Health Innovation Economic Forum - Food as Medicine
OHI PRESENTS:
Health Innovation Economic Forum-Spring Edition
Food as Medicine - Saskatchewan Could Lead the Way
This forum will focus on Saskatchewan’s burgeoning and leading healthy food and ingredients cluster featuring leaders in the food sector from research to production to marketing. This forum is designed to highlight and identify opportunities, for leverage our leading global cluster into more economic and investment spin-offs for Saskatchewan. Food as medicine is one way to tackle chronic disease problems and also raise a healthier next generation.
Join the Office of Health Innovation and Economic Development in our spring edition of our Health Innovation Economic Forums on April 23, 2020 1:30 - 5 PM at the Remai Modern Art Gallery, Riverside Terrace, Saskatoon SK.
Target Audience:
Successful and aspiring business people with interest in health and technology, financiers, industry participants, academics-Universities and Technical Institutes, lawyers and accountants interested in intellectual property and securities law, board members at health and technology based organizations, health businesses, technology businesses, engineers (electrical and software/computer engineers), non-profit foundations and organizations.
Location: Remai Gallery, Riverside Terrace, 102 Spadina Cres East, Saskatoon
Cost: $35.00
Watch for updated program and registration information.
Tentative Agenda:
1:30 PM - Welcome and Opening Remarks
Event MC - Sanj Singh, CEO of Health Innovation and Economic Development Inc. (OHI), and CEO of Temple Therapeutics BV., Board Member of BioteCanada and Vice-Chair of the Emerging Companies Advisory Board-BioteCanada.
1:45 – 2:35 PM - Panel 1 - Food is Medicine Pioneers
Moderator and Speaker: Sanj Singh, CEO of Health Innovation and Economic Development Inc. (OHI), and CEO of Temple Therapeutics BV., Board Member of BioteCanada and Vice-Chair of the Emerging Companies Advisory Board-BioteCanada.
Panelists:
- Carrie Verishagen Lambden, RD, Coordinator of Eat Well Saskatchewan, a new service offered through the University of Saskatchewan that connects registered dietitians with people anywhere in the province to provide current nutrition information supported by the latest research.
- Sandra Purdy, President, Prairie Berries Inc., developer, processor and retailer of healthy functional food products from Saskatoon Berries. Sandra is also co-founder of Prairie Berries Europe GmbH, establishing Saskatoon berries as a new superfood sensation in the European market.
- Speaker TBA, Discussion of evidence-based nutrition and its relationship to health and disease.
2:45PM - 3:35 PM - Panel 2 - The Regulatory, Marketing and Funding Framework, and Ideas for Change
Moderator and Speaker: Michael Nicherson, Past President, Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology (CIFST)
Panelists:
- Najla Guthrie - President and CEO at KGK Science, a leading contract research organization specializing in human clinical trials for the health and nutrition industry; integrates scientific, clinical research, commercial, and regulatory expertise to deliver well designed solutions for propelling health and wellness products to market.
- Prof. Allison Cammer, Profesor of Human Nutrition, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Cammer's research
- Patrick Odnokon, CEO of Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF), striving to ensure research will contribute to the improved health of Saskatchewan citizens through a high-performing health system with a robust culture of health research and innovation. SHRF is currently engaged in a strategic refresh of its funding programs through consultations with researcher stakeholders.
- Buying local, where does your food come from?
3:40 – 3:45 PM – Wrap up.
3:45 – 5:00 PM Reception with Cash Bar and top of the line hors d’oeuvres provided.
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