Niagara College will welcome speaker Hugh Scholaert to the Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus on October 17 for a presentation on Agriculture and Food and Innovation: Opportunities for Niagara.
The presentation will take place in room W213 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. (registration at 1 p.m).
The event is part of the School of Business and Management’s Productivity and Innovation Lab (Pi-Lab) Dean’s Productivity and Innovation Speaker Series, which aims to bring inspiring business leaders and academics to the Pi-Lab to share with lessons learned from their experiences, new ideas, trends, and challenges of today’s business world with the College’s learning community.
About the presentation
Agriculture and Food Innovation: Opportunities for Niagara
The Niagara region offers a unique ecosystem in Canada. A variety of native plants are a great source of food, yet many have long been forgotten. Meanwhile soil and climate conditions allow the region to also grow non-native plants of very high value, yet these are not traditional and their applications not well known locally. This talk aims to cover a few examples and how much more value can be generated from processing our own agricultural products and marketing these to the World.
About the speaker
Hugh Scholaert holds a Master of Applied Science degree from the University of Toronto, Institute for Aerospace Studies. He is an entrepreneur who created a company which eventually became a major TSE-listed firm. Having retired in 2012, he acquired Ridge Berry Farm in Pelham where he is currently experimenting with a variety of agricultural techniques and processes. Scholaert is also working to develop new products from the plants that grow both naturally and that are cultivated on his property. Since July of this year, he has been working with National Research Council Canada as an industrial technology advisor for the Niagara Region. He is a self-professed foodie and a long standing member of SlowFood Niagara.
ca.linkedin.com/in/hughscholaert
About the moderator
Dr. Musabbir Chowdhury directs the productivity and innovation research programs as the director of Productivity and Innovation Lab (Pi Lab) at the College. In addition, he is a professor in the School of Business. He consults on business productivity and strategic innovation issues and has served as a consultant and adviser to a number of corporations around the world. Professor Chowdhury holds an MBA from the Ivey Business School at Western University, a PhD in educational technology from Walden University, a post-graduate diploma in Interactive Media from Sheridan Institute, and Bachelor and Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from National Aviation University. He also attended MIT, Cornell, INSEAD, and Stanford University for professional development.
ca.linkedin.com/in/musabbirchowdhury
To attend
The event is free. Those interested in attending must register on Eventbrite.
