Program

OPENING DAY

4:00-7:00 pm
Registration Check-In

4:00-7:00 pm
Sponsor Exhibit Area & Poster Viewing

4:00-7:00 pm
Welcome Reception

7:00 am
Registration Check-In

Tradeshow Floor 7am to 6pm

Poster Session All Day

7:30 am 
Morning Coffee

Plenary Session I

8:00 am 
Welcome to BPS 2026
Adrian Sinke, BPS Advisory Committee Chair

8:10 am
Future of Canadian Agriculture & Food
Speaker TBA

9:05 am
Sustainable Pork Production
Speaker TBA

10:00 am
Coffee Break

10:30 am
Morning Production Sessions

 1. Succession Planning

2. Piglet Management    

 3. Gilt Management

4. Welfare     

12:00 pm
Lunch

1:15 pm

Afternoon Production Sessions

5. Sow Management

6. Disease

7. Buildings & Technology 

8. Innovators

3:30 pm
Coffee Break

3:30 - 6:00 pm 
Tradeshow & Networking

Production session speakers

7:30 am
Registration Check-In

Tradeshow Floor 7am to 4pm

Poster Session until 4pm

7:30 am 
Morning Coffee

Plenary Session II

8:00 am 
Award Presentations
FX Aherne Award for Innovative Pork Production

RO Ball Young Scientist Award

George Foxcroft Lectureship in Swine Production

8:10 am
Global Pork Markets
Brett Stuart, Global AgriTrends

9:05 am
Global Pork Opportunities & Lessons Beyond North America
Rupert Claxton, Gira Foods

10:00 am
Coffee Break

10:30 am
Morning Production Sessions

 1. Succession Planning

2. Piglet Management    

 3. Gilt Management

4. Welfare     

12:00 pm
Lunch

1:15 pm

Afternoon Production Sessions

5. Sow Management

6. Disease

7. Buildings & Technology 

3:30 pm
Coffee Break

Closing Plenary Session

4:00 pm
Hogs, Headspace & Holding it Together
Gerry Friesen, The Recovering Farmer

5:00 pm
Closing Comments
Murray Pettitt, BPS Committee

Production session speakers