Featured Speakers – April 14

Thomas Mielke
Executive Director of ISTA Mielke
Thomas Mielke is Executive Director of ISTA Mielke GmbH in Hamburg (Germany), OIL WORLD, a leading research organization that provides global supply, demand and price analyses, statistics and forecasts for all the major oilseeds, vegetable oils and animal fats and oilmeals as well as for biodiesel and livestock products with clients in 100 countries. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and workshops all over the world. Thomas joined the OIL WORLD team in the mid-1970s, after studying economics. He is a member of the Programme Advisory Committee of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board. He has given lectures at the University of Hamburg (TUHH). OIL WORLD was founded in 1958 and is recognized worldwide as a leading independent, authoritative and unbiased information provider. The weekly and daily flash reports can be obtained from www.oilworld.biz and there are other reports, the CHINESE OIL WORLD in Mandarin and the FISH, Oil & Meal World in English and Spanish.

Emily French
Managing Director at ConsiliAgra
As a fourth generation U.S. wheat farmer from northern Idaho, Emily French has long been active in agriculture. After earning a degree in Agricultural Business from Washington State University, she formally began her trading career as a physical cash trader for Cargill, working for the firm’s Grain, Oilseed Processing and Wet Milling Divisions. Following Cargill, French worked for the U.S. Grains Council and World Perspectives in Washington, DC. After five years in Washington, D.C., French moved to the investment banking and OTC derivatives markets with National Australia Bank in both New York and Sydney, Australia. She subsequently returned to the U.S. to work as a Senior Vice President in Macquarie’s Treasury and Commodity Group. In early 2009, Emily left Macquarie to form ConsiliAgra, an active advice and strategy group covering the world agricultural commodity markets, specializing in grain and oilseeds. Clients include hedge funds, speculative traders, flour mills, ethanol plants, and investment banks. When not on an airplane, French resides in the mountains of northern Idaho and can always be reached at efrench@consiliagra.com.

Featured Speakers – April 15

U.S. Exporters

• John Buboltz, North American Soybean Processing Manager, Cargill
• Ken Dallmier, President & COO, Clarkson Grain Company
• Craig Pietig, Senior Director of Exports, AG Processing Inc

U.S. Grower Leaders

• Jim Carroll III, Chair, United Soybean Board (Arkansas)
• Bill Gordon, President, American Soybean Association (Minnesota)
• Monte Peterson, Chairman and Director, U.S. Soybean Export Council and American Soybean Association (North Dakota)
• Doug Winters, Vice Chairman and Director, U.S. Soybean Export Council and United Soybean Board (Illinois)
• Derek Haigwood, Director, U.S. Soybean Export Council and United Soybean Board (Arkansas)
• Brian Kemp, Director, U.S. Soybean Export Council and American Soybean Association (Iowa)
• Joel Schreurs, Director, U.S. Soybean Export Council and American Soybean Association (Minnesota)