Agenda
7th International Conference Fertilizers 2025:
Eastern and Western Europe, Baltic states & Balkans
Vienna, Austria, 21-23 January 2025
Well reduced fertilizer sales, demand and consumption, continuous climate changes and cheaper import substitutes will be in the conference focus. The conference will cover the markets of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Poland, Ukraine, the Baltic states, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia and Greece. The situation in Northern and Southwestern Europe will also be discussed to get the complete market picture.
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21 January, Tuesday,
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PRELIMINARY REGISTRATION
COCKTAIL RECEPTION
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22 January, Wednesday Day 1
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| Session 1. Main challenges of 2024 fertilizer season in Europe: continuous climate changes leading to a slump in fertilizer consumption in the region; sales reduction; increase in imports of Russian fertilizers into the region |
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Speakers
TBA
Julia Motsna, Head of WorldFertilizerMarket
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GLOBAL GAS MARKET REVIEW AND OUTLOOK
Greg Molnar, Gaz Analyst, International Energy Agency
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 LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON GLOBAL NITROGEN MARKET AND THEIR IMPACT ON EUROPEAN TRADE FLOWS
Evgenia Apostolopoulou,
Marketing Director, Indagro S.A. |
 EUROPEAN AS MARKET OVERVIEW: LATEST TRENDS, CHALLENGES, AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
Franck Boher, Managing Director, Upgraid
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Damir Pirsic, Director of Sales Operation, Petrokemija
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Agropolychim
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FERTILIZER MARKET DYNAMICS IN THE BALTIC REGION: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2025
Audrius Jakutis, Country Head / Head of Sales Baltics, Helm Baltics
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 ROMANIAN FERTILIZER MARKET, SHARING YOUR INSIGHTS ON ITS CURRENT TRENDS, TRADE DYNAMICS, AND FUTURE OUTLOOK
Ofelia Nalbant, General Manager,
LAT Nitrogen Romania
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Topics for discussion
■ Review of nitrogen fertilizer market in the EEBB region in 2024: current production situation, price fluctuations, tough competition between locally produced and imported goods, pent-up demand and 2025 season outlook.
■ Update on European P and K fertilizer market in 2024: consumption, changes in trade flows, prospects of local output growth and 2025 outlook for the market.
■ Import of phosphate rock and phosphate acid into the region; the latest changes in consumption and outlook for the raw material market.
■ Natural gas price fluctuations; ammonia and fertilizer production economics in Europe.
■ Review of fertilizer export from Central Asia to global consuming regions, Europe in particular; 2024 events and 2025 outlook.
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| Session 2. Impact of the EU regulations and sanctions on the fertilizer import into Europe; the main European transshipment hubs and challenges of import and regional logistics in Europe |
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 WHAT’S NEXT FOR EUROPE’S FERTILIZER INDUSTRY FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE?
Dr. Antoine Hoxha, Director General, Fertilizers Europe
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Maria Bezzubova, Co-founder, TRUAGRO Ukraine
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Topics for discussion
■ The latest updates on the EU sanctions and fertilizer import regulations in Europe; their implications for local producers.
■ Review of fertilizer capacity, imports and traffic in Polish, German, Belgian, Slovak and Romanian ports.
■ Challenges of fertilizer transportation across the EU: freight rates fluctuations, overview of barge and rail traffic in the region, difficulties shipping goods to Ukraine and crossing Polish, Slovak and Hungarian borders.
■ Update on the Ukrainian fertilizer market as a frequent user of the Eastern European transshipment hubs.
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23 January, Thursday
Day 2
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| Session 3. Increasing importance of specialty, stabilized and foliar fertilizers in Europe as the only chance to adapt to the latest climate changes |
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 FROM AMMONIA TO THE FIELD: WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE NITROGEN INDUSTRY?
Thomas Proffit, Global Manager Inhibitor, Syensqo
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 SPECIALTY FERTILIZERS: ADDRESSING REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Tetiana Shkarban, Area Manager, DAYMSA
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INHIBITORS, ENHANCERS AND BIOSTIMULANTS: THE KEY DRIVERS IN THE FERTILIZER INDUSTRY TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON AGRICULTURE
Trifon Vasilev, International Commercial Agent, CroxX
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MARKET OF BIOFERTILIZERS AND PERSPECTIVES OF PREMIUM FORMULATIONS OF FERTILIZERS ENFORCED BY MICROORGANISMS
Dmytro Yakovenko, Head of International Department, BTU-Center
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Topics for discussion
■ Update on inhibitor development in the European region and stabilized fertilizer market news
■ Efficiency of bacterial biofertilizers and foliar fertilizers and their share on the European market
■ The EU subsidies as an instrument for boosting specialty and stabilized fertilizer consumption
■ Specialty and stabilized nitrogen fertilizer market outlook: climate changes and the EU Green Deal as the main drivers of specialties consumption.
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