Turning Canada’s global momentum into business advantage
The insights driving agri-food growth
Canada’s agri-food is gaining international recognition — climbing the rankings among G20 nations in the upcoming second edition of the Global Agri-Food: Most Influential Nations Ranking. It’s good news for the sector, but what does it mean for your business?
This event, presented by MNP in partnership with RBC Royal Bank and Export Development Canada (EDC), takes a more in-depth look into the findings and uncovers how global momentum is shaping the realities your business faces. This report was produced by MNP in partnership with the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University.
Whether you’re looking to expand, strengthen resilience, or stay ahead of competitive pressures, the insights shared here will help you see what’s coming and how to respond. Key factors we’ll be discussing include the entrepreneurial ecosystem, technology and innovation, food security and nutrition, retail and fiscal regime, trade and geopolitics, and sustainability and environmental impact.
Reserve your spot today as spaces are limited!
Included: Complimentary breakfast buffet and on-site parking
This session will unpack the opportunities and challenges facing agri-food and food and beverage businesses, with insights on competitiveness, trade, sustainability, and the forces shaping the sector’s future.
5-5980 Shawson Drive
Mississauga, ON L4W 3Z6
Presenters
Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University.
Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. He is one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability with over 775 published peer-reviewed journal articles. Dr. Charlebois is also an editor for the prestigious Trends in Food Science Technology journal. He co-hosts The Food Professor podcast, discussing issues in the food, foodservice, grocery and restaurant industries and which is the most listened Canadian management podcast in Canada. Every year since 2012, he has published the now highly anticipated Canadian Food Price Report, which provides an overview of food price trends for the coming year. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, nationally as well as internationally. He has testified on several occasions before parliamentary committees on food policy-related issues as an expert witness. He has been asked to act as an advisor on food and agricultural policies in many Canadian provinces and other countries.