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  IGC GRAINS CONFERENCE 2011
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Global market turbulence: a more food-insecure future?


PROGRAMME
Monday 6 June 2011
18.30-20.30
 Conference Reception:  Institute of Directors, Pall Mall, London
Tuesday 7 June 2011
  IGC Grains Conference, QEII Conference Centre, Westminster, London
08.30
 Registration & refreshments in exhibition area

09.30

Welcome & introduction    		Etsuo Kitahara, Executive Director, IGC

Kilian Greter, IGC Chairman, Switzerland
09.40
 Opening of conference
  • Bruno Le Maire, Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Rural Development and Spatial Planning France
    The G20 Presidency: addressing the issues of agricultural price volatility
10.00
 Keynote presentation
  • Khairullah Hasan Babakr, Minister of Trade of Iraq
10.10
 Speaker panel 1
   
  • Noel De Luna, Chairman, Committee on World Food Security (CFS), FAO, Italy
    Food Price Volatility: The role of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS)

  • Rod Gravelet-Blondin, Senior General Manager, Commodity Derivatives Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), South Africa
    The factors driving South African grain futures and options and the main challenges ahead

  • Weilu Yang, Deputy-Director, National Grain and Oils Information Centre, China
    China's grain market (including oilseeds) and world grain security
11.15 - 11.45
Refreshments and networking in exhibition area
11.45
 Speaker panel 2
   
  • Angelito Banayo, Administrator, National Food Authority, The Philippines
    The Philippine rice industry: key challenges and prospects

  • Alan Tracy, President, US Wheat Associates, USA
    The coming expansion of global grain trade

  • Abdellah Ait El Cadi, Director of Marketing, ONICL (National Cereals Office), Morocco
    The grain situation in Morocco and current policy developments
  Message from sponsor: Doug Pollock,
Head of Commodities, EMEA, Thomson Reuters
13.00 - 14.30
Lunch and networking in exhibition area
14.30
 Speaker panel 3
   
  • Patrick Vanden Avenne, President, European Feed Manufacturers' Association & Aurelio Sebastia, Chairman of Industrial Compound Feed Committee (FEFAC), Belgium
    Recent developments in the European feed industry and main challenges ahead

  • Tetsuhide Mikamo, Director, Research Institute, Marubeni, Japan
    Current challenges and future trends in Asia’s grain industries

  • Alejandro Daly, Executive President, Latin American Millers´ Association (ALIM), Peru
    Recent developments in Latin American milling, including the impact of recent rises in global wheat prices
15.35
Closing remarks
15.45
Refreshments and networking in exhibition area
16.00 - 17.00
 Workshop 1 Workshop 2
GAFTA: Sustainability and trade

  • Hubert de Biolley, Director, VerticalUK LLP, Geneva Branch

  • Thomas Dorr, President and CEO, U.S. Grains Council

  • Alexander Waugh, Director General, Nabim

  • Jan Meemken, Assistant Director AGRI, SGS Germany GmbH

Moderator: Patrick Savage, Deputy President of GAFTA

Thames Room
Price Volatility

  • Ian Dudden, Director, Commodities Derivatives, NYSE Liffe

  • Rod Gravelet-Blondin, Senior General Manager, Commodity Derivatives, JSE

  • Jeffry Kuijpers, Director, CME Group


Moderator: Kilian Greter, IGC Chairman, Switzerland

Caxton Lounge
17.00 - 18.00
Refreshments in exhibition area
18.00 - 19.30
 NAEGA Reception in honour of His Excellency Dr. Khairullah Hasan Babakr, Minister of Trade of Iraq

Caxton Lounge

The conference also features a full-day exhibition in the Pickwick Suite


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