June 8
8:30 Registration of delegates and morning coffee (Hilton Hotel Rotterdam)
09:45-10:00 Welcome speech from the organizers and sponsors
10:00-13:00 Session 1: Fundamentals of the vegetable oil market
Moderator: Iryna Ozip, Marketing Director, APK-Inform Agency
- The global vegetable oil market in 2022/23 MY - current trends and prospects
- South American vegetable oil market: challenges of the season
- European market for vegetable oils. Competition. Possibilities
Speakers:
- Aaron Hanson, analyst, LMC International Ltd
- Laura Pereira, sunflower oil specialist, Aboissa Commodity Brokers
- Vasil Vasilev, General Manager, Agrivia Oil
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
- Port of Rotterdam as a unique hub for agricultural trade and a leading transport hub
- Current trends in the Black Sea sunflower oil market
- Development of the oil and fat industry in Kazakhstan and prospects for cooperation with the EU
- Turkish vegetable oil market. Forecasts for 2023/24 MY
Speakers:
- Kesih Van den Berg – Dominicus, Sr. Business Manager Bulk Cargo & Shipping@Port of Rotterdam
- Iryna Ozip, Marketing Director, APK-Inform Agency
- Yadykar Ibragimov, Chairman of the Board of the National Oilseed Processors Association
- Onat Angi, Chairman, SOLVENTUM AS
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Session 2: Market of alternative oils and by-products
Moderator: Juan Vilar Hernández , CEO & Founder Juan Vilar Consultores Estratégicos S.L.
- Challenges of the EU market of rapeseed and rapeseed oils
- The important role of the biodiesel market for the vegetable oils segment. EU policy terms
- The market for meals and feed ingredients in the EU
- Quality issues in the trade of vegetable oils
- The state and dynamics of the olive oil market in the world and the EU
Speakers:
- Harm de Wilde, Ceras-Analytics
- Stephan Arens, Managing Director, UFOP
- Hémeline Macret, Executive Director, Tallage / Stratégie grains
- Ard Assenberg van Eijsden, Natural Resources Agri Commodities Global Business Manager Liquids, SGS Nederland B.V.
- Juan Vilar Hernández , CEO & Founder Juan Vilar Consultores Estratégicos S.L.
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:00 Session-seminar: Fundamentals, Prices & Future Outlook for the Veg Oil & Seed markets
- Marcel Goldenberg, Chief Market Reporting Officer (Food, Feed & Industrial), Mintec Global
- Alexandre Bobylov, Commodities products and business development, EURONEXT
Speakers:
- Hémeline Macret, Executive Director, Tallage / Stratégie grains
- Vasil Vasilev, General Manager, Agrivia Oil
- Pelin Ozer Yağar, Managing Partner, MPM GIDA SAN VE TİC A.S.
18:00-20:00 Gala dinner in honor of the conference participants
June 9
10:30-13:30 Excursion to the port of Rotterdam
! by appointment only, seats are limited
- 10.30 Meeting at the reception of the Hilton Hotel / Weena / Rotterdam.
- 10.30 – 11.30 Bus trip through the industrial area of Rotterdam, Eemhaven Area, Botlek, Europoort, Maasvlakte and Maasvlakte2.
- 11.30 – 12.15 Visiting the information center Maasvlakte2.
- 12.30 – 13.30 Return bus trip to Rotterdam/Hilton Hotel