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Agenda Item - Printable version of Schedule |
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Wednesday May 20 |
6:30 – 9 |
Conference Registration and Mix & Mingle This is your opportunity to mingle with other agrologists and meet new friends, before the upcoming two days of presentations. Enjoy some appies and refreshments. Cash bar. |
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Thursday May 21 – Day 1 |
7:30 am |
Conference Registration Coffee available. Poster displays |
8:30 – 8:50 |
Conference Welcome
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8:50 – 9:45 |
Implementation of the Professional Governance Act
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9:45 am |
Break - refreshments (Poster displays) |
10:00 – 12:00 |
Practice Rights for Agrology Professionals Representatives from the Professional Governance Working Group will discuss establishing practice rights for agrologists. |
12:00 – 1:15 |
Buffet Lunch in Conference Centre (Poster displays) |
12:30 |
AGM check in begins - All Agrologists must check in prior to attending the AGM |
1:30 – 3:00 |
BCIA Annual General Meeting |
3:00 – 3:15 |
Break - refreshments (Poster displays) |
3:15 – 4:15 |
Regulation of Firms under the Professional Governance Act: White Paper on Regulation of Multi-Profession Firms
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6:00 – 9:30 |
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Friday, May 22 – Day 2 |
8:00 am |
Registration for Friday only registrants |
8:30 – 10:15 (1hr 45min) |
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10:15 – 10:45 |
Break & Networking - refreshments (Poster displays) |
10:45 – 11:45 |
Concurrent Panel Discussions – Select ONE when registering |
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Panel 1- “Have You Ever Seen the Rain”: Water Availability in the Southern Interior
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Panel 2 - “Cheese Burger in Paradise”: Food Production in the Southern Interior
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11:45 – 1:00 |
Buffet Lunch (End of Poster displays) |
1:00 – 1:45 pm |
Concurrent Presentations - Select ONE when registering |
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P1- “Kicking up Mud”: Sustainable Remediation of Contaminated Sites
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P2 - “I Love Trash”: City Garbage, Country Garbage
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P3 - “Walking on Sunshine”: Adapting to Climate Change in Agriculture
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1:45 – 2:00 |
Break |
2:00 - 3:00
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“Take Me Home Country Roads”: Agriculture in the Thompson Nicola Regional District
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3:00 – 4:00
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“Learning to Fly”: Drone Use in Agrology
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6:00 – 8:30 pm |
Articling workshop (For AAgs & ATAgs) |
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Saturday May 23 |
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Post Conference Workshop |
8:30 am - 3:30 |
Ethics for Professionals Workshop |