BPS Registration
Important Information
- Registration will include two full days of sessions, lunches, coffee breaks and opening welcome reception as well as electronic copy of the conference proceedings.
- Early bird discounts are offered until November 15, 2024.
- Group discounts offered for groups of 6 or more (every 6th registration will be free) - to receive the discount delegates must all be registered together as one transaction. Delegates registered on separate transaction cannot be combined. Deadline for group registrations is December 20, 2024.
- Refunds will be offered for cancellations made before December 20, 2024 minus a $75 admin fee. No refunds will be issued for cancellations made after December 20, 2024. All refund requests must be submitted to pork@ualberta.ca
Registration Tickets
- $360 Early In-Person Registration (before November 15, 2024)
- $410 Regular In-Person Registration (November 16 to December 20, 2024)
- $460 Late In-Person Registration (December 21, 2024 to January 9, 2025)
- FREE Student In-Person Registration for Undergrad & Grad Students attending a Canadian Institution (must register by December 20, 2024 to receive discount)
- $180 Student In-Person Registration for Undergrad & Grad Students attending an International Institution (must register by December 20, 2024 to receive discount)
For media registrations please contact the BPS office at 780-492-3651 or pork@ualberta.ca
Need more information?
Contact: Ashley Steeple, Conference Coordinator
Phone: (780) 492-3651
Email: pork@ualberta.ca
Morning Breakout Sessions
1. Grow-Finish Management - 10:30AM
Nutrition to Hit the Grid Speaker
Speaker TBA
Understanding & Targeting the Grid
Speaker TBA
2. Pig Survivability - 10:30AM
Improving Sow Livability - Key Learnings & Opportunities
David Rosero, Iowa State University
Key Findings in Post-Weaning Mortality Research & Pig Livability Project Producer Resources
Joel DeRouchey, Kansas State University
3. Swine Health - 10:30AM
How New Technology & Real Time Feedback Can Improve Transport Biosecurity
Rob Hannam, Farm Health Guardian
Biosecurity at Load-Out - A Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network Special Project
Jette Christensen, CWSHIN
4. Innovators - 10:30AM
4. Innovators
Winning Innovation for the F.X. Aherne Prize in Innovative Pork Production
Finalist Presentations for the R.O. Ball Young Scientist Grad Student Competition
Afternoon Breakout Sessions
5. Feed & Nutrition - 1:15PM
Opportunities & Challenges for Novel Protein Feedstuffs in Swine Diets
Ruurd Zijlstra, Univeristy of Alberta
Decreasing Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Feeding Costs & Labour Requirements by Using Precision Feeding Techniques
Marie-Pierre Letourneau-Montminy, Laval University
The Role of Livestock in Future Food Systems
Karel Van der Velden, Nijsen
6. Sow Management - 1:15PM
Gilt Development - Laying the Foundation for Future Performance
Jennifer Patterson, University of Alberta
Weigth Watchers - Insights from Ontario Sow Herds
Courtney Werth, South West Vets
Between Gestation & Lactation a Transition is Made
Chris Opschoor, Topigs Norsvin
7. Nursery Management - 1:15PM
Acidification & Nutrition in the Nursery
Speaker TBA
European Strategies for Reducing Medicated Zinc Oxide & Antibiotics in Weaned Piglet Feed
Gilles Langeoire, Gilles Langeoire Consulting
The Clean Start
Dave Van Walleghem, Solvet
8. Welfare - 1:15PM
Ethology 101
Yolande Seddon, University of Saskatchewan
Welfare in Pigs
Martyna Lagoda, University of Saskatchewan
Enrichment
Jen-Yun Chou, University of Saskatchewan