Webinar: Feeding the world during coronavirus

May 20, 2020
10 am – 11 am

Online

Free

The outbreak of COVID-19 will be permanently associated in people’s minds with the sight of empty shelves in supermarkets. However, so far the global agricultural industry has been remarkably resilient in ensuring supplies of food get to market on time, and in the quantity required. In doing so, the industry has already had to grapple with multiple disruptions, including export bans, price swings, and surges in demand.

As the immediate impact of the virus passes its peak, S&P Global Platts shines a spotlight on how supply and demand adapted to the crisis, what the longer-term impact from the events of the first half of 2020 will be, and what this means for prices in an increasingly politicised market. With several key food suppliers having restricted food exports during the crisis, what does this imply for agricultural trade flows globally?

Focusing attention on the core staples of wheat, corn, and rice, as well as other significant food commodities such as oilseeds and sugar, this webinar is a first look at how COVID-19 has hit the global food market, and what the longer-term impacts will be.

Speakers

Robert Beaman

Associate Editorial Director, EMEA Agriculture
S&P Global Platts

Piero Carello

Global Manager, Market Development
S&P Global Platts

Karim Elafany

Grains Price Specialist
S&P Global Platts

Peter Storey

Senior Editor, Rice
S&P Global Platts

George Duke

Associate Editor, EMEA Oilseeds
S&P Global Platts

Andrei Agapi

Associate Pricing Director - APAC Agriculture
S&P Global Platts

Agenda

S&P Global Platts Webinar: Feeding the world during coronavirus

The session will cover:

The global supply/demand balance for staple foods
Disruptions to staple food supplies through export controls
Impact on agricultural commodity trade flows
Price fluctuations in grains, rice and oilseeds
Market outlook as the world emerges from lockdown
Q&A

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Speakers

Robert Beaman, Associate Editorial Director, EMEA Agriculture

Robert is the Associate Pricing Director for EMEA Agriculture at S&P Global Platts. He joined Platts in 2011 from London-based research house BMI, where he was responsible for downstream oil market research. Between 2011 and 2019, he covered the crude oil, residual fuel and Russian oil markets for Platts, becoming Managing Editor for crude oil in 2014 and Associate Director for crude oil and residual fuels in 2016. Robert graduated from the University of Oxford with a BA in English and an MPhil in Russian and Eastern European studies, focusing on Polish regional economic development during the Polish People's Republic. Robert speaks English, Polish, and Russian.

Piero Carello, Global Manager, Market Development

Piero joined Platts in November 2018 as Global Manager Market Development, Agriculture. He works closely with our agricultural content team across the regions to help identify new potential areas of interest for Platts. Piero has over 20 years’ experience in agricultural commodities trading in various locations around the world. Prior to joining Platts, Piero worked for Olam in London where he headed the raw sugar trading desk.

Karim Elafany, Grains Price Specialist

Karim works on the agriculture desk in London covering the Black Sea grains market. Previously, he worked as an investment analyst and an equity analyst covering Middle East-listed fertilizers and chemical companies. He holds a BA (Combined Hons) in Economics and International Development from the University of Liverpool, and an MSC (Hons) in Economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. He wrote his Masters’ dissertation on the impact of agricultural liberalization on the Egyptian wheat market and food security.

Peter Storey, Senior Editor, Rice

Peter is a Senior Editor for Rice at S&P Global Platts. He joined Platts following the acquisition of the Live Rice Index (LRI) in September 2019.

During his time at the LRI (2015 – 2019), Peter covered rice markets across the globe, spearheading the introduction of both the Japonica Report, which takes an in depth look at this niche sector of the market, and price assessments in Myanmar and Paraguay. He also served as the company’s Internal Audit and Compliance Officer, managing the company’s path towards IOSCO compliance. As a part of S&P Global’s EMEA Agriculture team, he continues to engage with the global rice market on a daily basis.

Peter graduated from the University of Sheffield with a BA in History and Politics and from Aberystwyth University with an MA in International Politics.

George Duke, Associate Editor, EMEA Oilseeds

George joined Platts in September 2019 as an Associate Editor for the EMEA Oilseeds market. In this role, George assesses Platts’ FOB Black Sea Sunflower Oil and the new CIF Rotterdam Palm Oil assessments. Previous to Platts, George graduated with a bachelor of arts in History from the University of Southampton before working for an agricultural commodity pricing and analytics company for two years.

Andrei Agapi, Associate Pricing Director - APAC Agriculture

Andrei Agapi is a senior grains editor for S&P Global Platts. He is responsible for covering the APAC agriculture markets. He maintains close relationships with market participants, gathering information to assess the prices of wheat and corn on both FOB and CIF bases. Andrei's background is in the financial sector, having worked in private equity, where he was involved in market analysis of clean-tech agriculture companies in Europe. He holds an undergraduate degree in economics from Pierre-Mendez France University in Grenoble and a master's in finance from Toulouse Business School, France.

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