A New Era in Grain Quality Assurance

Conference Program

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

8:30 to 9:00

Opening Terry Harasym, Assistant Chief Commissioner, Canadian Grain Commission

Evolution of Grain Quality - A Global Context

Moderator: Dr. Peter Burnett, Director, Grain Research Laboratory, Canadian Grain Commission

9:00 to 9:20	Global markets, quality requirements, and quality segregation Germain Denis, International Grains Council, United Kingdom
9:20 to 9:50	The consumers' perspective Curtis Johnson, Ipsos Reid, Canada
9:50 to 10:10	Questions and answers
10:10 to 10:30	Break
10:30 to 10:50	The importers' perspective Koji Murakami, Nisshin Flour Milling Inc., Japan
10:50 to 11:10	The processors' perspective Peter W. Jones, Rank Hovis Milling, United Kingdom
11:10 to 11:30	Questions and answers and wrap-up by moderator

Exporters' responses to quality requirements

Moderator: Dr. Brian Oleson, Professor, Agricultural Economics, University of Manitoba, Canada

12:50 to 1:10	Australia: Dr. Geoffrey Annison, Australian Wheat Board
1:10 to 1:30	United States: David Shipman, Federal Grain Inspection Service
1:30 to 1:50	South America: Dr. Mariano Otamendi, Asociación Argentina PRO Trigo (AAPROTRIGO)
1:50 to 2:10	Canada: Chris Hamblin, Canadian Grain Commission
2:10 to 2:30	Questions and answers and wrap-up by moderator
2:30 to 3:00	Break

Grain Quality Assurance Models

3:00 to 3:20	Approaches to identifying quality Dr. Bill Wilson, North Dakota State University, United States
3:20 to 3:40	The relationship between grain variety and quality Dr. Bill Scowcroft, Canadian Grain Commission
3:40 to 4:00	Questions and answers and wrap-up by moderator

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

8:30 to 8:40

Opening Terry Harasym, Assistant Chief Commissioner, Canadian Grain Commission

The Potential Impacts of Variety Identification Technology in Canada

Moderator: Hartley Furtan, Professor, Agricultural Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

8:40 to 9:00	The exporters' perspective Ward Weisensel, Canadian Wheat Board
9:00 to 9:20	The grain handlers' perspective Len Penner, Cargill AgHorizons, Canada
9:20 to 9:40	The plant breeders' perspective Dr. Ron DePauw, Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, Agriculture and Agrifood Canada
9:40 to 10:00	The rural economy perspective Owen McAuley, Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council, Canada
10:00 to 10:45	Break
10:45 to 11:30	Questions and answers and wrap-up by moderator

11:30 to 1:00

Speaker Technology development strategies and options Dr. Murray McLaughlin, Foragen Technologies Management, Canada

Approaches to variety identification technology around the world

Moderator: Dr. Malcolm Devine, Research Director, National Research Council, Plant Biotechnology Institute, Saskatoon, Canada

1:00 to 1:20	Canada: Dr. Daniel Perry, Canadian Grain Commission
1:20 to 1:40	Australia: Dr. Kevin Gale, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia
1:40 to 2:00	Europe: Dr. Robert Cooke, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, United Kingdom
2:00 to 2:20	United States: Dr. George L. Lookhart, United States Grain Marketing Research Laboratory
2:20 to 3:00	Questions and answers and wrap-up by moderator
3:00 to 3:20	Break

Moving Forward – Panel Discussion

Moderator: Terry Harasym, Assistant Chief Commissioner, Canadian Grain Commission

3:20 to 4:20	Dr. Peter Burnett, Canadian Grain Commission Dr. Brian Oleson - Agricultural Economics, University of Manitoba, Canada Dr. Hartley Furtan - Agricultural Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Canada Dr. Malcolm Devine, National Research Council, Plant Biotechnology Institute, Canada
4:20 to 4:30	Wrap-up by Terry Harasym