Agenda

 

8th International Conference Fertilizers 2026:
Eastern and Western Europe, Baltic states & Balkans
Vienna, Austria, 20-22 January 2026

The conference will focus on the consequences that the 2025 global political turbulence and fundamental changes in import/export regulations worldwide will have for the European fertilizer market. The agenda will include the latest review of price fluctuations, market challenges and trade restructuring that players of all European markets have recently faced.

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20 January, Tuesday - delegates’ arrival and accommodation / preliminary registration
18:00-20:00

PRELIMINARY REGISTRATION, COCKTAIL RECEPTION

21 January, Wednesday – first conference day
09:00-09:30 REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE
09:30-11:00 Session 1. GLOBAL NATURAL GAS AND FERTILIZER TRENDS. EUROPEAN DECARBONIZATION POLICY: UPDATES ON ITS KEY INSTRUMENTS AND FARMERS’ NEW REALITY Moderator: Tetiana Shershnyova, Executive Editor, Senior analyst of global fertilizer market, WorldFertilizerMarket

Speakers

 

Greg Molnar 1-01

GLOBAL GAS MARKET REVIEW AND OUTLOOK
Greg Molnar, Gaz Analyst, International Energy Agency

 Julia

GLOBAL NITROGEN AND PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER MARKET: 2025 CHALLENGES AND 2026 PROSPECTS
Julia Motsna, Head of WorldFertilizerMarket

 

Dr. Antoine Hoxha без

WHAT’S NEXT IN EU REGULATIONS?
Dr. Antoine Hoxha, Director General, Fertilizers Europe

 Wolfgang Hofmair 1-01

DECARBONIZATION: WHAT NEEDS TO COME NEXT?
Wolfgang Hofmair, Public Affairs Manager Austria, LAT Nitrogen Austria

 
11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30-
13:00		 Session 2. EUROPEAN FERTILIZER AND RAW MATERIALS MARKETS 2025: PRICE TRENDS, TRADE FLOW UPDATES Moderator: Anastasiia Akerman, Executive Editor, Senior Analyst of Global Fertilizer Market, WorldFertilizerMarket

Speakers

 

Evgenia Apostolopoulou-01LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON GLOBAL SULPHUR MARKET AND THEIR IMPACT ON EUROPEAN TRADE FLOWS
Evgenia Apostolopoulou, Marketing Director, Indagro S.A.

 Maria Bezzubova

TBA
Maria Bezzubova, Co-founder, TRUAGRO Ukraine

 

Vladan Popovic 1-01FERTILIZERS MARKET & DIFFERENCES IN THE BALKAN COUNTRIES
Vladan Popovic, Business Development Fertilizers Europe, ETG AGRI INPUTS

Georgi Borisov 1-01TBA
Georgi Borisov, Commercial Director, Agropolychim

 

 
13:00-14:30 LUNCH
14:30-16:00 Discussion. UKRAINE IN FOCUS: A HIGH-VALUE MARKET AT THE HEART OF EUROPEAN FERTILIZER TRADE

Moderator: Julia Motsna, Head of WorldFertilizerMarket
Co-Moderator: Maria Bezzubova, Co-founder, TRUAGRO Ukraine

Topics for discussion:
• Ukraine’s current fertilizer demand and procurement strategies
• Key supply corridors and logistics solutions
• Opportunities for producers from Europe, MENA, Jordan, and South Africa
• Trends shaping the 2026 fertilizer season
• How international suppliers can build strong long-term partnerships in Ukraine

Participants:
Leonid Shnaydman, Commercial Director, Agropartner
TBA, Binfield

22 January, Thursday – second conference day
10:00-12:00 Session 4. INNOVATIONS IN SPECIALTY FERTILIZERS FOR SUSTAINABLE CROP PRODUCTIVITY Moderator Trifon Vasilev-02

Speakers

 

Dr. Manfred Stern 1-01BALANCING SUSTAINABILITY AND PRODUCTIVITY: INNOVATIONS IN NITROGEN STABILIZATION FROM LAB TO FIELD
Dr. Manfred Stern, Global Key Account N-Management, BASF SE

 Trifon

TBA
Trifon Vasilev, International Commercial Agent, CroxX

 

 

Artem Rosliakov 2-01

NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY: SMART COMBINATION OF SYNERGETIC FACTORS
Artem Rosliakov, Head of Eastern Europe & FSU, ICL Growing Solutions Europe

 Ryan Bond 1-01

INNOVATIVE NITROGEN STABILIZATION TECHNOLOGIES: BOOSTING EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE
Ryan Bond, Vice President - Innovation and Business Development, Koch Agronomic Services

 

 

Tetiana Shkarban 1-01INCREASING CROP EFFICIENCY: BIOSTIMULANTS AGAINST HYDRIC STRESS
Tetiana Shkarban, Area Manager, DAYMSA

 

 
12:00-13:00 LUNCH
13:30-17:00 ALBERTINA MUSEUM TOUR