2016, October 4-7 – Alberta, Canada

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Banff Springs, Alberta, Canada

Proceedings

Tuesday, October 4

Tour of Canadian Beef Ranches

CL Ranch and Triple S Red Angus Ranch

Wednesday, October 5

Video PDF	Welcome to the Global Conference on Sustainable Beef 2016 Mr. Dennis Laycraft, President of the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef
Video PDF	Welcome & CRSB Roundtable Overview Ms. Cherie Copithorne-Barnes, Chair, Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef and Co-Host of the 2016 Conference
Video PDF	“So, What Do You Want With Your Beef?!” Dr. David Hughes, Emeritus Professor of Food Marketing, Imperial College London
Video	ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION – “BEEF SUSTAINABILITY: YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW‘
PDF	“European Roadmap Towards Sustainable Veal” Mr. Jacques De Groot, Head Quality Assurance, VanDrie Group (Netherlands)
	Ms. Deborah Perkins, Managing Director, Rabobank International (U.S.)
	Mr. Francisco Beduschi Neto, Coordinator of Livestock Initiative – ICV (Brazil)
	Mr. Cameron Bruett, Head, Corporate Affairs, JBS USA and Past President of GRSB (U.S. / Brazil)
	BUILDING ON EXPERIENCE: REGIONAL DEMONSTRATION OF CONTINUOUS PROGRESS
Video PDF	“Regional Demonstration of Continued Progress” Ms. Fawn Jackson, Manager, Environment and Sustainability, Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (Canada)
Video PDF	“GTPS Update” Mr. Francisco Beduschi Neto, Vice President, Brazilian Roundtable for Sustainable Livestock (GTPS) (Brazil)
Video PDF	“USRSB Update” Ms. Nicole Johnson-Hoffman, Vice President and North American Managing Director, Cargill (U.S.)
Video PDF	“Beef Farm Sustainability Assessment Overview” Mr. Jim O’Toole, Director, Meat & Sustainability Development, Bord Bia (Europe)
Video PDF	“Australian Beef Sustainability Framework” Mr. Andrew Ogilvie, Cattle Council of Australia (Australia)
Video	Building on Experience: Question & Answer Session
	BREAKOUT SESSION: ASSESSING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE GLOBAL BEEF VALUE CHAIN
Video PDF	“Assessing Impacts of Beef Production on Biodiversity: Striving Towards a Regionalized Life Cycle Assessment Framework” Dr. Danielle Maia De Souza, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Alberta & Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Lethbridge Research Centre)
Video PDF	“Assessing the Sustainability of the Canadian Beef Industry” Ms. Brenna Grant, Manager, Canfax Research Services
Video PDF	“Assessing the Sustainability of the Global Beef Value Chain: An Irish Perspective” Mr. Jim O’Toole, Director, Meat & Sustainability Development, Bord Bia
Video PDF	“AMP Grazing Research Proposal, Fall 2016” Mr. Peter Byck, Senior Sustainability Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, Professor of Practice, School of Sustainability and Professor of Practice, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Arizona State University “Soil Carbon Cowboys”
	BREAKOUT SESSION: BUSINESS COMMITMENTS TO SUSTAINABILITY
Video PDF	“Cargill Protein: Building Trusted Supply Chains” Ms. Nicole Johnson-Hoffman, Vice President and North America Managing Director, Cargill
Video PDF	“One Health, One Purpose: Elanco’s Antibiotic Stewardship Progress Report” Dr. Kerry Keffaber, Chief Veterinarian, Scientific Affairs and Policy, Elanco Animal Health
Video PDF	“Eating Beef While Saving Animal and Environment” Dr. Leon Mol, Product Safety & Social Compliance, Ahold Delhaize
Video PDF	“McDonald’s Sustainable Beef Pilot Project” Mr. Jeffrey Fitzpatrick-Stilwell, Senior Manager – Sustainability, McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada
Video PDF	“Field to Market – The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture” Mr. Rod Snyder, President, Field to Market, The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture
	BREAKOUT SESSION: CONNECTING CONSUMERS AND SUSTAINABILITY
Video PDF	“Earning Public Trust in Canadian Food” Ms. Crystal Mackay, CEO Farm & Food Care Canada
Video PDF	“Animal Welfare in the Sustainability Story” Dr. Lesley Mitchell, Chief Policy Advisor and Head of Policy, World Animal Protection

Thursday, October 6

Video	The Great Debate: “Chasing Efficiency Will Lead to Positive Environmental and Social Outcomes”
	BREAKOUT SESSION: SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH REVIEW
Video PDF	“Sustainability Research Review” Dr. Marty Matlock, Executive Director, Office for Sustainability; Professor of Ecological Engineering at University of Arkansas
Video PDF	“LEAP Partnership: Introduction, Achivements and Action Plan” Dr. Greg Thoma, Bates Teaching Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Arkansas
Video PDF	“How to Satisfy the Rising Demand for Animal Protein without Depleting Natural Resources” Dr. Frank Mitloehner, Professor and Air Quality Extension Specialist, Department of Animal Science, University of California – Davis
Video PDF	“ENOUGH” Dr. Roger Cady, Sr. Technical Consultant – Global Sustainability Lead, Elanco
	BREAKOUT SESSION: SUSTAINABILITY ON THE GROUND: PRODUCER’S PERSPECTIVE
Video PDF	“Sustaining Species at Risk Habitat: With Results-Based Conservation Agreements” Mr. Kelly Williamson (Canada)
Video PDF	“A Producer’s Perspective” Mr. Andrew Ogilvie (Australia)
Video PDF	“JBS Five Rivers Cattle Feeding” Mr. Tom McDonald (U.S.)
Video PDF	“Re-engineering of a Cow/Calf Ranch Located in Southern Paraguayan Chaco” Mr. Carlos Pedretti (Paraguay)
Video PDF	“FAI Farms: Beef Sustainability in Oxfordshire, UK” Mr. Karl Williams (Europe)
Video PDF	“Gabinete Farm, since 1845” Mr. Ruy Fachini (Brazil)
	BREAKOUT SESSION: ADVANCING ZERO DEFORESTATION BEEF PRODUCTION
Video PDF	“Addressing Deforestation at the Country Level – Brazil” Mr. Francisco Beduschi Neto, President of the Brazilian Roundtable on Sustainable Livestock (GTPS) and Coordinator of Sustainable Livestock at Instituto Centro de Vida (ICV)
Video PDF	“Addressing Deforestation at the Country Level – Paraguay” Mr. Marcos Medina, Vice Minister of Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Paraguay
Video PDF	“Addressing Deforestation at the Country Level – Argentina” Mr. Nicolás Lucas, Environmental Management and Natural Capital, Ministry of Agroindustry, Argentina
Video PDF	“Responsible Sourcing – Marfrig Beef” Mr. Mathias Almeida, Sustainability Manager, Marfrig Beef
Video PDF	“Zero Deforestation – McDonald’s Global” Mr. Ignacio Blanco-Traba, Senior Director, Sustainable Sourcing, McDonald’s Corporation
Video PDF	“Commitments and Sourcing in Action – The Nature Conservancy” Ms. Giovana Baggio, Sustainable Agriculture Manager, The Nature Conservancy
	CLOSING GENERAL SESSION
Video PDF	“A Ground-Truthing Case Study” Mr. John Carter, founder and president of Aliança da Terra
Video PDF	“Promising Sustainable Beef: Catalyse Continuous Improvements” Dr. Martin Scholten, General Director Animal/Marine Sciences, Wageningen University