GFO announce March Classic speakers

The 2013 March Classic speaker line up has been announced by Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO). Throughout the day, featured speakers will highlight this year’s theme, Ontario’s Grain Industry: Generations of Success.

The Honourable Ted McMeekin will give opening remarks on the day, followed by Evan Solomon, Canadian writer and host of CBC’s nightly series Power and Politics.  Cal Whewell, risk management consultant at FCStone will give a presentation on the Market Outlook for 2013.

The afternoon portion of the event will kick off with Elaine Froese, a skilled communicator, farm family member and an expert in helping family businesses talk about tough issues such as positive farm succession planning.

As an added bonus, the first 100 pre-registered attendees will receive a copy of Froese’s e-book, Do the Tough Things Right; How to prevent communication disasters in family business.

 To round out the afternoon, keynote speaker Ron MacLean, well known Canadian Sportscaster and host of Hockey Night in Canada, will entertain audiences with his presentation, Hockey and Humour.

An evening cocktail reception will be hosted in the exhibit hall and a banquet with entertainment provided by CBC’s The Debaters, will round out the conference.

Early bird registration is now open at www.gfo.ca/MarchClassic.

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