Public Discussion Event at AGRITECHNICA 2007 (Draft)

Time

Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Organisers

• DLG International Partnership Committee
• VDMA Agricultural Machinery Association
• Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations, Agriculture

Venue

AGRITECHNICA 2007, Exhibition Grounds Hanover, CC, Room 3 A

Words of Welcome

• Welcome
  Werner Kiene, World Bank, Washington D.C., Member of the DLG International Partnership Committee, Frankfurt/M.
  
  Dr. Franz-Georg von Busse, Chairman of the Agriculture Section of the Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations, Berlin

Introduction

• Welcome and Introduction
  Representative of the Russian Ministry Of Agriculture
  Dr. Bernd Scherer, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation; Moscow

Moderation and
Discussion Chair
 

Dr. Bernd Scherer, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation; Moscow

Topics

• Establishing a successful brand name in green forage technology in Russia
  Vladimir Zakamskov, Chairman Klever (Russia)
   
• Kverneland Group – Market Approach – Expansion plan for the CIS
  Ingvald Løyning, CEO Kverneland Group
  Wolfgang Kreienbaum, General Manager Kverneland Group Soest GmbH
   
• Service for agricultural machinery in Eastern Europe
  Dr. Viktor Buxmann, Amazonen Werke H. Dreyer GmbH Co. KG
   
• Discussion

New Markets

• Belarus: an overview of agricultural machinery – overall situation, promotion programmes and market prospects
  Representative from the Belarus Ministry of Agriculture/ Ministry of Industry (Belarus)
   
• Kazakhstan: new markets
  Representative from the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan, (Kazakhstan)
   
• Ukraine: opportunities and challenges for international investors
  Dietrich Treis, O.L.T. Consult GmbH (Ukraine)
   
• Discussion

Admission is free for visitors to Agritechnica 2007
Simultaneous interpreting German/English/Russian