Grain Ukraine 2025: Seeking New Profitability in Agriculture

On May 29-30, Kyiv will host Grain Ukraine 2025, an annual international conference for agricultural market leaders. This year's theme, “Seeking New Profitability,” is dedicated to the transformations required by the new grain economy in times of war, climate change, new EU regulations, and trade challenges.

Grain Ukraine 2025 will bring together more than 600 participants — farmers, exporters, logisticians, traders, processors, representatives of international organizations and the government.

The conference will be opened by Andrey Stavnitser, founder of Grain Ukraine, co-owner and CEO of TIS port, and founder of Superhumans. Among the international speakers of the event are Priscilla Toffano, IMF Resident Representative for Ukraine; Jonathan Grange, Partner at Sunstone Brokers; Petr Krogman, Owner of Agromino and President of the Ukrainian-Czech Chamber of Commerce; Ahmed Amin, Founder and CEO of Sprint Trading; Thomas Mielke, Editor-in-Chief of OIL WORLD and CEO of ISTA Mielke GmbH; Manuel Alcaraz, General Manager of Cereales y Harinas Garsan S.L. (CYH Garsan); Bjoern Stendel, CEO of Getreide AG Ukraine; Pieter Vrins, Head of Trade at Allseeds and others.

Ukrainian officials and business leaders joining the discussions include Vitaliy Koval, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine; Andrii Teliupa, Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine; Andrii Moisieienko, Director of the Corporate Business Department for the Private Sector at Ukreximbank; Svitlana Nikitiuk, Head of the Department for Agrarian Affairs of the Company Epicenter K; Mykhailo Hranchak, Managing Director of the Investment Banking Department at Dragon Capital; Alla Biniashvili, Member of the Management Board of OTP Bank; Serhii Shchepanskyi, Chairman of the Management Board at Agroprosperis Bank; Dmytro Kashpor, CEO of Adama Ukraine LLC; Oleksandr Golovin, Commercial Director for Ukraine at Kernel; Yuriy Skichko, CEO of Hermes-Trading LLC; Yurii Sharapaiev, Director of Prime Grain Oil LLC; Dmytro Lynnyk, Head of Logistics Department at MOST LT; Volodymyr Slavinsky, Director for Trade of NIBULON; and Tetiana Alaverdova, Commercial Director of UKRPROMINVEST-AGRO.

Among the key panel discussions of the event:

• «From Competition to Cooperation: How to Build an Effective Marginal Chain from Farmer to Foreign Consumer»
• «Seeking New Profitability in the Agricultural Sector: A Perspective Through the Lens of Global Challenges»
• «Echoes of the Past and Challenges of the Future: Strengthening the Global Position of Ukrainian Grain»
• «Logistics Business amid High Competition and Low Demand: Strategies for Maintaining Profitability»
• «Oilseed Market: Challenges of Deglobalization»
• «Restoring Investment Financing: Where to Find Funds for Development Projects Now?»
• «Competitiveness Models for Farmers in Europe and Ukraine»
• «From fields to ports: How EUDR is reshaping Ukrainian grain supply chains»

The evening program of Grain Ukraine 2025 will be dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the event. The partner of the evening program is French sparkling wine Mer de Glace — a passion for adventures inspired by nature. The headliner of the evening is the incendiary, charismatic, sincere and unlike any other band Kozak System. The event will also include a charity fundraiser for the rehabilitation of patients at the Superhumans Center.

Details and registration at Grain Ukraine 2025: https://tinyurl.com/4j6u3vx6

The event is organized by IdeasFirst. The general partners are Atria Brokers, Ukreximbank and Famsun. The partners of the annual conference are SD Capital investment company and TIS terminal group, and the content partner of the conference is Trend & Hedge Club.

The GRAIN UKRAINE conference is an international industry platform for dialogue between the largest representatives of the agricultural market, heads of agri-food companies, commercial and investment banks, as well as technological trendsetters in the agricultural sector, which has existed since 2016. It discusses the latest trends in the agricultural market, as well as the development of sustainable business models and the introduction of technological agricultural innovations.