INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
FOR UNBROKEN COLD CHAIN
28 SEPTEMBER 2023
Saint-Petersburg, CEC "Expoforum"
About conference
International conference for unbroken cold chain is aimed to unite all companies which deal with storage and delivery of all food products.

Conference audience: food production shippers, logistic companies, freezing technologies and equipment producers, operators of warehouses and distribution centers, retail chains, IT-companies, financial and insurance companies, professional associations and unions.
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Business program 2023

    
09:00 - 10:00
Registration

    
10:00 - 11:30
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Plenary session "Market of perishable products: trends, challenges and requirements from the economy".

Key questions:

  • Role of providing an unbroken cold chain in the global food system to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Search for solutions to ensure the Unbroken Cold Chain in the conditions of international instability
  • Investments in the development of the fishing industry
  • Role of consolidating different modes of transport to ensure a continuous cold chain
  • State support for exporters of Russian agro-industrial complex products to the countries of the Asia-Pacific and South-East Asia
  • Perishable import dynamics to Russia and development of agrobusiness on marketplaces

  • Moderator:

  • Gennady Bessonov, Secretary General, International Coordinating Council on Trans-Eurasian Transportation (CCTT)

  • Speakers:

  • Shankar Shinde, Chairman of the Federation of Freight Forwarders' Associations in India (online)
  • Li Zhimin, Secretary General, China International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFA) (online)
  • Sergey Darkin, President, Pacific Investment Group (TIGR)
  • Oleg Kobyakov, Director, UN Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Liaison Office with the Russian Federation
  • Pyotr Chekmarev, Head of the Agroindustrial Complex Committee, Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; academician, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Philippe Pegorier, Partner, Kesarev; Deputy Chairman, Association of European Businesses (AEB)
  • Igor Baranov, President, International Academy of Refrigeration
  • Yuri Dubrovin, Chairman, Russian Union of Refrigeration Industry Enterprises
  • Sergey Dyakonov, acting Head, Oktyabrsky Territorial Center for Corporate Transport Services, Russian Railways
  • Andrey Grechkin, CEO, Dalreftrans
  • Maxim Tsukanov, Deputy Head, Department of Internal Veterinary Supervision, Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor)




  • Video
    
        
    11:30 - 12:00
    Break
    
        
    12:00 - 13:00
    Case session "Seamless temperature logistics: world experience and practice in Russia".

    Presentations of transport products:

  • International partner network of cold chain operators
  • Multimodal services for the transportation of perishable products in international traffic
  • On the development of transportation of fishery products during transportation from Russian Far Eastern ports to the ports of the Asia-Pacific and South-East Asia
  • Interaction with fruit traders
  • Refrigerated shipping market
  • New supply chains: from producer to consumer

  • Moderator:

  • Natalya Stepanova, Deputy Secretary General, International Coordinating Council on Trans-Eurasian Transportation (CCTT)

  • Speakers:

  • Alexander Panin, Chairman, Fish Union
  • Andrey Likhachev, GR Director, Association of Manufacturers and Suppliers of Industrial Goods (Rusprodsoyuz)
  • Alipour Samaneh, CEO, Behineh Tarabar Azhour – International Railway Transport and Logistics* (online)
  • Michael Miao, CEO, Tie Tie Logistics Co., Ltd
  • Azamat Yusupov, Vice President for Trade and Technology Development, Antey Group
  • Andrey Grechkin, CEO, Dalreftrans
  • Vladimir Kashtanov, General Representative in the Russian Federation, New Elevation Supply Chain/RailNet Logistics (China)
  • Alevtina Kirillova, General Director, ANO Eurasian Agrologistics (online)
  • Elena Konkina, Commercial Director, 'Moscow Cargo' Termina
  • Natalya Fedorova, Head of the air transportation department, NOYTECH Supply Chain Solutions




  • Video
    
        
    13:00 - 14:00
    Break
    
        
    14:00 - 15:30
    Business session "Fast cold chain market: success factors and logistical aspects".

    Key questions:

  • Mechanisms for increasing the efficiency of an expensive and multifunctional unbroken cold chain system: temperature traceability
  • On the need for a unified classification of food products in the Russian Federation and forms of control over the activities of unbroken cold chain agents
  • How to ensure cross-docking of fresh products with the help of logistics?
  • Prospects for direct rail service between China and Russia for perishable goods
  • Cross-border operations to comply with unbroken cold chain when crossing state borders
  • Insurance of risks of transportation and storage of perishable goods
  • Internet service for the wholesale trade, logistics and storage of fish products organization

  • Moderator:

  • Mikhail Sinyov, President, Association of Food Sector Organizations (ASORPS)

  • Speakers:

  • Temir Zholdasov, General Director, Refagrotrans
  • Anton Vostrikov, Director of development, Polyarnaya Zvezda
  • Aleksandr Yakuben, Head of Container Transport Development, Transport Service Directorate, Centre for Corporate Transport Services, Russian Railways
  • Vladimir Buzanov, Commercial Director, Vladmorrybport; General Director, Vladivostok Fish Terminal
  • Yulia Belikova, Head, Troika fishing company, founder of the digital platform fishplace.ru
  • Vadim Minakov, Operations Director, GRANDO*
  • Vasily Emelyanenko, Chef, TV host, YouTube blogger, HoReCa business representative




  • Video
    
        
    15:30 - 16:00
    Break
    
        
    16:00 - 17:00
    Practical session "Industry of cold and IT technologies"

    Key questions:

  • The practice of using electronic means of navigation and control in the provision of transportation of temperature-sensitive goods
  • Development and implementation of new autonomous refrigerated wagons
  • Best practices for keeping cold: equipment, technologies and qualified personnel
  • Technologies of the future: how IT solutions are changing the food market
  • "Green" technologies: the use of new types of environmentally friendly refrigerants in cold transport

  • Moderator:

  • Larisa Korshunova, Government Relations Director, JSC UTLC ERA; Security and Electronic Seals project leader, CCTT

  • Speakers:

  • Alexander Mikhailov, Head, Centre for Fishing and Communications Monitoring System
  • Maxim Korneyev, General Director, RusRef
  • Andrey Sidorov, Project manager, Advantum
  • Inessa Yakovleva, Deputy Head of the IT Department, Russian Railways; Deputy Head of the Working Group for Information Technology Development, CCTT
  • Artyom Kushnarev,, Advisor, Rossoyuzkholodprom; Project Manager, International Center for Scientific and Technical Information
  • Alexander Turlychkin, head of the project office of Glonass JSC
  • venue
    CEC «Expoforum» conference-hall E7
    EXPOFORUM - is a new convention-and-exhibition centre in St. Petersburg. It is the most cutting-edge venue of its kind anywhere in Russia – or Europe – for holding business and entertainment events of any size and format.

    St.Petersburg, Peterburgskoye sh. 64/1
    CONTACTS
    Cold Chain Eurasia
    INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR UNBROKEN COLD CHAIN
    coldchain@rusfishexpo.com +7 (495) 215-06-75
    INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONTINUOUS REFRIGERATION CHAIN
    coldchain@rusfishexpo.com +7 (495) 215-06-75
    Our team
    Ekaterina Gritsenko
    Business Program Director
    e.gritsenko@rusfishexpo.com
    Anna Tolkacheva
    Business program manager
    a.tolkacheva@rusfishexpo.com