2079 NOVA SCOTIA WILD BLUEBERRY CONFERENCE

Thursday, November 74, 2079

8:00 - 9:00 am Registration Desk 0pen - Nutrition Break in Salon ABC Sponsored by:

Novo Scotio Farm Loan Boord

CHAIR: Barron Blois SALON DEG

9:00 -9:20 am Welcome - Barron Blois, President

9:20- 9:45 am 2079 Wild Blueberry Crop & Extension Report - Peter Burgess, Perennia

9:45 - 10:30 am A New Approach to Global Markets - John Comeron, Neri Vautour, WBANA-Conado

10:30 - L1:00 am Nutrition Break / Trode Show & Product Showcase in Salon ABC Sponsored by:

Covendish Agri-Services Ltd. &NutriAg

Visit Poster Presentations in the hallway outside the meeting rooms - Researchers will be

available to discuss their Research.

11:00 - L1:30 am Our Story: How Wild Blueberries Become World Famous - Peter Rideout, ExecutiveDirector, WBPANS

11:30 - 12:00 noon Wild Blueberry Heolth lnsights - Dr. Willy Kalt, WBANA-Canada

L2:0O- 1:00 pm LUNCH, TRADE SHOW & PRODUCT SHOWCASE- IN SALON ABC, SPONSORED BY:

Truro Agromdrt Ltd.,

lasper Wyman & Son Ltd. &Boyer CropScience lnc.

Visit Poster Presentations in the hallway outside meeting rooms - Researchers will be

available to discuss their Research.

1:15 pm - 2:00 pm From Frozen Wild Blueberries to Value Added Products: Whot are the Chollenges?

- Dr. R6my Lambert, Universit6 Laval, Quebec

2:00 - 2:30 pm Wildly at the Heart of Atlantic Canoda: Economic dnd Consumer Trends- Craig Wight, Managing Director, Narrative Research

2:30 - 3:30 pm Supply Chain Panel - A high level panel of retail, wholesale, foodservice and governmentprocurement professionals will give us their views on the opportunities that exist for more

use of wild blueberries in their sectors of the food trade regionally and nationally.

3:30 - 4:00 pm Branding Conadian Wild Blueberries - Greg Connell, Nurture Atlantic

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Wild Blueberry Sompling & New Product Showcase (ln Trade Show Area)

6:00 pm

7:00 pm

Reception (cash bar)Trade Show area & MacDonald Rooms

Wild Blueberry Bonquet with Chef Alain Boss6 - MacDonald Rooms - TICKETS S20Entertainment with Gordie & Ben Tucker(Please reserve your banquet tickets by calling or emailing the WBPANS office)

( 902-552-3305 or info@nswildblueberries.com)

8:00 PM WBPANS Recognition Award Presentation

2079 NOVA SCOTIA WILD BLUEBERRY CONFERENCE

Friday, November 75, 2079

8:30 - 9:30 am Registration Desk Open - Nutrition Break in Salon ABC Sponsored by:

RBC - Dominion Securities

CHAIR: Barron Blois SALON DEG WBPANS ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING

9:30 am Callto OrderMinute of Silence

Approval of AgendaWBPANS President's Report - Barron Blois

WBPANS Executive Directors Report - Peter Rideout

Report from Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture -Victor Oulton, President, NSFA

Approval of Minutes from Annual Meeting 2018Financial Statements presented by Nancy Frame, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

2020 Proposed Budset - Presented bv Neil Erb, WBPANS Finance CommitteeAppointment of AuditorsPromotion Committee Report - Alice Pugsley, Chair, WBPANS Promotion CommitteeResearch Committee Report - Barron Blois, Chair, WBPANS Research Committeelndustry & Sustainability Committee Report - Colleen Cameron, WBPANS lndustry &

Sustaina bility Com mitteeNominating Committee Report - Jeff OrrPresentations to Retiring Directors

New Business

12:00 - 1:00 pm LUNCH PROVIDED IN SALON ABC SPONSORED BY:

Eostern Drainage, Koppert Canada,NS Crop & Livestock lnsurance Commission & NSDA Progroms & Business Risk

Monagement

Chair: Jeff Orr Wild Blueberry Technical Session in Salon DEG

1:00pm -L:30 pm

1:30pm - 2:00pm

2:00pm -2:30 pm

2:30pm - 3:00pm

3:00pm - 3:30pm

3:30pm - 4:00pm

4:00pm - 4:30 pm

Review ol Wild Blueberry Reseorch Priorities: An lnterdctive Session

Finol Weed Survey llpdote ond Research Progress on Priority Weed Species in WildBlueberry - Dr. Scott White, Dalhousie Faculty of Agriculture

How Do We Determine the Risk Pesticides Pose to Bees? Considerotions for WildBlueberries -Dr. Chris Cutler, Dalhousie Faculty of Agriculture

Performance Evaluation of an Automated Color Sorter for Fresh Wild Blueberries & Upddteon Precision Ag Reseorch - Dr. Travis Esau, Dalhousie Faculty of Agriculture

lntegrdted Disease Monagement ond Fungicide Updates for Wild Blueberry Production- Dr. David Percival, Dalhousie Faculty of Agriculture

Apiculture Tech Transler - Yea r in Review - Dr. Robyn McCa llum, Atlantic Tech

Transfer Team for Apiculture, Perennia

Lowbush Wild Blueberry Crop & Sprout SAP Research - When Does Your Wild BlueberryToke Up Nutrients And Will lt Alfect Your Fertilizer Strotegy? - Lise LeBlanc, LP Consulting

4:30 pm ADJOURNMENT