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All times and speakers are tentative and subject to change.
All daytime events are hosted at Westin Edmonton and evening events at Fairmont Hotel MacDonald.

Tuesday, Feb. 8

5:00 – 7:00 PM Icebreaker Cocktail Reception
Hosted at Fairmont Hotel MacDonald

Wednesday, Feb. 9

7:30 – 9:00 AM Breakfast & Networking
9:00 – 9:15 AM Opening of the 2022 CAAR Conference
9:15 – 10:15 AM State of Canadian Retail Businesses
Michael Kirwin | CFIB
10:15 – 10:30 AM Break & Networking
10:30 – 11:15 AM 2021: Short-Term Impact and Lasting Effects
Chuck Penner | LeftField Commodity Research
11:15 – 12:00 NN Fertilizer Outlook
Josh Linville | Stone X
12:00 – 1:15 PM Lunch & Networking and AGM
1:15 – 2:00 PM  Covid and the Workplace – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – a Human Resource Perspective
Derek Rolstone | Stone Strategies
2:00 – 2:30 PM  Sponsor Spotlight
2:30 – 3:15 PM  Carbon Market Opportunities
Karen Haugen-Kozyra | Viresco Solutions
6:00 – 11:00 PM  CAAR’s Choice Awards Banquet
Hosted at Fairmont Hotel MacDonald
6:00 – 7:00 PM   
7:00 – 9:00 PM   
9:00 – 11:00 PM   		   Cocktail Reception
  Awards Dinner & Presentation
  Banquet Entertainment with Rod Black

Thursday, Feb. 10 

7:30 – 8:30 AM Breakfast & Networking on the Tradeshow Floor
8:30 – 9:30 AM Supplier Panel – TBA
Today’s Challenges – Supply & Pricing and Virtue Signaling
9:30 – 10:15 AM UN Food Systems Update – TBA 
10:15 – 10:30 AM Break & Networking on the Tradeshow Floor
10:30 – 11:30 AM MRL Panel: Proposed Changes to MRL Systems
11:30 – 12:00 NN Sponsor Spotlight
12:00 – 1:15 PM Lunch and Networking Break 
1:15 – 1:45 PM Sponsor Spotlight
1:45 – 2:45 PM  Emerging Energy Crisis 
Dan McTeague | Canadians for Affordable Energy 

 

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