GrainCom 2025 Conference Agenda

Registration

GrainCom opening remarks

Welcome address

Paul Harrison, President, Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA)

Presentation / Panel
Investments and Food Security

With a moving world population from decreasing in the developed world to an increase especially across Africa the need for investments to help secure food security is becoming essential but not necessarily happening. The industry needs to know how to be involved and at the same time know the potential risks involved.

Presentation, Moderator, Panel:

Benjamin Syme, WFP
World Food Programme Delegate
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) (invited)

Refreshment Break – Collaborate and Connect

Panel
BRICS

BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa). The group is not only enlarging in the number of members becoming nearly 50pct of the world population and have the desire to work closely together to form a sound and strong inter-trading body. The grains and oilseed industry need to understand the BRICS vision and mandate.

Speakers:

Presentation and Panelists under discussion and will be published on finalisation

Brokers Cocktail

Registration

GrainCom opening remarks

Presentation
World Outlook 2025/26

The world grain and oilseed outlook (supply/demand) for the coming 25/26 campaign. Production policies for the main origination countries, demand especially from areas of increase population and potentially how trade tariffs and restrictions could alter the supply/demand.

Speaker:

Dan Basse, Agresource

Refreshment Break – Collaborate and Connect

Presentation
European Outlook 2025/26

European grain and oilseed outlook (supply/demand) for the coming 25/26 campaign. Those GrainCom delegates directly or indirectly involved with Western Europe, Ukraine, Russia the need to analyze deeper the region related to EU Commission policies and especially regarding the scenario of Russia and Ukraine.

Speaker:

Harm de Wilde, Cefetra

Presentation
Freight

The grains and oilseed markets must have a clear knowledge and pro-active understanding of the mechanics of the freight market.

Speakers:

Serena Piazzo, Laura Gomez, Vincent Lemaitre, Ifchor Galbraiths

Lunch – Collaborate and Connect

Panel
Producers

The Industry needs know the opportunities for Farming and Supply Chains with Advanced Technologies. Nutrient Use Efficiency and Grain Sensing Technology.

Moderator:

Paul Harrison, SGS

Panel:

Stefan Wegener, John Deere
Carolina Ferreira, Octopusbot
Mark Lepp, GrainFox
Harry McCune, Harry McCure Farms

Panel
Consumer

The Industry considers the consumer as the animal feed manufacturer and flour miller, but they are only the link to the real end consumer. The industry needs to understand and acknowledge the difficulties the manufacturer and miller must provide the product required by the final consumer.

Moderator:

Dan Basse, Agresouce

Panel:

Beth Tyers, Pilgrim’s Europe
Gunhan Ulusoy, Ulusoyun
Alex Eito, ARASCO
Beatrice Braun, Cono (invited)

Refreshment Break – Collaborate and Connect

Panel
Geo Politics

The world Geo-Political situation present, near future and the crystal ball for the future. The grains and oilseed markets cannot ignore the geo-political situation be it on a global or regional scale. This involves not only trade barriers, conflict zones and governments instabilities meaning the trade flows to continue to feed the world.

Panel:

Braz Baracuhy, Brazilian Embassy
Mikael Wigell, Geoeconomics, Finnish Institute of Int. Affairs
Victor do Prado, Science Po
Ulla Kask, WTO agriculture and sustainability

Presentations / Panel
Weather

The weather scenario. The technology available can very accurately predict the weather across all regions but what is important is to fine turn the “hot spots” that will need to be watched for 2025 on how the industry limit weather risk.

Moderator:

Chris Hyde, Meteomatics

Presentations / Panel:

Chris Hyde, Meteomatics
Rodrigo Cortes, Octopusbot
Kyle Tapley, Vaisala
Oleksandr Artiushyn, Munich Re

Gala Evening

GrainCom opening remarks

Presentation / Panel
Risk Management

Risk Management. The industry should be aware of all the tools available to help control the risks

Moderator:

Jeff McPike, WASEDA Commodities

Panel:

Joe Tuckey, Argentex
Peter Smithers,​​​​ AMIUS
Nicolas Kennedy, ADMIS
Alex Bobylov, EuroNext

Presentations / Panel
Technology

Emerging & Enabling Technologies Across the Global Grain & Oilseed Value Chain: Grower Engagement (Commercial & Agronomic); Digital visibility across industrial operations for efficient and de-risked trade execution; Stakeholder-Specific Value in Domestic Sourcing, Port Operations, Warehousing, Industrial Processing, Trading and Trade Finance.

Speaker:

Christopher Liguori, Accenture

Refreshment Break – Collaborate and Connect

Panel
The Supply Chain.

The Supply Chain. The grain and oilseed organizations know their industry well but operating in the world environment of today brings many topics that are not easy to follow. Laws change fast, Sanctions are enforced, Tariffs are applied, Trade financing, Third Party risk, Compliance – just to name a few. The industry needs to understand these challenges and be prepared. “Preventative” actions.

Moderator:

June Arnold, GAFTA

Panel:

Sanctions Patrick Eberhardt, Eversheds Sutherland
Tariffs Bilal Muftuoglu, Howe Robinson Partners
Sustainability Marina Souza, Fyffes
Trade Finance Charles Osborne, Trade Finance Group
Law/contacts Michael Buisset, HFW

Lunch – Collaborate and Connect