{"id":3092,"date":"2017-01-24T12:58:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T19:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=3092"},"modified":"2017-01-24T12:58:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T19:58:02","slug":"bcia-vancouver-branch-agm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-3092","title":{"rendered":"BCIA Vancouver Branch AGM"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0<\/span>BCIA Vancouver Branch AGM & Keynote Speaker<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

February 7, 2017:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>5:30pm<\/span><\/b>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>9:30pm<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Location: <\/span><\/b>Deeley Motorcycle Exhibition and Conference Centre<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Keynote speaker<\/span><\/b>: Richard Bullock, former Chair and CEO of the BC Agricultural Land Commission<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Bullock has served as the Chair of the BC Provincial Agricultural Land Commission from 2010 to 2015.\u00a0 During his term he led a comprehensive multi-stakeholder consultation, moved the ALC forward with significant digital information projects and championed the Agricultural Land Reserve and agricultural land preservation in the province.\u00a0 As a member and Chair of the British Columbia Farm Industry Review Board he worked within the complex regulated marketing system both provincially and nationally.\u00a0 As Chair, he has worked to improve commodity board governance and encouraged commodity boards to be more responsive to national and international changes in the agricultural industry.\u00a0 Mr. Bullock\u2019s has more than 45 years of experience in all levels of agriculture and agricultural processing industries, from grass roots production to senior level negotiations, policy development, management and administration of agriculture associations and processing facilities.\u00a0 He has represented both the Government of Canada and British Columbia on resource sector development missions throughout the Pacific Rim and Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Registration: \u00a0<\/span><\/b>Includes\u00a0Keynote speaker, food (hot and cold appetizers catered by Peake of Catering), entrance to motorcycle museum, and AGM.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cost:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n