2024 Annual Meeting Plenary Session

Plant Breeding Tools: Where we were, where we are, where we are going...

Plant Breeding Tools - Where we were, where we are, where we are going…

Integrating Traditional and Molecular Tools

Dr. Curtis Pozniak, Crop Development Centre - University of Saskatchewan

Gene Editing - New and optional tools to integrate into breeding programs

Dr. Jaswinder Singh, McGill University

Questions/Discussion

Plant Breeding Tools - Economics and Regulations of Gene Editing

The Future of Plant Breeging: High Throughput Gene Editing

Speaker - Norm Sissons, Senior Vice President – Seed & Traits, Cibus

CFIA Gene Editing Updated Guidance and Clarification for Breeders

Plant Biosafety Office, CFIA, Government of Canada

Questions/Discussion

Seeding Success: How Seeds Canada ensures effective introduction and adoption of plant breeding tools and trials

Lauren Comin, Director of Policy, Seeds Canada

Questions/Discussion

An Update from CFIA to the Variety Registration Recommending Committees in Canada

Heather Ryan, Program Specialist, Variety Registration, CFIA

Questions/Discussion

2022 Annual Meeting Plenary Session - "Breeding Innovation and Agronomic Adaptation"

3. Update on progress towards modernizing the Seed Regulations

Linda G. Webster, Director, Plant Production Division, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Claudio Feulner, Regulatory Affairs Manager, Seeds Canada
Questions/Discussion

4. Update from Health Canada's Novel Foods Group

Neil Strand, Section Head, Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Food Directorate,
Health Canada

5. Updating guidance related to "Part V - Release of Seed under the Seed Regulations"

Linda G. Webster, Director,Plant Production Division,
Canadian Food Inspection Agency

6. Questions/Discussion for 4 and 5

7. Impacts of updating guidance to “Part V - Release of Seed under the Seed Regulations” on the value chain or seed companies in Canada

Canada Grains Council Consultation Findings

Krista Thomas – Canada Grains Council
Claudio Feulner, Regulatory Affairs Manager, Seeds Canada

Questions/Discussion

8. Adjourn

Optimizing GxExM to close the yield gap in wheat

Dr. Sheri Strydhorst

The limits of sustainable pulse crop production

Dr. Sabine Banniza

Balancing sustainability and profitability: the role of crop varieties in organic farming systems

Dr. Hiroshi Kubota

Update on policy modernization for plant products of biotechnology

Dr. Ken Ellens

Plant Breeding Innovation – Encouraging Innovation and Market Access

Ms. Krista Thomas

Variety Uptake Panel

Slow to Change - Jill McDonald, Sask Barley
Industry Drivers for Adopting New Dry Bean Varieties - Blair Roth, Viterra
From PGDC to the Field: The Variety Commercialization Pathway - Jim Downey, SeCan
Varietal Importance to Distilling - Barb Stefanyshyn-Cote, Black Fox Distillery

Comparing Varieties Post Registration Panel

Changing Comparisons in Manitoba - Dr. Anita Brûlé-Babel, University of Manitoba
A National Approach - Dr. Jason Reinheimer, Limagrain Cereals Research Canada
Canola Performance Trials - Shawn Senko or Taryn Dickson, Canola Council of Canada

Starting a Supercluster
Value Creation Consultation Update – Anthony Parker, CFIA

Fixing complex genotypes in plants: progress with apomixis in the Brassicacea –Dr. Tim Sharbel, Global Institute for Food Security;
Value Creation: Past, Present, Future – Dr. Erin Armstrong and Tom Steve, CANTERRA SEEDS and Alberta Wheat Commission;
Breaking the seed bank: Strategies to interrupt weed seed set and dispersal - Lena Syrovy, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan
NAFTA, TPP11, China, Pacific Alliance. Where Canadian grain fits into the alphabet soup of international trade agreements, alignments and opportunities – Carlo Dade, Canada West Foundation

Use of Gene Editing Technology in Cereal Variety Development. Dr. Stacy Singer, Lethbridge Research & Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Use of Gene Editing Technology in Canola and Flax Variety Development.Dr. Jim Radtke, Sr. V.P. of Product Development, Cibus
Regulatory Aspects of Gene Editing Technology and Environmental Release of Plants with Novel Traits.Ms. Cindy Pearson, Canadian Food and Inspection Agency
Weathering the Storm: Climate Change Implications for Prairie Crops. Dr. Paul Bullock, Professor and Head, Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba

Dr. Dave Hatcher, Grain Research Laboratory, Winnipeg, MB spoke on "Canadian Grain Commission's Wheat Class Modernization : Ensuring the Quality, Consistency and Value of Canadian Wheat"
Mr. John Peterson, Richardson International Ltd., Winnipeg, MB spoke on "Challenges and opportunities from a Canadian perspective"
Mr. Glenn Tait, Vice president of operations,National Farmers Union spoke on "Challenges/opportunities in grain marketing from a producer perspective"
Mr. Murad Al-Katib, President of Alliance Grain Technologies, Regina, SK spoke on "The changing world of global protein: A pulses opportunity boom"

Modern Disease Control Strategies for the Major Crops Grown in the Western Prairies - Dr. Kelly Turkington, AAFC Lacombe, AB
Modern Equipment and Precision Farming Technology - Mr. Ryan Adams, Crop Production Services Canada
Fertilizers and Soil Amendments to Maximize Crop Production - Dr. Rigas Karamanos, Koch Fertilizer Canada
Historical Changes in Farm Production "From Horses to GPS" - Mr. Ed Lefsrud, Crop producer, Viking AB

Celiac Disease and the Gluten-Free Diet: Understanding and Marketing to this Growing Niche - Shelley Case (Case Nutrition Consulting, Regina, SK)
Gluten Neurological Problems and a Fermentation Solution, Dr. Bill Code (Integrative Medicine, Duncan, BC)
Characterization of soybean allergens and what we can do about them, Dr. Steve Gleddie (AAFC Ottawa, ON)
Allergenic proteins of mustard: What we know, Dr. Janitha Wanasundara (AAFC Saskatoon, SK)

Agricultural Challenges in 21st Century - International Trends & Developments, Dr. Don Smith, James McGill Professor and Chair, Department of Plant Science, McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec
Potential Biotic Threats to the Prairie Ecoregion and the Impact of Climate Change, Ross Weiss, M.Sc., Entomologist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
A Hands-On Perspective of Challenges Faced by Producers and Industry and the Potential Role of Crop Varieties, Mr. Dan Orchard, Agronomist, Sturgeon Valley Fertilizers, St. Albert, Alberta
The Role of Agronomics in Relation to Meeting Current and Future Agricultural and Cropping Systems Challenges, Dr. John O'Donovan, Research Agronomist, Lacombe Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lacombe, Alberta
The Role of Breeding and Biotechnology in Relation to Meeting Current and Future Agricultural and Cropping Systems Challenges, Dr. Brian Rossnagel, Barley and Oat Breeder, Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Dr. Nancy Ames, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada – Breeding healthy cereals for today’s consumer driven markets
Dr. Julianne Curran, Manager of Market Innovation, Pulse Canada – Nutritional aspects of pulse crops and potential for creating value
Kelley Fitzpatrick, Flax Canada 2015 – Forging a new path in health and wellness
Dr. Peter Jones, University of Manitoba – Our need to communicate science to the consumer: Food health claim legislation in the US versus Canada (presentation not available)

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