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

CLOSING LUNCH

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2121 Argentia Road, Suite 105
Mississauga, ON L5N 2X4
info@ontariodairies.ca