Banff Pork Seminar

Celebrating its 42nd year in 2013, the Banff Pork Seminar's time-tested formula of big-picture thinking and practical "take home" information still has its finger on the pulse of a pork community looking for solutions in an increasingly uncertain world.

The goal is to provide a snapshot of the production, trade, financial and market challenges facing the industry at this point in time. Although these sessions tackle the pork industry from a number of different angles, their common denominator is that they are all grounded in a fundamental concern for the profitability of the pork industry. The sessions are set up so that attendees can select the options most relevant to them.

When it comes to networking, most would probably agree that the biggest "bang for your buck" comes from attending events where key industry players are in the same place at the same time. And with several hundred industry participants from all around the globe attending every year, industry leaders from all sectors supplying the pork industry will be at the Banff Pork Seminar.

 

Tuesday, January 15, 2013
4:00 Registration
Sponsor: PIC, Canadian Bio-Systems Inc, Elanco Animal Health, Merck Animal Health
4-8 PM Opening Reception
Sponsor: Hypor
Includes "Taste of Pork" sampling from 5-7 PM

Wednesday, January 16, 2013
7:00 AM Registration & Networking Break
8:15 Session I: Measuring Success
Sponsor: Olymel
8:15 Opening Welcome
8:30 Performance Metrics in a High Growth Environment
Jason Logsdon, The Maschhoffs, IL / USA
9:15 True Measures of Successful Pork Production?
Steve Pollmann, Murphy Brown-West, IA / USA
10:00 Networking Break
10:30 Morning Breakout Sessions See Titles and speakers
1: Digesting the Latest on Swine Nutrition
2: Speaking Up, Speaking Out
3: Competing for Markets at Home & Abroad
4: Competitive Canadian Pork Production
5: Impact of Genomics on Farm in The Near Future
6: R.O. Ball Young Scientist Award Competition
12:00 Lunch
Sponsor: Pfizer Animal Health
1:15 Afternoon Breakout Sessions
7: Conversion of Gestation Stalls
8: Reducing Antibiotics: A Matter of Dollars & Sense
9: Limits and Measures of Biological Potential
10: Healthy Pigs Mean Healthy Profits
11: Unlocking Genetic Potential
3:30 Networking Break
4:00 Industry Partners Session
4 X 15 minute presentations of new innovations from sponsors
6:00 Mountview Western BBQ
Tickets are limited, must be pre-ordered
Sponsor: PIC
Research Posters will be displayed Wednesday and Thursday in the Kinnear Centre Galleria.

Thursday, January 17, 2013
7:00 Registration & Networking Break
8:15 Session II: New Partnerships
Sponsor: Alberta Pork
8:15 Award Presentations
F.X. Aherne Prize for Innovative Pork Production
R.O. Ball Young Scientist Award
8:30  How Two Bitter Adversaries Hatched a Plan to Change the Egg Business Gene Gregory, United Egg Producers, GA / USA
9:15  Advocating for Our Future
Wes Jamison, Palm Beach Atlantic University, FL / USA
10:00 Networking Break
10:30 Morning Breakout Sessions See Titles and speakers
1: Digesting the Latest on Swine Nutrition
2: Speaking Up, Speaking Out
3: Competing for Markets at Home & Abroad
4: Competitive Canadian Pork Production
5: Impact of Genomics on Farm in The Near Future
12:00 Lunch
Sponsor: DuPont
1:15 Afternoon Breakout Sessions See Titles and speakers
7: Conversion of Gestation Stalls
8: Reducing Antibiotics: A Matter of Dollars & Sense
9: Limits and Measures of Biological Potential
10: Healthy Pigs Mean Healthy Profits
11: Unlocking Genetic Potential
3:30 Networking Break
4:00 Boar Pit Session
Lively discussion of hot topics facing the pork industry
4:00 Post Session Bar
5:00 Closing Remarks
Ruurd Zijlstra, Program Director
Research Posters will be displayed Wednesday and Thursday in the Kinnear Centre Galleria.