Continue the preparations for the 5-th International conference "Where the Margin Is 2014"
We continue the preparations for the 5-th International agricultural conference Where the Margin Is, January 30, 2014, Moscow Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel.
(опубликовано 13.12.2013)
Among the newly registered conference participants are Starooskolskiy Mill (Belgorod, Kursk), ASB (Stavropol, Krasnodar), Agrofirma Doronichi (Kirov), Prikubanskiy Farmers Coop (Krasnodar), TBI LLC, Center Soya, Amazone, PRODO Management, TRIO XXI (Lipetsk), Vyazovo Farm (Tula), Rusagro-Invest, Razgulay, Sodrujestvo, Kirov Farm Ltd. (Stavropol), Agro Engineering Company Ltd., Sudzucker AG Mannheim/Ochsenfurt, TH Dominant, CJSC «AgroGard», MARIBO, Green Dale Group of companies LLC, Agrobusiness LLC (Lipetsk), Plodorodie LLC, TH Razdolie (Volgograd), JSC «AUGUST» Inc., EkoNiva-APK Holding, Rostselmash, and others.
New 2014 Conference topic: Integration of animal and crop roduction assets
Among the Conference speakers:
Ilya Shestakov, Deputy Minister, Russian Ministry of Agriculture (principle agreement to speak)
Dmitry Yuriev, Deputy Minister, Russian Ministry of Agriculture (principle agreement to speak)
Victor Semenov, Chairman, The Union of Russian agribusiness associations, Chairman, Agribusiness committee of the Russian Chamber of Industry and Commerce
William Tierney, Chief economist, AgResource (Chicago, USA)
Highly ranking Representative of European headquarters of John Deere
Introduction of Conference speakers: Nan-Dirk Mulder joined Rabobank International’s Food & Agribusiness Advisory and Research department (FAR) in 2001. He is associate director animal protein and covers this industry from an international perspective. He is based in Rabobank’s headquarter in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Nan-Dirk graduated in agricultural economics, marketing and market research from the Netherlands’ Wageningen Agricultural University in 1996. Before his appointment at Rabobank International, Nan-Dirk worked for the Product Boards for Livestock, Meat and Eggs (PVE) and the Agricultural Economic Research Institute (LEI) in the Netherlands. Since joining Rabobank International, Nan-Dirk advises the bank on global commitments in the animal protein sectors. He has been also involved in the bank’s many advisory and research activities in these sectors and has build up an in-depth knowledge about key strategic issues in these industries. Nan-Dirk has advised and participated in projects on all continents of the world and is a regular speaker at conferences and seminars all over the world.
Over the previous four years, the conference has become the highest caliber event covering the Russian and CIS agricultural sector. It features the most qualified speakers, attendance of the highest ranking agribusiness executives, and a large productive capacity (since inception, the «land bank» of attending companies increased from 2.7 to 5.2 MHA of arable land).