Fertilizer Latino Americano Conference 2016 Brochure

Closing Cocktail Party Sponsor An Argus FMB and CRU collaborationOpening Cocktail Party SponsorLanyard SponsorGold Sponsors Registration SponsorFertilizersSeat Drop SponsorFuLL PROGRAMME INSIDEJOIN uS AT THE LEADING FERTILIzER EvENT IN LATIN AMERICASPEAkERS INCLuDE:Register now at www.argusmedia.com/flaFertilizer Latino Americano27-29 January 2016Hilton Hotel Cartagena, ColombiaOlaf Hektoen Head of BU Latin America (ex. Brazil) YaraJeff Holzman Director, Market Research PotashCorpPablo Pussetto Commercial Manager ProfertilRay Dowbenko Senior Agronomy Specialist Agrium Guillermo Acha President YPFbPatricia Imas Chief Agronomist ICL Fertilizers  OvER 300 COMPANIESOvER 50 COuNTRIES REPRESENTED600 ATTENDEES7 reasons to attend the conference:Save $150 with the early bird discount - Register before 6 November www.argusmedia.com/fla fmb.conferences@argusmedia.com +44 (0) 20 7780 4340Here’s who you could meet:• Abo Zaabal Fertilizers & Chemicals • Adfert Aditivos Indústria e Comércio • ADNOC • Adufértil Fertilizantes • AGEMAR • Agrifert Farm Inputs • Agrium • AgroBrasConsult • Agrofertrans • Agronova International • Alex Stewart Agriculture • Ameropa • Anacofer • Anagra • ANDRITZ Separation • Angara • Anglo American • Applied Chemical Technology • Arab Potash • Arasco • Arch Trading • Arrmaz • Banco Mizuho do Brasil • Baxtery Trading • Belarusian Potash Company • Belco Resources • BHP Billiton Marketing Asia • Bio Huma Netics • BMO Capital Markets • BNDES • Brazil Potash • Broyeurs Poittemill Ingénierie • BTG Pactual Commodities • Canfornav Inc. • Canpotex International • Cargill • CDI Comunicação Corporativa • CF Industries • CFI Holding • Chatham Rock Phosphate • Chengdu Rocca • CHS Agronegócio • CHS Europe • CIAMSA • Cibrafertil - Companhia Brassileira de Fertilizantes • Colinagro • Comercial Agrocenter • Comexport Cia De Comercio Exterior • Compass Minerals • Cosmocel • DASCO • Delcorp • DOMO Caproleuna • Dreymoor Fertilizers Overseas • DSM Produtos Nutricionais Brasil • EcoPhos • El Colono Agropecuario • Equilíbrio Fertilizantes • Etimine • EuroChem Trading • Euroports • FAMESA Explosivos • Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim • FBC Logistics • Fednav Brasil Agencia Maritima • Fertagro • Fertiberia • Fertimport • Fertinagro Nutrientes • Fertipar Fertilizantes do Paraná • Fertisa • Fitco International • FLSmidth • Fluid Fert International • Focus Ventures • Fosfatos Del Pacifico • Frontera Minerals • Galvani Ind Com e Serviços • Gavilon Fertilizer • GB Minerals • Glencore do Brasil • Grodno Azot • GrowMax Agri Corp. • Grupo Agroalfa • Gulf Petrochemical Industries • Haifa Chemicals • Haldor Topsoe America Latina • Hasse Consultoria e Projetos • Heliopotasse • Helm • Hobac • Hubei Dongsheng Chemical • IC Potash • ICL Brasil • ICL Fertilizers • INCOFE • Indagro • ING BANK • Inkabor • InnoPhos • INTA Argentine • Intermarítima Portos e Logística • Intertrade Group • IPNI • ITERUM Internacional • J & S Technical Services • JF Investimentos • JM Fertilizer • K+S Kali • Kemapco • Keystone Logistics • Keytrade • Koch Fertilizer • Kumark Company • Lanxess • Los Grobo Agropecuaria • Louis Dreyfus Commodities Suisse • Lumpp SAS • Ma’aden • Maersk Line • Manuchar • Maschinenfabrik Köppern • Mejisulfatos • Mekatrade Asia • Microfertisa • Micromix Planth Health Fertilizantes do Brasil • Minera Santa Rita • Ministry of Agriculture - Brazil • Minstry of Energy and Mines of Peru • Mitra S.K. do Brasil Inspeções e Analises • Mitsubishi Inernational Corporation • Mitsui & Co. • Modul • Monomeros • NAQ Global Companies • Naviera Chilena del Pacifico • New China Chemicals • Nidera Sementes • Nitora Commodities • Nitron • Noble • Oakley • OCI • OCP • Omnia Fertilizantes • Pan American Grain • Petrobras Distribuidora • Pequiven • PhosAgro • Potafertz Fertilizantes Representacao Comercial • Potash Corp. • Prayon • Produquimica • Profertil • Qingdao Hitrust Import And Export • Quantum Fertilizers • Rabobank • Raizen Energy • Rexnord Industries • Rio Tinto Minerals • Rosier • SABIC • SaFert Trading Consultoria • Samsung C&T Corporation • Shell Sulphur • Siemens Turbomachinery Equipment • SIACESP • SINPRIFERT • SLC Agricola • Sociedad Industrial Tierra • Solex Thermal Science Inc. • Soquimich Comercial • SQM • Stamicarbon • Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp • Tessenderlo • The Mosaic Company • Timac Agro • Trammo • Transmerquim de Guatemala • UBS • Ultramar do Brasil • Unimar Agenciamentos Maritimos • Uralchem Trading • Uralkali • Valagro • VALE Fertilizantes • Valor Econômico • Votorantim Metais • Wittraco de Mexico • Yara • Yargus Manufacturing • Yingkou Magnesite Chemical Ind • Zeeland Seaports • and many more…Attending countries include:New for 2016Two themed cocktail partiesNetworking AppHear the latest on innovations in new technologies and specialty product formulationsCreate new product formulations for overcoming sulphur deficiencies in BrazilGain an understanding of the latest market developments in Latin America and how this is impacting global fertilizer trade Hear the latest on slow and controlled release fertilizer technologyYou will network with senior decision makers - you will receive the full contact delegate list 6 weeks prior to the event to enable you to arrange your meetings in advanceDevelop products for crop yield increase with enhanced efficiency fertilizersAccess to delegates from 17 Latin America countries including, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Uruguay and Bolivia Your chance to meet the biggest players in the market from across the fertilizer supply chainRegional Fertilizer Markets Technology and Innovations Track - NEwGlobal Fertilizer MarketsStrategic Developments in Latin AmericaRegistration, Coffee and Exhibition Open9.00 - 17.00 18.30 - 20.30N, P, k MarketsWednesday 27 JanuaryThursday 28 January8.30 Registration and Coffee9.20 Chair’s Opening Remarks9.30 Keynote Address: Expectations for Growth in the Latin American Fertilizer Market in 2016Olaf Hektoen, Head of BU Latin America (ex. Brazil), Yara 10.00 Roundtable Discussion: Agricultural Outlook for Latin America• Crop economics• How is agricultural production changing?• Crop type trendsJohn Baffes, Senior Economist, World BankClaudio Ebert, Supply Manager, SLC AgricolaSteven Zahniser, Agricultural Economist, USDA-ERS10.40 Fertilizer Consumption Volumes in Brazil and the Impact on Global Trade Flows• Changes to local credit markets• Where will product go?• Outlook for 201611.10 Coffee Break14.25 Chair’s Opening Remarks14.30 Expectations for Fertilizer Consumption in Argentina in 2016• Impacts of the local economic situation • Factors impacting consumption• Agricultural development outlook• Expected changes in crop configuration and nutrient demandPablo Pussetto, Commercial Manager, Profertil14.50 N,P and K Usage in Colombia and Market Trends• Consumption volumes• Imported products• Market potentialOlaf Hektoen, Head of BU Latin America (ex. Brazil), Yara Colombia15.10 Mexican Fertilizer Exports and Market Drivers• Trade flows• Market outlook• Are fertilizer prices affected by competition? 15.30 Coffee Break14.25 Chair’s Opening Remarks14.30 Integrating Agronomy and Fertilizer Production• Requirements for feed grains and sustainability • Improving productivity with technology• How can the fertilizer industry increase efficacy?John Sinden, Senior Partner, JSA 15.00 Slow and Controlled Release Fertilizer Technology Developments and Accessibility to Products• Regional users• Access to products• Improving N use efficiencyRay Dowbenko, Senior Agronomy Specialist, Agrium15.30 Opportunities for Crop Yield Increase with Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers• Nutrient use efficiency• Fertilizer technologies• Farming profitsDr. Cleiton Sequeira, Manager, Agronomy & Specialty Sales, Koch Agronomic Services 16.00 Coffee Break16.30 Increases in Yield and Quality of Cocoa Crops in Tropical America – Fertilizer Success and Challenges Ahead• Changes in cocoa nutrition• New high-yielding varieties• Fermentation techniquesRaúl Jaramillo, Director, International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) 13.10 – 14.25 Networking Lunch - Hosted by: Fertilizers11.40 Global Urea Outlook and the Impact on the Latin American Market• New capacity in the AmericasFrances Wollmer, Principal, Fertilizer Consulting, Argus FMB12.10 Phosphates Market Trends and Opportunities• Import expectations for 2016• Domestic consumption 12.40 Potash Supply and Demand Dynamics• Consumption volumes in Brazil• Will demand continue to increase?• New projectsJeff Holzman, Director, Market Research, PotashCorp16.00 Global NPK Trade• Movement to NPK production• NPK trade flows • Key development regions Mounir Halim, Business Development, Argus FMBHosted by:COCKTAIL PARTYFriday 29 JanuaryPricing Expectations and Implications for Trade Crop Analysis and Agronomic StrategiesNew Projects9.00 Coffee9.30 Chair’s Opening Remarks9.40 The Outlook for Fertilizer Prices in 2016• Factors impacting prices Alistair Wallace, Head of Nitrogen Research, CRU10.10 Crop Price Expectations for 2016 • The impact of crop prices on the fertilizer sector• Pricing forecastAlan Jorge Bojanic, Representative for Brazil, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)10.40 Coffee Break11.10 Bolivia: The New Urea Exporter in the RegionGuillermo Acha, President, YPFB11.40 Impacts of New Fertilizer Projects in Latin America • Will there be oversupply in the market? • Where will products go? • Proposed projects 9.00 Coffee9.30 Chair’s Opening Remarks9.40 Exploring the Compatibility of Speciality Fertilizer Products on Latin American Crops David Hernandez, Director Research & Alliances, Plant Nutrition, Compass Minerals10.10 Micronutrient Fertilizer Formulations Tailored to Latin American Crops• Crop deficiencies • Technical developments Hector de la Cerda, Sales Manager, Latin America, Etimine10.40 Coffee Break11.10 Fluid Fertilizer Use in Latin America and the Impacts on Crop Yields• Consumption by country and crop • Fluid fertilizer types and application methods for major crops • Fertilization strategies for achieving high- yielding crops and minimizing environmental impacts • Market and technological trends for near and medium termMartin Torres Duggan, Senior Consultant, Tecnoagro 11.40 Adapting S Speciality Products to Increase Crop Yields • Performance and characteristics • The need for sulphur application• Crop studies and benefits of using PolysulphatePatricia Imas, Chief Agronomist, ICL Fertilizers12.10 Water Soluble Fertilizer Market Expectations for Latin America• Fertigation application of water soluble fertilizers• Grain and fertilizer price impacts17.00 The Importance of Sulphur for Crop Production in the Americas • Upward trend in S fertilizer demand• Crop deficient areas Wesley Haun, Agronomist - Crop Performance Division, Tiger-Sul - H.J. Baker Bro17.30 End of Presentations12.30 Networking Lunch - Hosted by: 18.30 - 20.30 Cocktail Party16.20 Assessing China’s Urea Production and Trade with Latin America• Trade volumes• N, P and K supply volumes to Latin AmericaGao Li, Manager of Marketing and Information Department, China Nitrogen Fertilizer Industry Association (CNFIA)16.40 Middle Eastern Fertilizer Production• Buying requirements in Latin America• Trade flow expectations17.00 Changes to the US Market and Impacts on Latin America• Demand drivers• The import balance between Brazil, Argentina and Mexico• Supply and demand trends17.20 End of PresentationsHosted by:Enjoy excellent networking opportunities with drinks and canapés Sponsorship Position your business in front of senior and influential audience representing the leaders of the fertilizer industryAttract new business through enhanced visibility and exposure to a senior level audienceGain recognition during one of our prestigious networking receptionsExhibiting There are a limited number of exhibition stands available to hire at the conferenceShowcase your products and services and generate essential sales leadsYour company profile will be included in Fertilizer Focus, our bi-monthly publication that reaches subscribers and attendees at other industry eventsMeeting Room Hire There are a limited number of rooms to hire at the conference – this is a popular option for anyone who wants to do business at the eventOption to have your company name and email advertised on the conference website to allow delegates to contact you directlyFor detailed information about all of the additional packages at the conference, please contact us: fmb.conferences@argusmedia.com +44 (0) 20 7780 4340 www.argusmedia.com/fla Conference Location - Cartagena, ColombiaIf you want to stand out from the crowd - take advantage of a range of sponsorship options. Choose from a variety of options which we can tailor to meet your business objectives:Cartagena combines the attractions and amenities of a Caribbean beach resort with a unique old city which dates from the 16th century and gives a fascinating insight into the history of Latin America. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the old walled city is an atmospheric maze of cobbled streets, beautiful squares, and colonial architecture sitting side by side with superb restaurants and buzzing bars – making it an unforgettable destination. Explore the nearby shores of Isla de Barú and Islas del Rosario - well known for their coral reefs and scuba diving and reachable by boat.Getting ThereThere are 20+ flights from Bogota to Cartagena a day and flight connections from over 10 international locations outside of Colombia, making your trip flexible to suit your diary. The conference hotel is only a 15 minute drive from the airport. 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