Audio versions of the Plenary sessions are being made available online. Please click on the appropriate file to download to your computer.

1. The Learning Plenary - The UBC Experience

Click here for a detailed map of NACTA 2006 venues.

Dr. Wayne Banwart, Associate Dean, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will provide the following address:

Dr. Moura Quayle, Dean of the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems during its transformation, and currently Deputy Minister, BC Ministry of Advanced Education, will provide the following Keynote Address:

Details are now available for many of the highlights and special events in the program. Please follow the links below for information on these highlights, or check out our program for the full conference agenda.

• Tours
• Keynote Address
• The Learning Plenary
• Blue Ribbon Address
• Round Table Discussions

The annual conference of the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) provides a forum for sharing innovation and honoring excellence in teaching. NACTA is a professional society whose members are post-secondary teachers of agriculture, and related resource and life sciences. The 2006 conference will reflect NACTA’s on-going commitment to improving teaching and learning, and to fostering the professional development of its members.

Plan on attending to share experiences and information, to discuss, to network, to celebrate achievement and to learn.

On-line registration, payment and UBC accommodation reservations are now available. Please go to:

http://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=433

This site also provides contact information for the Plaza 500, the off-campus conference hotel.

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