9Th International Conference

Where the Margin Is

9th International Conference

for agricultural producers
and suppliers of agricultural

inputs and services

February 1-2, 2018

Moscow, Radisson Slavianskaya Hotel

ikar.ru/wherethemarginis

Press release #1 as of November 24, 2017

Represented sponsors, speakers and participants

IX-th International agricultural conference WHERE the MARGIN 2018

We are highly pleased to offer you the early bird registration at the biggest Russia’s private agribusiness event: annual International agricultural conference Where the Margin Is, 2018. Over the previous eight years the Conference has become the highest caliber event for the Russian and CIS agribusiness.

This year organizers change and extend the format: it will be two-day event. First day the conference will be held from 15:00 to 19:00 and will be devoted to most acute issues of domestic agriculture. Second day will be held in a traditional format.

The Conference "Where the margin is 2018" will be held onFebruary 1-2, 2018, in the Radisson Slavianskaya Hotel in Moscow.

9-th International Conference for agricultural producers and suppliers of agricultural inputs and services is meant for agricultural producers, farm land investors, inputs manufacturers, dealers and distributors, financiers, insurers, agribusiness investors, policy makers.

We believe the Conference will stimulate the exchange of news and new ideas, establish new business contacts, and contribute to better corporate strategies and government decisions.

Over the previous eight years, the Conference has become the highest caliber event covering CIS agricultural sector. It features the most qualified speakers, attendance of the highest ranking agribusiness executives, and a large productive capacity (since inception, the «land bank» of attending companies increased from 2.7 to 6.5 MHA of arable land).

The conference is meant for big and biggest agricultural producers, ag inputs manufacturers, dealers and distributors, financiers, insurers, agricultural and agribusiness investors, policy makers.

The purpose of the Conference is to create the platform where agricultural producers and their counterparts along the vertical supply chain meet together and have a complex discussion on opportunities and challenges of the upcoming crop marketing year and the years ahead.

As usual, among the 2018 Conference speakers are to be:

Key industry financiers and investors
Technological leaders
Reps of leading domestic agricultural and agribusiness companies
High ranking reps of key state regulatory and ag policies agencies

During all the conference lifetime theIKARteam of analysts will be available for informal talks on various vertical commodity markets, such as grains, oilseeds, sugar, meats, dairy and vegetables.

Over the previous eight years the Conference has become the highest caliber event forthe Russian and CIS agribusiness. On February 1-2, 2018, we, as usual, will offer the participantsthe most acute and adequate agenda, highly qualified speakers, and attendance of the highest ranking agribusiness executives. We look forward to seeing you and your colleagues at our event!

Among the registered participants:

Agrokultura, ADAMA RUS, Agro-Luks, Agrosila, Agrorus & Co, Altai Flour Mills, Management Company ASB, AVGUST, BASF, Cargill, Cherkizovo, CHS Agromarket, Concern Pokrovsky, Trade House Dominant, E D & F Man, IDAVANG Agro, Intergrain S.A., Investprom-Opt, Ivanteevsky Elevatormelmash, KUHN VOSTOK, Glencore Agro, John Deere Agricultural Holdings, Inc., Kristall-Trade, LILIANI, Malteurop Russia, Monsanto Rus, Moscow-McDonald's, Moscow Mill Combinat No. 3, Neral-Agrocentr, NOVOSIBIRSK FOOD CORPORATION, Plodorodie, Sovkhoz imeni Kirova, Agroholding "STEPPE", Sucden (Russia), TH Razdolie, Rusagro-Center, Rusagro-Invest, Russkij Dom, Group of Companies TRIO, "Vorontsovskiy" Trade House, SP Vyazovo, Zerno-Resurs.

"Star Session": During the Conference there will be a Round Table devoted to the forthcoming CME's in cooperation with Platts's launch of new Black Sea wheat and corn futures contracts. If successful, this endeavor may radically change the positioning of Black Sea countries agriculture on the global food market. We are very pleased to announce the participation in the relevant discussion of representatives of Platts, McDonald Pelz, INTL FCStone, and the powerful Russian grain export trade houses.

Speakers and Round tables participants:

Artyom Belov, Executive director, National union of milk producers;
Andrey Bodin, Chairman, Russian sugar union;
Varvara Burlevich, Head of tax risks and tax audits Department, Federal Taxation Service;
Yuri Kovalev, General director, Union of pig producers;
Sergey Korolev, President, National union of vegetables and fruits producers;
Mikhail Maltsev, Executive director, Fats and Oils Union of Russia;
Jeffrey McPike, Manager of Global Marketing for McDonald Pelz Global Commodities;
Oleg Radin, President, Association of starch and starch pproducts of Russia;
Dmitry Rylko, General director, IKAR.

Sponsors:

Syngenta

Since the formation of Syngenta in 2000, out of the agri-businesses of Zeneca and Novartis, the company has established itself as a leader in the Russian crop protection market and one of the largest suppliers of quality hybrid seeds. With a wide network of representative offices in 35 Russian cities and more than 500 employees in 2017 (more than doubled since 2007) Syngenta has been continuously expanding its operations into the country. Syngenta has a strong history of local operations in Russia and is committed to continuing investment and localization as the company moves forward and the business grows. 34% of total Syngenta Sunflower seeds volume and 36% of total Syngenta Corn seeds volume is produced in Russia. More than 30% of total Syngenta CP volume is produced locally – at the "Agrokhimikat" plant in Kirovo-Chepetsk.

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions

Established in 1863 in Switzerland, Swiss Re is a global leader of the international reinsurance market. Working since 2009 in Russia, the Food & Agriculture team of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions provides innovative risk transfer solutions, such as yield index, weather index, revenue hedge, drought index, quality index, to leading agro holdings, input suppliers, sugar plants, crushing plants, banks and other agriculture-related corporates along the agribusiness value chain.

The conference WHERE the MARGIN 2018 was supported by the leading Russian and world business news agencies Thomson-Reuters, Grain-online, as well as the agricultural media.

Post-release-2017, photo reports1, 2,media feedback, and materials of the previous conferences "Where the margin is"

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