Preliminary Program - subject to change

Conference Reception and Dinner

Official Opening by Ralph Bean, Agricultural Counselor, Foreign Agricultural Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Manila Philippines

6:00 pm
March 26

Refreshments & Business Networking Session 1

Conference Registration

7:30 am
March 27

Chairperson

Timothy Loh, Regional Director (Southeast Asia), U.S. Soybean Export Council

8:30 am
March 27

Welcome Remarks & Video Presentation

8:30 am
March 27

Global Agriculture Vision 2020 : The New Era of Trade Policy

Tami Overby, Senior Director - Asia, McLarty Associates, USA

8:45 am
March 27

Global Oilseeds and Grain Markets Outlook - Is this the New Normal?

Emily French, Managing Director, Consiliagra USA

9:15 am
March 27

U.S. SOY Growers Perspectives: Production & Supply

Monte Peterson, Vice-Chair, U.S. Soybean Export Council and Director for American Soybean Association (ASA) and North Dakota Soybean Growers Association (NDSGA), USA

9:45 am
March 27

U.S. CORN Growers Perspectives: Production & Supply

Larry Klever, Asia Advisory Team, U.S. Grains Council, USA

Tom Mueller, Corn Sector Director, U.S. Grains Council, USA

10:00 am
March 27

Refreshments & Group Photo

10:15 am
March 27

U.S. Ag Producers Forum

Representatives and leaders from 5-6 major agriculture producing states share their views and insights on the U.S. agricultural industry (invited)

10:30 am
March 27

Global Soy Supply and Demand Outlook

John Baize, President, John C. Baize and Associates, USA

11:15 am
March 27

Global Sorghum Supply and Demand Outlook

Bob Vanderloo, Sorghum Product Line Manager, Cargill, USA

11:45 am
March 27

Panel Session (Q&A)

Tami Overby
Senior Director-Asia, McLarty Associates, USA

Emily French
Managing Director, Consiliagra USA

John Baize
President, John C. Baize and Associates, USA

Bob Vanderloo
Sorghum Product Line Manager, Cargill, USA

12:15 pm
March 27

Lunch & Networking

12:45 pm
March 27

Chairperson

Manuel Sanchez, Regional Director (Southeast Asia), U.S. Grains Council

1:44 pm
March 27

Global Wheat Supply and Demand Outlook

Joseph Sowers, Regional Vice President, Philippines and South Korea, U.S. Wheat Associates

1:45 pm
March 27

U.S. Soybean Quality Report 2018/19

Dr Seth Naeve, Associate Professor and Extension Agronomist, University of Minnesota, USA
(Co-researcher / Author of the U.S. Soy Industry 2018 Crop Quality Survey)

2:15 pm
March 27

Grain Storage in Sub-tropical and Tropical Regions

Alejandro Morales-Quiros, Researcher and Extension Specialist, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for
the Reduction of Post‐harvest Loss (PHLIL), Kansas State University, USA

2:45 pm
March 27

Panel Session (Q&A)

Joseph Sowers
Regional Vice President, Philippines and South Korea, U.S. Wheat Associates

Dr Seth Naeve
Associate Professor and Extension Agronomist, UMN, USA

Alejandro Morales-Quiros
Researcher and Extension Specialist, PHLIL, KSU, USA

Ronald Bundy
Field Office Manager of the Domestic Inspection Operations Office, Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS), U.S. Department of Agriculture

3:15 pm
March 27

Refreshments & Business Networking Session 2

3:45 pm
March 27

End of Day 1 | Free & Easy

4:30 pm
March 27

Refreshments & Business Networking Session 3

8:00 am
March 28

Chairperson

Caleb Wurth, Assistant Regional Director (Southeast Asia), U.S. Grains Council

8:29 am
March 28

China's Impact On Global Soy Market

Zhang Xiaoping, Regional Director, Greater China Region, U.S. Soybean Export Council

8:30 am
March 28

Market Trends: Usage of Big Data in the S.E. Asia Animal Protein Production

Janjaap Van Der Mark, Managing Director, BD Agriculture (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia

9:00 am
March 28

Panel Session (Q&A)

Zhang Xiaoping
Regional Director, Greater China Region, U.S. Soybean Export Council

Janjaap Van Der Mark
Regional Sales Director, BD Agriculture (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, Malaysia

Oscar Tjakra
Director, RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness, Singapore

9:30 am
March 28

Regional Derivatives and Their Relationship with Established Futures and Physical Markets

Brett Cooper
Head of Commodities - Asia, INTL FCStone, Singapore

Andrei Agapi
APAC Agriculture - Head of Asia-Pacific Agriculture, S&P Global Platts, Singapore

Nelson Low
Executive Director, Agricultural Products, APAC, CME Group

10:00 am
March 28

Refreshments

10:45 am
March 28

U.S. Ag Exporters Forum

Representatives from 4-5 U.S. Ag Export Cos share their values and insights on the U.S. Grain and Soy Trade (invited)

11:00 am
March 28

U.S. Soy Advantage

Timothy Loh, Regional Director (Southeast Asia), U.S. Soybean Export Council

11:30 am
March 28

Closing Comment

Adjournment of Main Session

11:45 am
March 28

Lunch & Networking

12:00 pm
March 28

Workshop Session (1-A) : Fundamentals of Futures, Cash and Basis in AG

Darin Friedrichs, Risk Management Consultant, INTL FCStone (Shanghai) Trading Co., LTD.

1:00 pm
March 28

Workshop Session (1-B) : Contracts and AG Commodities Trading

Andrew Woodhouse, Manager, Advance Trading AustralAsia, Australia

1:00 pm
March 28

Refreshments

2:15 pm
March 28

Workshop Session (2-C) : Practical Application of Price Risk Management in AG

Brett Cooper, Head of Commodities – Asia, INTL FCStone, SIngapore

2:30 pm
March 28

Workshop Session (2-D) : U.S. Grain Inspection Process and Protocols

Ronald Bundy, Field Office Manager of the Domestic Inspection Operations Office, Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS), U.S. Department of Agriculture

2:31 pm
March 28

Workshop Session (3-E) : Animal Nutrition / Feed Formulation 101 (for non‐technical AG Professionals)

Dr Basilisa Pascual-Reas, Technical Consultant, U.S. Soybean Export Council

3:45 pm
March 28

Workshop Session (3-F) : Grain Storage in Tropical Conditions

Alejandro Morales-Quiros, Researcher and Extension Specialist, KSU, USA

3:45 pm
March 28

Thank You For Joining Us

SEE YOU AT ASCA 2020!

5:00 pm
March 28