August 22

09:00-10:25

Registration of conference participants

10:25-10:40

Opening ceremony

Welcoming speech from Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Autonomous Republic of Crimea, organizers and sponsors

Session 1.

Domestic and foreign table grape markets: situation and outlook

11:00-11:30

Ukrainian market for table grapes: situation and outlook

Tetiana Getman, Head of Fruit-Inform, Ukraine

11:30-11:40

Investment attractiveness of the grape business in Ukraine. Funding and projects recoupment

Steve Wright, Agro Capital Management, Ukraine

11:40-12:00

The table grape market in Chile and Argentina

Vladimir Volkov, Leading Nurseryman, Ukraine

Session 2.

Table grape production master classes

12:00-12:25

High-yield grape varieties in Ukraine. Yields of up to 50-70 MT/ha

Speaker TBC

12:25-12:50

Modern technologies of grape growing in USA, Europe and New Zealand and their adaptation to Ukrainian conditions (open and protected growing)

Mikhail Pavlivskiy, Director of LPKh Pavlivskiye, Ukraine

12:50-13:20

Table grape production in Ukraine. Promising varieties and new technologies

Vladimir Yarmilka, Expert, Master of Agriculture, Ukraine

13:20-13:40

Viticulture in different climatic zones of Ukraine

Speaker TBC

13:40-14:40

Lunch break. Press-conference for journalists

Session 3.

New viticulture technologies

14:40-15:00

Choice of agrichemistry solutions for viticulture in different climatic zones of Ukraine

Dmitriy Vereschagin, Regional Representative in Crimea, Bayer CropScience, Ukraine

15:00-15:20

Bionur product as an efficient protection of grapes against frosts

Ibragim Aksu, International Expert, Turkey

15:20-15:40

Advanced technological solutions for production of grafts

Speaker TBC

15:40-15:50

Choice of machinery for the grape growing business

Aleksandr Kulik, Director of Euroagromarket 1, Ukraine

Session 4.

Grape processing and handling: up-to-date technologies

15:50-16:10

Modern technologies of grape quality retention

Konstantin Shvets, General Director, Fito-Mag, Russia

16:10-16:20

Up-to-date technologies of grape handling and packaging

Speaker TBC

16:20-16:30

Solutions for grape cooling

Dmitriy Lipchin, Cooling and Storage Consultant, Astra, Ukraine

16:30-16:50

Different technologies of grape processing (sublimation, freezing etc.)

Speaker TBC

16:50-17:00

Grape long-term storage solutions

Hans Reimerink, Area Manager, Van Amerongen CA Technology BV, Нидерланды

Session 5.

Modern approaches to grape marketing

17:00-17:20

Table grape exports. Necessary conditions and exports potential

Speaker TBC

17:20-17:40

Wholesale market as a stable tool in grape sales in Ukraine

Roman Fedishin, President of Association of Wholesale Markets of Ukraine

17:40-18:00

Trade in grapes in supermarkets: peculiarities of collaboration between growers and retailers

Spearker TBC

18:00-18:10

Summing-up of the conference

18:30-22:00

Gala-dinner for exhibitors and conference participants