2016, October 4-7 – Alberta, Canada

Banff Springs, Alberta, Canada

Proceedings

Tuesday, October 4

  Video

Tour of Canadian Beef Ranches

 CL Ranch and Triple S Red Angus Ranch 


Wednesday, October 5

 

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 Welcome to the Global Conference on Sustainable Beef 2016
Mr. Dennis Laycraft, President of the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef
Video
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 Welcome & CRSB Roundtable Overview
Ms. Cherie Copithorne-Barnes, Chair, Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef and
Co-Host of the 2016 Conference
Video
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 “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

 

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 “Regional Demonstration of Continued Progress”
Ms. Fawn Jackson, Manager, Environment and Sustainability, Canadian Cattlemen’s  Association (Canada)
Video
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 “GTPS Update”
Mr. Francisco Beduschi Neto, Vice President, Brazilian Roundtable for Sustainable  Livestock (GTPS) (Brazil)
Video
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 “USRSB Update”
Ms. Nicole Johnson-Hoffman, Vice President and North American Managing Director,  Cargill (U.S.)
Video
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 “Beef Farm Sustainability Assessment Overview”
Mr. Jim O’Toole, Director, Meat & Sustainability Development, Bord Bia (Europe)
Video
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 “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

 

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 “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
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 “Assessing the Sustainability of the Canadian Beef Industry”
Ms. Brenna Grant, Manager, Canfax Research Services
 Video
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 “Assessing the Sustainability of the Global Beef Value Chain: An Irish Perspective”
Mr. Jim O’Toole, Director, Meat & Sustainability Development, Bord Bia
 Video
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 “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
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 “Cargill Protein: Building Trusted Supply Chains”
Ms. Nicole Johnson-Hoffman, Vice President and North America Managing Director,  Cargill
 Video
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 “One Health, One Purpose: Elanco’s Antibiotic Stewardship Progress Report”
Dr. Kerry Keffaber, Chief Veterinarian, Scientific Affairs and Policy, Elanco Animal Health
 Video
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 “Eating Beef While Saving Animal and Environment”
Dr. Leon Mol, Product Safety & Social Compliance, Ahold Delhaize
 Video
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 “McDonald’s Sustainable Beef Pilot Project”
Mr. Jeffrey Fitzpatrick-Stilwell, Senior Manager – Sustainability, McDonald’s Restaurants of  Canada
 Video
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 “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
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 “Earning Public Trust in Canadian Food”
Ms. Crystal Mackay, CEO Farm & Food Care Canada
 Video
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 “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

 

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 “Sustainability Research Review”
Dr. Marty Matlock, Executive Director, Office for Sustainability; Professor of Ecological  Engineering at University of Arkansas
 Video
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 “LEAP Partnership: Introduction, Achivements and Action Plan”
Dr. Greg Thoma, Bates Teaching Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of  Arkansas
 Video
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 “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
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 “ENOUGH”
Dr. Roger Cady, Sr. Technical Consultant – Global Sustainability Lead, Elanco

 BREAKOUT SESSION: SUSTAINABILITY ON THE GROUND: PRODUCER’S  PERSPECTIVE

 

 Video
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 “Sustaining Species at Risk Habitat: With Results-Based Conservation  Agreements”
Mr. Kelly Williamson (Canada)
 Video
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 “A Producer’s Perspective”
Mr. Andrew Ogilvie (Australia)
 Video
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 “JBS Five Rivers Cattle Feeding”
Mr. Tom McDonald (U.S.)
 Video
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 “Re-engineering of a Cow/Calf Ranch Located in Southern Paraguayan Chaco”
Mr. Carlos Pedretti (Paraguay)
 Video
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 “FAI Farms: Beef Sustainability in Oxfordshire, UK”
Mr. Karl Williams (Europe)
 Video
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 “Gabinete Farm, since 1845”
Mr. Ruy Fachini (Brazil)

 BREAKOUT SESSION: ADVANCING ZERO DEFORESTATION BEEF PRODUCTION

 

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 “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
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 “Addressing Deforestation at the Country Level – Paraguay”
Mr. Marcos Medina, Vice Minister of Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock,  Paraguay
 Video
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 “Addressing Deforestation at the Country Level – Argentina”
Mr. Nicolás Lucas, Environmental Management and Natural Capital, Ministry of  Agroindustry, Argentina
 Video
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 “Responsible Sourcing – Marfrig Beef”
Mr. Mathias Almeida, Sustainability Manager, Marfrig Beef
 Video
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 “Zero Deforestation – McDonald’s Global”
Mr. Ignacio Blanco-Traba, Senior Director, Sustainable Sourcing, McDonald’s Corporation
 Video
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 “Commitments and Sourcing in Action – The Nature Conservancy”
Ms. Giovana Baggio, Sustainable Agriculture Manager, The Nature Conservancy

 CLOSING GENERAL SESSION

 

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 “A Ground-Truthing Case Study”
Mr. John Carter
, founder and president of Aliança da Terra
 Video
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 “Promising Sustainable Beef: Catalyse Continuous Improvements”
Dr. Martin Scholten, General Director Animal/Marine Sciences, Wageningen University