The FarmTech 2014 Agenda will be posted in September
FarmTech 2013 Agenda
download a printable copy of the concurrent session agenda grid to plan your sessions -
this will be in the showguide that delegates receive at check-in
| Monday, January 28 | |
| 4:00pm – 9:00pm | FarmTech pre-registration at Westin – details Centennial Room – Westin Hotel Edmonton |
| 7:30pm-11:00pm |
FarmTech reception – details Devonian Room – Westin Hotel Edmonton |
| ALL FarmTech events from Tuesday, January 29 through Thursday, January 31 are at the Edmonton EXPO Centre at Northlands The conference registration desk will be setup in the main hallway at the Edmonton EXPO Centre for all delegates and exhibitors checking-in on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday |
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| Tuesday, January 29 |
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| 7:30am | Trade show opens (closes at 6:00pm) - Hall F |
| 7:30-8:45 | Breakfast: Showcasing Solutions by DuPont- Hall F |
| 9:00-9:30 | Grand Opening - Halls G & H |
| 9:30-10:30 | KEYNOTE - Halls G & H Todd Hirsch Alberta Economy: Into the Great Unknown |
| 11:00-12:00 | CONCURRENT #1 |
| Room 1 | Bob Blackshaw Opener and Seeding Speed Effects on Canola Emergence |
| Room 2 | Mark Goodwin Global Harmonization of Crop Protection Product Registration |
| Room 3 | Brent VanKoughnet Farm CEO version 2.0 – the Evolution of Farm Leadership |
| Room 4 | Chrystel Olivier & Scott Meers Understanding the 2012 Aster Yellows Outbreak |
| Room 5 | Kelly Turkington Practical Strategies for Effective Cereal Disease Management |
| Room 6 | Kathleen Sullivan Can Canadian Agriculture Take on the World? |
| Room 7 | Thomas Mielke World Oilseed Market Outlook |
| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch - Halls G & H |
| 1:30-2:30 | Concurrent #2 |
| Room 1 | Neil Harker High Yield Canola Production on the Canadian Prairies |
| Room 2 | Shaun Haney & Peter Gredig Ag Nerds LIVE! Max Out Your Mobile Technology |
| Room 3 | Dave Burdek & Curtis Boyd Growing Forward 2 – Where Are We At? |
| Room 4 | Daniel Heaney, Catherine King, Malcom Mullin, Richard Phillips Fertilizer Stewardship on the Farm Panel |
| Room 5 | John O’Donovan Varietal and Agronomic Impacts on Malting Barley Yield & Quality |
| Room 6 | Dennis McKnight Canadian Food Trends and Their Impact on Production Agriculture |
| Room 7 | David Drozd Grain Market Outlook: Where are Prices Headed? |
| 2:45-3:45 | ACPC Annual General Meeting - Room 1 |
| 4:00-5:00 | Concurrent #3 |
| Room 1 | Thomas Mielke World Oilseed Market Outlook |
| Room 2 | Chrystel Olivier & Scott Meers Understanding the 2012 Aster Yellows Outbreak |
| Room 3 | Reg Shandro “We’ve Got to Do Something”… an Adventure in the Farm Transfer Process |
| Room 4 | Mark Olson What`s New in Pulse Research in Alberta? |
| Room 5 | Mark Goodwin Global Harmonization of Crop Protection Product Registration |
| Room 6 | Kathleen Sullivan Can Canadian Agriculture Take on the World? |
| Room 7 | Brian Rossnagel Western Canadian Cereal Breeding – looking 30 years back and forward – it’s not all about Biotech! |
| 5:15-5:45 | Innovators A |
| Room 1 | Sarah Foster “Semillas al sur” – Testing Canola Seed South of the Equator |
| Room 2 | Jamie Christie & Peter Gamache Controlled Traffic Farming in Alberta |
| Room 3 | Patrick Fabian Tillage Radish – A New Option to Fertility Reclamation |
| Room 4 | Albert Wagner Grain Bagging Technology for Storing Grain and Fertilizer |
| Room 5 | Susan Wood-Bohm, Bonnie Drozdowski, Anthony Anyia Biochar Production and Potential in Alberta |
| Room 6 | Glen Kroeker Using Field Manager PRO 360 to Improve Your Farm Management |
| Room 7 | Robert Semeniuk 2012 Outstanding Young Farmers for the Alberta/NWT Region |
| 6:00-8:00 | Bayer CropScience Innovation Event - Hall E |
| Wednesday, January 30 |
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| 7:30 | Trade show opens (closes at 6:30pm) - Hall F |
| 7:30-8:45 | Alberta Wheat Commission Meet & Greet Breakfast -Hall E |
| 9:00-10:00 | Keynote – Halls G & H John Izzo Stepping Up Your Leadership Game |
| 10:00-11:00 | ABC Annual Event -Room 1 Derek Prell The North American Barley Market |
| 11:00-12:00 | Concurrent #4 |
| Room 1 | John O’Donovan Varietal and Agronomic Impacts on Malting Barley Yield & Quality |
| Room 2 | Merle Good & Greg Gartner Partnering with Land |
| Room 3 | Neil Harker High Yield Canola Production on the Canadian Prairies |
| Room 4 | Reg Shandro “We’ve Got to Do Something”… an Adventure in the Farm Transfer Process |
| Room 5 | Shaun Haney & Peter Gredig Ag Nerds LIVE! Max Out Your Mobile Technology |
| Room 6 | Kelly Turkington Practical Strategies for Effective Cereal Disease Management |
| Room 7 | David Drozd Grain Market Outlook: Where are Prices Headed? |
| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch - Halls G & H |
| 1:30-2:30 | Concurrent #5 |
| Room 1 | Mark Olson What`s New in Pulse Research in Alberta? |
| Room 2 | Peter Johnson Breaking Yield Barriers – the Production Package to Hit 150 bu/ac Wheat |
| Room 3 | Bob Blackshaw Opener and Seeding Speed Effects on Canola Emergence |
| Room 4 | Brent VanKoughnet Farm CEO version 2.0 – the Evolution of Farm Leadership |
| Room 5 | Randy Anderson Managing Weeds with a Population – Based Approach |
| Room 6 | Daniel Heaney, Catherine King, Malcom Mullin, Richard Phillips Fertilizer Stewardship on the Farm Panel |
| Room 7 | Dennis McKnight Canadian Food Trends and Their Impact on Production Agriculture |
| 2:45-3:45 | APG Annual General Meeting -Room 1 |
| 4:00-5:00 | Concurrent #6 |
| Room 1 | Chuck Penner Pulse Market Perspectives |
| Room 2 | Drew Lerner North America Drought Still Lingers – 2013 Moisture is Critical |
| Room 3 | Jeremy Hummel Beneficial Insects: Obscure Superheroes? |
| Room 4 | Dave Burdek & Curtis Boyd Growing Forward 2 – Where are We At? |
| Room 5 | Clint Jurke Canola Diseases – Blackleg, Clubroot, Sclerotinia |
| Room 6 | Ian White The CWB in the New Marketing Era |
| Room 7 | Chrystel Olivier & Scott Meers Understanding the 2012 Aster Yellows Outbreak |
| 5:15-6:15 | Syngenta Special Event - Hall F |
| 6:30-8:45 | DEKALB Banquet -Halls G & H An Evening with Ron MacLean – Host of Hockey Night in Canada |
| Thursday, January 31 | |
| 7:30 | Trade show opens (closes at 3:00pm) – Hall F |
| 7:30-8:45 | Breakfast – Hall F |
| 9:00-10:00 | Keynote - Halls G & H Stuart Barden From Australia to Kenya |
| 10:00-11:00 | ASGA Annual Event – Room 1 Carman Read Investigation and Development of a New Cereal Variety Development Model for Western Canada |
| 11:00-12:00 | Concurrent #7 |
| Room 1 | Brian Rossnagel Western Canadian Cereal Breeding – looking 30 years back and forward – it’s not all about Biotech! |
| Room 2 | Peter Johnson Breaking Yield Barriers – the Production Package to Hit 150 bu/ac Wheat |
| Room 3 | Clint Jurke Canola Diseases – Blackleg, Clubroot, Sclerotinia |
| Room 4 | Tim Caulfield The Cure for Everything: Untangling the Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness and Happiness |
| Room 5 | Jeremy Hummel Beneficial Insects: Obscure Superheroes? |
| Room 6 | Ian White The CWB in the New Marketing Era |
| Room 7 | Chuck Penner Pulse Market Perspectives |
| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch - Halls G & H |
| 1:30-2:30 | Keynote- Halls G & H David Chilton The Wealthy Barber: The Common Sense Guide to Successful Financial Planning |
| 2:45-3:15 | Innovators B |
| Room 1 | Sarah Foster “Semillas al sur” – Testing Canola Seed South of the Equator |
| Room 2 | Jamie Christie & Peter Gamache Controlled Traffic Farming in Alberta |
| Room 3 | Patrick Fabian Soybeans – The Next Crop on the Horizon for Alberta? |
| Room 4 | Albert Wagner Grain Bagging Technology for Storing Grain and Fertilizer |
| 3:30-4:30 | Concurrent #8 |
| Room 1 | Drew Lerner North America Drought Still Lingers – 2013 Moisture is Critical |
| Room 2 | Merle Good & Greg Gartner Partnering with Land |
| Room 3 | Stuart Barden Nuffield Report – Farming in Low Rainfall areas of the World |
| Room 4 | Tim Caulfield The Cure for Everything: Untangling the Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness and Happiness |