Event Details

Following the continued impact of COVID on agriculture food supply chains, 2022 has brought yet another year of unprecedented supply and demand shocks, tight food supplies, and uncertain market conditions. Rising food prices have focused increasing attention on global agricultural production and food supply chains. Especially with the impact of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, supplies of many agricultural commodities remain at their tightest levels in years, and that is likely to continue well into 2023.



What is the outlook ahead for the agriculture and F&B industries and the Chinese market/economy? Join the AmCham Agriculture, Food & Beverage (AFB) Industry Group and experts as they share global agricultural developments, exchange insights, and discuss the latest industry trends.

Agenda

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Registration
2:00 PM - 2:05 PM
Opening Remarks by Michael Hart, President of AmCham China
2:05 PM - 2:50 PM
2:50 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Offline Networking

Speakers

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    Adam Branson

    Senior Agricultural Attaché at Embassy Beijing

    Adam Branson is the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Senior Agricultural Attaché for the U.S. Embassy in Beijing where he oversees USDA’s ag. economic and ag. policy engagement with China. He has served in Washington, DC as a USDA China Desk Officer, the FAS Deputy Chief of Staff, and as FAS’ Sr. Director for Western Hemisphere Operations with previous overseas postings in Mexico City, Mexico and Mumbai, India and nearly five years as a local hire at U.S. Embassy Beijing in the early 2000s. He received a B.A. with majors in both politics and East Asian studies from Washington and Lee University in Virginia and a Master of Science Degree in Agricultural and Consumer Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign.

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    Yong Gao

    PhD, Vice President at Bayer (China) Ltd

    Dr. Yong Gao currently serves as Vice President of Public Affairs and Sustainability for Bayer China. Headquartered in Germany, Bayer is a global leader in life science focusing on healthcare and agriculture. Prior to Bayer, Yong was President of Monsanto China and Director of Corporate Affairs for Asia and Africa at Monsanto which was acquired by Bayer in 2018. For three decades serving in the private sector, Yong has worked in the US, Canada, Singapore and most recently China. His area of professional experiences includes biotech product regulatory policy, R&D, safety assessment and commercialization, international trade, sustainability, public affairs and corporate communication.

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    Xiaoping Zhang

    Regional Director, Greater China of U.S. Soybean Export Council

    Mr. Zhang Xiaoping is the Director of Greater China Region for the U.S.
    Soybean Export Council (USSEC), managing technical and marketing
    programs in China Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan for the
    organization.
    Mr. Zhang joined the American Soybean Association (ASA) in 2000 as
    the Deputy Director of ASA’S Beijing Representative Office, leading
    ASA’S marketing programs funded by the United Soybean Board and
    Foreign Agricultural Services of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
    including marketing program strategic planning and reporting,
    marketing program management and evaluation. He has also been
    involved in activities addressing market access and trade issues. After
    the U.S. Soybean Export Council was established in 2005, Mr. Zhang
    took the position as the Deputy Country Director. In 2011, he was
    appointed as the China Country Director, and in 2018, Mr. Zhang was
    appointed to the position as Greater China Regional Director for USSEC.
    Before joining the U.S. soy industry organization, Mr. Zhang worked for
    the Louis Dreyfus Corporation based in Beijing as the trading manager
    for commodities including soybeans, soybean meal, soybean oil, corn,
    canola, rice and cotton.
    In the past 26 years, Mr. Zhang has accumulated rich experience in the
    areas of grains and oilseeds business, government/industry/public
    relations, trade policy and market access, and has been maintaining
    constant and extensive contacts with the Chinese grain/oilseeds trading
    companies, soybean processing industry, livestock/poultry/aquaculture
    industry, trade associations as well as government agencies at different
    levels

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    Juhui Huang

    Vice President of Corporate Affairs at BRF Greater China

    Dr. Juhui Huang is Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Greater China for BRF since Jan 2017. In this role, he serves as BRF’s principal liaison with the Chinese government, industry associations and state-owned companies. He is based in Beijing.

    Dr. Huang began his career in China’s Ministry of Agriculture in 1994 before accepting senior government affairs and business development positions in the private sector. Prior to joining BRF, he served as senior director and chief representative of ADM Beijing Representative Office. He also served as vice president of government affairs for the Pharmaceutical Industry Association Committee, and director of government affairs and business development for Cargill.
    Dr. Huang is a business leader and government relations veteran with over 20 years’ experience in the agriculture, food and life science industries. He is a frequent speaker in high-profile conferences including the JCCT US-China Agriculture and Food Conference, the China Food Security & Safety Strategy Summit, and the Government Relations Summit of the Conference Board.

    He is a co-chair of the Agricultural Forum of AmCham China and a founder of the US-China Agriculture and Food Partnership (AFP). He served as a non-executive director of the board of COFCO Meat Holding Limited (HK.01610) from Dec 2017 to Aug. 2020. He holds a doctorate in agronomy from China Agricultural University.

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    Manuel Sanchez

    Director – Beijing, China of U.S. GRAINS COUNCIL

    Manuel Sanchez serves as the director in China for the U.S. Grains Council, a non-profit organization that promotes the global use of U.S. barley, corn, sorghum and related products including ethanol and distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS). In this capacity, Sanchez identifies and works with the China office team to address trade, technical and policy-related factors relevant to building and maintaining the market for U.S. grains and co-products in China.

    Before assuming his current role, Sanchez was regional director for Southeast Asia based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Prior to that, Sanchez served as the assistant director for Southeast Asia, where he assisted with the overall coordination and management of Council programs in the region, and as a manager of global trade, based in the United States.

    Prior to joining the Council, Sanchez worked at Cargill Incorporated from 2007 to 2014, serving in various roles including grain marketing advisor in Valparaiso, Indiana, and trade execution supervisor in Coral Gables, Florida.

    Sanchez holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Miami and a Bachelor of Business Administration and international business from Florida International University.

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Tickets

Non-members (online only)
Standard Price RMB 1,000
AmCham China Members (online)
Standard Price RMB 280
AmCham China Members (offline)
Standard Price RMB 280

Venue

Washington Room, AmCham China

Floor 3, Gate 4, Pacific Century Place,
2A Workers' Stadium North Road,
Chaoyang District, Beijing
北京市朝阳区工体北路甲2号,
盈科中心4号门3层

Beijing, Chaoyang District, China

If you have any questions please contact Cynthia Zhai

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