OBA Annual General Meeting & Conference 2016

Ottawa, here we come! 

Mark your calendar for Friday, November 18 and Saturday, November 19and join us at the Holiday Inn Ottawa Kanata for OBA’s biggest annual event, the Conference and Annual General Meeting.

Wondering how to breed mite-resistant bees? Come hear keynote speaker, Dr. Greg Hunt of Purdue University, presenting on Breeding Mite Biters.

What’s happening with pollinators in the west? Dr. Shelley Hoover is a research scientist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry and secretary of the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists. Her focus is honey and leafcutter bees.

Other highlights:

• opening remarks by Dr. Dianne Saxe, Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner
  
  
• Alan Unwin on the imminent launch of Niagara College’s new Commercial Beekeeping program
  
  
• local beekeeper spotlight is on Murray Borer, speaking about beekeeping in the Upper Ottawa Valley
  
  
• find out about Harley Gallagher’s recent experience with stingless and Africanised bees in Nicaragua
  
  
• participate in our 2^nd annual Honey Exchange
  
  
• visit onsite exhibitors and get a jump on your shopping list for 2017
  
  
• get ready to vote for new board members and be engage with members on the business of your association.

Popular returning speakers include Provincial Apiarist, Paul Kozak; OBA’s world-class Tech-Transfer Program specialists; Dr. Ernesto Guzman and some of his graduate students from the University of Guelph’s Bee Research Centre; Dr. Nigel Raine speaking on pollinator health in Canada; Stephen Page of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and York University’s Dr. Amro Zayed.

Leverage your conference attendance (and your business opportunities) by signing up for pre-conference workshops on Apitherapy or Bee Biosecurity.

There will be lots of oportunity to network with fellow beekeepers and kick up your heels at the Buzz Banquet and Hootenanny. Bring your dancing shoes.

Can’t attend? You can register to listen to sessions by phone. Voting members of the OBA can also participate in the nominations and resolutions processes - including voting - at the AGM.

Formal Notice of AGM & Call for Nominations

Agenda 

Registration Form - Early bird date extended to Nov. 10, 2016
                                -Please download, complete and send via fax, email or photograph and
                                  email.
                                 You may also call us and we will fill out the form over the phone.

Attend Online

Vendor and Sponsor Registration Form 

                                             
                                                  Visit our Exhibitors

Reserve your room for the OBA AGM & Conference at the

Holiday Inn & Suites Ottawa Kanata,
101 Kanata Avenue, Ottawa, ON K2T 1E6.
613 271-3057 | toll free 877 660-8550
The OBA has reserved a block of room
Book now by calling toll free 877 660-8550 or
613 271-3057 or online using Ontario Beekeepers.
Quote block code BA9. The group rate will be offered for reservations made by October 31^st at a special rate of $149.95 per night. Choose either a Traditional Room with 2 queen beds (limited quantity) or a Queen Suite (one queen bed, living parlour with wet bar, full size sofa bed). All rooms are smoke-free and include a mini fridge and microwave, free wifi and parking. There is a pool and exercise facility onsite.

View map and directions here.

The rooms at the Holiday Inn Ottawa Kanata are now sold out.

If you’d like to reserve a room nearby, you can contact:

      The Comfort Inn    and       The Fairfield Inn
      613 592-2200                  613 599-7767