5οι Μεσογειακοί Δρόμοι Βαμβακιού (24/11/2022)

Introduction

The 5th Mediterranean Cotton Roads are going to be held on November 24th, 2022, in Thessaloniki (Greece) at “Porto Palace Hotel”.

Our Annual MCR is a top event, in which all representatives of the cotton chain, producers, ginners, textile workers, ginned cotton traders, transporters etc. participate.

This year the sessions focus on current developments in the cotton and textile sector, market risk hedging tools, international cotton market challenges and prospects, aligning AGRO with BCI, creating a European cotton «label» etc.

To participate in our event you have to register first at the register form.

There is going to be simultaneous translation: Greek – Turkish – English – Spanish

Many thanks to our sponsors.

If your company would like to sponsor our event you can come in contact with HCA’s secretariat (e-mail: info@hca.org.gr).

Programm

15.00-15.30	Registration
15.30-16.00	Welcoming speeches Mr. Antonios Siarkos, President of HCA Mr. Baris Kocagoz, Member of the Assembly of ICE Mr. Manolo Cano, President of CAN Mr. Tim North, President of ICA
16.00-16.15	Opening remarks Mr. Stavros Kalafatis, Deputy Minister of Macedonia – Thrace
SESSIONS
16:15-17:15	Country reports. Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Spain Mr. Giannis Papadogiannis (Greece) Mr. Fatih Dogan (Turkey) Dr. Mohamed Negm (Egypt) The Mediterranean trade balances. Destinations of the Mediterranean origins. Mr. Roberto Ruiz, Cotton Research Manager, ECOM Agroindustrial Market update and prospects. The worldwide view. Mr. Fritz Grobien, Vice-President of Bremen Stock Exchange Questions and Answers Moderator: Mrs Effie Voudouris, Member of BoD of HCA, Agent
17.15-17.30	Coffee break
17:30-18:15	Cotton 2022: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Mr. Andrew Ryan, Senior Relationship Manager-Cotton, HedgePoint Global Markets Contracts sanctity in vulnerable days. Dr. Robert Jiang, Business Operations and Development Manager of ICA Logistics and freight market in the COVID era. Mr. Kostas Davelopoulos, General Manager «ROMILOS J. DAVELOPOULOS S.A.» Questions and Answers Moderator: Mr. John Psaropoulos, Agent
18:15-18:30	Coffee break
18:30-19:15	From seeding to harvesting: The contribution of digital agriculture to cotton farming Dr. Darawsheh Mohammed, Head & Scientific Manager (National Cotton Classification Center) Hellenic Agricultural Organization Dimitra-Institute of Industrial & Forage Plants AGRO-BCI agreement. A national standard that became international. Mrs Mary Spentzou, Director of Certification and Standardizaton – ELGO “Dimitra” Eucotton: European production with a label. Mrs Ioulia Drossinou, Executive Director, European Cotton Alliance Questions and Answers Moderator: Mr. Vassileios Markou, Former President, Μember of BoD of HCA
19:15-20:00	Cocktail
20:00	Dinner

Simultaneous translation: Greek – Turkish – English – Spanish

Venue

If you would like to stay at the venue hotel you can come in contact with “Porto Palace Hotel” stating that the reservation concerns the MCR so as to have a special price.

Porto Palace Hotel

26, Octovriou str., Thessaloniki, Greece