Speakers

Conference Chair & the Organizers:

Jeremy Zwinger, President & CEO, The Rice Trader

Welcome Address:

Dwight Roberts, President and CEO, US Rice Producers Association

Confirmed Speakers

(confirmed unless indicated)

Dr. Rafael Hernandez, Director FedeArroz, Colombias

Luis Fernando Forero Gomez, Director Ejecutivo, Cámara de Induarroz De La Andi

Ed Schaefer, former Secretary for Agriculture, USA

Dr. S. Elwynn Taylor, Extension Agronomist, Climatology/ Meteorology Iowa State University

Fred Clark, EVP, General Counsel Cornerstone Government Affairs

Dr. Bruno Lanfranco, Sr. Researcher National Agriculture Research Institute of Uruguay

Tiago Barata, Rice Market Analyst Agrotendências Ltda, Brazil

Jay Kapila, CEO The Rice Company

Thomas Wynn, Farm & Trade / The Rice Trader

Mairson R. Santana, Director, Agro Norte Pesquisa e Sementes Ltda - Semente de Arroz AN Cambará

Dr. César Martínez, Rice Program Leader, CIAT (International Center for Tropical Agriculture / Centro Internacional de Agricultura de Tropical) Representative, RiceTec

Randy Ouzts, General Manager, Horizon Ag

Eduardo Libin, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Delta Technology, USA

Gilberto Wageck Amato, Eng. Quim.- Magister Scientiae, IRGA - Centro de Excelência do Arroz

V. Subramanian, Vice President, The Rice Trader

Jean-Pierre Brun, Managing Director, Marius Brun & Fils, France

Prashant Trikha & Leandro Barnada, Olam International

Claudio Martinez, President, Marco Technology

Deshbir Bhandari, Managing Director (subject to final confirmation) Akila Group, South Africa