Agriculture & Food Processing Forum 2012

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High-profile public policy forum aimed at developing a policy and strategy framework for enhancing two-way trade and investment between Canada and India in the Agriculture and Food Processing sector.

Forum Topics & Highlights

• Food Security, a Global Perspective (Vancouver/Saskatoon)
• Food Processing (Vancouver/Saskatoon)
• Attracting Investment/Trade Agriculture (Vancouver)
• Family Farms and Cooperatives (Vancouver)
• Logistics and Supply Chain (Vancouver)
• Cash Crops and Value Added Products (Vancouver)
• Technology and Productivity Enablers (Saskatoon)
• Fertilizers and Micronutrients (Saskatoon)
• Current Opportunities/Challenges (Saskatoon)
• Recommendations for Cooperation (Saskatoon)

CIF Co-Chairs of the Forum

• V.I. Lakshmanan
• Jay Minhas

Held On: September 10-13, 2012

Location: Vancouver (Marriott Pinnacle Downtown) & Saskatoon (University of Saskatchewan)

Special Guest Speaker

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, 11th President of India (via Video)

Hon. Christy Clark, Premier of British Columbia (via Video)

Hon. Lynne Yelich, Minister – Western Canada Diversification, Govt. of Canada

Hon. Norm Letnick, Minister of Agriculture, Govt. of British Columbia

Hon. Moira Stillwell, Minister of Social Development, Govt. of British Columbia

Hon. Micheal deJong, Minister of Finance, Govt. of British Columbia

Hon. Manmeet Bhullar, Minister of Service, Govt. of Alberta

Hon. Donald Aitchison, Mayor of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Hon. Greg Robertson, Mayor of Vancouver

Mr. Ravi Shankar Aisola, Consul General of India in Vancouver

Mr. Scott Slessor, Consul General of Canada in Chandigarh, India

Other Speakers and Panelists

Manish Gupta, Director, IFFCO, India
Senator Dr. Asha Seth, Senate of Canada
Yuen Pau Woo, CEO, Asia Pacific Foundation Canada
Naveen Prakash, Jt. Secretary, Ministry of Food and PD, Govt. of India
Michael Trevan, Dean Agriculture, University of Manitoba
Venkatesh Athreya, Advisor, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
Kent Mullinix, Director, Food Security, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Murray B Isman, Dean, Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia
Amir Virani, PNP Holdings Limited, Founder – Golden Boy Foods
Sudha Kshatriya, Trade Commissioner, DFAIT, Canada
Saumitra Chaudhuri, Member Planning Commission, Govt. of India
Robert Kang, Director of Listed Issuer Services, TSX
Bill Murray, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Altacorp
Jim Taylor, Founding Partner, Avrio
G. Chandrashekhar, Senior Editor, The Hindu Business Line
Satwinder Bains, University of Fraser Valley
Mike Leslie, CEO, Food Innovation Centre, BC
Arran Stephens & Ratana Stephens – Founder’s/CEO’s Nature’s Path Organic
Parm Bains, President & CEO Westberry Foods
Sukh Kahlon, Director, BC Raspberry Council
Preet Marwaha, CEO, OrganicLives, British Columbia
Ramesh Chandra, Entrepreneur Farmer, India
Alexis Mackintosh (Founder) & Mr. Steve Dadson (CEO), PCS BioFuels Ltd.
Dal Banwait, Director of Business Development, Plant Genome Sciences, India
Raju Agarwal, Executive Director, One Prosper International
S.A. Patil, Chairman, Karnataka Krishi Commission, India
G.V. Shankar, Consultant, Enterprise Saskatchewan
Amrik Sangha, CEO, Global Agricultural Transloading
Tom Baumann, Expert Agriculture team Limited
Debbie Estell, Executive Director BC Blueberry Council
M.V. Hegde, Scientific Advisor, Bharatiya Vidyapeeth, Maharashtra, India
George Ferguson, Dairy Exports Group, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
P.K.Khanna, Technical Advisor, Punjab Agricultural University, India
Robin Young, India Projects Manager, Food Development Centre, Manitoba
Hon. Rob Norris, MLA, Province of Saskatchewan
Ilene Busch-Vishniac, President, U of Saskatchewan
Dean Vey, Senior Advisor, Agriculture and Agri Food Canada
Roseann Runte, President, Carleton University
Ernie Barber, University of Saskatchewan
Jerome Konecsni, CEO, Innovation Saskatchewan
Mary Buhr, Dean, Agriculture and Bio-resources, University of Saskatchewan
Wilf Keller, President/CEO, AgWest Bio
Ramesh Chandra, Entrepreneur Farmer, India
Adrian M. Johnston, Vice President, International Planet Nutrition Institute
R. Sridhar, Chamco Chemicals
Jeff Schoenau, Professor and Research Chair, University of Saskatchewan
Philip Stephan, Vice-President, Saskatchewan Research Council
Bert Vanbenberg, NSERC Industrial Research Chair, University of Saskatchewan
Ramesh Rawal, BAIF, India
Ron DePauw, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Bernard Laarveld, Professor, U of Saskatchewan
Brad Trost, MP, Saskatoon-Humboldt
Venkatesh Meda, Professor, University of Saskatchewan
D. Jayas, Vice-President (Research& International), University of Manitoba
Robin Young, India Projects Manager, Food Development Centre, Manitoba
Alvin Ulrich, President and CEO, Biolin Research
Don Stephenson, CEPA Chief Negotiator, Canada
Scott Brown, Executive Director, Gov of Saskatchewan
S.A. Patil, Chairman, Karnataka Krishi Commission
Jennifer Evancio, Director, Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership
Reno Pontarollo, Chief Scientific Officer, Genome Prairie
Paul McCaughey, Science Director, Agriculture and AgriFood Canada
Carl Potts, Executive Director, Saskatchewan Pulse Growers
Dr. Bob Tyler, Professor, Food and Bioproduct Sciences, U of Saskatchewan

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