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- 18:00
- Registration and exhibition open
- 15:30
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- 16:30
- Roundtable discussions
- 17:00
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- 17:30
- Speed networking
Bring plenty of business cards and be prepared for two-minute conversations before the bell rings and you meet someone new. All delegates welcome!
- 18:00
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- 20:30
- Drinks reception
- 08:30
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- 18:00
- Registration and exhibition open
- 09:00
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- 09:20
- Opening remarks from the chair and global overview of NPK market Carl Roache - Editor, Manager – Asia, Argus
- 09:20
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- 09:50
- Welcome address: Agricultural developments in Vietnam
- Long-term effects of low crop prices
- Regional drive for meeting southeast Asia’s agronomic needs
- The importance of trading and educating growers
- Outlook for agriculture in 2020
- 09:50
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- 10:20
- Keynote speech: Fertilizer market developments in Vietnam
- New production
- Challenges for producers and policy update
- NPK consumption drivers in Vietnam
- Achieving balanced fertilization
- 10:20
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- 10:50
- International NPK production and export trends
- Strategies for accessing international markets
- Production capacities
- Market opportunities for international producers
- 10:50
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- 11:20
- Coffee break
- 11:20
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- 11:50
- Palm oil production versus fertilizer consumption
- Fertilizer recommendations for palm oil
- Product availability
- Long-term impacts of reduced NPK consumption
- 11:50
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- 12:30
- Panel discussion: Drivers for NPK consumption in Southeast Asia — Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand
- Market overview and consumption volumes
- Targets for achieving balanced fertilization
- The importance of the palm oil business
- Market expectations for 2020
Nguyen Quang Luan, Managing Director, Viet Hoa Nong – VIETAGRO
Ernest B Ganga, Assistant Vice-President Marketing, Atlas Fertilizer Corporation
- 12:30
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- 13:00
- Adding value to NPKs: Market prospects for added value and specialty fertilizers in Southeast Asia Vachirasak Arjananont (Tudtu) - General Manager, Charlee SQM Thailand
- Consumption trends for premium products
- Crop deficiencies in southeast Asia
- Market opportunities for added-value fertilizer producers
- 13:00
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- 14:00
- Lunch
- 14:00
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- 14:30
- Water-soluble fertilizers for improving nutrient use efficiency in Myanmar (Burma) Tin Maung Aye - Senior Adviser, International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI)
- Regional market overview
- Growth prospects for WSFs
- Future market drivers
- 14:30
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- 15:00
- Meeting the growing agricultural demand in Myanmar for NPKs
- The importance of building strong relationships with farmers
- Growth expectations for 2020
- New projects
- 15:00
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- 15:30
- Coffee
- 15:30
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- 16:00
- Outlook for the Chinese NPK market Nan Zheng - Business Development Director, China XLX Fertilizer l Henan Xinlianxin Fertilizer Co
- Expected production capacities and export volumes in 2019-20
- Market drivers
- Implications of the Chinese export tax removal
- 16:00
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- 16:30
- Water-soluble fertilizer demand in China and Southeast Asia Kevin Moran - Chief Technology Officer, Kingenta
- Will micronutrients grow with WSFs?
- Market size in China
- Outlook for WSFs in southeast Asia
- 16:30
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- 17:00
- The market for specialty fertilizers in India Madhab Adhikari - Senior General Manager, Coromandel International Limited
- Market size for specialty and added value fertilizers in India
- Demand drivers
- Opportunities for growth
- 17:30
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- 19:30
- Drinks reception
- 09:00
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- Registration open and coffee served
- 09:20
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- 09:30
- Chair's opening remarks Gavin Chong - Vice-President Asia, Fertilizer Markets, Argus
- 09:30
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- 09:50
- Managing the environmental impacts of Fertilizers A/Prof Hoang Thi Thai Hoa - Head of Soil Science Department and Senior Lecturer, Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry
- Assessing environmental impacts on vegetable and rice crops
- The impact of nitrogen on greenhouse emissions
- Improving nitrogen use efficiency and adjusting application methods
- 09:50
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- 10:10
- Impacts of abiotic stresses on crops in Southeast Asia and mitigation by plant nutrition Rolf Härdter - Head of Agronomy and Advisory, K+S KALI
- Occurrence of drought and heat stresses Southeast Asia and their implications
- Widespread aluminium toxicity, threat to high crop production
- The role of K and Mg in the mitigation of these abiotic stresses
- The importance of stakeholders in adopting new formulas for long-term improvement
- 10:10
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- 10:30
- Fertilizer management for major crops in Vietnam Chon Quang Nguyen, PhD - Deputy Head of Soil Science Department, Institute of Agricultural Sciences for Southern Vietnam (IAS)
- Overview of characteristics of major soil group and major crop production
- Fertilizer consumption, supply and demand
- Fertilizer use efficiency
- 10:30
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- 10:45
- Joint Q&A with interactive polling technology
- 10:45
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- 11:15
- Coffee
- 11:15
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- 11:35
- Fertilizer recommendations for rice crops in Asia Bijay Singh - Department of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University
- The importance of application timing and nutrient management
- Developing solutions for modern agriculture
- 11:35
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- 11:55
- Overcoming crop deficiencies in Thailand with specialty fertilizers
- Deficiencies in the region
- Soil fertility management practices for improved nutrient use efficiency
- Regional consumption drivers
- 11:55
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- 12:15
- Opportunities for new fertilizer products in Myanmar
- Regional crop requirements
- Irrigation system developments
- Enhancing the NPK offering with added-value products
- 12:15
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- 12:30
- Joint Q&A with interactive polling technology
- 12:30
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- 14:00
- Lunch
- 14:30
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- End of conference