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Fertilizer International 519 Mar-Apr 2024

31 March 2024

New AG Annual welcomes you to Berlin!

CONFERENCE PREVIEW

New AG Annual welcomes you to Berlin!

The 22nd New AG International Annual event is taking place at the Estrel Congress Centre, Berlin, Germany, 9-11 April 2024. Fertilizer International is delighted to be supporting the conference as media partner for the first time.

Estrel Congress Centre, Berlin
PHOTO: ESTREL

This year’s New AG International Annual event is being convened in Berlin, Germany, in mid-April. The city’s modern, spacious and well-equipped Estrel Congress Centre provides an ideal venue for the fertilizer industry’s leading specialty conference.

The New AG Annual is renowned as the premier international event that brings together the specialty fertilizer sector. This must-attend global gathering celebrates knowledge and innovation in the field of plant nutrition, offering a unique forum that joins up cutting-edge research with commercial applications.

Fertilizer International is delighted to have been invited to be media partner by conference organisers Informa/New Ag International and will be attending and exhibiting in Berlin, as well as moderating a conference session.

Network, learn, socialise

For more than two decades now, New AG Annual has been the place where scientists, agronomists and industry professionals gather for a yearly catch-up and learn the latest on:

  • Fertilizers & innovative technology for food: strategic insights that plant nutrition companies can implement now.
  • Enhanced efficiency fertilizers (EEFs): promising new agronomic evidence & advances in product technology.
  • Value-added fertilizers: plant nutrition tech that improves nitrogen & phosphorus use efficiency.
  • Water-soluble fertilizers (WSFs), specialty fertilizers & biostimulants: critical insights plus up-to-date market analysis, reports, trends & forecasts.
  • Biostimulants – new products, technologies and agronomic results: the latest on innovations hitting the market.
  • Plant nutrition, sustainability & the circular economy: discover how secondary nutrient sources are being recovered and turned into valuable plant nutrition products.

Informative, innovative, inspiring

Join us in Berlin in April to be part of an international event that, uniquely, provides all of the following under one roof over several days:

  • 300+ plant nutrition experts – with backgrounds including scientists, R&D, marketing, business development and regulatory affairs.
  • An international audience – our events are truly global with attendees from Asia, North America, Latin America, Europe and Australia.
  • Connect with local distributors – we are dedicated to bringing you more meetings with local distributors than ever before.
  • Unrivalled content – including the latest updates about the EU’s Fertilising Products Regulation (FPR) and insights from notified bodies.
  • NEW workshops for 2024 –an exclusive seminar on the Geopolitics of Agriculture will provide you with critical guidance on how to manage and navigate your business in uncertain times. And lots more!

Expert speakers with cutting edge insights

With a packed agenda spanning two full days, invited speakers at New AG International Annual are leading experts working across plant nutrition on specialty fertilizers, slow-, controlled-release & stabilised fertilizers (SCRSFs) and biostimulants. Strengthen your knowledge with insightful and informative presentations from:

  • Ismail Cakmak, Professor at Sabanci Unlversity
  • Marko Petek, Associate Professor, Division for Agroecology, Department of Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture at University of Zagreb
  • Setareh Jamali-Jaghdani, Product Development, R&D Agriculture at K+S
  • Sarah Reiter, Business Development at BioConsortia
  • Vatren Jurin, Vice President, Product Development at Dunham Trimmer
  • Philipp Theuring, Market Developer at Easymining
  • Maria Trinidad Garcia Sanchez, Deputy Director at Alfarin Quimica
  • Michael Tanchum, CEO at Nexus Foresight
  • Raza Soomar, Managing Director at RNZ Group
  • Thomas Mannheim, Global Head of Agronomy at Fertiglobe
  • Hany Abdo, Laboratory Manager at Toopi Organics
  • Yanora Asia, Director at Yanora Sdn Bhd
  • Yasser Dergham, Agronomic Engineer at Humintech And many others…

See you in Berlin!

Be a part of the future of plant nutrition and join the rest of the global specialty fertilizer community at New AG International Annual this spring. To qualify for your EXCLUSIVE 10% DISCOUNT go to p55 or use the VIP code NAIANN24FI when registering.

Fertilizer International and New AG International magazines look forward to welcoming you at the Estrel Congress Centre in Berlin, 9-11 April 2024, for what is always a lively, informative and sociable event.

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