Program
JUNE 5
Wednesday
4:00 to 5:30 p.m
What Keeps You Awake At Night?
CHAIR’S ROUNDTABLE – By Processors – For Processors
The dairy processing industry is continually faced with new challenges — free trade agreements, non-dairy competition, retail pressures, increasing consumer expectations, etc. For the first time, the ODC Chair, on behalf of the Board will lead a processor-only forum where processors can discuss these challenges, share ideas and explore potential solutions (to be taken to the Board for consideration). Every Ontario processor will be invited to attend this session but it will be FREE to those registered for the convention. Excluding ODC Board members, all registered delegates will be eligible for a special prize. Plan to attend and have your say. Watch for more details!
4:00 to 7:00 p.m. — CONVENTION REGISTRATION
7:00 to 9:00 p.m. — PARIS SUMMER OLYMPICS WELCOME RECEPTION
JUNE 6
Thursday
8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. — ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND BUSINESS PROGRAM
Revisiting The Milk Act
Speaker TBD
CSR Responsibilities and Expectations — A Retail Perspective
Speaker TBD
CDC Funding Programs
Benoit Basillais
CEO, Canadian Dairy Commission
Navigating Ontario’s Political Landscape
Christian Von Donat
Vice-President, Government Relations and Strategy, Impact Public Affairs
Federal Regulatory Changes Affecting Dairy Processors?
Mathieu Frigon
President and CEO, Dairy Processors Association of Canada
OPTIONAL ACTIVITY 1 — Golf at Duntroon Highlands Golf Course**
OPTIONAL ACTIVITY 2 — Pickles and Apples**
EVENING — Paris Summer Olympics Award Gala (Reception and Dinner)
JUNE 7
Friday
7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. — BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ BREAKFAST MEETING
8:45 a.m. to Noon — BUSINESS PROGRAM
The First 150 Days — and A Vision from DFO’s New Chair
Mark Hamel
Chairman of the Board, Dairy Farmers of Ontario
Navigating The Path Back Down — How Quickly Should Interest Rates Come Down and How Will The Economy React
Andrew Grantham
Executive Director and Senior Economist, CIBC Capital Markets
What Does Tomorrow’s Consumer Want? Need?
Mike Von Massow
Professor and Ontario Agricultural College Chair in Food System Leadership, Food Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of Guelph
CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Achieving Win-Win in Business
Marnie McBean
Three-Time Olympic Champion
