AFMNet's 5th Annual Scientific Conference The Advanced Foods and Materials Network (AFMNet) hosted its Fifth Annual Scientific Conference in Guelph - Thursday, June 11 to Sunday, June 14th 2009 and we are happy to report that it was a great success! - Conference registration reached 170 attendees for 2009, with an additional 20 industry/community attendees for Saturday night's Gala Dinner, with guest speaker Verna J. Kirkness.
- The 4-day event included presentations of all 18 AFMNet Projects, showcased research via 44 poster competition entries, incorporated a fun dragon boat racing event on Guelph Lake and provided lots of time for networking and knowledge exchange.
- The conference also generated a great deal of press coverage - to date the event and highlighted research has received national coverage in 10 daily newspapers (e.g., Guelph Mercury, Hamilton Spectator, Globe and Mail and Toronto Star); 18 on-line media sites (e.g., Bakers Journal.com, Exchange Magazine.com, Halifax Chronicle Herald Online, London Free Press Online), 2 Television Programs (Rogers TV, Guelph and Shaw TV, Winnipeg) and 2 radio programs (CBC-Radio, French and Wave 94.7, Hamilton).
- We also secured important sponsorship support from General Mills; Canadian Medical Association; Taiyo Kagaku Co., Ltd.; Government of Alberta; BioEnterprise Inc.; Soy 20/20 and FoodTech Canada, proving confidence in and the strengthening of our industry partnerships.
A huge thank you to everyone who attended the event - your presentations, ideas, enthusiasm and knowledge made for a very successful and interesting 4 days! We look forward to seeing everyone in Halifax, May 27-30, 2010 for our 6th Annual Scientific Conference. Some Testimonials from this year's event: "I really like the ASC because of the opportunities is provides for networking, learning about the research going on in other groups as well as meeting new people in the network. I also feel very positive after these meetings."
- Brent Selinger, AFMNet Project Leader
"Excellent conference! The opportunity to hear other research accomplishments and future plans was particularly welcome. Provision of social programs further enhanced networking capabilities during the conference."
- Rotimi Aluko, AFMNet Project Leader
"I love seeing everyone together in the same place! Its really inspiring and motivating as a young researcher!"
- Ani Byrne, AFMNet HQP
"Everything from posters, speakers and meals were excellent. The length of seminars were also well timed. Bravo - very professional reception throughout the entire program"
- Elvis Ali, Industry Attendee
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Please click here to view some pictures of the event.
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