Cold Chain Eurasia

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
FOR UNBROKEN COLD CHAIN

19 SEPTEMBER 2024

Saint Petersburg, CEC "Expoforum"

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About conference

The 'Cold Chain Eurasia' International Conference for Unbroken Cold Chain is aimed at uniting all players of supply chain that transport temperature-sensitive goods through-out the territory of Russia, China, India, Iran, EAEU etc.

Participants' Benefits

For carriers and storage operators Cold Chain Eurasia gives Opportunity:

Establish direct contacts and hold meetings with the consignors' top managment
Find new clients among Russian and foreign businesses
Increase cargo transportation volumes
Elaborate solutions for high-quality quality transportation and storage of temperature-sensitive cargo etc.

For consignors Cold Chain Eurasia gives Opportunity:

Choose up-to-date solutions for the transportation of goods
Get the best offer from leaders in logistics & refrigeration
Quickly and effectively conduct negotiations with potential partners etc.

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Terms of participation

Access to the conference is granted only to personal tickets holders.

Ticket price:

Registered before June 18, 2024 - 260 EURO*
Registered between June 19, 2024 and August 18, 2024 - 310 EURO*
Registered after August 19, 2024 - 360 EURO*

Consigners participation is FREE OF CHARGE.

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* (exempt from VAT)

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Business program 2024

09:00 - 10:00

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10:00 - 11:30

Opening of the Session

Welcoming address:
Oleg Kobyakov, Director, Branch, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Liaison Office with the Russian Federation

“Competitiveness of Russia in the Global ColdChain Market” Plenary session

Key questions:

Food safety agenda, its place and role in Russia’s domestic and foreign policies.

Do we need a single coordination mechanism for the unbroken cold chain?

Unified legal requirements for temperature logistics.

Governmental support for developing of Russian agricultural product exports to Asia Pacific and Southeast Asia.

Developing the infrastructure and technologies for ensuring unbroken cold chain on the international perishables market trade routes.

Cargo classification and main segments of the cold chain.

Should there be special conditions for the perishables transportation by rail?

Moderator:
Mikhail Goncharov, Secretary General, International Coordinating Council on Trans-Eurasian Transportation (CCTT)

Speakers:
Mikhail Sinev, President, Associations of Food Sector Organisations (ASORPS)
Dmitry Gorokh, Deputy Head for Freight and Commercial Work, CFTO, RZD OJSC
Andrey Mironov, Head of Representative office in Saint-Petersburg, Russian Export Center JSC
Igor Zuzolin, First Deputy Head of Customs - Colonel of the Customs Service of the North-West Customs Administration
Yulia Lygina, Deputy Head, Department for Transportation of Narcotic and Medicinal Products, Shipments with Temperature Regime, "Main Center for Special Communications" FSPI
Tadzio Schilling, CEO, Association of European Business (AEB)
Manish Kumar, President, Soltex Group, Deputy Chairman, Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Member of the Board, FBA EAC
Yuri Dubrovin, Chairman of the Board, Russian Union of Refrigeration Industry Enterprises (Rossoyuzkholodprom)

11:30 - 12:00

Coffee break

12.00 - 13.30

“Cold Chain Business and Profits: Figures and Facts” Market Session

Key topics:

New routes for perishables: successful cases of transport and logistics companies in the international market.

Services for transporting meat and fish.

Transport products for fruit, grain, fat-and-oil product transportation.

Features of complex forwarding of pharmaceutical cargo by various modes of transport.

Advantages of air logistics for temperature-sensitive freight

Moderator:
Natalia Stepanova, Deputy Secretary General, International Coordinating Council on Trans-Eurasian Transportation (CCTT)

Speakers:
Andrey Grechkin, CEO, Dalreftrans LLC (FESCO Transport Group)
Guo Honglian, Director, RailNet Logistics (China)
Andrey Pchelkin, CEO, Baltic Shipping Containers LLC
Alipur Samane, CEO, Behineh Tarabar Azhour - International Railway Transport and Logistics (Iran) (online)
Evgeniy Chizh, Director FishStat
Marina Kodina, Key Sectors Head for logistics solutions, WELLGO, Member of the Association of European Businesses (AEB)
Vadim Minakov, Operations Director, UK GRANDO LLC

13:30 - 14:30

Lunch (buffet reception)

14.30 - 16.00

“Food Market: Retail and Logistics” Business Session

Key questions:

Logistics as the principal factor in international trade transactions.

Solutions for ensuring unbroken cold chain monitoring in the international transportation of perishables.

The importance of cross-docking for fresh products.

Case to provide chilled fish to Siberia directly from the producer.

Moderator:
Mikhail Sinev, President, Associations of Food Sector Organisations (ASORPS)

Speakers:
Anton Vostrikov, , Development Director, Polar Star LLC
Eduard Minenkov, Head of Refrigerated Transportation, GLT Group
Olga Potapova, Director of Purchasing and Logistics IFCM Group
Azamat Yusupov, Vice-President for Trade and Technology Development, Antey Group
Olga Smirnova, Head, Quality Department, METRO Russia
Konstantin Strelkov, Head, Logistics Development, Cherkizovo

16:00 - 16:30

Coffee break

16.30 - 17.30

“Cold Industry: Technologies of the Future” Smart session

Key questions:

Domestic production of refrigerated cars and containers.

Cargo monitoring systems and UCC route planning.

Up-to-date means of thermolabile product packaging

Problematic import of refrigeration equipment into the Russian Federation with refrigerants, which destroy the ozone layer. What do government or legal authorities think about this?

Moderator:
Maxim Korneev, CEO, Russian Refrigerators LLC

Speakers:
Andrey Kukharenko, CEO, Cold Chain Technologies LLC
Oleg Surganov, Deputy General Director, IPK STRAZH JSC
Lena Belozerova, Head of Customs Law and Currency Regulation ALUMNI Partners – Member of the Association of European Businesses (AEB)
Alexei Strelchenko, Deputy Chief Structural Engineer, RM Rail Engineering JSC
Andrey Sidorov, Head of the Thermofleet project, Advantum LLC

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CEC «Expoforum» conference-hall E7

EXPOFORUM - is a new convention-and-exhibition centre in St. Petersburg. It is the most cutting-edge venue of its kind anywhere in Russia – or Europe – for holding business and entertainment events of any size and format.

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