11:45am

GrowCanada Roundtable
We’re ready … are you?
(By invitation only. Contact us for more information.)

6:00pm

GrowCanada Icebreaker
Greet old friends and colleagues and make new connections at our opening night icebreaker.

7:00am

Sustainability at Sunrise
Nourish the mind and explore how agriculture and conservation are working together for sustainability

9:00am

Conference sessions begin

9:10am

Keynote Speaker
Jeremy Gutsche, Founder of Trendhunter.com, Author of Exploiting Chaos

10:20am

Break

10:50am

Mary L. Selman, Director, Agribusiness Program, Harvard Business School

11:30am

Lyndon Carlson, Senior Vice-President, Marketing, Farm Credit Canada

12:00pm

Lunch

1:00pm

Ministerial Panel on innovation
Moderated by:  David J. Mitchell, President, Public Policy Forum

2:15pm

Break

2:45pm

Dr. Peter Jones, Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals

3:25pm

Earl Geddes, Canadian International Grains Institute

4:00pm

Conference sessions close

4:15pm

Curling Workshop and Skills Contest

6:00pm

Banquet
6pm – Reception
7pm – Banquet Dinner featuring: David Chilton, Author, The Wealthy Barber Returns

9pm

Post-Banquet Reception

9:00am

Conference sessions begin

9:10am

Dr. Lutz Goedde, McKinsey & Company, former Deputy Director, Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation

10:00am

Future Influencers Panel

10:40am

Break

11:10am

Closing speaker:
Neil Pasricha, Author, The Book of Awesome

12:00pm

Sustainability Luncheon