The 2nd World Grains Trade summit, which will be held in Singapore on 20-21 Jan 2010, comes at a crucial time for the global grains industry, having experienced record grains prices & low demand during the last 1.5 years. What is in store when the global economy heds towards a recovery mode?
The 2nd World Grains Trade Summit will provide updates on issues dominating global grains markets. They include the opening up of Australia’s grains markets, increasing quantities of Black Sea grains in Asian and Middle East markets, erratic weather patterns, the weak US dollar, climbing crude prices and the impact of hedge and index funds on the commodities markets.
The heads of Olam, Touton Far East, Peter Cremer and Adani Enterprises will share their views on managing a commodity business amid market volatility & uncertainty during the CEO panel. Other key Panel Discussions on the agenda include one on the Challenges facing Flour Millers and the International Buyers Roundtable discussing expectations, buying mechanisms and hedging solutions.
The big 5 grains including wheat, barley, soybean, corn and rice will also be extensively covered at the conference, with updates from India, Australia, China, the Middle East, Egypt and the Black Sea Region. Sessions will also offer insights on the future of grains trade financing, with discussion on bank’s risk appetites and alternative options including Islamic Financing.
2nd World Grains Trade Summit will also provide updates on the freight market, and what to expect for 2010.
Attendees at 2nd World Grains Trade Summit can expect to hear from key representatives of Grain Silos & Flour Mills, Cargill, Touton, Olam, GrainCorp, Viterra, BULOG, SGS, Peter Cremer, ANZ, Toepfer International, Chaoren Pokphand, Japfa Comfeed, The State Trading Corporation of India, Adani Wilmar, GASC, Sabio Pronostico, The Islamic Bank of Asia, HfW and many more key companies in the industry. They will also get to network and interact with grains traders, brokers, importers, flour and feed mill executives, commodity trade finance professionals, dry bulk shipping executives, milling technology vendors and agents, testing and certification experts, end-users from food and feed industry and risk management specialists to name a few.
2nd World Grains Trade Summit is a follow up conference to the World Grains Trade summit, which was held in Singapore in February 2009 and attended by close to 250 decision makers from over 30 countries. A key event in the global grains trade conference calendar, 2nd World Grains Trade meets in Singapore to offer participants a window into the Asian markets.
2nd World Grains Trade Summit is organized by the Center for Management Technology, under the sponsorship of SGS and Glencore Grain B.V. and is now accepting registrations for the conference, as well as enquiries on sponsorship packages, media partnerships and exhibition space.
For more information, visit the 2nd World Grains Trade Summit Website at http://www.worldgrainstrade.com
