Program

OPENING DAY

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

4:00-7:00 pm
Welcome Reception
Sponsored by: Dept AFNS, University of Alberta

7:00 am
Registration Check-In
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Tradeshow Floor 7am to 6pm

Poster Session All Day

7:30 am 
Morning Coffee
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Plenary Session I
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8:00 am 
Welcome to BPS 2027
Adrian Sinke, BPS Advisory Committee Chair

8:10 am
Communication in the Workplace
Speaker TBA

9:05 am
Pork Markets & Economics
Speaker TBA

10:00 am
Coffee Break

10:30 am
Morning Production Sessions

 1. Marketing

2. Farrowing Management    

3. Breeding Management 

12:00 pm
Lunch

1:15 pm

Afternoon Production Sessions

4. Health & Disease

5. Sow & Piglet Management 

6. Buildings

7. Innovators

3:30 pm
Coffee Break

3:30 - 6:00 pm 
Tradeshow & Networking

4:00 - 6:00 pm 
Grad Student Networking Event

Production session speakers

7:30 am
Registration Check-In
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Tradeshow Floor 7am to 4pm

Poster Session until 4pm

7:30 am 
Morning Coffee

Plenary Session II
Sponsored by Alberta Pork

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
Food Sustainability
Speaker TBA

9:05 am
Role of AI & Technology in Agriculture
Speaker TBA

10:00 am
Coffee Break

10:30 am
Morning Production Sessions

1. Marketing

2. Farrowing Management    

3. Breeding Management

12:00 pm
Lunch

1:15 pm

Afternoon Production Sessions

4. Health & Disease

5. Sow & Piglet Management 

6. Buildings

3:30 pm
Coffee Break

Closing Plenary Session

4:00 pm
TBA
Speaker TBA

5:00 pm
Closing Comments
Murray Pettitt, BPS Committee

Production session speakers