Registrations open
Inaugural Ceremony, Welcome Address, Chief Guest Address & Keynote Speech
Lightening Talk: Sugar & Allied Market Scenario
Session I - Policy Advocacy to Accelerate Growth
Moderator: Harish Damodaran
Panelists:
Ashwini Srivastava
Atul Chaturvedi
Prakash Naiknavare
Roshan Lal Tamak
Pankaj Rastogi
Tushar Patil
Topic of discussion: Overview of existing policies affecting sugar industry
Aligning Sugar MSP with costs incurred by sugar mills
Government schemes for modernisation and expansion of sugar mills.
Reforming policies to balance domestic needs and export competitiveness.
Price push for ethanol procured from molasses and grain-based sources
Strategies to adopt higher ethanol blending
Lunch Break
Opening Remark: Presentation on Global Sugar S&D
Lightening Talk: Production & Trade Dynamics
Session II - Sugar Rush: Global Sugar S&D
Moderator: Kiran Wadhawana
Panelists:
Michael McDougall
Deepinder Singh Basra
Claudiu Covrig
Vamsi Nanduri
Felipe Ferraz
Topic of discussion: Sugar Rush: Global Sugar S&D
Global Sugar: Supply and Demand scenario (Current and Way Forward)
Factors influencing sugar prices (e.g., weather, geopolitical events, global demand).
Impact of weather patterns and climate change on sugar production.
Influence of currency fluctuations on sugar exports and imports.
Fluctuations in futures markets and their impact on sugar prices.
Impact of geopolitical conflicts on sugar supply chains.
Predictions for sugar demand and supply by 2025-26.
Lightning Talk: From Farm to Fuel by Praj
Presentation by CEES
Session III - Ethanol & BioFuel: From Farm to Fuel
Moderator: Vivek Rahi
Panelists:
Sangeet Singla
Robert Piggot
Vijendra Singh
Vijay Nirani
Arushi Jain
Atul Mulay
Topic of discussion: Ethanol & BioFuel: From Farm to Fuel
How ethanol transformed India
Challenges towards achieving 20% ethanol blending by 2025-26.
Role of Govt. policies for encouraging Investments
Policy impetus for Flex Fuel adoption
Balancing food security- Benefits of using surplus Grains, Sugarcane and Crop residues for ethanol production
Emergence of new energy vistas- BioCNG, Hydrogen etc.
La Nina Prediction and Impact on Agriculture
Session IV - Climate Change Impact
Moderator: Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Panelists:
AVM G P Sharma
Sudhir Panwar
Ankita Patil Thackery
Tushar Patil
Sankalp Suman
Topic of discussion: Climate Change Impact
Effects of climate change on sugarcane yields and quality.
Innovations to enhance climate adaptability of sugarcane farming.
Satellite Mapping: A lost opportunity
Improving Sugarcane Productivity
Adopting best practices to mitigate climate change at the farm level