Program – Banff Egg Symposium

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Wednesday, October 5, 1016

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Time	Event	Details
3:00 - 6:00 PM	Registration open	Prefunction Space (South Wing) - Level 6
6:00 - 8:00 PM	Welcome Reception Sponsored by L.H. Gray & Son Limited	Salon A

Time	Event
* LECTURES WILL BE HELD IN SALON B & C *
*Morning Sessions are sponsored by Egg Nutrition Centre*
7:00 - 8:15 AM	Breakfast & Registration Sponsored by Hy-Line North America	Salon A
8:15 AM	Opening Remarks - Salons B-C	Jiaping Wu, Ph.D., University of Alberta
	Welcome from Chair of University of Alberta	Ruurd Zijlstra, Ph.D., Chair Department of AFNS
	Welcome from International Egg Nutrition Consortium	Mitch Kanter Ph.D.,, Director, ENC
8:30 AM	Keynote address - Social License, Sustainability in the Egg Industry - Salons B-C	Tim Lambert, CEO - Egg Farmers of Canada
	IEC: Ongoing Work of the International Egg Foundation	Julian Madeley, Managing Director - International Egg Commission
	Q & A
9:15 AM	Eggs as a Part of a Healthy Diet	Salons B-C
	Introduction
	Breakfast & Satiety	Heather Leidy, Ph.D. (U of Missouri)
	Importance of Choline in Health & Disease	René Jacobs, Ph.D. (U of Alberta)
	Q & A
10:30 AM	Break Sponsored by Burnbrae Farms	Prefunction Space
11:00 AM	Eggs & Cardiometabolic Health	Salons B-C
	Introduction
	Eggs & Diabetes	Nicholas Fuller, Ph.D. (U of Sydney, Australia)
	Eggs & Serum Lipids	Christopher Blesso, Ph.D. (U of Connecticut)
	Q & A
*Afternoon Sessions are sponsored by* *Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)*
12:15 PM	Lunch Sponsored by Egg Farmers of Alberta	Salon A
1:15 PM	Protein Needs for Special Populations	Salons B-C
	Introduction
	Protein & Physical Performance	Stuart Phillips, Ph.D. (McMaster U)
	Protein & Aging	Doug Paddon-Jones, Ph.D. (U of Texas)
	Q & A
2:30 PM	Break Sponsored by Fédération des producteurs d'œufs du Québec	Prefunction Space
3:00 PM	Dietary Guideline (DG) in the USA: Implications & Future Directions	Salons B-C
	Introduction
	Policy Implications of DG	Randy Green (Watson-Green)
	Look Back at 2015 DG; Look Ahead to 2020	Joanne Slavin, Ph.D. (U of Minnesota)
	Q & A
4:15 PM	Student Research Snapshots Sponsored by EFC & EFA	Salon A
5:30 PM	Student Research Poster Session / Wine & Cheese Sponsored by Kewpie Corporation	Salon A
6:30 - 9:00 PM	Banquet Dinner Sponsored by Egg Farmers of Canada	Salon A

Time	Event
* LECTURES WILL BE HELD IN SALONS B & C *
*Morning Sessions are sponsored by University of Alberta*
7:00 - 8:15 AM	Breakfast Sponsored by Sparks Egg Farms	Salon A
8:15 AM	Welcome, Introduction, & Recap of Day 1 - Salons B-C	Mitch Kanter, Ph.D., Egg Nutrition Centre Jianping Wu, Ph.D., U of Alberta
8:20 AM	Learning from Dairy: Processing Protein for Better Functionalities & New Opportunities	Salons B-C
	Comparative Study on Eggs & Dairy	Jianping Wu, Ph.D. (U of Alberta)
	Dairy Market Innovations	Mike Vanderpol (Vitalus Nutrition Inc.)
	Q & A
9:15 AM	Improving Egg Protein Functionality	Salons B-C
	Introduction
	Production & Characterization of Phosphopeptides	Dong Ahn, Ph.D. (Iowa State U)
	Disulfide Bond Formation in Egg White Proteins	Akihiro Handa, Ph.D. (Kewpie Corporation, Japan)
	Q & A
10:35 AM	Break Sponsored by B.C. Egg Marketing Board	Prefunction Space
11:00 AM	Health Promoting Properties of Egg Components Sponsored by BioLargo Inc.	Salons B-C
	Introduction
	Combining Egg Enrichment & Extraction Technologies to Develop Novel Value Added Opportunities	Jim House, Ph.D. (U of Manitoba)
	Hen Egg Proteins of Therapeutic Promises As Novel Drug-Targeting Molecules	Hisham Ibrahim, Ph.D. (Kagoshima U)
	Q & A
12:30 PM	Lunch Sponsored by Michael Foods Inc.	Salon A
*Afternoon Sessions are sponsored by Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency Ltd.*
1:30 PM	Value Added Egg Processing	Salons B-C
	Introduction
	Keynote Address	Jonathan Merkle, Ph.D. (Michael Foods Inc.)
	Q & A
2:25 PM	Alternative Uses for Eggs & Egg Byproducts	Salons B-C
	Introduction
	Eggshell Membrane for Wound Healing	Tamer Ahmed, Ph.D. (U of Ottawa)
	IgY Technology & Applications	Hajime Hatta (Japan)
	Improving Egg Functionalities for Better Applications: Egg Yolk	Marc Anton, Ph.D. (French National Institute for Agriculture Research)
	Q & A
4:15 PM	Conference Wrap-Up & Conclusion - Salons B-C	Mitch Kanter, Ph.D., Egg Nutrition Centre Jianping Wu, Ph.D., U of Alberta