During the first two days of VIV Russia 2011 visitors were invited to attend the Meat & Poultry Conference.

Programme
Tuesday, May 17  Session І
New opportunities for development of meat production and trade
11:00-12:10 Address from several parties, including V.A. Zubkov, First Deputy Prime Minister,
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom

12:10-13:20 A unified approach to the regulation and turnover of the meat market in the Customs Union
• New rules of regulation in the Customs Union:
• The structure and regulation of decision-making in International Trade
• Development and introduction of the new standards in the new environment
• The procedure of registration of enterprises for the development of export – import within the Customs Union
• Turnover of meat and meat products within the Customs Union
• The relationship between inspections of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia
• Allocation of responsibility
• Monitoring of microbiological risk
• The system of penalties for the violations on the part of the plants – exporters
• Joint Commissions - the possibilities and methods of operation
Speaker: S.А. Dankvert, Head of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Control, Rosselkhoznadzor

13:20-13:40 Networking break
13:40-14:30 Presentation of S.E. Yushin, head of the executive committee of the National Meat Association
14:30-15:10 Canadian experience of export inspections and export certification
15:10-15:50 Trade wars (WTO) – the working-out of strategies for the long-term development

15:50-17:40
• The volume of total pork consumption
• The volume of pork production in the particular country
• The structure of production
• Structure of Logistics
• Major players in production and trade (at least 5 - 10)
• Dynamics over the past years and the forecast for the next 2 - 3 years
Presentations of the representatives of Belarus and Kazakhstan

17:40-18:30 Presentation: Experience in manufacturing, quality and security criteria, problems of classification

18:30-19:00 Discussion
19:00-19:30 Briefing
19:30 Banquet


Wednesday, May 18
10:00-11:00 The Russian meat market. From import to export
Speaker: M.L. Mamikonyan, president of the Russian Meat Union, General Director of Lianozovo sausage factory

11:00-12:00 Model of development of Russian pig-breeding
Speaker: Y.I. Kovalev, general director of the National Union of pig-breeders

12:00-13:00 Examples of effective models of pig-breeding; opportunities for Russia 

13:00-14:00 Discussion and Networking break

14:00-15:00 Meat merchandising, specific problems, promotion of meat products
Speaker to be confirmed 

Session ІІ
Promotion of products in the markets
Chairmen: Jacques Pomerleau & Yuri Kovalev

16:00-17:00
Merchandising in the Russian meat industry
Speaker: Igor Kachanov

17:00-17:30 Closing summary:
YI Kovalev, general director of the National Union of swine breeders