Program

08:00 - 09:00

Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:00 - 09:15

Richard Markwell
President of CEMA (2014-2018), European Agricultural Machinery Association

09:15 - 10:00

Opening Remarks

Frédéric Devienne
Vice President, Finance Europe and Europe Regional Lead, AGCO Corporation
Olga Stefanishyna
Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and EuroAtlantic Integration
Olga Shevchenko
Acting Head of the State Service of Ukraine on FoodSafety and Consumer Protection

Session 1: Ukraine Facility for the Ukrainian Agriculture: how the EU can help the sector rebuild, recover and (re)integrate

10:00 - 10:30

Keynote Speech:
The Path to EU Integration: Implications for Ukrainian Agriculture

Prof. Alfons Balmann
Director, The Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO)

10:30 - 11:30

Panel Discussion. Key topics:

Moderator: Nazar Bobitski
Director of UCAB Brussels Office, Ukrainian Agribusiness Club; Senior Advisor, KREAB

Key topics:

Role of Ukrainian agricultural sector in market stability and food security in wider Europe/MENA region
Ukraine Facility financial toolbox to support private financing in recovery and modernisation of Ukrainian agricultural sector
Legislative approximation agenda for Ukrainian agriculture within Ukraine Facility commitments
EU-Ukraine agri trade as a litmus test for successful integration of Ukrainian agricultural sector in EU Internal Market

Peter Polajnar
Deputy Head of Unit in the Ukraine Service, DG NEAR, European Commission
Oleksandr Ilkov
Director General, Government coordination office for European and EU and NATO integration of Ukraine
Taras Kachka
Deputy Minister of Economy, Ukraine’s Trade Representative
Vito Martielli
Senior Analyst of Grains and Oilseeds, Rabobank

11:30 - 12:00

Coffee Break

Session 2: Financial Instruments for Agribusiness Development

12:00 - 12:30

Keynote Speech:
Financing Agribusiness: Unlocking Opportunities for Growth

Oleg Nivievskyi
Associate Prof., Vice-President for Economics Education at Kyiv School of Economics (KSE)

12:30 - 13:30

Panel Discussion

Moderator: Anna Naplocha
CEO, AGCO Finance

Key topics:

Elena Voloshina
Country Officer, Ukraine IFC, a member of the World Bank Group
Jean-Jacques Soulacroup
Deputy Head of Corporate Finance, Outside EU Private Sector Department, EIB
Wojtek Boniaszczuk
EBRD, Regional Head for Agribusiness Eastern Europe and the Caucasus
Larysa Bondarieva
Deputy Chairman Corporate, IC & Capital Markets, Raiffeisen Bank JSC Ukraine
Yanina Gorenko
First Deputy CEO, OTP Leasing
Kåre Stamer Andreassen
First Vice-President EIFO, Export Credit Agency Denmark

13:30 - 14:30

Lunch Break

Session 3: Current Challenges in Ukrainian Agribusiness

14:30 - 15:00

Keynote Speech:
Overcoming Challenges in Ukrainian Agribusiness: Towards a Sustainable Future

Dr. Alex Lissitsa
CEO of IMC; Board member of the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UCAB)

15:00 - 16:00

Panel Discussion

Moderator: Aivaras Abromavicius
Chairman of the Board, Agro Region

Key topics:

Mariya Osyka
Director of Agribusiness Investments, NCH Capital (Agroprosperis Group)
Petr Krogman
Chairman, Managing & Owner, Agromino
Evgeniy Radovenyuk
CEO, Grain Alliance
Oleksiy Sypko
Marketing & Sales Director, Co-owner, Agrofusion
Yulia Bereshchenko
Director for Sustainable Business Development and IR, Astarta
Serhii Dobrohorskyi
Deputy Chairman of the board for Agro, MHP
Inna Meteleva
Head of Agropolitical Dialog “Agrarian Council” NGO; Deputy Chairman of the Board, Ukrainian Association of FinTech and Innovation Companies

16:00 - 16:30

Closing Remarks and Conference Summary

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