Agriculture & ForestryTechnology Seminar
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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 safetyThe Agriculture and Forestry technology seminar features the most recent agriculture/forestry developments in micro nano advancements. The ACAMP Seminar Series is 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 covers four themes: Cleantech, Health and Medical, Conventional Energy, and Agriculture and Forestry. |
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Program Schedule 2012
8:00 am - Registration
8:30 am - Emerging Technology, Session Chair: Dr. Greg Goss
| Name | Institution/Company | Position | Agriculture-Forestry Focus | Presentation Title |
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| Ken Brizel | ACAMP | CEO | Welcome |
Welcome |
| Neil Goud | ACAMP | Business Development Manager | Introduction |
MNT In Agriculture & Forestry |
| Dr. Greg Goss | University of Alberta | Professor | Nanocontaminants In Food |
Benign Design: The Importance Of Collaborative Early Stage Research To Ensure Safer Materials |
| Darren Walkey | Cereal Proteins & Cellulose Program | Business Director | Nutrient Nanoencapsulation | Beyond The Bench Top: The Road To Commercializing (CP)2’S Technologies |
| Dr. David Wishart | University of Alberta | Professor | Food Safety |
The Tricorder Project: Using Nanotechnology To Assess Food Content, Safety And Quality |
| Dr. Usha Hemraz | University of Alberta | Post Doctoral Fellow | NCC | Surface Modification Of Nanocrystalline Cellulose |
10:00 am - Break
10:30 am - Applications, Session Chair: Ken Boutilier
| Name | Institution / Company | Position | Agriculture-Forestry Focus | Presentation Title |
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| Dr. Patricia Nadworny | Innovotech | Product Development Mananger | Biofilm Threat To Agriculture | Agress: The Winding Road To Commercialization |
| Dr. Colin Coros | Delta Genomics | VP Operations | Livestock Genomics | Breeding Livestock In The Era Of Genomics |
| Larry Donovan | Nova Green | President | Biomass Nutritional Product | Unlocking The Full Value Of Biomass |
| Dr. Aubrey Mendonca | Chemroutes | President | Prions | Scaffold Diversity: New Tools For Prion And Agrochemical Research |
| Dr. Edgar Herrera Guzman, Svetlana Machurina |
ATLOC | President, VP Business Development |
Miniaturized & Wireless Weather Stations | Innovative Micro Technology For Agricultural Weather Stations |
| Dr. Ken Schmidt | Wilson Analytical | Partner | Oil Seed Processing Sensors | Rapid, On-site Oil Seed Chemical Analysis: Early Concepts |
12:00 pm - Lunch
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Lunchtime speaker: Frank Nolan, Communications & Promotions Officer at NSERC, will talk on NSERC's funding of innovation. |
1:00 pm - Companies, Session Chair: Dr. John Webb
| Name | Institution/Company | Position | Agriculture-Forestry Focus | Presentation Title |
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| Dr. John Webb | Maple Leaf Foods | Director Emerging Science | Emerging Food Science | Maple Leaf Emerging Food Science |
| Dr. Sylvia Chan Remillard, Bryon Shore |
HydroQual Laboratories | Senior Scientist, Scientist |
Nanocontaminant Testing | Nanotechnology In Agriculture And Forestry: Guidance For Navigating Environmental Regulations |
| Gary Gunthorpe | Delta Tee | President | Product Development | Three Key Activities In Product Development |
| Jerry Hanna | Clearflow Enviro Systems Group | CEO/Chairman | Soil Erosion Prevention | Innovations in Soil Erosion Prevention |
| Kevin Zaychuk | 20/20 Seed Labs Inc | Pathogen Detection | Commercialization Of Molecular Diagnostic Tests For Agricultural Pathogens |
2:30 pm - Break
3:00 pm - Financing, Session Chair: Kevin Keough
| Name | Institution/Company | Position | Agriculture-Forestry Focus | Presentation Title |
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| Dr. Kevin Keough | Prion Institute | Executive Director | Prion Institute Funding | Alberta Bio Solutions Innovation Funding |
| Craig Urton | AVAC | Investment Manager | Start-up Financing | Getting Ready for Growth |
| John Murphy | A100 | Investor | Angel Financing | Thinking Like An Entrepreneur |
| Jim Simpson | CRA | Financial Review Manager | SR&ED | SR&ED – Funding Innovation In Canada |
| Brad Fournier | ALMA | Director | ALMA Grants | Funding Transformation |
