Wednesday, December 16

8:00 a.m. to noon - Trade show set-up

11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Registration

Noon to 5: 00 p.m. - Trade show

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. - Open Remarks

Opening remarks include approval of agenda, President’s report, review of 2008 AGM minutes, audited report, introduction of MCPA Board of Directors, appointment/ratification of Directors, greetings from Brad Wildeman, President of CCA

3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. - Coffee Break

3:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. - Don Flaten, Chair, National Centre for Livestock and the Environment, the University of Manitoba, “Availability of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Cattle Manure”

4:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. - Lyndsay Smith, Prime Analytics, presents “Cattle Market Report”

5:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. - Michael Trevan, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science, University of Manitoba, “Clearing up Misconceptions: the Health Benefits of Eating Beef”

6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. - Cash Bar Opens

6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. - President’s Banquet

8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. - Evening Entertainment: ImproVision

Thursday, December 17

8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. - Registration

8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. - Trade Show

8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. - Coffee and Pastries

9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. - Anne Anderson, “If You Keep Doing What You Have Been Doing, You Will Keep Getting What You’ve Been Getting!”

Sponsored by: Farm Credit Canada

10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. - Coffee Break

Sponsored by: MVMA

10:30 a.m. to noon - Marketing Panel Discussion featuring: Jeff Kroll, Senior Vice-President, McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada Ltd.; Larry Thomas, National Coordinator, Canadian Beef Advantage; Bernie Kotelko, President, Highland Feeders Ltd.; Rick Wright, Head Buyer, Heartland Order Buying Company; with Moderator Rae Groeneveld, Host, GX94

Noon to 1:00 p.m. - Lunch

1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Steve Primrose, Chair, CCIA

1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. - John Gillespie, Chair, BIC

2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. - Coffee Break

2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. - Resolutions Debate

4:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. - President’s Closing Remarks

4:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. - Door Prizes