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Agriculture does not run along a single track. The agronomy decisions, the farm business pressures, the succession conversations, and the quiet health questions underneath all of it are connected -- and for most people in agriculture, they never land in the same room. Convergence Conference 2027 was built for that room.
You are invited.
Convergence Conference 2027 | February 2 to 4, 2027
DoubleTree by Hilton, Regina, Saskatchewan
Theme: Cross Currents
Four pillars. One room. A few hundred people who think the way you do -- or challenge the way you do.
Agronomy. Farm Business Management. Health and Wellness. Agri-Food Production.
Get your tickets now at: www.eventbrite.ca/e/convergence-conference-2027-tickets-1989958462329
In this briefing, Dan Aberhart sits down with Terry Aberhart (conference founder), Warren Bills (MNP), Laura Shoemaker (farmer and repeat attendee), and Courtney Thevenot (Scotiabank) to talk about what the room has produced over three years and what is being built for 2027. Warren Bills makes a live money-back guarantee on YouTube. Laura Shoemaker proposes a retirement workshop and is elected to chair the committee before the hour is out.
We are also working on Ag Rocks for Charity, an opening-night live music and community fundraiser in support of STARS Air Ambulance. We will share more as that piece takes shape.
Topics and Timestamps
0:00 -- Four pillars: agronomy, farm business management, health and wellness, agri-food production
1:00 -- Convergence Conference 2027 is open -- February 2 to 4, DoubleTree Regina
2:00 -- Platform partners and panel introductions: Terry Aberhart, Warren Bills, Laura Shoemaker, Courtney Thevenot
5:00 -- Terry Aberhart on the gap in agriculture that started the conference
8:00 -- Jessica Jansen keynote and the moment that defined what Convergence actually is
10:00 -- Warren Bills on the post-COVID case for in-person gatherings
12:00 -- Laura Shoemaker: the live-concert analogy for being in the room
14:00 -- Courtney Thevenot on what makes this conference different from any other in agriculture
17:00 -- Terry on choosing your own journey -- and why unexpected speakers land hardest
19:00 -- Diamond Fernandez, integrative health, and the cholesterol research nobody expected
22:00 -- Warren's three takeaways: being seen, Matt Havens on generations, Diamond Fernandez
25:00 -- 2027 banquet: Patty Durand and Chris Corbett, family business improv
27:00 -- Laura on farm succession, transition planning, and the retirement conversation agriculture avoids
33:00 -- Warren on the life change he made at Convergence 2025, and his live money-back guarantee for 2027
37:00 -- Terry's three takeaways: network, deep-topic breakouts, agriculture as an optimistic room
46:00 -- The conference hall of fame: years of speakers and why the roster matters now
48:00 -- convergence.ag -- four pillars, why it matters, ticket call to action
49:00 -- Journey Track preview: arriving prepared, going deeper, leaving with a plan
51:00 -- 2027 speaker roster taking shape
53:00 -- Courtney's three takeaways: caliber of speakers, breadth of topics, intimacy of the room
55:00 -- Laura's three takeaways: holistic approach, always at least one thing you didn't expect
58:00 -- Warren's live guarantee on YouTube: e-transfer your money back if you don't get value
1:00:00 -- Audience survey, the retirement workshop idea hatched on air, Cross Currents theme confirmed
1:01:00 -- Closing: February 2 to 4, 2027, DoubleTree Regina, convergence.ag
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