A large debt of gratitude is due to the faculty, staff, and students who helped out with the Conference this year:

• For helping plan the conference: Justin F., Tebby L., Fernanda M., Yangfan Z.
• For helping out with or at the conference: Abeer A., Alejandra W., Kaiwen M, McCoy M., Andrew F., Jacky H., Karen F., Cyprien L.
• With abstract reviewing and judging: Simone Castellarin, Juli Carilo, Judy Chan, Crystal Karakochuk, Duncan McHugh, Theresa Schroeder, Aljosa Trmcic, Claire Tugault-Lafleur, Jim Vercammen, and Siyun Wang
• The Learning Center for helping out with online forms, the website, AV support, and photography: Duncan McHugh, Edmund Seow, Wayne Tamagi, Justin Lee

This conference just couldn’t happen without the continued support of all of these volunteers who generously gave their time and effort to make this day a success!

I also wanted to pass on a big thanks to our sponsors as well: Herbaland Naturals Inc., True Nosh Food Company, Wellgenex Sciences Inc., Glico Canada & Pocky, PGX Supplements & Natural Factors, the UBC Bookstore, and the Faculty of Land and Food Systems Grad Office. And lastly to the Graduate Student Society for assisting with the conference by providing the venue for free for this graduate student event.

Cheers,

John Dupuis
4th Annual Land and Food Systems Graduate Student Conference Planning Chair