08:30-09:20 — Registration of participants, morning coffee
09:20-09:30 — Official opening of the conference
09:30-12:45 — Session 1. Kazakh grain market: major trends and challenges
Moderator – Nurlan Ospanov, Chairman, the association of legal entities "Grain Union of Kazakhstan"
09:30-09:45 — Grain and flour market of Kazakhstan
Talgat Ajgaliev, Head of cropfarming department of Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan
09:45-10:00 — Current condition of the grain export market of Kazakhstan, & development measures
Nurlan Ospanov, Chairman, the association of legal entities "Grain Union of Kazakhstan"
10:00-10:15 — Situation on the sales market of Kazakh grains in prior of the season-2018/19
Sabit Kashkimbayev, Deputy Chairman of Board, National Company Food Contract Corporation JSC
10:15-10:30 — Production of traditional and prospective crops in Kazakhstan
Kintal Islamov, Chairman, Atameken-Agro JSC
10:30-10:45 — Development of inspection services in Kazakhstan
Gulmira Abisheva, General Director, Baltic Control Kazakhstan LLP
10:45-11:00 — Influence of the growing conditions on quality of grains, oilseeds and pulses
Yerzhan Nurpeissov, Business Development Manager, Department of the agro-industrial complex, SGS Kazakhstan Ltd.
11:00-11:15 — Northern Kazakhstan: grain yield trends and climate features
Nikolai Latyshev, Chief editor, magazine "Agrarian sector"
11:15-11:30 — Export potential of oilseeds and pulses in Kazakhstan. Traditional and organic products
Sayat Shortan, National consultant, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
11:30-11:45 — Application of modern technologies in crop production, including satellite ones, as in the case of ASKOP LLP
Nikolai Stepanenko, General Director, ASKOP LLP
11:45-12:00 — Contemporary challenges for agricultural holdings
Aidarbek Hodzhanazarov, General Director, Ivolga Holding LLP
12:00-12:15 — Legal aspects of grain trading. Mistakes in business correspondence, resulting in default. GAFTA cases
Ivan Kasynyuk, Partner, AGA Partners Law Firm
12:15-12:45 — Coffee-break
12:45-15:00 — Session 2. Export trade of grain products from Kazakhstan: logistics VS prospective markets
Session is held under support of WESSAR LLP
Moderator – Ivan Kasynyuk, Partner, AGA Partners Law Firm
12:45-13:00 — Wexport. Concept of a new model for realization of the export and import procedures for grains and oilseeds in the agro-industrial complex
Aidar Daukenov, CEO, WESSAR LLP
13:00-13:15— Way of Kazakh grain to foreign markets: logistics chain to the ports
Ivan Karamanov, General Director, TransBulkInspection LLC (Russia)
13:15-13:30 — Logistics opportunities of Kazakhstan in grain exports
Gaukhar Tapelova, Director of External relations department, KTZ Express JSC
13:30-13:45 — Development of the export center of the Commodity Exchange ETS JSC
Chingiz Kanapyanov, Advisor to the Chairman of Board, Eurasian Trade System Commodity Exchange JSC (ETS)
13:45-14:00 — Demand for durum wheat on the European market. Main requirements of importers
Patrick Jouannic, Senior trader and expert of durum wheat, Soufflet Negoce (France)
14:00-14:15 — Perspective for Kazakh Durum Wheat
Filippo Bertuzzi, Senior Consultant, Aretè Research & Consulting in Economics
14:15-14:30 — Pulses Global Trends & Outlook
Koray Özkan, Business Unit Director, Hakan Agro Commodities Trading Co LLC (Turkey)
14:30-14:45 — Prospects of the chickpeas market - production, exports & global trends
Antonina Sklyarenko, President, Public Association “Community of Pulse Producers and Customers of Ukraine”
14:45-15:00 — Compensation for profitability losses in terms of low prices and "right" logistics
Armen Nalbandian, Director, Liliani LLC
15:00-16:00 - Lunch
16:00-17:30 — Session 3. Market of grains and by-products in Kazakhstan: relationships with the Central Asian region
Session is held under support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO, Italy)
Moderator – Rodion Rybchinskiy, Head of Business project unit at APK-Inform Agency, FAO consultant
16:00-16:20 — Global tendencies of the grain market in 2017/18 MY. Medium- and long-term prospects of the grain and flour market of the Central Asian region
Natalia Merkusheva, Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO, Italy)
16:20-16:40 — Milling Industry in Turkey, and Development of flour trade
Vural Kural, General Secretary, Turkish Flour Industrialists Federation (TUSAF)
16:40-17:00 — Kazakhstan vs. Russia: competitors or trading partners on the grain and flour markets
Evgeny Gan, Director at the Union of Grain Processors and Bakers of Kazakhstan
17:00-17:30 — Grain and flour markets in Central Asia. Prospects of trade development with Kazakhstan: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan
Rustam Zhunushov, Chairman of the Committee of Millers, Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of the Kyrgyz Republic
Dilorom Gafurova, Director, scientific production center Donmahsulotlari (Uzbekistan)
17:30-18:00 — Summing up the conference work
17:45-20:00 — Gala-dinner for participants featuring Rodina Band