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1st International Conference on Digital Innovation in Agri-Food

June 8, 2023
University of Guelph 

Speakers 

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Rene Van Acker

Dean , OAC

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Main Panel

Mike McMorris

CEO, LRIC

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John Keogh

C-Level Advisor

MCCHE McGill University

Bob Fay

Managing Director, CIGI 

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Doris Marquardt

Program Officer, EU

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Laurens Klerkx

Professor, WUR/UTalca 

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Chris Albinson

CEO and President, Communitech

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Panel 1 

Vidya ShankarNarayan
CIO, AAFC 

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Corlena Patterson

CEO, PrüvIT 

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B. Pratyusha Chennupati

Product development,  Heliae

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Todd Cain

CIO,  CFIA

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Panel 2

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Laurens Klerkx

Professor, WUR/UTalca 

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Kelly Rijswijk

Researcher, WUR

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Panel 3

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Mehrdad Hariri

CEO and Founder

Canadian Science Policy Centre

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Dana McCauley

CEO, CFIN

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Evan Fraser

Professor and Director

Arrell Food Institute

Steve Duff

Chief Economist,  OMAFRA

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Silvia Sarapura

Professor, UofGuelph

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Panel 4

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Rozita Dara

Associate Professor

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Patrick Wspanialy

Director of R&D, evocation

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Elise Legendre

CDO, AAFC

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Kevin Tuer

CTO, Communitech

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Harjeet Bajai

CEO and President, Savormetrics

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Panel 5

Tirtha Dhar

Professor and Chair, UofGuelph

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John Keogh

C-Level Advisor

MCCHE McGill University

Sylvie Cloutier

President and CEO, CTAQ

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Dan Lussier

Director, EMILI

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Panel 6

Laurette Dube

Professor, Chair

MCCHE McGill University

Fred Wall

VP, FCC

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Michelle Edwards

 Director, ADC, UofGuelph

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Sandeep Saxena 

 Global Lead, TCS

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David Ma 

Professor, University of Guelph

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Participating Organizations

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