Agriculture Outlook Europe: London, 23-25 June 2010

Agriculture Outlook Europe 2010

London, 23-25 June 2010

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The 3rd annual Agriculture Outlook Europe is the ONLY place where agriculture businesses and investors come together to discuss agricultural and farmland investment.

Agriculture Outlook is designed to bring investors and agriculture businesses together to find ways of bringing innovation into practice and building an agriculture sector that is efficient, sustainable, and ready to take advantage of the growth opportunity that sits on its doorstep.

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3 DAYS OF DEBATE & NETWORKING

  • Focus on farmland investment with 13 global regions dissected

    Full day dedicated to the risks and opportunities of farmland investment, with 9 case studies from agriculture businesses in South America, Africa, Europe and Asia

  • 50+ speakers: the most comprehensive agriculture investment programme in the world

    No other event brings together leading regional agriculture businesses, world regulators and major end investors to address every current challenge and opportunity

  • Geared towards both the novice and experienced agri investor

    18 major end investors already confirmed at the event, both experienced agricultural investors and those looking to invest in the asset class for the first time

“Excellent speakers – had my attention for the full 3 days without let up"

Peter Hannen, Chairman, MG Global Investment

KEY THEMES FOR 2010

  • Food security and the 2008 price spike

  • Water quality and scarcity

  • Impact of future weather changes on production patterns

  • Competing crops and impact of biofuels

  • Solutions to soil degradation and disease

  • Minimising farmland acquisition risks

  • Combining farmland and farming to maximise returns

  • Opportunities and risks of investing in different farmland regions

  • The business case for GM crops and organic farming

  • Innovation in farming to increase yields and reduce input costs

  • Short-, mid- and long-term commodity price forecasts

SHOULD YOU SPONSOR OR EXHIBIT?

Agriculture Outlook Europe 2010 offers a succinct promotional and commercial development solution to companies that wish to position themselves at the forefront of the Agriculture Sector. This is a major opportunity to enhance branding, reputation and sales by engaging face-to-face with your target audience.

This is your chance to be seen as a market leader and present your message to executives driving the agriculture market. If your company falls into one of the categories below then the Agriculture Outlook Europe 2010 offers you a unique platform to stand out from the crowd.

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AGRICULTURE OUTLOOK SURVEY RESULTS

The Agriculture Outlook Survey has been commissioned to analysis the challenges and opportunities in the industry. The results have now been put together and are available to download.

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“A very enjoyable conference that provided some thought provoking points of view"

Scott Wellcome, General Manager, Bunge UK

NETWORK WITH 40+ SPEAKERS

Keynote speakers

Mariann Fischer Boel

Commissioner for Agriculture & Rural Development

European Commission

Carl L. Hausmann

Managing Director, Global Government and Corporate Affairs

Bunge

David Murrin

Author

Breaking the Code of History

& CIO

Emergent Asset Management

Policy leaders

Clemens Boonekamp

Director, Agriculture Division

World Trade Organization

Alexander Sarris

Director, Trade & Markets Division

FAO of the United Nations

Wayne Jones

Division Head, Agro-food Trade & Markets

OECD

Farming leaders

Alan Boyce

President

Adecoagro (Argentina)

Nick Thompson

CEO

New Britain Palm Oil (Papua New Guinea)

Albert Maknawi

Deputy COO

Kencana (Indonesia)

Dr Tan Siang Hee

Former CEO

HLH Agri International (Singapore)

Vitaliy Skotsyk

CEO

Landkom International (Ukraine)

David Carr

Managing Director

Frankland River Olive Co (Australia)

Siegfried Hofreiter

CEO

KTG Agrar (Germany)

Renato Cassim Cavalini

Managing Partner and CEO

Brookfield Brazil Agri (Group)

François Strydom

Director of Operations

Senwes (South Africa)

Oscar Alvarado

CEO

El Tejar (Argentina)

Tom Green

CEO

Spearhead International (UK)

Mark Moore

Manager, Special Opportunities

Bunge (US)

End investors

Rik Plomp

Senior Investment Manager

PGGM

Jos Lemmens

Senior Portfolio Manager Commodities

APG

Jose M. Minaya

Director, Agriculture & Global Private Markets

TIAA-CREF

Peter Wallach

Head of Pension Fund

Merseyside Pension Fund

Dr Amir Ali Farman-Farma

Member of Investment Committee

Flora Family Foundation

David Larsen

Chairman of Trustees

BMS Group

URL to Article
https://farmlandgrab.org/post/13341
Source
Terrapinn http://www.terrapinn.com/2010/agri/

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