Program

PRESENTATIONS:

Presentation FGCR

Presentation Titan Machinery

Presentation Vasile Dreve – MADR

Presentation Irina Dimitriu – NNDKP

Presentation BRD – Dan Petre

8:30 – 9:00  Registration & Welcome Coffee

9.00 – 11.00 1st Session 

Topics: 

• What will this year’s cereal production be and how profitable will it be for growers and traders given the evolution of international prices?

• Financing investments in agricultural infrastructure such as silos and irrigation systems. What solutions are available?

• How the agriculture looks in terms of machinery? Present and future outlook.

• What are the prices of local farmland doing and who’s buying it – agricultural investors or real estate speculators?

• Financing solutions for farmers

Invited speakers:

	Cornel Stefan, General Directorate of Rural Development – Managing Authority for PNDR 2007-2013, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
	Dan Petre, Head of Services Department, BRD Groupe Societe Generale
	George Stanson, Business Manager, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Case IH & Steyr Balkans
	Ileana Bratu, Director, FGCR IFN SA
	Victor Emanuel Ciuperca, Area Manager, AMB Holding
	Irina Dimitriu, Senior Associate, Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
	Moderator: Dana Bucur, Agribusiness Consultant, www.agriland2000.com

11.00 – 11.30 – Coffee Break

11.30 – 13.30 2nd Session 

Topics: 

• Implications of the drought on farms and the food industry

• What will the implications of removing national milk quotas after 2015 be for Romanian farmers?

• Agriculture as business: financing options and advisory

• Future opportunities and solutions

Invited speakers:

	Vasile Dreve, Counsellor for European Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
	Neculai Apostol, General Manager, Kosarom
	Sorin Minea, President, Romalimenta
	Johannes Becker, Owner, Becker Consult
	Mitru Crisan, General Manager, Diami Lactate
	Moderator: Dorin Cojocaru, General Director, APRIL

13.30 Networking Lunch