriculture Pty Ltd
Session 4: Emerging presence of the Black Sea - what place in Asia?
Nikolay Gorbachov, President, Ukrainian Grain Association: Ukrainian/Black Sea grain market - future prospects and opportunities
Dr. Rory Deverell, Senior Commodity Risk Manager, INTL FCStone: ‘Not so Crazy Ivan’
Session 5: Changing politics of global trade
Guruswamy Chandrashekhar, Global Agribusiness and Commodities Market Specialist: Indian Grain Market Dynamics and Outlook 2018/19
Panel discussion on changing trade politics
Panellists: Guruswamy Chandrashekhar; Bill Lapp, Principal, Advanced Economic Solutions; Dr. Rory Deverell, Senior Commodity Risk Manager, INTL FCStone
Conference Close Day 1
Session 6: Facilitating trade: stewardship, technology and collaboration
Chair: Kevin Morthorpe, Canola Business Manager, GenTech Seeds Pty Ltd
Pat O'Shannassy, CEO, Grain Trade Australia: Grain Industry Code of Practice
Richard Perkins, GM, Market Check: Maximising opportunities for grain through technology, communication and collaboration
Tim Fitzgerald, Assistant Secretary, Trusted Trader & Trade Services Department of Home Affairs: Trade Facilitation: The role of the Australian Border Force and Department of Home Affairs
Session 7: Industry Leaders in Profile - Interview with Virginia Trioli
Graham Bradley, Chair, GrainCorp
Jimmy Wilson, CEO, CBH Group
Session 8: Innovation, Agtech and Digital Ag - What's the future?
Panel session facilitated by Virginia Trioli
Panellists: Graham Turley, Managing Director, Institutional Australia ANZ; Emma Weston, CEO, Agridigital; Caile Ditterich, CEO, Block Grain Australia; Matthew Pryor, Chair, Rocket Seeder
Keynote address:The Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon, Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Session 9: Aginvestment
Michael Whitehead, Head of Agribusiness Insights, ANZ: Aginvestment – the global view
Adrian Redlich, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer, Merricks Capital: Australian Ag Investment: Feast or Famine?
Followed by panel discussion with Michael Whitehead, Adrian Redlich and Philip Jarvis, CEO,
Direct Agriculture
Session 10: Innovation in the grain processing sector and implications for grain commodities
Jörg Binkert, Research & Development Director, Kaspar Schulz: Innovation and potential of microbusiness - by microbrewing, micromalting and microdistilling
Session 11: Spirit of Grain and Conference Close
Andrew Parry, Australian Superintendence Company: Quality of Australian grain for Baijiu, Shochu and like products
Rob Turner, Managing Director and Spirit Geek, Animus Distillery