Thursday, March 12
Concurrent Workshops and Sessions
| 8:00-8:30 |
Registration and Poster set up |
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| 8:30-10:00 |
Workshop #1: Holos model v4 training (registration required) (Room A) |
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| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:30-12:00 |
Workshop #1 (continued): Holos model v4 training |
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| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch (provided) and Poster viewing | |
| 1:30-3:00 |
Session #1: Enhancing Biodiversity in Agroecosystems |
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Session #1: Room A |
Session #2: Room B |
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| 1:35-1:55 | T. Harrison: Investigating New Approaches to Encourage Livestock Producers to Conserve Species at Risk Habitat in Southwest Saskatchewan | J. Irwin: Piloting a Canadian Agricultural-Resiliency and Food-Security Pathway in the Climate War |
| 1:55-2:15 | L. Berzins: Does retaining ponds in agroecosystems enhance biodiversity? Tales of tree swallows and their insect prey | R. Hangs: Soil Carbon Pools Before and After 21 Years of Conservation Management in Prairie Soils |
| 2:15-2:35 | N. Mahony: Breeding productivity, habitat use and post-fledging survival of swallows across a gradient of agricultural habitat near Vancouver BC | S. Pogue: Soil carbon modelling for annual crops using the Introductory Carbon Balance Model |
| 2:35-2:55 | P. Galpern: Win-wins are within reach: links between non-crop areas, biodiversity and crop yield in Alberta | K. Hannam: Importance of crop and drive rows in soil carbon sequestration: a regional study of grape, apple and cherry cropping systems in the Okanagan Valley, BC |
| 3:00-3:30 | Coffee Break and Poster viewing | |
| 3:30-5:00 |
Session #1 (continued): Enhancing Biodiversity in Agroecosystems |
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Session #2: |
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| 3:35-3:55 |
R. Brook: Invasive Wild Pigs Threaten Biodiversity and Agriculture Sustainability on Farmland Across Canada |
S. Nolan: Increasing Profits While Lowering Carbon Footprints in Cow-Calf Management |
| 3:55-4:15 |
J. Devries: Fall-seeded croplands provide significant benefits to breeding birds in prairie agroecosystems |
P. Mistry: Market estimates of carbon storage potential in restored wetlands |
| 4:15-4:35 |
B. Gjetvaj: Multi-functional landscapes – a path to sustainable and resilient agriculture |
M. Gorzelak: Mycorrhizal interactions with biochar |
| 4:35-4:55 |
F. Akhter: Role of field boundary habitats in agro-ecosystems health and productivity |
M. Cheema: Biochar amendment mitigates global warming potential, greenhouse gas intensity and nitrogen losses in dairy manure based agricultural soil under boreal climate |
| 5:00 |
End of day |
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Friday, March 13
Solutions for Climate Change Panel
| 7:45-8:15 |
Registration and Poster set up |
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| 8:15-8:30 |
Opening Remarks
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| 8:30-10:00 |
Session #3 Solutions for Climate Change: Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Production in Agriculture Presentations include 25 minute keynote + 4 invited 15 minute talks Moderators: Roland Kroëbel (AAFC) and Christy Morrissey (U of Saskatchewan) |
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Speaker |
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| 8:30-8:55 | Reynald Lemke (AAFC) | The where, why and how of greenhouses gases associated with farming activities? |
| 9:00-9:15 |
Anne Wasko (CRSB) |
Climate Change and Sustainability Solutions from the CRSB Perspective |
| 9:15-9:30 |
Tristan Scolrud (USask) |
Optimal GHG regulation in agriculture: Mitigating climate change and preserving efficiency |
| 9:30-9:45 | Claudia Wagner-Riddle (U of Guelph) | Managing greenhouse gas emissions from agro-ecosystems |
| 9:45-10:00 | Darrin Qualman (National Farmers Union | The Real Source of Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break and Poster viewing | |
| 10:30-11:30 |
Session #3: Moderator led Panel Discussion and Q&A |
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| 11:30-1:00 |
Lunch (provided) and Poster viewing |
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| 1:00-2:30 |
Session #4: Solutions for Climate Change: Water Management for Resilience to Climatic Extremes Presentations include 25 minute keynote + 4 invited 15 minute talks Moderators: Helen Baulch (U of Saskatchewan) and Henry Wilson (AAFC) |
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Speakers |
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| 1:00-1:25 |
Keynote – John Pomeroy (USask) |
Sustainable Water Futures for Agriculture |
| 1:30-1:45 |
Paul Thoroughgood (CRSC) |
Climate Extremes: A View from the Farm |
| 1:45-2:00 |
Mitchell Timmerman (Manitoba Agriculture) |
Too much and not enough…and in the wrong place, at the wrong time! Manitoba’s setting, experience and aspirations |
| 2:00-2:15 |
Jane Elliott (ECCC) |
Adapting agricultural water management for agroecosystem resilience in future climates |
| 2:15-2:30 |
Lana Shaw (Saskatchewan South East Research Farm) |
Mixed Grain Intercrops: The Value Proposition |
| 2:30-3:00 |
Coffee Break and Poster viewing |
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| 3:00-4:00 |
Session #4: Moderator led Panel Discussion and Q&A |
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| 4:00-4:30 |
Wrap up and Closing remarks |
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