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SUMMARY:FCC Food and Beverage Summit
DESCRIPTION:Calling all foodies: Saskatoon hosts FCC Food and Beverage Summit September 23. \nSaskatoon is known for its high-calibre food scene\, so it’s no surprise it’s hosting this year’s FCC Food and Beverage Summit. \nYou’re invited to come experience the newest ideas and innovations in Canadian food and beverage on Tuesday\, September 23 at Prairieland Park in Saskatoon. Samples included! There will be 35 food and beverage vendors exhibiting their products to over 300 attendees\, including buyers and distributors. \nGet a sneak peek at what could be the next food and beverage trends to hit grocery store shelves in Canada. The FCC Food and Beverage Summit brings together the top Canadian minds behind the businesses and ideas that affect everyone from producers and distributers to sellers and consumers. \nFCC is excited to welcome Danni Peirce\, EVP & Chief Sourcing Officer\, Loblaw Companies Limited to this year’s summit. See a speaker you want to interview? Contact us at the email below to pre-book an interview. \nDate:          September 23\, 2025\nLocation:   Prairieland Park\, 503 Ruth Street West Saskatoon\, SK\nTime:          8:00 am – 5:00 pm CST \nAbout FCC\nFCC is proud to be 100 per cent invested in Canadian agriculture and food. The organization’s employees are committed to the long-standing success of those who produce and process Canadian food. FCC provides flexible financing and capital solutions\, while creating value through data\, knowledge\, relationships and expertise. FCC offers a complement of financial and non-financial products and services designed to support the complex and evolving needs of the industry. As a commercial Crown corporation\, FCC is a stable partner that reinvests profits back into the industry and communities it serves. For more information\, visit fcc.ca. \nFor more information or interviews\, please contact: \nÉva Larouche \nFCC Media Relations \n1-888-780-6647 \neva.larouche@fcc.ca
URL:https://sia.sk.ca/event-calendar/fcc-food-and-beverage-summit/
LOCATION:Prairieland Park\, Saskatoon
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SUMMARY:From Design to Data: Leveraging Automation for Engineering Biology - Global Biotech Week 2025
DESCRIPTION:Join us in-person or online and explore how lab automation and engineering biology at GIFS are transforming R&D workflows. \nDate: Tuesday September 23\, 2025\nTime: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm\nLocation: Candle Span Room\, The Atrium\, Innovation Place\n111 Research Drive\, Saskatoon\, SK S7N 3Rs \nThe latest digital tools for engineering biology can generate millions of predictions about proteins\, microbes\, and cells in minutes.\nTurning those predictions into real-world solutions\, however\, requires the ability to build and precisely test living systems at a massive scale.\nThat’s where GIFS comes in. \nJoin the Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the University of Saskatchewan on Sept. 23 for an exclusive look inside Canada’s first biofoundry built to advance agriculture and food innovation.\nAt this hybrid seminar\, you’ll have opportunities to:\n – Learn how biology\, lab automation\, and machine learning are enabling high-throughput workflows to scale and accelerate innovative research and development.\n – Explore the leading-edge technologies and technical services GIFS has established to support strain engineering\, cell growth and phenotyping\, and comprehensive proteomics and metabolomics.\n – Apply for a discount of up to $5\,000 on strain engineering and DNA assembly services. Details and eligibility will be shared with all attendees. \nJoining us in-person? Sign up for a complimentary lunch and tour of our nearby facility following the seminar. \nQuestions? Contact communciations@gifs.ca. \nBy Global Institute for Food Security \nRegistration: 
URL:https://sia.sk.ca/event-calendar/from-design-to-data-leveraging-automation-for-engineering-biology-global-biotech-week-2025/
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SUMMARY:SustainaBILLity: The economics of sustainable agriculture - Advancements in Agricultural Research Seminar Series -
DESCRIPTION:September 23\, 2025 \nSignalling sustainability: consumers\, supply chains\, and certifications\nDr. Jill Hobbs\, distinguished professor\, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics \nThis talk will explore consumer responses to sustainability labelling and certification in food markets\, and the implications for agri-food supply chains. \nThis seminar is presented in collaboration with Global Biotech Week. \nRegister here: 
URL:https://sia.sk.ca/event-calendar/sustainabillity-the-economics-of-sustainable-agriculture-advancements-in-agricultural-research-seminar-series/
LOCATION:Online Course
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SUMMARY:Cafe Scientifique - "Sick To Your Stomach? Battling the Bugs of Foodborne Illnesses".
DESCRIPTION:Ever met E. coli? Café Sci-YXE & Global Biotech Week – Saskatchewan invite you to join Dr. Kaidi Wang (Food & Bioproduct Sciences\, USask) for “Sick To Your Stomach? Battling the Bugs of Foodborne Illnesses”. Kaidi will share the latest science on foodborne microbes\, how they get us sick\, & how biotech research is helping to keep our food supply chain safe & sustainable. FREE! *Everyone* 19+ Welcome! Winston’s English Pub (downstairs). University of Saskatchewan Ag-West Bio \nDate: Tuesday September 23\, 2025\nTime:  7:30PM\nLocation: Winston’s English Pub (downstairs) \nMore Information: 
URL:https://sia.sk.ca/event-calendar/cafe-scientifique-sick-to-your-stomach-battling-the-bugs-of-foodborne-illnesses/
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