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Banff Pork Seminar
January 18 - 21, 2011

"Facing Our Future"
Banff, Alberta, Canada

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

7:00 PMOpening Reception

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

8:15 AMWelcome: Jim Haggins, Chair, BPS Advisory Committee
Session I: Facing Our Future
8:30Advocating to Shape Our Future
Wes Jamison, Palm Beach Atlantic University, FL
9:15The Future of Animal Feeding
Speaker TBA
10:00Coffee Break
10:30Financing Agriculture in the Future
Mark Greenwood, AgStar Financial Services, MN
11:15Global Price and Production Forecast
Ron Plain, University Missouri
12:00Lunch
1:30Afternoon Breakout Sessions
3:00Coffee Break
3:30Breakout Sessions &/or Grad Student Competition continue to 5 pm
5:30PIC Hosts BPS 40th Anniversary Celebration at Mountview BBQ

Thursday, January 20, 2011

8:15 AMPresentations: F.X. Aherne Prize for Innovative Pork Production
Session II: Building the Future on Past Success
8:30Successful Innovation Strategies of European Pork Companies
Karen Hamann, IFAU, Denmark
9:15Growth of a Canadian Leader
Grant Lazaruk, Hytek Ltd, MB
10:00Coffee Break
10:30Morning Breakout Sessions
12:00Lunch
1:30Afternoon Breakout Sessions
3:00Coffee Break Breakout &/or Poster Sessions continue to 5 pm
4:30Post-Session Reception - cash bar EHT & Max Bell Foyers

Friday, January 21, 2011

8:45Presentations: Grad Student Research Award; Evaluation Draw
Session III: Our Future is Food
9:00Global Retailers Efforts to Fulfill Consumer Needs
Andrzej Sosnicki, PIC-USA, TN
9:45Coffee Break
10:15Getting Pork on to the Consumer's Plate
Brad Smoliak, Brad Smoliak Cooks, AB
11:00Pigs, Food and Technology - The Next 40 Years
John Webb, Maple Leaf Foods Inc, ON
11:45Closing Remarks Ron Ball, BPS Program Director
12:00Lunch

Breakout Sessions

Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Wednesday & Thursday)

 
1:30
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4:30		1.Building our Future in Exports Michael Young, CPI, BC
Jeff Clarke, Olymel, QC
Heather Bruce, Univ Alberta, AB
Kevin Grier, George Morris Centre, ON
2.Using Records to Plan the Future Tom Stein, MetaFarms Inc, MN
Greg Bilbrey, Agri Stats Inc, IN
Dan Kraft, Maple Leaf Agri Farms, MB
3.The Future of Swine Health Practice Bob Morrison, Univ Minnesota, MN
Doug MacDougald, MacDougald & Jones, ON
Robert Harding, Cdn Swine Health Board, ON
Jim House, Univ Manitoba, MB
4.The Challenging Future of Feed Costs Soenke Moehn, Univ Alberta, AB
Gerald Shurson, Univ Minnesota, MN
Doug Cook, Provimi North America, OH
Joel Spencer, JBS United Inc, IN
5.Marketing to the Future Consumer Ellen Goddard, Univ Alberta, AB
Karen Hamann, IFAU, Denmark
Jill Hobbs, Univ Saskatchewan, SK
6.Hot Topic TBA Speakers & Topic to be chosen in early Sept from important issues facing pork industry at that time
Research Posters will be displayed from 8 am to 5 pm Wednesday and Thursday in the Max Bell Building.

Morning Breakout Sessions (Thursday only)

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Noon		 7.Transportation with Care and Profit Jorge Andrés Correa, Cdn Meat Council, ON
Nancy Lidster, DNL Farms Ltd, SK
8.Choosing and Ensuring Best Practices Sarah Probst Miller, Carthage Vet. Service, Ltd, IL
Ryan Bracken, The Puratone Corporation, MB
9.Competing in the Future Bill Christianson, PIC-USA, TN
Ron Plain, Univ Missouri, MO
10.The Future of Communications Lilian Schaer, AgriFood Projects, ON
Bob Brcka, PigCHAMP Inc, IA
11.Graduate Student Competition 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.

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