SPEAKERS
Aaron Volpatti
Hard Sh*t, Finding Grit and Kicking A$$: Life is unpredictable, and hard times are inevitable. Have you ever felt defeated and helpless in these times? Has adversity robbed your ability to dream?
In the face of adversity, the human mind has an incredible ability to adapt, overcome and emerge stronger than ever. Through real life examples, we will uncover the secrets of resilience and learn how to harness the power of the human mind through Cinematic Visualization. We will further discuss how this technique can build immense grit and belief in one's self - a prerequisite for achieving any type of goal, let alone a dream.
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Aaron Volpatti is an Author, Cognitive Performance and Injury Coach, Speaker, retired NHL player, burn survivor, and a graduate from Brown University- B.Sc Human Biology.
A pioneer in Cinematic Visualization and athletic performance, Aaron’s unique practice has helped athletes all over the world.
Born and raised in Revelstoke, British Columbia, he is a guitar aficionado and wannabe rockstar. He’s a professional dabbler—spending his free time fishing, hunting, camping, golfing, playing squash, or learning a new musical instrument or language.
Aaron resides in the beautiful Okanagan in British Columbia with his wife Michelle, and sons Finn and Soren. You can visit him online at www.aaronvolpatti.com or on Twitter and Instagram @aaronvolpatti
Paul Fox
Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Milk Production, is it a Win/Win for Dairy Farmers and the Supply Chain? challenge of reducing your carbon footprint in a world which is having to adapt rapidly to climate change, is one which we are increasingly being put under pressure to face up to in the dairy sector. Should we do this because we are told to, or because it also makes good business sense?
There is a close link between technical efficiency and profitability, the farmers with healthy fertile productive cows demonstrate the best financial performance and also tend to have the lowest carbon footprints.
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The “Bear” Necessities of Leadership: Recruit, Train, Retain. How do we find the right people to work with (Recruit) how do we train and develop the skills in ourselves and our teams (Train) and how do we build long term productive and sustainable relationships? (Retain)Paul Fox: Consultant, Trainer, and Facilitator. Nuffield Farming Scholar.
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Paul Fox studied Agriculture and Farm Business Management and after graduation also gained his BASIS and FACTS qualifications in agronomy. For the first 20 years of his career, he managed large farming estates with multi-site dairy, beef, sheep, and large-scale arable operations. He developed into senior management roles across several businesses in England and Scotland specialising in mixed dairy and arable estates over 2000Ha producing in excess of 10m litres of milk pa.
In 2009 he left farm management and started his own business and has had a successful consultancy career working closely with Kite Consulting. Kite are the UKs leading dairy supply chain specialists. In this role Paul has managed and worked on numerous training projects with farmers, processors and retailers. He is a very experienced trainer and facilitator with a wide technical knowledge and a high-level understanding of agricultural business management. More recently he has been involved in farm carbon footprint data collection and analysis working across the supply chain with farmers processors and retailers to improve business efficiency and profitability and drive down the carbon footprint of milk production to meet the UKs Climate Change obligations.
Paul is also a director of REAL Success which is a specialist recruiter and trainer in the UK dairy sector working with employers to recruit, train and develop the people in their businesses.