Program

OPENING DAY

4:00-7:00 pm
Registration Check-In
Sponsored by: AcuFast, PIC, Prairie Swine Centre & Topigs Norsvin

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

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

7:00 am
Registration Check-In
Sponsored by: AcuFast, PIC, Prairie Swine Centre & Topigs Norsvin

Tradeshow Floor 7am to 6pm

Poster Session All Day

7:30 am 
Morning Coffee
Sponsored by DanBred, DNA Genetics, Kane Veterinary Supplies & Minitube Canada

Plenary Session I
Sponsored by Olymel

8:00 am 
Welcome to BPS 2027
Adrian Sinke, BPS Advisory Committee Chair

8:10 am
Let’s Fuel the People Who Feed the World – The new blueprint for collaboration
Crystal Mackay, Loft32

9:05 am
Future of Canadian Agriculture
Speaker TBA

10:00 am
Coffee Break
Sponsored by Automated Production, EastGen, h@ms Marketing & West Coast Robotics

10:30 am
Morning Production Sessions

 1. Marketing
Sponsored by Canada Pork

2. Farrowing Management    
Sponsored by Hendrix Genetics

3. Breeding Management 

12:00 pm
Lunch
Sponsored by Canada Packers

1:15 pm

Afternoon Production Sessions

4. Health & Disease
Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health

5. Sow & Piglet Management 

6. Buildings

7. Innovators

3:30 pm
Coffee Break
Sponsored by Carlo Genetics, Cooperl 360 NA, Hamlet Protein & Zinpro 

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
Sponsored by: AcuFast, PIC, Prairie Swine Centre & Topigs Norsvin

Tradeshow Floor 7am to 4pm

Poster Session until 4pm

7:30 am 
Morning Coffee
Sponsored by Agribution

Plenary Session II
Sponsored by Alberta Pork

8:00 am 
Award Presentations
FX Aherne Award for Innovative Pork Production
Sponsored by PigEasy LLC

RO Ball Young Scientist Award
Sponsored by VIDO

George Foxcroft Lectureship in Swine Production
Sponsored by Merck Animal Health

8:10 am
Role of AI & Technology in Agriculture
Todd Thurman, Swine Insights International, LLC

9:05 am
Pork Markets & Economics
Speaker TBA

10:00 am
Coffee Break
Sponsored by Buckingham Ag, Grand Manufacturing, Warman Veterinary Services & Zoetis

10:30 am
Morning Production Sessions

 1. Marketing
Sponsored by Canada Pork

2. Farrowing Management    
Sponsored by Hendrix Genetics

3. Breeding Management

12:00 pm
Lunch
Sponsored by Novonesis

1:15 pm

Afternoon Production Sessions

4. Health & Disease
Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health

5. Sow & Piglet Management 

6. Buildings

3:30 pm
Coffee Break

Closing Plenary Session
Sponsored by dsm-firmenich

4:00 pm
If I Can...
Chris Koch

5:00 pm
Closing Comments
Murray Pettitt, BPS Committee

Production session speakers