Call for Proposals: Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference

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Author: Stephanie

Posted: June 11, 2012

Categories: News from Sustain Ontario

The 2^nd Annual Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference will take place on November 22, 2012 at the University of Guelph, Kemptville Campus.

Following this year’s theme of “Collaborating for Success,” the keynote address will be “Collaborating for Success – the Value Chain Model and Profitability” by Terry Ackerman. This address will provide a practical guide to creating and building profitable value chains based on real life examples of successful value chains in Canada.

The purpose of this event is:

To provide a forum for Eastern Ontario local food practitioners to network
To address challenges to local food that are specific to Eastern Ontario
To share technical information that will help to build the local food sector in Eastern Ontario

This is an invitation to submit proposals for breakout sessions that contribute to the theme. We welcome proposals that:

Profile successful business models in agriculture and food
Demonstrate innovative practices
Report on significant regional or provincial initiatives
Deliver technical content that will benefit businesses in the sector (e.g. financing, marketing, production, business management, planning, coalition building, etc.)
Encourage networking/partnership building between stakeholders

To submit a proposal, please fill in the Proposal Form below and send to Katie Nolan at katie.nolan@ontario.ca. The deadline for submissions is July 6, 2012.

A conference advisory committee composed of regional local food organizations will review all submissions and select the ones that best support this year’s theme. All submissions will receive a response in August.

Proposal Form Breakout Session

All breakout sessions will be approximately 50-60 minutes long.

Name:

Title:

Organization/Business:

Title of Proposed Session:

Who would deliver this session? (if different than the person named above, please provide title and organization)

In what language(s) could this session be delivered?

Please provide a brief paragraph of about 150 words to describe this session:

Name:
Title:
Organization/Business:
Title of Proposed Session:
Who would deliver this session? (if different than the person named above, please provide title and organization)
In what language(s) could this session be delivered?
Please provide a brief paragraph of about 150 words to describe this session: