Agenda
PRE-CONFERENCE / WELCOME
19 OCTOBER 2011:
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REGISTRATION from 1600hrs to 1830hrs
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COCKTAIL RECEPTION FROM 1830hrs to 2030hrs
Sponsored by:
ARRIVAL, REGISTRATION and WELCOME RECEPTION
Phoenix Commodities and The Rice Trader welcomes all attendees to start the
event in the right spirit by providing an ideal opportunity to not only take
care of formalities but to kick-start delegates’ participation with a
networking opportunity that immediately puts you in a position of advantage
by offering an early contact with attendees and delegates.
An
excellent opportunity for the “early” birds of the conference to receive
updates, meet speakers, sponsors, VIPs and fellow delegates during the
conference welcome reception and based on the full-house of 2010, the
welcome reception is now one of the most anticipated segments of the event.
A Not-to-miss event.
DAY ONE: 20 OCTOBER 2011
8.00am
Registration* and Refreshments
*only for delegates who did not
already preregister. Pre-registered delegates can join in at 9am (don’t
forget your badges that are a requirement for entry)
SESSION 1: OPENING CEREMONY
9.00am
Chairman’s Welcome / Welcome from the Organizers
9.10am
Keynote and Welcome
9.30am
World Rice Trade Outlook 2012: Key Concerns and Drivers of the World
Rice Trade
2011 has already seen the dollar and even the Euro leave its mark on
markets, together with oil prices and a rising tide of price and interest
generated from the global commodity complex. What does this mean to rice?
More importantly – how do prospects look for the future?
10.30am
Questions and Answers
Followed by Morning Refreshments and Networking
SESSION 2: Vietnam and Thailand – The Asian Export Giants
With some 17 MMT out of the world’s
30 MMT or so of rice trade represented by these two exporters, developments
in these markets are vital elements that shape trends as well as the shape
of global price and business trends in rice exports. We have seen Thailand
move from the mortgage scheme to price guarantee scheme in an attempt to
raise competitiveness and Vietnam has built a 7 MMT export empire that is
very much built on Asian needs, while both of these origins also represent
the largest share of suppliers to Africa.
Recent activities in Bangladesh have
also seen Vietnam and Thailand rise to supply Bangladesh with significant
quantities of rice (both white and parboiled rice) and with India looking at
a possible return to exports, future trends also look interestingly poised.
11.00am
Vietnamese Rice Export
Outlook & Challenges
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Analysis of Vietnam
acreage, yield and output potential
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The challenge of growing
yields and improving quality
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Extension services and
programs targeted at the farmers
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Vietnam rice production
outlook
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Domestic consumption trends
- Export outlook for 2012 and beyond:
can Viet exports grow further?
11.30am
Thai Rice Exports – Industry Dynamics that will shape the future of exports
from Thailand
12.00noon
China’s Rice Production,
Export and Import: Chinese strategies to meet long term food security issues
12.30pm
Questions and Answers
Followed by Networking Luncheon
The Third Annual - RICE
TASTING CONTEST
SESSION 3: BUY-SIDE MOVERS
AND SHAKERS IN FOCUS
Indonesia,
The Philippines and Bangladesh together represent anything from 6 MMT to
just 3 MMT, with a lot depending on domestic production at these rice
producing countries, all of whom have their place in the world’s top-ten
rice producers list. Rice is a stable, population growth can often set the
tone for consumption and a dynamic rice supply and demand balance often
makes moves to import swift and typically domineering of price. Buyers can
buy via open market, government-to-government deals or via tenders, with no
one strategy being fool proof, each strategy would have to be studied for
its merit before being applied to the market.
2.00pm
Indonesia
2.30pm
Philippines in Focus
3.00pm
Bangladesh
3.30pm
Questions and Answers
Followed by Afternoon Refreshments and Networking
SESSION 4 – EMERGING
EXPORTERS AND THE PROMISE OF MORE EXPORT AVAILABILITY
4.00pm
Myanmar’s Export Potential –
Can Myanmar Become a Consistent Exporter?
4.30pm
Cambodia’s Ambitions in
Exports – How can it be realised?
5.00pm
Questions and Answers
5.30pm till late
CONFERENCE RECEPTION &
DINNER
T
he
conference gala-dinner is slated to be the ultimate networking event for
delegates, held immediately after the day’s activities; the event offers an
ideal environment that allows delegates to discuss the day’s presentations
while continuing the networking process and gain from the buzz along the
more informal sources of information, updates and business. A setting the
presents entertainment, cocktails and dinner – delegates will be pampered
while networking.
DAY TWO: 21 OCTOBER 2011
8.55am
Chairman’s Remarks
SESSION 4: GLOBAL EXPORTS –
THE REST OF THE BEST
Will
India return to exports? Will Pakistan production rise back to pre-flood
levels?
How will a lower output expectation from the USA leave its mark on markets?
How has the world received news of Brazil’s crop rebound and the return of
South American exports?
9.00am
India’s Return to Non-Basmati
Exports – ON / OFF?
9.20am
Pakistan Rice Production
(Recovery) and Export Outlook
9.50am
US Output Concerns and Impact
on Exports
10.20am
The Brazilian Crop Recovery
and Return of South American Export Prowess
10.50am
Questions and Answers
Followed by Morning Refreshments and Networking
Rice Markets and Risk
11.30am to 1.00pm
Cargo and
Marine Insurance
New EU Rules for Rice
Imports
Trade Finance
Futures
Markets and Risk Management
1.00pm
Questions and Answers
Followed by Networking Lunch
The Traders Presentation
and Panel Discussion:
“Outlook for the Rice Trade
at key Destination Markets & the Future of Rice Price”
2.30pm
to 4.00pm
4.00pm
Questions and Answers followed by Afternoon Refreshments
4.30pm
End of Conference
