(DRAFT – Subject to change)
| Monday, November 16, 2026 | Annual General Meeting (Closed Meeting) | |||
| 1.00pm - 5.00pm | ABC Annual General Meeting (closed session – open to Eligible Producers only) | 240 min | |
| 5.00pm - 6.00pm | Post AGM Refreshments (Producers only) | 60 min | |
| Tuesday, November 17, 2026 | Conference & Trade Show | DAY 1 | |||
| 7:30 AM | Alberta Pollination Group Meeting (Closed Meeting) | Conference Room 4 | 60 min | |
| BREAKFAST | 7.00am - 8.30am | Room 6 Speaker Presentation Upload 7.00am - 8.00am | 90 min | ||
8.30am - 10.30am Session Moderator: TBA | ABC President | Welcome & Opening Remarks | 5 min |
| Maggie Gill | Tropilaelaps: The Next Global Threat to Honey Bees? | 50 min | |
| Maren Vickers | TBA | 15 min | |
| Isabela Bernsdorf | TTP Colony Health Monitoring 2026: Results Overview | 10 min | |
| Dr. Rassol Bahreini | TBA | 20 min | |
| Lynae Ovinge | Varroa Control in Alberta Beekeeping Operations: Evidence from On-Farm Trials | 20 min | |
| MORNING BREAK | 10.30am -11.00am | Trade Show Room | |||
11:00am-12:00pm Session Moderator: Lynae Ovinge | PANEL DISCUSSION: Managing Varroa in Alberta: What’s Working, What’s Changing & Where Do We Go Next? MODERATOR: Lynae Ovinge | Panelist: Grace Strom | 60 min |
| Panelist: James Hoetmer | |||
| Panelist: Dr. Rassol Bahreini | |||
| LUNCH | 12.00pm - 1.00pm | Room 6 | 60 min | ||
1.00pm - 3.00pm Session Moderator: Maren Vickers | Dr. Brendan Daisley | The Invisible Workforce: How Microbes Shape Honey Bee Health and Disease | 20 min |
| Dr. Shelley Hoover | Effects of Viral Infections on Queens and their Reign | 20 min | |
| Dr. Kouadio Bedie & Dr. Wilmer Perera | Building an HPTLC database as a tool for honey authentication | 20 min | |
| Dr. Ray Bergstra | Alberta Beekeeping & Honey Code of Practice | 20 min | |
| Kathryn Knowles | TBA | 20 min | |
| Aneta Ozierańska | Pep'up field trial results on mortality reduction in Manitoba, 2025-2026 | 20 min | |
| AFTERNOON BREAK | 3.00pm - 3.30pm | Trade Show Room | 30 min | ||
3.30pm - 4.10pm Session Moderator: Dr. Shelley Hoover | PANEL DISCUSSION: Built for Alberta: Breeding Queens for Resilience, Productivity, and Survival MODERATOR: Dr. Shelley Hoover | Panelist: Herman Van Reekum | 40 min |
| Panelist: Curtis Miedema | |||
| Panelist: Robert Dickson | |||
| 4.10pm - 5.10pm Session Moderator: Isabela Bernsdorf | Dr. Brendan Daisley | Old Pathogen, New Threat: Melissococcus plutonius and Queen Cell Failure | 20 min |
| Dr. Patricia Wolf Veiga | Evaluation of imported and domestic queens - A decade of diagnostic services at NBDC | 20 min | |
| Danika Strelaeff | TBA | 20 min | |
| FREE TIME | 5.10pm - 6.00pm | 70 min | ||
| HOSPITALITY NIGHT | 6.00pm - 8.00pm | Trade Show Room | Complimentary canapes Silent Auction | 120 min | |
| Wednesday, November 18, 2026 | Conference & Trade Show | DAY 2 | |||
| DRONES HOCKEY GAME | WEM Ice Palace 8.00am - 9.30am |  | 90 min | |
| BREAKFAST | 8.00am - 10.00am | Room 6 Speaker Presentation Upload 8.00am - 9.00am | 120 min | ||
9.00am - 11.00am Session Moderator: Maren Vickers | Carina Lai & Ajay Poudel | Potential threat of Tropilaelaps: Impacts on its original and novel honey bee hosts at the molecular level | 20 min |
| Dr. Kajsa Duke & Mahima Dua | Engineering for the Hive: A Multi-Year Review of Mechanical Capstone Projects in Beekeeping Technology | 20 min | |
| Dr. Pierre Giovenazzo | University Laval’s buzzing research: ApiOmic and Qbank | 40 min | |
| Dr. Steve Pernal | TBA | 40 min | |
| MORNING BREAK | 11.00am - 11.30am | Trade Show Room | 30 min | ||
| 11.30am - 12.30pm Session Moderator: TBA | PANEL DISCUSSION: Export Realities: Trade Policies and Tariffs in Alberta Beekeeping MODERATOR: TBA | Panelist: | 40 min |
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| Daniele Pahija | Alberta Honey: Export Potential and Competitiveness in Southeast Asia | 20 min | |
| PRESIDENT'S LUNCH 12.30pm - 2.30pm | Room 6 | Presentation of 2026 Beekeeper of the Year Award ENTERTAINMENT: Comedian Kelly Taylor |  | 120 min |
2.30pm - 3.50pm Moderator: Isabela Bernsdorf | Dr. Maxime Fraser Franco | A simple tool for beekeepers to assess a yard’s status based on risk assessment and field evidence | 20 min |
| Alexandra Panasiuk | Alberta Provincial Apiculturist Update | 20 min | |
| Chenoa Kaufman | TBA | 20 min | |
| Brian Sander | Pollinator Corridor Project - Western Irrigation District | 20 min | |