PROGRAM

of the International Conference
«CIS Sugar Market 2023.
Stability of Supply and New Challenges»
23 March, 2023
2, Evropa Square, Moscow
Radisson-Slavyanskaya Hotel

09:00 – 09:20
09:00 – 09:20
Opening remarks
09:20 – 11:00
09:20 – 11:00
Session 1. CIS Sugar Market: experience of last year, adaptation to modern conditions
Will the CIS be able to maintain self-sufficiency in sugar in the new macroeconomic and geopolitical reality?
New sugar industry development programs and FTAs with the CIS countries Adjacent markets’ influence on the sugar trade
Sugar trends and their impact on the confectionary industry

Invited: CIS Secretariat, Eurasian Economic Commission, CIS banks and soft commodities exchanges

Q&A
11:00 – 11:30
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00
11:30 – 13:00
Session 2. Global energy crisis, inflation and sugar prices
How will the world sugar market dynamics affect the CIS market?
How does the global energy crisis impact world sugar prices?
Macroeconomic factors and their influence on sugar cost of production
The expected changes in sugar trade flows in 2023/24 - the focus on Asian and MENA countries


Q&A
13:00 – 14:30
13:00 – 14:30
Lunch break
14:30 – 16:30
14:30 – 16:30
Session 3. How to improve the stability of the supply chain from beet growers to final consumer?
The agricultural futures trade and its contribution to better competitiveness on the domestic market
Eurasian sugar beet hybrid – utopia or reality?
Sugar by-products and other agricultural sectors How to improve productivity of the beet sugar sector?

Invited: TransContainer, Ministries of agriculture of the CIS countries, seed producers, fertilizers producers, agricultural machinery producers, agrobusiness

Q&A
16:30
16:30
Conclusions and closing remarks