Thank you to everyone who attended the 2009 Agri-Food Innovation Forum and helped to make it a great success.
From Tuesday, February 10th to Thursday, February 12th 2009, delegates enjoyed presentations from influential speakers involved in around the agriculture and agri-food sector.
Please click below to access a password-protected area to view presentations given during the Forum.
2009 Agri-Food Innovation Forum Presentations
Food, A Healthy Value Proposition: The Appetite Continues
Join us February 10-12, 2009, at the Holiday Inn on King in Toronto for the Agri-Food Innovation Forum.
Download the 2009 Conference Brochure and Registration PDF
Why you should attend
Hear about the latest innovation in agriculture and food linked to human health and disease prevention.
The Forum will be launched with the Canadian Liver Foundation's LIVERight Awards to showcase food industry solutions to human health.
Network with an elite gathering of business executives, researchers and academics who are involved in food and agricultural innovation and in public health, provincially and beyond.
Learn from experts on the following topics:
- Latest and emerging innovations to address the business of agri-food for health;
- Benefits of agri-innovation that impact a variety of health conditions;
- How to effectively communicate the right messages from academia and industry to consumers.
Program Overview
The program will include plenary sessions and seminars, influential guest speakers and thought-provoking panel discussions with timely themes and leading experts participating, and the opportunity to network and interact with these key leaders.
Topics include:
- Challenges to feeding the business of health
- Health Promotion opportunities for Ontario agriculture
- From concept to success - developing and marketing innovative food
- Strategies for commercialization - from local to the corporate perspective
- Science in practice
- Agriculture and its role to human health
- Emerging food innovations – student showcase
- Cognitive function: Food and your brain
- Convenience foods: Approaches to health
Speakers include:
- Richard Worzel, Futurist
- Jim Kilpatrick, Deloitte
- Dr. Andrew Pipe, former Canadian Olympic Medical Officer, University of Ottawa
- Dr. Lekh Juneja, Executive Vice President, Taiyo Kagaku, Japan
- Gord Nixon, President and CEO, Royal Bank of Canada
- Dr. Jim Milway, Executive Director, Rotman School of Business
- Dr. Alejandro Marangoni, University of Guelph
- Lorne Hepworth, President and CEO, CropLife Canada
- Dr. Joseph Schwarcz, McGill University and media personality
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Funding for the Agri-Food Innovation Forum is being provided by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to Ontario Agri-Food Technologies through the Agricultural Policy Framework, an agreement among federal, provincial and territorial governments to make Canada's agriculture and agri-food sector a world leader in science and innovation. The Forum is endorsed by the Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario.
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