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Tuesday, January 20, 2009 | |
| 7:00 PM | Opening Reception |
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 | |
| 8:15 | Welcome: Bryan Perkins, Chair, BPS 2009 Advisory Committee |
| Session I: Competitiveness in the Processing, Retail & Export Sectors | |
| 8:30 |
Competition in US Pork Sales Brian Knudson, Cargill Animal Nutrition, MN |
| 9:15 |
Competition in the International Pork Market Jeff Kucharski, Alberta Livestock & Meat Agency, AB Presentation as PDF |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 | Morning Breakout Sessions |
| 12:00 | Buffet Lunch (included with registration) |
| 1:30 | Afternoon Breakout Sessions |
| 3:00 | Coffee Break |
| 3:30 | Breakout Sessions &/or Grad Student Competition continue to 5 pm |
| 4:30 | Delegates' Reception hosted by Intervet / Schering Plough Animal Health |
Thursday, January 22, 2009 | |
| 8:15 | Presentations: F.X. Aherne Prize for Innovative Pork Production; BPS Graduate Student Award |
| Session II: Roadmap for Rebound | |
| 8:30 |
Roadmap for Competitive Industry in USA Dermot Hayes, Iowa State University, IA Presentation as PDF |
| 9:15 |
Roadmap for Competitive Industry in Canada Jerry Bouma, Toma & Bouma Consulting, AB Presentation as PDF |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 | Morning Breakout Sessions |
| 12:00 | Buffet Lunch (included with registration) |
| 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 23, 2009 | |
| Session III: Pork Industry Update - Price & Production Forecasts | |
| 9:00 AM | BPS Wrap Up Ron Ball, BPS 2009 Program Director |
| 9:15 AM | Cost of Production Forecast - US vs. Canada Comparison Grant Lazaruk, Hytek Ltd, MB Presentation as PDF |
| 10:00 AM | Refreshment Break |
| 10:30 AM | Global Price & Production Forecast Ron Plain, University of Missouri, MO Presentation as PDF |
| 11:15 AM | Closing Remarks Ron Ball, BPS 2009 Program Director |
| 11:30 AM | Buffet Lunch (included with registration) |
Morning Breakout Sessions: | |||
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10:30 to Noon |
1. | Hedging for Profit | Daniel Bluntzer, Frontier Risk Management, IL; Ben Woolley, Sunterra Farms Ltd, AB |
| 2. | COOL vs. "Choose Canadian" | Ron Plain, University of Missouri, MO; Roy Kruse, Alberta Pork, AB | |
| 3. | Equipping your Staff for the Next Cycle | Carol Martens, Hytek Ltd, MB; Thomas Jacob, Sunterra Farms Ltd, AB; Vitaly Sergeev, Poundmaker Pork Farm, AB | |
| 4. | Reducing Sow Feed Costs | Ron Ball, University of Alberta, AB; Andrew Jackson, PIC, ON | |
| 5. | Re-Building Consumer Confidence | Rory McAlpine, Maple Leaf Foods Inc; Speaker TBA, CFIA | |
| 6. | Hog Production Costs - What is needed to stay competitive? | Aïcha Coulibaly, Centre de développement du porc du Québec inc, QC; Don Lidster, DNL Farms Ltd, SK; Rocky Morrill, Sunrise Pork Producers, BC; Miles Beaudin, Manitoba Pork, MB | |
| 12:00 | Lunch | ||
Afternoon Breakout Sessions: | |||
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1:30 to 4:30 | 7. | Labour - What Every Employer Should Know | Marcel Hacault, Canadian Agricultural Safety Assoc., MB Trisha Gain, McLennan Ross LLP, AB |
| 8. | Keeping PRRS Out | Marie-Ève Lambert, University of Montreal, QC; Laura Batista, Centre de développement du porc du Québec, QC; Darwin Reicks, Swine Vet Center, MN | |
| 9. | Preventing Antibiotic Resistant Disease | Bob Friendship, Ontario Veterinary College, ON; Scott McEwen, Ontario Veterinary College, ON; Doug MacDougald, MacDougald & Assoc, ON | |
| 10. | CAREful Pig Production | Tina Widowski, University of Guelph, ON; Susan Church, Alberta Farm Animal Care, AB; Catherine Scovil, Canadian Pork Council, ON | |
| 11. | Reducing Feed Costs for Grow-Finish | Ruurd Zijlstra, University of Alberta, AB; Malachy Young, Gowans Feed Consulting, AB; Gilbert Vanden Heuvel, From the Hill Farms Ltd, ON | |
| 3:30-5:00 PM Wednesday Max Bell Building | Poster Session: BPS Graduate Student Award The best and most interesting Canadian Graduate Student Research Abstracts submitted for the poster session will be selected for 15 minute theatre presentations and discussion. Research Posters will be displayed from 8 am to 5 pm Wednesday and Thursday in the Max Bell Building. To submit a poster, please contact ruth.ball@ualberta.ca | ||
