2016 Conference Agenda

April 11, 2016

08:00 — 09:30 Conference participants registration
08:30 — 09:30 Welcome coffee: Meetings colleagues, getting acquainted with specialists and experts from CIS, Europe & Asia

09:30 — 10:00 Official conference opening ceremony.

Welcome notes from organisers, public officials.

10:00 — 12:00 Section: Regional agricultural insurance markets overview. 

1. Georgian experience of developing agricultural insurance programs: challenges and solutions. – Levan Maghradze (Head of Agricultural Insurance Program, Project Manager, Agricultural Project management Agency (Georgia))

2. Agricultural Insurance Market in Ukraine. History of development, current status and prospects for future development. – Viktoria Yakubovich (Agricultural Insurance Specialist at IFC (Ukraine))

3. Agricultural Insurance Market in Russia. – Vadim Lupalo (Head of Reinsurance and Strategy Development Department, National Agroinsurers Union of Russia)

4. Overview of global PPP programs in Agricultural Insurance. Comparative analysis of state support for programs and definition of key success factors. – Ian Shynkarenko (CEO at AgroInsurance Internatioanl LLC)

12:00 — 13:30 Lunch Time
13:30 — 15:00 Section: Challenges and solutions in agricultural insurance programs.

1. The problems in agricultural insurance development in Georgia from the private market perspectives. – Ksenia Semiokhina (Deputy CEO, IC Group Insurance Company (Georgia))

2. Bundling agricultural insurance with input suppliers products. An example of a pilot project with Syngenta Company in Ukraine. – Leah Ann Soroka (Program Manager, ECA Agricultural Financial Services, IFC (World Bank Group))

3. Development of agricultural insurance market in Australia and new initiatives on multi-peril crop insurance. – Roman Shynkarenko (Founder of AgroInsurance International LLC)

15:00 — 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 — 16:45 Panel Discussion: Challenges and specifics of MPCI & CAT insurance programs.

16:45 — 17:00 First day’s closing remarks and conclusions. Key problems to tackle with, when introducing and developing national-scale programs on developing markets.

19:30 — 22:30 Conference official reception – Zurab Tsereteli Museum of Modern Art.

 

April 12, 2016 – Day 2

09:00 — 10:00 Morning coffee & snacks for conference delegates and guests. 

10:00 — 12:00 Section: Technical aspects of agricultural insurance underwriting.

1. Key technical aspects of livestock insurance programs in Israel. History of development and reasons for changes. – David Ginzburg (General Director at KANAT (Israel))

2. Forestry Insurance – technical details important for building effective insurance products – Marcel Andriesse (Agriculture Reinsurance underwriter for CEE & CIS, Swiss Re (Switzerland))

3. Claims handling in Agricultural Insurance in Turkey. – Necati Icer (Technical Manager, TARSIM (Turkey)).

12:00 — 13:30 Lunch Time

13:30 — 15:00 Section: The Use of satellite technologies in agricultural insurance, crop monitoring and loss-adjustment.

1. Experience in yield index insurance for small-holder farmers. Challenges and successful cases in various countries. – Alexa Mayer-Bosse (Manager Business Development at MunichRe (Germany))

2. Regional NDVI-based drought insurance scheme: Example of Kenya’s livestock insurance program. – Mark Rueegg (CEO at CelsiusPro (Switzerland))

3. Innovation as a breaking change for the ag-insurance industry: what digital transition bundled with satellite technology can bring. –  Cecile Tartarin (Head of Products, GEOSYS (France))

15:00 — 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 — 16:45 Section: Research and portfolio management for agricultural insurance products.

1. Agricultural Insurance approaches for the KfW Development Bank. Experience of several projects in Eurasia region. – Constantin Geyer (Project Manager – KfW (Germany))

2. Modeling of Crops Portfolio. Tool for calculation of sales commission, loss adjustment spendings, amount and number of losses, etc. – Konrad Rojewski (Product Manager – Agriculture, Polish Re (Poland))

3. Managing agricultural insurance portfolio: highlights on important technical details. – Olena Sosenko (Partner at AgroInsurance International LLC)

16:45 — 17:00 Working sessions closing remarks.

April 13, 2016 – Day 3

08:30 — 20:00 – Study Tour

Field Trip to Kakheti region: “Georgian Wine: Learning the way of grapes cultivation, history of coping with natural risks, and old traditions of wine-making in the region.”

• Learn more about local traditions of wine-making, discuss farmer’s successes stories and challenges experienced by Georgian winemakers;
• Try various types of wine in the place of their production;
• Explore the most important cultural and historical monuments of ancient Georgia;
• Taste Kakhetian cuisine and understand why  Rkatsiteli wine tastes good with barbecue;
• Enjoy endless vineyards and picturesque landscapes of Alazani Valley that stretches between mountain ranges of the Caucasus Mountains.

Tour includes:

• Experienced guides and interpreters (English / Russian);
• Water and snacks assortment in the bus;
• Entertaining video facts about Georgia – its history, population, agriculture and winemaking;
• Photos