9AM WELCOME ADDRESS
Jeremy Zwinger, President and CEO, The Rice Trader
Keynote speaker / VVIP:
Jurin Laksanawisit, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce
Kingdom of Thailand
Key Themes:
- Global Grain markets and the transition of global food-grain markets from well-supplies, high-inventory to supply stressed after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing stress on global food
- Rising energy costs, costly and supply-tight fertilizer markets and medium to long term implications in rice
- How has rice managed to stay stable relative to other grains? The Miracle of Indian supply and availability in global markets
10AM NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK
11.30AM to 12.15PM SESSION 1: BIG-5 PLUS CHINA GLOBAL RICE EXPORTERS – 2022 TRADING YEAR AND THE CHALLENGES IN 2023 - PART ONE –India, Vietnam, and Thailand
Ravisak Vanichjakvong, Thai Rice Exporters Association
Dieu Pham Quang, Founder/Chief Economist, Agromonitor Vietnam
Anh Viet, General Director, Orient Rice Co., Ltd (ORICO), Vietnam
Rajiv Kumar, Executive Director, The Rice Exporters Association, India
“Featured Sponsor: Data driven rice processing”
Sujit Pande (Head of Product Management - Rice Solutions)
12.15NOON QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOLLOWED BY NETWORKING LUNCHEON
2.00PM to 3.30PM SESSION 2: PART TWO – focus on Pakistan, Myanmar, Cambodia & South America
Muhammad Raza, C.E.O, Haji Khushi M. And Company, Pakistan
Ye Min Aung, Chairman, Myanmar Rice Federation
3.30PM to 4.00PM NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK
4pm to 5.00pm SESSION 3: SHIPPING, LOGISTICS AND RISK MANAGEMENT IN FOCSUS
Kim Sreyroth, Vice President, Cambodia Rice Federation
Bruno Lanfranco, National Agricultural Research Institute of Uruguay
Sutarto Alimoeso, Chairman, Indonesian Rice Millers and Traders Association