ACAMP Seminar Series

ACAMP is proud to present the ACAMP Seminar Series, a series of quarterly technology commercialization events aimed at bringing together Alberta's innovation community. Designed, hosted, and launched in 2009 by ACAMP, this innovative seminar series will cover the following four themes: Cleantech, Health and Medical, Conventional Energy, and Agriculture and Forestry.

 

Seminar: Agriculture and Forestry

Monday, June 21, 2010 from 8 AM-5 PM
Alberta Research Council Auditorium
250 Karl Clark Road
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada

Program now available

Registration & Coffee 8:00am, Welcome & Sessions start 8:30am
Sessions: (Each session features five, 15-minute presentations)

1. Technology (Emerging micro and nanotechnologies enabling new opportunities in Agriculture and Forestry, 3 to 5-year timeframe for commercialization).
   Session Chair - Dr. Yaman Boluk, Professor and Nanofibre Chair in Forest Products, Materials Engineering, University of Alberta
2. Applications (Agriculture & Forestry applications under development using MNT technologies, 2 to 3-year timeframe for commercialization).
   Session Chair - Dr. Kevin Yallup, CTO, ACAMP

Catered lunch break by Acapella Catering

1. Companies (Companies launching MNT products in Agriculture and Forestry, now to 2-year timeframe for commercialization).
   Session Chair - John Murphy, CEO, D-Tex
2. Financing & services (Financing and services for companies in Agriculture and Forestry sector). Session Chair - Darrell Toma, Toma & Bouma Management Consultants

Cost: Free
Seating Capacity: 100
To RSVP and reserve a seat, please email vtaylor@acamp.ca.

MNT in Agriculture and Forestry

The Agriculture and Forestry sector, as defined by ACAMP, incorporates innovative micro and nano technology solutions to enhance productivity, efficiency and sustainability in this sector. Applications of microsystem and nanotechnology advances in agriculture/forestry include but are not limited to agricultural and forest products processing, smart-farming, food safety, food preservation, packaging, quality assurance, new materials, by-product utilization and environmental safety