
May 2, 2019
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
Registration
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
Welcome Remarks

Paul Johnson
Assistant Deputy Minister
Ministry of Agriculture
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM
What's Next is Now: Disruptors Defining a New Marketplace

Carman Allison
VP of Consumer Insights
Nielsen
9:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Artificial Intelligence in Food and Beverage Processing

Brett Brohl
Managing Director
Techstars Farm to Fork Accelerator

Tiffany Stephenson
Chief Marketing Officer
Protein Industries Canada
Protein Industries Canada and Venture Capital Opportunities
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Sean O'Connor
Venture Capital Fund Manager
Conexus Credit Union
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Networking Break
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
12:25 PM - 1:00 PM
Fieldcraft: An ingredient discovery platform

Michael Chapman
Co-Founder
Fieldcraft
1:05 PM - 2:15 PM
Panel: The business case for sustainability in value-added agriculture

Moderator
Krystal Tendler
Director, Agriculture Awareness Unit
Government of Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture

Jeffrey Fitzpatrick-Stilwell
Sr. Manager of NA Sustainability
McDonald's

Cher Mereweather
CEO
Provision Coalition

Jim Smolik
Head of Canada Corporate Affairs
Cargill
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
The Mindful Consumer: How to ensure objective analysis wins

Jeff Hilton
CEO
BrandHive
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Networking Break
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Panel: Expanding your business horizons in CPTPP markets
Join Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Global Affairs Canada trade commissioners from Vietnam, Indonesia, Mexico, and Japan for a discussion of new opportunities to diversify your exports under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Keynote: Value-Added Market Strategy

Jo-Ann McArthur
CEO
Nourish Marketing
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Networking and Reception

Presented By

Lucio De Martinis
Manager of Sustainability
Saputo Dairy Products Canada

Kirk Westgard
Assistant Deputy Minister
Ministry of Trade and Export Development

Tuan Anh Tran
AAFC Trade Commissioner
Embassy of Canada in Hanoi, Vietnam

Jennifer Rodrigue
First Secretary and AAFC Trade Commisioner
Embassy of Mexico

Takashi Furukawa
AAFC Trade Commissioner
Consulate of Canada in Nagoya Japan

Chris Anderson
Counsellor and Regional Trade Commisioner
Indonesia and ASEAN

Moderator
Katie Meredith
Sr. Market Development Officer
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Join our 200 industry, government, and non-profit delegates at a networking and reception event with beverages and appetizers at the Top of the Inn in the Sheraton Cavalier.

David Marit
Minister of Agriculture
Government of Saskatchewan