Opening Remarks
Geopolitical Forces Shaping the Global Grain Market
What does American energy independence mean for global GeoPolitics and macroeconomics going forward? What does American energy independence mean for global GeoPolitics and macroeconomics going forward? Will America be the world police? Will this be stabilizing or destabilizing?
Afternoon Break and Networking
Empty Planet – Demographic Changes
Author of the "Empty Planet" will present his argument on how changes in global population will dramatically reshape the social, political, and economic landscape.
Commodity Panel: Grains and Oilseeds
A panel discussion featuring three analysts from Australia, China, and Canada provide perspective on where the world markets are going and what the global trade matrix is going to look like in five to ten years, and beyond.
Networking Reception
Sponsored by: TELUS and CP Rail
Network with the various industry exhibitors and learn about their business, products and services. Enjoy craft beverages from local brewers and distilleries, appetizers, and much more.
Breakfast and Breakfast Speaker
Kristjan Hebert will take us through how digital agriculture impacted his farming operation in 2018. He’ll talk about turning raw data into useful aggregated data, and how he turns data into decisions.
Big Picture Commodity Outlook
Yield results around the world are on the rise. In the past five marketing years, production outcomes have reached record or near-record totals which challenged grain, oilseed, and pulse prices. Weather remains a challenge, but today’s seeds are better able to maintain yields despite hardship. Broader markets have been volatile. Trade issues are abundant. Input prices continue to increase. What is the outlook going forward? Will supply continue to trump demand? What will prices look like for both the remainder of 2019/20 and the 2020/21 marketing years? Join us to discuss short and medium-term outlooks for key Western Canadian crops.
Pulse/Special Crop
What is going on in the ground in markets and competitors, such as India, Turkey, and China? How does pulse demand look in 2025? In 2050? What does pulse production look like? Pin point trends, challenges, and opportunities in Canada, India, Turkey, and China going forward.
Morning Break and Networking
Digital Food and Farm
How Consumer Preferences Will Change Crop Production, Storage and Contracts
Lunch and Lunch Speaker
What Can Agriculture Learn from the Digitization of the Health Industry?
What are the unique similarities between the industries? What are the key success factors that made the shift to digital possible for health?
Buckle Up! Technological Change and Consumer Tastes, Challenges and Opportunities
The agricultural industry has always been ripe for technological disruption. The scale and scope of modern farming requires investment and innovation. Technology shifts and developments are happening faster than ever. Consumer tastes, challenged by health, climate, and ideological concerns are evolving rapidly. Demographics are poised to further challenge the status quo. Join Grain World in investigating what trends and ideas will shape the future.
Panelists:
- Scott Day, Fall Line Capital
- Lyle Ehrmantraut, AgExchange
- Rory O’Sullivan, Grain Discovery
- Arthur Soames, Hummingbird
- Lisa Prassack, Prassack Advisors, LLC (Moderator)
Afternoon Break and Networking
Farmer 4.0: How the Coming Skills Revolution Can Transform Agriculture
Ryan Riese, National Director of Agriculture at Royal Bank of Canada.