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CURAC Conference 2019 Agenda

CURAC 2019 Conference Program

University of Guelph, Guelph, ON

May 22-24, 2019

Printable Version of the Agenda [1]

Wednesday May 22, 2019

Time Event
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Conference Registration and Reception

The Art Gallery of Guelph

 

Thursday May 23, 2019

Session 1: Rozanski Hall

Time Event
8:00 am to 9:00 am CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00 am to 9:15 am Welcome
9:15 am to 10:15 am

CURAC/ARUCC Board Priorities and Activities –

Panel:

Bryan Harvey, President

Fred Fletcher [2], Communications Chair

Bev Stefureak [3], Member Benefits Chair

10:15 am to 10:45 am BREAK
10:45 am to 12:00 pm

Roundtables

- ideas, remcommendations from CURAC members

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm LUNCH

 

Session 2: Rozanski Hall

Time Event
1:00 pm to 1:45 pm

Agri-Foods for Human Health [4]

Alison Duncan [5]

Professor, Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph

1:45 pm to 2:30 pm

Have your retirement plans gone to the dogs? Perhaps they should!* [6]

Kris Gies [7], OVC Pet Trust, Outreach Coordinator & Peggy Pritchard [8], Coordinator, Campus Therapy Dog Program

* therapy dog visits will be offered during the coffee break

2:30 pm to 3:00 pm BREAK
3:00 pm to 3:45 pm

Can we use bugs as drugs? [9]

Emma Allen-Vercoe [10]

Professor, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph

3:45 pm to 5:00 pm CURAC/ARUCC Annual General Meeting (AGM)

 

Thursday EVENING May 23, 2019

Time Event
6:00 pm to 9:30 pm

CURAC Awards Banquet

Arboretum Centre

Welcome and CURAC Awards Presentations

"Ten Years After": not the band you were thinking... [11]

Doug Larson [12], [13] Professor Emeritus, Integrative Biology, University of Guelph

Nathan Larson [12], Agriculture and Food Laboratory, Laboratory Services, University of Guelph

 

Friday May 24, 2019

Session 3: Rozanski Hall

Time Event
8:00 am to 9:00 am REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00 am to 9:45 am

Feeding the Future - Climate Change, Population Growth and Technology [14]

Evan Fraser [15]

Professor and Director, Arrell Food Institute, University of Guelph

9:45 am to 10:30 am

Sexuality and Aging: the Final Frontier [16]

Tuuli Kukkonen [17]

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Family Relations and Human Nutrition

10:30 am to 10:45 am BREAK
10:45 am to 12:00 pm

Aging Well and Age-Friendly Communities [18]

Panelists: Lynne Briggs [19], City of Guelph; Phil Allt [20], Councillor, City of Guelph; Manon Germain [21], Pi Network; Maryanne Wilford [22], Guelph-Wellington Seniors Association; 

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm LUNCH

 

Session 4: McLaughlin Library

Time Event
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Collecting the Past for the Future [23]

Kathryn Harvey [24], Head, Archival and Special Collections, Library

2:00 pm to 2:30 pm

Be the Best You Can Be   [25]

Dave Scott-Thomas [26]

Head Coach, Cross Country, University of Guelph

2:30 pm to 3:00 pm BREAK
3:00 pm to 3:30 pm Conference Feedback & Closing Remarks

Source URL:https://ugra.ca/curac/curac-conference-held-may/curac-conference-2019-agenda

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[1] https://ugra.ca/sites/uoguelph.ca.ugra/files/public/uploads/Conference-Agenda%20May%202019%20Ver8-20190126-%20UGRA.pdf [2] https://ugra.ca/node/38/#fred-fletcher [3] https://ugra.ca/node/38/#bev-stefureak [4] https://ugra.ca/node/39/#agri-foods [5] https://ugra.ca/node/38/#alison_duncan [6] https://ugra.ca/node/39/#retirement_plans [7] https://ugra.ca/node/38/#kris_gies [8] https://ugra.ca/node/38/#peggy_pritchard [9] https://ugra.ca/node/39/#Bugs [10] https://ugra.ca/node/38/#emma-allen-vercoe [11] https://ugra.ca/node/39/#ten_years [12] https://ugra.ca/node/38/#doug_and_nathan_larson [13] https://ugra.ca/node/38/#doug_an_nathan_larson [14] https://ugra.ca/node/39/#feeding_the_future [15] https://ugra.ca/node/38/#evan_fraser [16] https://ugra.ca/node/39/#sexuality [17] https://ugra.ca/node/38/#tuuli_kukkonen [18] https://ugra.ca/node/39/#aging [19] https://ugra.ca/node/38/#lynne_briggs [20] https://ugra.ca/node/38/#phil-allt [21] https://ugra.ca/node/38/#manon_germain [22] https://ugra.ca/node/38/#maryanne_wilford [23] https://ugra.ca/node/39/#collecting [24] https://ugra.ca/node/38/#kathryn_harvey [25] https://ugra.ca/node/39/#best [26] https://ugra.ca/node/38/#dave_scott-thomas