The Inaugural P²IRC Symposium was held August 29-30, 2016 at Marquis Hall on the University of Saskatchewan campus in Saskatoon.

The main objective of the first annual event was to celebrate the launch of the P²IRC research program, Designing Crops for Global Food Security; research funded by a $37M grant from the federal government. 

The Symposium allowed for the consolidation of research teams and enhanced cross-disciplinary collaboration between researchers, software developers, students and technicians, and provided the opportunity to work with the P²IRC International Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC) and further build relationships with industry and stakeholder groups.  

As a prime focus for the Centre is student engagement, the Symposium offered opportunities to integrate new graduate students and post-doctoral fellows into the research program and showcase research work undertaken by students through the Student Poster Competition.

The program from the 1^st Annual P²IRC Symposium can be found here.