Past proceedings

Post-pandemic Supply Chain Adjustments
Thursday, December 14, 2023 - 9 am to 3:30 pm CST

Session Chair: Barry E. Prentice, Director, Transport Institute

Welcome from the University of Manitoba - Dr. Bruno Silvestre, Dean, I.H. Asper School of Business

"The Drivers of Food Inflation and Implications for Supply Chain Resilience."
Michael Von Massow, Professor, University of Guelph

"From Seed to Plate: Navigating the Produce Supply Chain."
Pamela Kolochuk, CEO, Peak of the Market.

"Climate Change and U.S. Agricultural Exports: How Future Weather Patterns Will Impact U.S. Competitiveness"
Thibault Denamiel, Research Associate, Scholl Chair in International Business

Session Chair: Hedley Auld, CN Rail (retired)

"Canadian Clean Fuels Policy: Current Status and Future Developments"
Fred Ghatala, Director, Carbon and Sustainability of Advanced Biofuels Canada

"Oilseed Processing Overview"
Chris Vervaet, Executive Director, Canadian Oilseed Processors Association

Session Chair: Barry E. Prentice, Director, Transport Institute

"A farmer's view of Canada's climate change policy."
Gunter Jochum, President, Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association

Session Chair: Narendra Malalgoda, Assistant Professor, Transport Institute

"Animal Transport Advancement"
Bill Rempel, CEO, Steve's Livestock Transport

"Reducing the transaction costs of booking truck freight"
Daniel Santos, CEO, Evotrux

Session Chair: Derek Brewin, Head, Dept. Ag. Business and Ag. Economics

"Grain Transportation on the St. Lawrence Seaway and to Eastern Canada"
Mark Hemmes, President, Quorum Corporation

Chris Heikkinen, CEO, Port of Thunder Bay

Frank Dahan, Director of Transport Services and Global Fuel Strategy, CSL Group

Bruce Hodgson, Director, Market Development, Highway H2O

Session Chair: Mark Hemmes, Quorum Corporation

"Supply Chain Disruptions of Food Systems: An Overview"
Barry Prentice, Director, University of Manitoba Transport Institute

"Coping at the farm level"
Bill Campbell, President, Keystone Agricultural Producers

"Establishing Resiliency in the Grain Supply Chain"
Elizabeth Hucker, Assistant Vice-President, CP Rail

Session Chair: Hedley Auld

"Atmospheric rivers and rail infrastructure"
Greg Hamilton, Senior Manager, Investor Relations, CN Rail

"The U.S Inland Waterways: A look at the Impact of Low Water Conditions on Agriculture"
Rich Henderson, Economist USDA

Session Chair: Brian Oleson, Dept. Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics

Paul Bingham, Director, Economics and Country Risk, S&P Global

Session Chair: Steve Pratte, Canadian Canola Growers Association

"Growing trade restrictions"
Claire Citeau, Executive Director, CAFTA

"Wheat trade with/without Ukraine"
Neil Townsend, Chief Market Analyst, Farmlink

Session Chair: Barry Prentice, Transport Institute

"Inventory Management"
Ken Jackson, CEO, VeriGrain Inventory Intelligence

"Blockchain"
Chris Bunio, Co-founder and CEO, TheoryMesh

"An Online Marketplace: Prairie Grain Mall"
Adil Cubukgil, Managing Director, Prairie Grain Portal
Vic Uzumeri, Consultant

Chair: Dr. Derek Brewin, Head, Department of Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics

"The Global Shipping Freeze"
Peter C. Earle, Economist, American Institute for Economic Research

"A view from the Waterfront"
Doug Mills, Trade Development, Port of Vancouver

"Filling the Box"
Stephen Paul, VP and Chief Operation Officer, Ray-Mont Logistics

Questions and Discussion

Chair:Mark Hemmes, Quorum Corporation

"Sinaloa, Mexico to Manitoba, Canada: The TMEC Corridor"
Kevin Kuly, Managing Partner: Canada, CAXXOR Group

"CentrePort Rail Gateway"
Diane Gray, CEO, CentrePort

"Efficiencies of Single-line Service to Mexico"
Jon Harman, Managing Director, Canadian Pacific Railway

Questions and Discussion

Dr. Gaston Cedillo, Eric Moreno and Carlos Martin, National Laboratory for Transportation Systems & Logistics, Instituto Mexicano del Transporte

Questions and Discussion

Chair: Steve Pratte, Manager, Policy Development, CCGA

"Growth of the pulse and pulse processing sector"
Janelle Courcelles, Director, Quality and Processing, Pulse Canada

"Oilseed Processing Capacity Expansion in Western Canada"
Chris Vervaet, Executive Director, Canadian Oilseed Processor Association

Questions and Discussion

Chair: Dr. Barry E. Prentice, Department Supply Chain Management, I.H. Asper School of Business

"State-of-the-Art Grain Terminals"
Jon Sargent, President, Todd & Sargent Canada
Brian Watson, Project Manager, Todd & Sargent Canada

"Identity Preserved Grain"
Real Tetrault, President and CEO, Mid Canada Transload Services Ltd

"Canadian Grain Supply Chain Scenario Forecasting: Production and Exports to 2030"
Joel Carlson, Associate Vice President, Western Canada, CPCS

Questions and Discussion

Chair: Steve Pratte, Manager, Policy Development, CCGA

"Changing growing conditions: hotter, drier, wetter, colder?"
Dr. Danny Blair, Professor, University of Winnipeg

"21st Century Water Wealth - Prairie Water, Irrigation and Sustainable Agri-Food Economies in a Changing World"
Dr. Graham Parsons, President, Organization for Western Economic Cooperation

"Alberta Irrigation: farmers, food and climate adaptation"
Margo Jarvis Redelback, P.Ag., Executive Director, Alberta Irrigation Districts Association

Questions and Discussion

Chair: Dr. Bruno Silvestre, Director, Transport Institute

“Opportunities for Pea Starch"
Janelle Courcelles, Senior Manager, Food Innovation & Marketing, Pulse Canada

"Building the World’s Largest Pea Protein Processing Plant”
Michelle Finley, Roquette Canada Ltd.

Questions and Discussion

Chair: Dr. Barry E. Prentice, SCM Department

“A Pandemic Pivot: The Sysco At Home Story”
Kim Doherty, President, Prairies Region, Sysco Corporate

“Trucking in the Pandemic”
Terry Shaw, Executive Director, Manitoba Trucking Association

“Digitizing the Food Value Chain for Resilience and Sustainability”
Neil Van Seters, Director, Global Strategy & Acquisitions, and
David Feaster, Senior Sales Consultant, Ignition by TELUS Agriculture

Questions and Discussion

Chair: Hedley Auld

“Twenty-years of Progress”
Mark Hemmes, President, Quorum Corporation

"Dedicated to Grain"
Jon Harman, Managing Director of Marketing, Grain and Fertilizer, Canadian Pacific Railway

“Eastern Route Revival?”
Tim V. Heney, Port of Thunder Bay

“Where are we going from here?”
Neil Townsend, Chief Market Analyst, Farmlink

Questions and Discussion