Day 1, December 4

10:00-11:20

Registration. Morning coffee

10:30-11:00

Fresh Business Expo 2018 Opening Ceremony

11:20-11:30

Conference Opening Ceremony

Greeting words from sponsors and organizers

MARKET FORUM

11:30-11:50

Fruit and vegetable production results in Ukraine in 2018, price forecast for the second half of the season. Preliminary expectations from the season 2019/20

Oleksandr Khorev, Head of Fruit-Inform

11:50-12:25

Forever or temporary? About prices for apples, raspberries, nuts, consumers’ understanding and strategies of 24-hour search for profitable niches

Andriy Yarmak, Economist at the FAO Investment Center, Italy

12:25-12:55

Export of fresh fruits and vegetables: directions, markets, products

Hanna Morozova, Head of Domestic Agricultural Produce Export Support Sector at the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine

12:55-13:25

Berries in Ukraine: challenges and opportunities

Irina Kukhtina, President of Ukrainian Berries Association

13:25-13:55

The Ukrainian sector of greenhouse vegetables – prospects and pitfalls

Lyudmila Nalbat, Commercial Director, Kalynivka-Premium Trading House, Ukraine

13:55-15:00

Lunch, press-conference

INVESTMENT FORUM

15:00-15:25

First results of professionals’ work – Ukrainian Fruit & Vegetable Association. Technical support of export focus

Representative of UApple, Ukraine

15:25-16:50

Fruit and vegetable market: results of 2018. What next?

Yaroslav Kazmirskyi, Value Chain Business Development Manager at UHBDP

15:50-16:00

New possibilities of electronical trade in sales of agricultural products

Vitaliy Leonchuk, Head of KME Mercantile Exchange, Ukraine

16:00-16:15

Economics of applying pollinating insects in fruit and vegetable sector

Miron Pundor, Ukrainian market expert

16:15-16:40

Investment attractiveness of organic apple growing projects

Valentyna Lanovenko, Agricultural Produce Export Consultant, Lanovenko Organic Nursery, Ukraine

16:40-17:05

Peculiarities and realities of the Ukrainian garlic season in 2018

Sergey Paraschenko, Founder of Chistyi Produkt, Ukraine

17:05-17:40

Mushroom business in Ukraine: what companies is the market awaiting for?

Maksim Yenchenko, Ukrainian Mushroom Market Expert

17:30-17:45

Global bee breeding trends. Overview of main products

Miron Pundor, Ukrainian market expert

17:45-18:00

1^st Day Summing Up

Day 2, December 5

10:00-10:30

Registration. Morning coffee

GROWING, CERTIFICATION & ORGANIC PRODUCE FORUM

10:30-11:00

The Ukrainian market for organic fruits, vegetables and berries – are consumers and buyers ready?

Sergiy Galashevskyi, Director at Organic Standard, Ukraine

11:00-11:30

GlobalG.A.P. and plant protection system: main mistakes

Igor Chechetko, Fruit & Vegetable Certification Expert, Ukraine

11:30-12:15

The nut business in Ukraine: technologies, economics, marketing. Present situation and outlook

Gennadiy Yudin, Vice-President at Ukrainian Nut Association

Aleksandr Samoylenko, Department Director at Mais Agroindustrial Group, Ukraine

Igor Tsybenko, Director at Batkiv Sad Certified Nursery Farm, Ukraine

12:15-12:45

The Ukrainian potato sector: internal and external market prospects

Nikolay Gordiychuk, Director at Agrico Ukraine

HANDLING, STORAGE, PROCESSING & PACKAGING FORUM

12:45-13:00

Innovative technologies of storage and transportation

Konstantin Porvalov, Commercial Director at Realna Tekhnologichna Alternativa, Ukraine

13:00-14:30

Lunch

14:30-15:10

Master Class. A right orchard: from the start of project to successful entrance to the Indonesian market

Nina Dmitrash, Fruit Growing & Certification Expert, Ukraine

15:10-15:25

Technological novelties in the segment of fruit and vegetable processing

Roman Peyev, Commercial Director at Rusbana Engineering Ukraine

15:25-15:55

Key mistakes in construction of freezing factories in Ukraine

Oleg Yakimets, Frozen Fruit & Vegetable Market Expert

15:55-16:10

Full cycle of technologies for fruit, vegetable and berry processing

Oles Kapitanchuk, Project Manager, Tolsma Ukraine

16:10-16:25

Storage as a necessary element in successful sales within the whole season

Vitaliy Salasenko, Head of Technical Department at Insolar-Kholod, Ukraine

16:25-16:40

High-quality corrugated packaging by Mondi Polska. Bushel packaging for sea logistics of apples

Aleksandr Anisimov, Director at VITAL TRADING, Ukraine

MARKETING FORUM

16:40-17:10

About marketing in a language of a fresh produce company. Practical examples, inclusive of exports

Sergiy Trytenko, Marketing Director, Agroconsulting Group, Ukraine

17:10-17:40

Trade in fresh fruits and vegetables in Ukrainian supermarkets. Rankings of fruit and vegetable departments

Andriy Yarmak, Economist at the FAO Investment Center, Italy

18:00-21:00

Gala-Dinner

Day 3, December 6

International Trade Forum. Meetings with leading retailers and importers from Ukraine and Russia. Preliminary registration and meetings according to the concerted schedule

10:00-10:15

Registration

10:15-15:00

Trade Forum. Retail Center

Direct negotiations between suppliers and buyers

15:00

End of conference and trade forum