OPENING DAY
4:00-7:00 pm
Registration Check-In
Sponsored by AcuFast, AgriHub, PIC, Summit Technologies & Topigs Norsvin
4:00-7:00 pm
Sponsor Exhibit Area & Poster Viewing
4:00-7:00 pm
Welcome Reception
Sponsored by Steve’s Livestock Transport & Dept. AFNS University of Alberta
7:00 am
Registration Check-In
Tradeshow Floor 7am to 6pm
Poster Session All Day
7:30 am
Morning Coffee
Sponsored by APC, DanBred, SEC Repro inc. & Trouw Nutrition
Plenary Session I
8:00 am
Welcome to BPS 2025
Steve Davies, BPS Advisory Committee Chair
8:10 am
Communication & Employee Retention
Speaker TBA
9:05 am
When Pigs Fly: The Impact of Mis- and Disinformation on Virus Emergence and Animal Health
Angela Rasmussen, VIDO
10:00 am
Coffee Break
Sponsored by EastGen, Grand Manufacturing, h@ms Marketing & Polar Pork Farms
10:30 am
Morning Production Sessions
1. Grow-Finish Management
Sponsored by Hypor
2. Survivability
Sponsored by DNA Genetics
3. Swine Health
Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Inc.
4. Innovators (Wed Only)
12:00 pm
Lunch
Sponsored by Maple Leaf & Swine Veterinary Partners
1:15 pm
Afternoon Production Sessions
5. Feed & Nutrition
Sponsored by Novonesis
6. Sow Management
Sponsored by South West Vets
7. Nursery Management
Sponsored by Jefo
8. Welfare
Sponsored by Prairie Swine Centre
3:30 pm
Coffee Break
Sponsored by: Hamlet Protein, Minitube Canada & Vereijken
3:30 - 6:00 pm
Tradeshow & Networking
7:30 am
Registration Check-In
Tradeshow Floor 7am to 4pm
Poster Session until 4pm
7:30 am
Morning Coffee
Plenary Session II
Sponsored by Olymel
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
Pork Markets
Brett Stuart, Global AgriTrends
9:05 am
Economics & Agriculture Markets
Speaker TBA
10:00 am
Coffee Break
Sponsored by: Agribution, Automated Production & Warman Veterinary Services
10:30 am
Morning Production Sessions
1. Grow-Finish Management
Sponsored by Hypor
2. Survivability
Sponsored by DNA Genetics
3. Swine Health
Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Canada Inc.
12:00 pm
Lunch
Sponsored by HyLife
1:15 pm
Afternoon Production Sessions
5. Feed & Nutrition
Sponsored by Novonesis
6. Sow Management
Sponsored by South West Vets
7. Nursery Management
Sponsored by Jefo
8. Welfare
Sponsored by Prairie Swine Centre
3:30 pm
Coffee Break
Sponsored by: Carlo Genetics
Closing Plenary Session
4:00 pm
Resiliency & Adversity
Tyler Smith, Humboldt Broncos Survivor
5:00 pm
Closing Comments
Ruurd Zijlstra, BPS Committee