Prairie Grain Development Committee

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Plenary Session - Speakers and Topics

8:20 am - 8:30 am

Welcome and Introduction
- Kelly Turkington, PGDC Chair

8:30 am - 9:15 am

Celiac Disease and the Gluten-Free Diet: Understanding and Marketing to this Growing Niche
- Shelley Case (Case Nutrition Consulting, Regina, SK)

9:20 am - 10:00 am

Gluten Neurological Problems and a Fermentation Solution
- Dr. Bill Code (Integrative Medicine, Duncan, BC)

10:30 am - 11:10 am

Characterization of soybean allergens and what we can do about them
- Dr. Steve Gleddie (AAFC Ottawa, ON)

11:15 am - 11:55 am

Allergenic proteins of mustard: What we know
- Dr. Janitha Wanasundara (AAFC Saskatoon, SK)