For media registrations please contact the BPS office at 780-492-3651 or pork@ualberta.ca
Contact: Ashley Steeple, Conference Coordinator
Phone: (780) 492-3651
Email: pork@ualberta.ca
1. Marketing - 10:30AM
Consumer Demand & Pork Marketing: Supporting Long-Term Industry Growth
Claire Jiang, Canada Pork
Protein, Pork & Perception: What Today’s Nutrition Trends Mean to Pork
Shannon Crocker, Canadian Pork Council
2. Farrowing - 10:30AM
Maternity Ring: Meeting All Stakeholder Expectations
Kate Plush, SunPork
Open Farrowing Pens: Lessons Learned from Ontario
Egbert Deetman, Deetman Farms Ltd.
3. Breeding Management - 10:30AM
Fertility Drivers in the Breeding Herd
Rob Knox, University of Illinois
The Boar Stud’s Role: Ensuring Consistent Results in the Breeding Barn
Kara Stewart, Smithfield Premium Genetics
4. Disease & Health - 1:15PM
Emerging PRRSV Variants
Kim Vanderwaal, University of Minnesota
PEDv Occurrence and Transmission
Cesar Corzo, University of Minnesota
Biosecurity and the Impact of PRRS and PED on Productivity
Derald Holtkamp, Iowa State University
5. Sow & Piglet Management - 1:15PM
Feeding Nursery Pigs & Zinc
Francesc Molist, Schothorst Feed Research
Sow Nutrition & Longevity
Pieter Langendijk, Trouw Nutrition
Feeding the Grow-Finish Pig: Formulating to Maximize Income Over Feed Cost
Xun Zhou, Gowan’s
6. Buildings - 1:15PM
Barn Design
Speaker TBA
Barn Ventilation
Raymond Funk, Summit Technologies
Barn Filtration
Perry Hartmann, Parker
7. Innovators - 1:15PM
Winning Innovation for the F.X. Aherne Prize in Innovative Pork Production
Finalist Presentations for the R.O. Ball Young Scientist Grad Student Competiton