The inaugural Canadian Beef Industry Conference gets underway Tuesday in Calgary.

The conference is designed to create a national meeting place for everyone involved in beef production, from the grass roots level through all parts of the supply chain.

It will help support the new National Beef Strategy along with giving the grass roots a chance to get together and network.

Producers will have a chance to hear from some key note speakers on a variety of topics.

One of the presenters is Dr. Oliver Schunicht, a cow-calf producer and veterinarian with Feedlot Health Management Services in Okotoks.

Rob Smith, Canadian Angus Association Chief Executive Officer and one of the co-chairs of the conference says the concept for the conference emerged around the discussions for the National Beef Strategy.

“We realized that one of the things we need on an annual basis is a holistic conference that brings together all the links in our value chain. This is needed to communicate and promote the strategy but also in a much broader sense it is important to support the interaction across different sectors and parts of the country,” says Smith.

The event runs through Thursday.