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
15:30

REGISTRATION OPENS
17:00-19:00

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 Tetiana Shershnyova Moderator-02

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 Anastasiia Akerman

Speakers

 

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

 Vladan Popovic 1-01

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

 

Alexis Ellender 1-01

GLOBAL FERTILIZER FREIGHT MARKET: CHALLENGES AND OUTLOOK FOR 2026
Alexis Ellender, Senior Lead, Dry Bulk Insights, Kpler

 Georgi Borisov 1-01

RESILIENT & RELIABLE FERTILIZER SUPPLIES TO UKRAINE
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

Speakers

 

Anastasia Dychakivska-011UKRAINIAN FERTILIZER MARKET RESULTS IN 2025 AND OUTLOOK FOR H1 2026
Anastasiia Dychakivska, Analyst of Ukrainian Fertilizer Market, ChemCourier

 Maria Bezzubova

UKRAINIAN FERTILIZERS IMPORTS GEOGRAPHY TRENDS
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
Valentin Pervanchuk, Head of Procurement and Logistics, Binfield
Dmytro Kazanin, Owner & CEO, Teus Terminal

17:00-20:00                GALA DINNER

22 January, Thursday – second conference day
10:00-12:30 Session 3. INNOVATIONS IN SPECIALTY FERTILIZERS FOR SUSTAINABLE CROP PRODUCTIVITY Moderator Trifon Vasilev-02 26

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

PROTECTING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS VALUE IN COMMODITY FERTILIZERS: FROM LOSS PREVENTION TO PLANT UPTAKE
Trifon Vasilev, Business Development / CEE, CroxX

 

 

Artem Rosliakov 2-01

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

 Tetiana Shkarban 1-01

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

 

 

Dmytro Yakovenko 1-01

MICROBIAL BIOSTIMULANTS FOR SOIL HEALTH AND ABIOTIC STRESS RESILIENCE: EUROPEAN FIELD EXPERIENCE
Dmytro Yakovenko, Head of International Development, BTU Biotech Company

 men

MARKET TRENDS, CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS, AND OUTLOOK: PROJECTIONS FOR 2026
Matthew O’Leary, Managing Director, Aquifert

 
13:00-14:00 LUNCH
14:00-17:00 ALBERTINA MUSEUM TOUR