Canadian Meat Council Announces Annual Conference Speaker Lineup

The Annual Conference is fast approaching and is less than 4 weeks away! Don’t forget to register today.

The conference will feature a lineup of high-profile speakers which include:

  • Bill Layden (FoodMinds, LLC) “Marketing in Today’s Food Environment: Observations and Opportunities”
  • Élaine De Grandpré (Health Canada) “Health Canada: The Eat Well Campaign – Focus on Food Skills”
  • Theresa Dietrich (People Talking) “The Canadian Consumer Retail Meat Study – A look at the consumer and the retail environment in Canada today”
  • Alexis Williams (Loblaw Companies Limited) “Guiding Stars”
  • Betsy Booren (American Meat Institute) “Meat & Poultry Industry: The intersection between Safety and Nutrition”
  • Dennis Hicks (Pemberton & Associates Inc.) “Automation in the Meat Processing Industry”
  • Ron Doering (Gowlings) “Future Regulatory Changes”
  • Tanja StockmannInvited (Canadian Industry Program for Energy Conservation (CIPEC)) “Energy efficiency and innovation as a means to enhance the economic competitiveness”
  • Stéphane Beaudoin (Elanco) “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of meeting Global Demand for Animal Protein: Where does Ractopamine fit in?”
  • Tom Graham (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) “An Update to Compliance Verification System (CVS) and Food Safety Enhancement Program (FSEP)”
  • Rick Holley (University of Manitoba) “Inspection: Horsemeat, Kangaroos and Culture”
  • John Ibbitson (Globe and Mail) “The Big Shift”
  • Carly Weeks (Globe and Mail) “The Challenge of Consumer Confidence in a rapidly-changing world”
  • Patrick Boyle (American Meat Institute)
  • George Da Pont (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)

We also have great entertainment planned throughout the Conference including the “Cornerpocket Trio”, Dueling Pianos and a presentation from the Banff Film Festival.

Be sure not to miss one of the Canadian meat industry’s most important education events.

For more information please visit http://www.cmc-cvc.com/en/events/canadian-meat-councils-93rd-annual-conference

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions regarding the conference.

We look forward to welcoming you to Banff!

Source: Canadian Meat Council