 2008 BIF
Schedule of Events
Below find the preliminary schedule for the 2008 Beef
Improvement Federation (BIF) Annual Research Symposium
and Annual Meeting at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Calgary, Alta.,
Canada, June 30-July 3. Click highlighted text for additional
information. Please check back for updates periodically.
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Monday, June 30 – Activity-Free Day
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Registration packages available for pickup
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Tuesday, July 1
9:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Escorted day tours to visit area
breeders/producers
3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. BIF board meetings
6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. “Canada Day” Evening Welcome
Reception & Program
- Keeping the Genetic Doors “Open” Between Canada
and the United States
John Pollak, director, National Beef Cattle Evaluation
Consortium (NBCEC), Cornell University
- Emerging Technologies in Genetic Improvement —
Convergence of Quantitative and Molecular Tools
Mike Tess, Montana State University
- CBBC Purebred Risk Assessment Project
Herb McLane, executive vice president, CBBC
Duncan Porteous, PBRA project manager
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Wednesday, July 2
8:00 a.m.-Noon Morning Conference Sessions
- Trends in Value-Added Marketing Challenges & Similarities;
Branded Product Focus on Animal Welfare
Gary Smith, Colorado State University
- Traceability in the Supply Chain
Julie Stitt, Canadian Cattle Identification Agency
- Integrated Producer Perspective
David Nichols, Nichols Farms
- Producer Perspective
Bern Kotelko, Highland Feeders
- Informational Channels: Access to, Benefits from,
Enhanced Data Protocols
Brad Wildeman, Poundmaker Feedlot
- Emerging Technologies/Producer Initiatives:
Delivery to Consumers
Bob Church, University of Calgary
Noon-1:00 p.m. Lunch and program featuring
commercial producer awards
2:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. BIF-led breakout sessions
- Live Animal, Carcass and End Point
Robert Williams, American International
Charolais Association
- Genetic Prediction
Mark Thallman, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center
- Producer Application
Bob Weaber (2008), University of Missouri;
Jane Parrish (2009), Mississippi State University
6:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Evening dinner event at the
Palomino Room of Roundup Centre at Stampede Park
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Thursday, July 3
8:00 a.m.-Noon Morning Conference Sessions
- Collaboration Between Canada and the United States —
Financial, Data Flow, Analysis
Kent Anderson, North American Limousin Foundation
- Collection and Application of Genetic Information from
a Canadian Perspective
Bob Kemp, RAK Genetic Consulting Inc.
- New Trait Development
Mark Enns, Colorado State University
- Traditional & Marker Assisted Evaluation
Denny Crews, Research Scientist, Lethbridge
Research Station
- Summary & Next Directions, Here is How It Works
John Pollak, NBCEC, Cornell University
- BIF Elections
Noon-1:00 p.m. Lunch and program featuring seedstock
producer awards
2:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m. BIF-led breakout sessions
- Cow Herd Efficiency and Adaptations
Mark Enns, Colorado State University
- Selection Decisions
Darrh Bullock (2008), University of Kentucky;
Bob Weaber (2009), University of Missouri
- Emerging Technologies
Bill Bowman, American Angus Association
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