25 Seminar Programme

25th ISO SEMINAR - PROGRAMME

Tuesday, 29th November 2016
08.00	Registration
09.20	Opening Remarks	Mr. José Orive, Executive Director, ISO and Chairman of 2016 Silver Jubilee Seminar
09.30	ANALYSIS & PERSPECTIVES FOR THE WORLD OF SUGAR
	Keynote Speaker	Mr. Stefan Uhlenbrock, Head of Sugar & Coffee Analysis, FO Licht, Germany
	The View from the Trade - Commentary	Mr. Emmanuel Jayet, Head of Research, SUCDEN, France
		Mr. Alejandro Eito, White Sugar Trading Manager, Alvean, Geneva
10.15 - 10.45	Coffee break
10.45	EU 2017: CHALLENGES & UNCERTAINTIES
	Mr. Gerald Mason, Vice President, EU Affairs & Strategy, ASR, UK
	Mr. Jamie Fortescue, Managing Director, Starch Europe, Brussels
	Mr. Hartwig Fuchs, Chief Executive Officer, Nordzucker, Germany
12.00	KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Sustainable Investment and Management of Sugar Plants
	Mr. Bernd Langhans, Manager Global Sales, SIEMENS AG, Germany
13.00 - 14.45	Lunch break
14.45	SUGAR in MENA
	Mr. Jamal Al Ghurair, Managing Director, Al Khaleej Sugar, Dubai
	Mr. Mohamed El-Feky, Chief Strategy Officer, Al Nouran Sugar, Egypt
	Mr Jean-François Javoy, General Secretary, Finance, Cristal Union, France
16.00 - 16.30	Coffee break
16.30	CUBA: OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE
	Main Aspects of the Foreign Investment Law in Cuba	Ms. Olena Navas, Economic and Commercial Counsellor, Cuban Embassy, London
	Evolution & Perspectives of Cuba’s Sugar Industry	Mr. Didier Estévez Guerrero, Vice President AZCUBA, Havana
18.00	Close of first day
18.30	Reception: Museum of London Docklands, 1 Warehouse, West India Quay, London E14 4AL courtesy of Südzucker AG

Wednesday, 30th November 2016
09.00	DIVERSIFICATION + INTEGRATION = SUCCESS
	Mr. Konrad Halwax, Managing Director, Sales, AGRANA, Austria
	Nicaragua: Diversification = Success, a case study	Mr. Mario Amador, General Manager, CNPA, Nicaragua
	Sugar Insurance Fund Board of Mauritius: A Unique Success Story	Dr. Rajan Jugurnath, CEO, Sugar Insurance Fund Board, Mauritius
10.15 - 10.45	Coffee Break
10.45	THE VIEW FROM THE FINANCIAL SIDE
	Mr. Marc Staal, Global Sector Head Grains, Oilseeds & Sugar, Rabobank, Global F&A Sector Banking, The Netherlands
	Mr. Maxime Puget, Associate Director, Corporate Ratings, Standard and Poor’s Rating Services, London
12.00	THE RESEARCH ANALYST PERSPECTIVE
	Kona Haque, Head of Research, E D & F Man, London
12.30 - 14.30	Lunch break
14.30	THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
	The Smart Cane Initiative	Mr. Paul Schembri, President Canegrowers Australia
	The Success of Fortification of Sugar	Dr. Héctor Cori, Nutrition Science Director, DSM Latin America
	Building a top class infrastructure	Mr. Uwe Schwanke, Member of the Board (CTO), BMA, Germany
16.00	A VISION OF SUSTAINABILITY
	Keynote address	Dr. Thomas Kirchberg, Board Member, Südzucker AG, Germany
16.30	Close of seminar
*For reasons not under the organizers’ control, this agenda may be altered until the date of the event.*