2020 PROGRAM
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
Registration
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM
Welcome Remarks
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Value-Added Macro Trends

Elaine Watson
Editor
FoodNavigator - USA
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Innovation for Smarter Food Manufacturing

Riana Lynn
Founder
Journey Foods
Update on Protein Industries Canada: Ecosystem Development and their 4th Pillar - Sell
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Networking and Nourishment Break
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Networking and Lunch Break
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Panel: Protecting Your Brand During Times of Crisis

Dr. Shannon Hood-Niefer
Vice President, Innovation and Technology
Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre Inc.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Saskatchewan Business Success Story & Report on Nuffield Scholar International Research Project

John Cote
Founder
Black Fox Farm & Distillery
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Networking and Nourishment Break
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Keynote: Future Proofing Your Agri-Food Business

Dana McCauley
Food Innovation Expert
The University of Guelph

Lyle Orwig
Chairman and Founding Partner
Charleston | Orwig

Myles Hamilton
President & Managin Partner
CanMar Foods, Ltd.
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Rob Hendry
Partner
Miller Thomson Avocats | Lawyers
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Networking and Reception

Join industry, government, and non-profit delegates at our networking and reception event at the Top of the Inn in the Sheraton Cavalier.
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Closing Comments

Paul Johnson
Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy
Government of Saskatchewan - Ministry of Agriculture

Meghan Gervais
Intellectual Property Manager
Protein Industries Canada

Abdul Jalil
Assistant Deputy Minister
Western Economic Diversification Canada

Hon. David Marit
Minister of Agriculture
Government of Saskatchewan

Rick Burton
Deputy Minister of Agriculture
Government of Saskatchewan