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