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Agenda
(Subject to Change)
Western Development Museum - Saskatoon
Friday, March 17, 2006
| 07:45 - 08:15 |
• Full
breakfast |
| 08:15 - 08:25 |
• Opening
Comments by Chair Trenton Baisley, President & CEO,
FarmPure (Regina) |
| 08:25 - 08:35 |
• Welcome
by Saskatchewan Agriculture - Mr. Doug Matthies,
Deputy Minister |
| 08:35 - 9:30 |
• Opening
keynote: Professor David Hughes - Imperial College London (UK)
Assessing Global Agriculture and Food Trends: What
are consumers
demanding and what must producers supply? |
| 09:30 - 10:30 |
• Mr.
Ian Longson, Director General and CEO, Department of Agriculture -
Western Australia
Growing agricultural value by changing our focus
away from production to
creating healthier consumers: The Australian
Experience |
| 10:30 - 10:50 |
• Coffee
break |
| 10:50 - 11:10 |
• Mr.
Alan Ellis, Business Manager, Grain Foods CRC - North Ryde, Australia
Grain Foods CRC is developing products and
processes from existing grains for
novel ingredients and those that provide health
benefits. Mr. Ellis will talk about
Grain Foods CRC, their activities and the types
of partnerships and
collaborations they would like to foster. |
| 11:10 - 12:10 |
• Dr.
Peter Zuurbier, Associate Professor of International Business
Management, Wageningen University, The
Netherlands and Visiting
Professor in 2006 at the University of Sao Paolo,
Brazil
Wageningen University and Research Centre is at
the centre of much of the
private-public research that is taking place in
The Netherlands. Dr. Zuurbier will
discuss how this collaboration works for everyone
-- with private industry
sharing public food research laboratories --
working on developing
high-value products for the agri-food industry. |
| 12:10 - 13:30 |
• Networking
luncheon. No speaker |
| 13:40 - 14:40 |
• Dr.
Peter Jones - Director Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and
Nutraceuticals (University of Manitoba)
Developing new healthier products from western
Canada that bolsters
agriculture by adding value to commodities: What
are the opportunities? |
| 14:40 - 15:30 |
• Speaker
To Be Announced: Opportunities and Challenges for
Saskatchewan In Moving Forward in the Value-Added
Food Industry |
| 15:30- 15:50 |
• Coffee
Break |
| 15:50 - 16:20 |
• Wrap
Up Interactive Session - Professor David Hughes:
What Action is Required? The Next Steps |
| 16:30 - 16:40 |
• Chairman's
Closing Remarks |
| 16:40 - 18:00 |
• Reception |
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