The Rice Trader World Rice Conference 2011
The rice industry’s most anticipated event returns with the latest updates
on the markets, as well as key developments and issues from:
• Vietnam’s record 2010 and 2011: Will it be followed by more record
exports?
• Thailand’s potential return to the rice pledging scheme
• India’s return to non-basmati rice exports and what it means to markets
• U.S.’s quality issues from the 2010-11 crop and the impact of 2011/2012’s
weather hit crop on global markets
• Brazil’s crop recovery and the MERCOSUR region’s export boom
• How do the developments in the rice market compare to the developments and
trends in the other cereal markets?
• Where do rice buyers sit considering all the developments in 2011, and
where are we headed in 2012?
Receive updates from rice market leaders, top analysts, as well as key rice
industry service providers, who aid risk management in its many forms.
Join more than 400 delegates and renew friendships, get the most
from peer networking, debate the thoughts laid out by speakers, and enjoy
the many networking and business exchange opportunities planned by the
organizers so delegates can get the most out of the 3 days of rice market
interactions.
PLUS: The third annual RICE TASTING CONTEST!
How to join? Simply submit 2 x 2kg samples (one for the chefs and
one for the display at the conference). Open to all rice varieties, exported
or not.
The contest is a celebration of rice in our daily lives.
2011 is a special year simply for the sheer number of developments that have
affected the rice markets. We have seen:
• Thailand elected a new government and with it came a potential return to
the rice pledging scheme
• India is on the brink of returning to the business of nonbasmati rice
exports
• South America offers the world more rice for exports, with Brazil seeing a
rebound in output
• Pakistan played a relatively muted role in exports after floods in 2010
ravaged national rice production
• U.S. feels the brunt of tornadoes in 2011 and deals with quality and
milling issues that have left the country with a large but low quality
carryover from 2010
• Indonesia came back after the last conference to import in excess of 2 MMT
of rice
• Bangladesh continues to deal with food security issues, with equal
emphasis on developing its local production and maintaining a solid buffer
stock that has been built from purchases from Vietnam, Thailand, Pakistan,
and India
• The Philippines moves down the ranks from world’s largest importer to
suggest that rice self-sufficiency could be attained in 2013
• China continues to deal with droughts and floods of equal measure, as
extreme weather continues to leave its mark on markets
How does price, the commercial trade around the world, and buyers for both
food and industrial use develop models for price, procurement, and
distribution? The TRT World Rice Conference brings the industry together to
exchange, debate, analyze, and stir thoughts on the market—thoughts that aim
to shed light on events that will affect the course of future markets and
issues that the trade has to monitor and look for in the process of making
procurement and sales decisions. In the last year, we have had the weather,
currency, and financial markets, together with the rice policy decisions—be
it India holding on to stocks, Thailand switching from crop insurance to
“pledging” scheme, or even the varying decisions of Bangladesh, Indonesia,
and the Philippines in imports—leave a myriad of impact that have left their
mark on price, availability, and on how stocking, procurement, and trading
decisions are made. The TRT World Rice Conference 2011 has assembled a crack
team of speakers who will address developments in key markets, shed light on
the issues faced, and share their views on the market. Each piece of
information will help put together the global puzzle of the rice trade and
provide a peek at what the future will look like. We invite you to be a part
of a process that binds information with a business network; and utilize
this to form critical decisions in the rice business.
REGISTER TODAY!
Who should attend?
The TRT World Rice Conference 2011 is for the global rice community and the
many allied industries that support the production, transport, trade and
consumption of rice.
• Rice millers
• Grain merchandisers
• Exporters
• Traders
• Brokers
• Freight brokers
• Commodity surveyors and inspectors
• Procurement officials and importers and end-users
• Shipping industry officials (Liner and Bulk)
• Government/trade representatives
• Fertilizer suppliers
• Sorting/milling/machinery sector
• Collateral managers
• Trade finance/commodity trade finance
• Marine/cargo insurance
• Legal specialists supporting the rice trade
• Regional rice associations/government bodies and institutes
Sponsorship
Ask us about sponsorship options!
The Rice Trader Word Rice Conference 2011 delivers intelligence, networking,
and a broad platform for communications between members of the global rice
industry.
Attracting a growing group of sponsors,
exhibitors, and with more than 400 attendees today, this is the leading rice
trade event in the world.
Showcase your products, innovation, or
leadership. The Rice Trader World Rice Conference offers sponsors and
exhibitors alike a solid platform of market intelligence from which business
will be built from.
Please contact:
Mark S. Deming - Director of Marketing
9287 Midway, Suite 2A
Durham, CA 95938, U.S.Tel: +1 530 3454140 or +1 530 521 0116
Fax: +1 530 345 4747
Email:
Mark.Deming@thericetrader.com
V. Subramanian (Subra) - Vice President Asia,
Africa, and Europe
Blk 455 Sin Ming Ave #08-491
Singapore 570455
Tel: +65 976-03225
Email: subra@thericetrader.com
