#GMD online-conference “Features of the grain market and agricultural logistics in terms of the virus crisis”

APK-Inform Agency and International law firm Interlegal invite you to take part in the international #GMD conference “Features of the grain market and agricultural logistics in terms of the virus crisis”, to be held on the traditional dates of Grain&Maritime Days in Odessa — May 28-29, 2020.

As previously reported, taking into account the current situation in both the world and Ukraine in terms of the spread of COVID-19 disease, the organizers of Grain&Maritime Days in Odessa 2020 (May 27-30) decided to make adjustments to the agenda and regulations of the event, and propose a new format — Double GMD.

ON-LINE CONFERENCE AGENDA

May 28 | Event timing — 15:00-18:00

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15:00-17:00

Session 1. Development of the global grain market in terms of the agro-climatic and economic instability

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Major issues:

— Estimations of the global grain production and distribution. Positions of the key countries-exporters of grains
— Exchange trading of grains in terms of the economic uncertainty. How long will the market fever develop?
— Formation of the pattern of grain export trading in 2020/21 MY in the Black Sea region
— Prospect of the global grain demand in the key consumption regions. Changes in the trading policy of countries-importers

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17:00-18:00

Session 2. Grain market logistics: trends & challenges-2020

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Major issues:

— Development of the global agricultural cargo logistics in terms of new rules and the COVID-19 pandemic
— Forecast of formation of the sea transportation market and freight rates in the second half of 2020
— Prospects of the river logistics of agricultural cargoes

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May 29 | Event timing —12:00-14:00

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Section: Anti-crisis lessons: from pandemic to panic

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Major issues:

— Ides of May. How should agribusiness and logisticians prepare for the crisis
— Quarantine + Customs = Result. Trends of container shipping, forecasts of the imports, and “new customs”
— How does a shipowner live in the crisis
— Risk insurance: what one can foresee, and what one needs
— Changes on the freight forwarding market. Review of the crisis cases: customer practice

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Panel discussion with participants: “Future of the logistics and marine transportation: what to prepare for? People, cargoes & processes”

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The event will be held in English and Russian, on the Zoom platform.

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