- 12:00
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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!
- 17:45
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- 20:30
- Drinks reception
- 08:30
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- 18:00
- Registration and exhibition open
- 09:30
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- 09:40
- Opening remarks from the chair Gavin Chong - VP Asia - Fertilizer Markets, Argus
- 09:40
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- 10:10
- Global NPK market overview Julia Campbell - NPK Editor, Argus
- Supply, demand and trade trends
- Developing markets in Asia
- New projects
- Outlook for 2020
- 10:10
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- 10:40
- Outlook for agriculture in Vietnam in 2020 Dr. Nguyen Van Bo - Former President, Vietnam Panel on Climate Change
- 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
- 10:40
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- 11:15
- Coffee break
- 11:15
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- 12:00
- 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
- 12:00
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- 12:30
- 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
- 12:30
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- 14:00
- Lunch
- 14:00
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- 14:30
- Water-Soluble fertilizer demand in China and Southeast Asia Will Li - General Manager Assistant, Hebei Monband Water Soluble Fertilizer
- Will micronutrients grow with WSFs?
- Market size in China
- Outlook for WSFs in southeast Asia
- 14:30
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- 15:00
- 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
- 15:00
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- 15:30
- Coffee
- 15:30
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- 16:00
- Adding value to NPKs: Market prospects for added value and specialty fertilizers in Southeast Asia Vachirasak Arjananont (Tudtu) - General Manager, Charlee SPC Co
- Consumption trends for premium products
- Crop deficiencies in southeast Asia
- Market opportunities for added-value fertilizer producers
- 16:00
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- 16:30
- The market for specialty fertilizers in India Madhab Adhikari - Associate Vice President
- Market size for specialty and added value fertilizers in India
- Demand drivers
- Opportunities for growth
- 16:45
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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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- 10:00
- 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
- 10:00
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- 10:30
- 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
- 10:30
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- 11:00
- 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
- 11:00
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- 11:30
- Coffee
- 11:30
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- 12:00
- 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
- 12:30
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- 13:00
- The market for enhanced efficiency fertilizers in Asia Helen Gu - Business Development Manager Fertilizer Additives, Solvay Specialty Chemicals
- Fertilizer inhibitors and value added additives
- Stabilized fertilizer market overview in Asia pacific
- State-of-art technology of fertilizer inhibitors
- Opportunities and challenges for stabilized fertilizer in Asia
- 13:00
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- 14:00
- Lunch
- 14:30
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- End of conference