DAY 1 SUMMIT – SHERATON CAVALIER HOTEL

• 8:00 am - 9:00 am

  Breakfast and Registration (sponsored by Protein Industries Canada)

• 9:00 am - 9:15 am

  Opening Prayer

  • Opening Prayer – Elder Kathy Wahpepah-Eashappie

  Opening Remarks

  • Master of Ceremonies: Milton Greyeyes (Senior Relationship Manager, Indigenous Lending – Farm Credit Canada)
  • Riel Bellegarde (President & CEO, Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies)
  • Remarks from Nutrien
• 9:15 am - 9:30 am

  Video Presentation

  • James Cameron (Canadian Filmmaker and Celebrity Food Advocate)
• 9:30 am - 10:30 am

  Session 1: Setting the Global Stage

  • Moderator: Bill Greuel (CEO, Protein Industries Canada)
  • Panelists:
    • Kenneth Bear (Agriculture Development Manager, Pasqua First Nation)
    • Dr. Angela Bedard-Haughn (Dean of the College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan)
    • Paul Johnson (Assistant Deputy Minister of Policy, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture)
    • Shannon Hood-Neifer (Chief Technology Officer, Sunnydale Foods)
• 10:30 am - 10:50 am

  Break (sponsored by Farm Credit Canada)

• 10:50 am - 12:00 pm

  Session 2: Indigenous Agri-Landscape

  • Moderator: Dr. Victoria Lamb Drover (Associate Vice-President, Operations & Advancement, Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies)
  • Panelist:
    • Chief Cadmus Delorme (Cowessess First Nation)
    • Thomas Benjoe (President, FHQ Developments Ltds.)
    • George Lafond (Business and Social Development Advisor)
• 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

  Lunch Break (sponsored by Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies)

• 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

  Session 3: Investment Opportunity Landscape – Private & Public Sector

  • Moderator:
    • Blair Knippel (President, Champlin Advisory Ltd.)
    • Tavia Laliberte (Vice-President, Academics, Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies)
  • Panelists:
    • David Dzisiak (Chief Operating Officer, Botaneco)
    • David Vetters (Chief Financial Officer, PhytoOrganix Foods Inc.)
    • Thomas Benjoe (President, FHQ Developments Ltds.)
    • Erin Trapp (Manager, Investor Relations, Conexus Venture Capital)
    • Kassandra Quayle (Chief Financial Officer, Protein Industries Canada)
    • Jordan Gaw (Regional Director, Investor Services, Invest in Canada)
• 3:00 pm - 3:20 pm

  Break (sponsored by Affinity Credit Union)

• 3:20 pm - 4:30 pm

  Session 4: The Way We Move Forward

  • Moderator: George Lafond (Business and Social Development Advisor)
  • Panelists:
    • Riel Bellegarde (President & CEO, Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies)
    • Blair Knippel (President, Champlin Advisory Ltd.)
    • Bill Greuel (CEO, Protein Industries Canada)
    • Shaun Soonias (Director, Indigenous Relations – Farm Credit Canada)
• 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

  Closing Remarks

  • Master of Ceremonies: Milton Greyeyes (Senior Relationship Manager, Indigenous Lending, Farm Credit Canada)
• 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  Beyond the Harvest Banquet presented by Nutrien (Delta Bessborough)

  • 5:30 PM – Cocktail hour
  • 6:30 PM – Supper
  • Live entertainment