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OCS Conference 2008—schedule

Monday April 28 2008 · 8:00 am–6:30 pm · Hart House at the University of Toronto

Please note that times and topics may be changed. Please click the speaker's name to see their biography.

TimeThe Great HallEast Common Room
8:30–9:00Registration
9:00–9:15Conference Opening and Welcome
Kathleen Mackintosh; President, Culinarium
9:15–10:15Keynote A:Tapping into Emerging Locovore Markets.
Mike Schreiner
Vice President: Local Food Plus
10:30–11:30Tasting A
Beer and Cheese Pairing
Ralph Morana, owner Bar Volo
11:30–11:45Break
11:45–12:45Seminar A
Producing the Terroir of Cheese
Dr. Kenneth Iain MacDonald
Dept. of Geography
Program in Diaspora and Transnational Studies
University of Toronto
12:45–1:45Lunch
AGM
Host: Petra Cooper
OCS Chair & Founder; Fifthtown Artisan Cheese
11:30–11:45Break
2:00–3:00Seminar B
Ethnic Cheese Production
Nissim Avraham
Ethnic Market Specialist: Dairy Farmers of Ontario
Seminar C
Culturing Web Marketing
Dana Ditomaso, Anita Windisman, Al Poullis
3:00–3:15Break
3:15–4:15Seminar E
Managed Grasslands
Dr. E. Ann Clark
Associate Professor
Plant Agriculture
University of Guelph
Seminar F
How do you merchandize 246 types of cheese?
Dr. Richard Michon
Associate Professor
Ted Rogers School of Retail Management
Ryerson University
4:15–5:30Keynote B
The Raw Truth About Cheese Safety
Dr Catherine Donnelly
Director of the Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship
co-director the Vermont Institute for Artisan Cheese
5:30–5:35Closing Remarks
Host: Petra Cooper
OCS Chair & Founder; Fifthtown Artisan Cheese
6:00–9:00Ontario Artisan Market and Tasting