2023 SAW Conference Agenda

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Banquet - Tuesday, January 31, 2023
3:00 PM - Registration
4:30 PM - Trade Show, Cocktails & Networking
5:00 PM - Welcome & Greetings
5:10 PM - Building Sustainable Agriculture Relationships with First Nation Communities
Kallie Wood - Senior Indigenous Advisor, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
6:10 PM - Dinner
7:10 PM - Keynote: When Stress is More Than a Season 
Lesley Kelly - Creator of High Heels & Canola Fields
8:10 PM - Recognition of Excellence
Wade Hicke - Board Member, Saskatchewan Association of Watersheds and Board Chair, Moose Jaw River Watershed Stewards
8:25 PM - Closing Remarks 

Conference - Wednesday, February 1, 2023
8:00 AM - Registration
8:30 AM - Welcome & Greetings
8:35 AM - Opening Remarks and Ministerial Updates
Shawn Jacques - President and CEO, Saskatchewan Water Security Agency
8:55 AM - Watershed Stewardship in Saskatchewan 
Bridget Andrews - Executive Director, Saskatchewan Association of Watersheds
Carmen Kaweski - Executive Assistant, Saskatchewan Association of Watersheds
9:10 AM - Maintaining Soil Health as an Adaptation to Climate Change 
David Sauchyn - Director, Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative - University of Regina
10:15 AM - Break & Trade Show
10:35 AM - Reconnecting Folks with Real Food
Arlie LaRoche - Creator of Farm One Forty
10:55 AM - Economic & Agronomic Considerations of Farming Saline Land
Larry Durand - Founder & Agronomic Consultant, Field Good Agronomics Ltd. 
11:35 AM - Lunch & Trade Show
12:45 PM - Funding Opportunities for Agricultural Producers Through the Prairie Watersheds Climate Program (PWCP) 
Lynne Roszell - Program Director, Saskatchewan Association of Watersheds
1:05 PM - Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs): Interactive Activity
Graham Strickert - Associate Professor, University of Saskatchewan, School of Environment and Sustainability
2:20 PM - Break & Trade Show
2:35 PM - Role of Management Practices in Improving Crop Nutrient Use Efficiency and Limiting Nutrient Losses in Runoff Water
Blake Weiseth - MSc. P.Ag, Applied Research Lead, Glacier FarmMedia Discovery Farm
3:05 PM - Estimating the Value of Wetlands and Marginal Lands
Tristan Skolrud - Associate Professor, University of Saskatchewan, College of Agriculture and Bioresources
3:25 PM - The Irrigation Development Process in Saskatchewan
Cara Drury - Irrigation Extension Agrologist, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
3:55 PM - Closing Remarks