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Conference Schedule
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
6:00 - 9:00 pm Conference Registration & Meet & Greet Reception at Pomeroy Hotel, Fort St. John
Thursday, May 31, 2018
7:00 am - 1:30 pm Conference Registration
7:30 - 8:30 am Early Riser Keynote - A presentation on the Professional Reliance Review
Keynote Speaker: Jennifer McGuire, P.Ag., Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy.
Light refreshments, not breakfast, is available for attendees. Full breakfast is ONLY available for those booked overnight at the Pomeroy. (=1 PD hour)
8:45 am - noon Conference Professional Development Sessions
The presentations held on Thursday morning are available to anyone who has registered for the Conference Package or for the one-day PD session ($150). Lunch is included. (=3 PD hours)
8:45 - 9:40 am
- General Topics A1 - Making Writing Less Daunting and More Fun
- Panel Discussion B1 - Land Application Panel
9:50 - 10:50 am
- General Topics A2 - Right to Title and Right to Practice
- Panel Discussion B2 - Re-Vegetation Panel
11:00 - noon
- General Skills A3 - Coffee Shop Talk: A Blue Collar Environmentalist's Perspective on Industry Working Together with Agrologists
- Panel Discussion B3 - Integrated Water Use Management Panel
noon - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 - 4:00 pm 71st BCIA Annual General Meeting
Location: Pomeroy Hotel banquet room, Fort St. John
6:00 - 7:00 pm Travel to Lido Theatre at 10156 100th Ave. (1.2 km). Networking & Cash bar. Shuttle will be availble between Pomeroy Hotel and Lido Theatre
7:00 - 9:30 pm Pig Roast BBQ Banquet at Lido Theatre
Friday, June 1, 2018
7:30 am - 8:00 am Field Tours Registration
If registered for the Friday field tour ONLY, please check in at the Registration table first.
8:00 am - 4:30 pm Field Tours
All field tour participants must meet outside the Pomeroy Hotel entrance. 15 minutes prior to departure. (Field tour= 5 PD hours)
Field Tour #1 W.A.C. Bennett Dam Tour
Departure @ 8:00 am. Approximate return 4:30 pm
Field Tour #2 Integration of Agriculture and Oil & Gas
Departure @ 8:15 am. Approximate return 4:00 pm
Field Tour #3 Peace Region Local Agriculture Tour
Departure @ 8:30 am. Approximate return 4:00 pm
6:00 - 9:00 pm The Profession of Agrology - AAg. Workshop
Saturday, June 2, 2018
9:00 - 3:30 pm Ethics for Professionals Workshop