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Tuesday, January 19, 2010 | |
| 7:00 PM | Opening Reception |
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 | |
| 8:15 | Welcome: Bryan Perkins, Chair, BPS Advisory Committee |
| Session I: What the Next Pandemic may Bring | |
| 8:30 |
Global Picture of Zoonotic Disease Outbreaks Soren Alexandersen, National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, MB Presentation as PDF |
| 9:15 | Estimating the Market Cost of H1N1 Ron Gietz, Alberta Agriculture & Rural Development, AB Presentation as PDF |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 | Morning Breakout Sessions |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 1:30 | Afternoon Breakout Sessions |
| 3:00 | Coffee Break |
| 3:30 | Breakout Sessions &/or Grad Student Competition continue to 5 pm |
| 4:30 | Intervet / Schering Plough Animal Health Reception |
Thursday, January 21, 2010 | |
| 8:15 | Presentations: F.X. Aherne Prize for Innovative Pork Production; Grad Student Award |
| Session II: New Business Models | |
| 8:30 |
Effective Advertising & Product Promotion Ellen Goddard, Rural Economy, Univ Alberta, AB Presentation as PDF |
| 9:15 |
"After the Dust Settles" Kevin Grier, George Morris Centre, ON; Steve Meyer, Paragon Economics Inc, IA Presentation as PDF |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 | Morning Breakout Sessions |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 1:30 | Afternoon Breakout Sessions |
| 3:00 | Coffee Break |
| 3:30 | Breakout &/or Poster Sessions continue to 5 pm |
| 4:30 | Post-Session Reception - cash bar EHT & Max Bell Foyers |
Friday, January 22, 2010 | |
| Session III: The Boom after the Bust | |
| 9:00 |
BPS Wrap up Info Ron Ball, BPS Program Director |
| 9:15 | China's Pork Industry - Implications for the World Chenjun Pan, Rabobank Beijing, China Presentation as PDF |
| 10:15 | Refreshment Break |
| 10:45 | To the Brave go the Spoils Douglas Porter, BMO Capital Markets, ON Presentation as PDF |
| 11:45 | Closing Remarks Ron Ball, BPS Program Director |
Morning Breakout Sessions: | |||
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10:30 to Noon |
1. | Challenging our Pork Marketing Models | Martin Rice, Canadian Pork Council, ON; Kevin Grier, George Morris Centre, ON |
| 2. | Reducing Feed Costs – Research & Technical | John Patience, Iowa State Univ, IA; Gary Allee, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO | |
| 3. | Livestock Health Surveillance Systems | Brad Chappell, Swine Health Professionals, MB; John Berezowski, AARD, AB | |
| 4. | Best Practices in Financial & Risk Management | Daniel Bluntzer, Frontier Risk Management, IL; Ben Woolley, Sunterra Farms Ltd, AB | |
| 5. | Producing Antibiotic-free Pork | Manon St-Hilaire, veterinarian, QC Darwin Kohler, Babcock Genetics, MN | |
| 6. | Graduate Student Competition (Wednesday only) | The best high value research will be selected for 20 minute theatre presentations and discussion. See what the future will bring in the fields of nutrition, breeding, management and the environment. All research posters will be displayed from 8 am to 5 pm Wednesday and Thursday. The following forms are available as PDF files: | |
Afternoon Breakout Sessions: | |||
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1:30 to 4:30 | 7. | H1N1 Influenza: Past, Present, Future | Kevin Fonseca, Provincial Health Lab, AB Marie Gramer, University of Minnesota, MN Egan Brockhoff, Prairie Swine Health Services Ltd, AB Julia Keenliside, Alberta Ag & Rural Development, AB |
| 8. | Reducing Feed Costs - Practical Application | Roger Campbell, Pork CRC Ltd, Australia Mick Hazzledine, Premier Nutrition, UK Eduardo Beltranena, Alberta Ag & Rural Development, AB | |
| 9. | Production for Profitability | Tim Loula, Swine Vet Center, MN; John Waddell, Sutton, Vet Clinic, NE; Billy Flowers, North Carolina State Univ, NC; Steve Dritz, Kansas State Univ, KS | |
| 10. | Trade Impediments of Our Own Making | Steve Meyer, Paragon Economics Inc, IA Jacques Pomerleau, Canada Pork International, ON Claude Boissonneault, Candian Food Inspection Agency, ON Ted Haney, Canada Beef Export Federation, ON | |
| 11. | Planning for the Animal Welfare Issues | John Mackinnon, Pig Health and Production Consultancy, UK Ed Pajor, Univ Calgary Veterinary Medicine, AB Bryan Hay, Maple Leaf Foods Inc, MB Jennifer Woods, J Woods Livestock Services, AB | |
| 12. | Capturing Genetic Potential in the Future | Gerard Albers, Hendrix Genetics Research & Technology Centre, The Netherlands David Casey, PIC - USA Egbert Knol, IPG, The Netherlands | |
| 13. | Government of Canada Assistance to the Hog Industry | Martin Crevier, Financial Guarantee Programs Divisions, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, ON Katia Courie, Financial Guarantee Programs Divisions, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, ON Herman Simons, Chair Alberta Pork and Edulia Farms Ltd, AB Eric Olson, Meyers Norris Penny, MB | |
| Research Posters will be displayed from 8 am to 5 pm Wednesday and Thursday in the Max Bell Building. | |||
The following forms are available as PDF files:
