Conferences

Past Conferences and Events

AIC Annual Conference 2006

"Innovation for Growth - Trends and Successes Redefining Agriculture"

November 5-8, 2006, Fairmont Winnipeg, MB

Participants

The following list of participants have agreed to share their contact information 2006 Participants list

Conference Presentations

Opening Plenary - AICF Leonard S. Klinck Lecture

Hon. Carole Brookins- The World that Moves Food and Agricultural Markets

Plenary Presentations

Jack (John) Bamford - Enhancing Canada's Agri-innovation System

Ellen Goddard - Options and Opportunities - Investing Wisely Today to Ensure a Sustainable Future-

Michael Trevan - Human Capital

Focus On Success

Lionel Labelle - Ethanol: Why Saskatchewan, Why Now

Al Scholz - Redefining Agriculture: Sustaining Agriculture Through Innovation and Diversification

Community and Social Considerations

Michael Heasman - Food Consumers 'Outside the Box'

Laura Rance - Recapturing Wealth on the Canadian Prairies: Lessons Learned About Rural Adaptation in Manitoba, 1999- 2006

Cathey Day - The Small Farms Challenge: Turtle Mountain Community Development Corporation Agriculture Committee, Boisesain, MB

Trends Redefinng Agriculture

Shane Morris - A Canadian Consumer Perspective

Wendy J. Miller - Taking Canadian Agriculture to the World

Andrew M Hammermeister - Is Organic Redefining Agriculture?

Policy and Programs Redefining Agriculture I

Doug Chekay - Equivilant Agri-envrionmental Farm Planning: An Innovative Tool for Implementing Sustainable Agricultural Practices on a Landscape Scale

Helen Hambly Odame - Results of a Survey of International Literature and Policy Debates on National Agricultural Innovations Systems: Implications for Canadian R & D

Shannon Watt - A Canadian Farm Bill - Innovation and a Strategic Growth Pillar

Policy and Programs Redefining Agriculture II

Soulemayne Toure - Land Use Allocation Model: A tool for Linking Science to Policy

Robert B Church - Is Looking into a Mirror of any Value?

Marilyn Dystra - What's New at the Pesticide Risk Reduction Program: Development and Promotion of Best Management Practices

Innovations in Marketing and Trade I

Allen Matthews - Farm Viability: The Next Step

Bruce Dalgarno - Canola Commodity Challenge Marketing Simulation helps Canola Growers Discover Profitable Marketing Opportunities

Linda Pizzy - The Power of a Loaf of Bread

Innovations in Marketing and Trade II

Hubert Paulmer - Opportunities and Innovations in Connection with Changing Domestic and International Comsumer Demand

James Unterschultz - A Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization(CAIS) Study on Wetland Loss in the Prairie Pothole Region

Martin Gooch - Learning From Others

Andrew Hammermeister -Innovation and Growth with Organic Agriculture

Innovative On-Farm Production I

Martin Entz - Reconsidering Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems

Kim Ominski - Productivity and Environmental Sustainability of Grassland Pastures Receiving Hog Manure

Janine Gibson - Gaining Ground: Making the Suscessful Transition fo Organic Farming

Innovative On-Farm Production II

Denys Yemshanov - An Overview of the Economics of Forest Plantations on Agricutlural Land in Canada

Philip Schmidt - Cornboard: The Use of Agricutlural Residue in Producing an Enivornmentally Friendly Fibreboard

Scott Stothers - Future Energy Demand and its Potential Role in Reshaping Agriculture

Innovation in Science and Technology I

Roberta Gentile - Integrated Soil Fertility Management: Lessons from Africa

Craig Rickard - Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers - Experiencing Step Change in Crop Nutrient Technology

Beth Sparling - Assessment of New Technologies Case Study of Water Management Systems in Hog Operations

Innovation in Science and Technology II

Jim Yarotski - Environmental and Economic Assessment of Five BMPs in the Steppler-South Tobacco WEBs Project

Suresh Neethirajan - Nanotechnology - An Emerging Technology for the Agriculture and Food Industry

Glen Filson - Nutrient Management and Changing Farm Practices in Southern Ontario Watersheds

Innovation in Resource ManagementI

Ian Wishart - ALUS: The Farmers' Conservation Program

T. Shane Gabor - Cost Effective Program Targeting within Agricultural Watersheds for the Provision of Ecological Goods and Services

Curtis Snell - National Farm Stewardship Program and Ducks Unlimited Canada Wetland Restoration Initiative

Innovation in Resource Management II

Cathy Nielsen - A Decision Support Process for the Development of Habitat -Based Biodiversity Standards for Agriculture in Canada

Cynthia Edwards - The Use of Property Tax Credits to Conserve Natural Capital

Cher Brethour - An Economic Evaluation of Beneficial Management Practices for Crop Nutrients in Canadian Agriculture