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. UPDATES ON EU REGULATION POLICY.

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

TBA
Dr. Antoine Hoxha, Director General, Fertilizers Europe


 

11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30-
13:00
Session 2. EUROPEAN DECARBONISATION POLICY:
UPDATES ON ITS KEY INSTRUMENTS AND FARMERS’ NEW REALITY
Moderator Julia Motsna-02

Speakers


 

Dr. Antoine Hoxha безTBA
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

 

13:00-14:30 LUNCH
14:30-16:00 Session 3. EUROPEAN FERTILIZER AND RAW MATERIALS MARKETS 2025: PRICE TRENDS, TRADE FLOW UPDATES
Speakers

 

Evgenia Apostolopoulou-01

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

Maria BezzubovaTBA
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

men

TBA
Agropolychim

 

23 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

 

 

menTBA
Matthew O’Leary, Managing Director, Aquifert

Artem Rosliakov 2-01NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY: SMART COMBINATION OF SYNERGETIC FACTORS
Artem Rosliakov, Head of Eastern Europe & FSU, ICL Growing Solutions Europe

 

 

Ryan Bond 1-01INNOVATIVE 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