Event: Asian Pacific Aquaculture

“Positioning for Profit" is the theme of the Asian Pacific Aquaculture Conference and Trade Show scheduled from December 10-13, 2013 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The conference emphasizes the need for the whole industry to take a more strategic approach to expansion.

Plenary speakers 

There will be two plenary speakers who will both bring their expertise to the show.
Dr Pham Anh Tuan has been deputy director general at the Directorate of Fisheries (D-FISH) of the Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development (MARD) in Hanoi since March 2010. Dr Pham Anh Tuan is an aquaculture expert in various fields such as Aquaculture extension, project design & management, development of aquaculture techniques suited to varying geographic and socioeconomic conditions, aquaculture extension and development as a component of integrated rural development. Dr Pham Anh Tuan has experience in freshwater species such as grass carp, Chinese carp, tilapia, etc. especially on the reproduction cycles and techniques.

Dr Pham Anh Tuan

Dr David Hughes, the second plenary speaker, is emeritus professor of Food Marketing at Imperial College London, and visiting professor at the University of Kent Business School and at the Royal Agricultural College, UK. David is a much sought-after speaker at international conferences and seminars on global food industry issues, particularly consumer trends, and is a strong proponent of building vertical alliances between key chain members in the food industry  - farmers, life science and input companies, ingredient firms, food and beverage manufacturers, retailers and food service.
 

Dr David Hughes

A range of sessions

Session titles include: husbandry environment, hatchery genetics, molluscs, IMTA, biofloc, aquaponics, lobsters, economics & management, crustacean health, seahorses, crustacean husbandry, recirculation systems, tilapia, tuna, cobia, yellowtail, pangasius, seabass, algae, sustainable development, etc.

Oyster Symposium

The 5th International Oyster Symposium is joining forces with the conference ensuring that there will be an exciting stream of oyster expertise engaging the great work done in recent years which has seen production in Northern Vietnam climb to over 7,000 mt in just a five-year period.

International exhibitors

Over 75 international exhibitors (Asia, America, Europe and Australia represented) and many more local suppliers will demonstrate their products and services at the APA13 exhibition. There are still some booths available as the organization decided to expand the trade space.
 

But that's not all...

‘Special’ organised sessions during APA13. Uni-President, the APA13 Gold sponsor is organising a special ‘disease on shrimp’ session for producers while Biomin, the APA13 Silver sponsor organises a ‘feeding for profit’ session.  Evonik sponsors the ‘Utilization of amino acids in aquaculture. Pentair sponsors the Aquaponics session. Dabomb sponsors the ‘alternative proteins of aquafeed’ session. USSEC sponsors the ‘Soy utilization in Aquaculture’ session and Pharmaq sponsors the ‘Health management’ session.

The WAS Premier sponsors Novus, Tyson and Alltech will promote their products and services at the APA13 trade show and conference. Novus sponsors the ‘finfish and shrimp nutrition’ session while Alltech the ‘lipids and functional ingredients’ session. Tyson will be the exclusive ‘President reception’ sponsor at APA13 which will be held on December 12, 2013.

There will be several workshop organised just prior to APA13. The Aquaculture Engineering Society workshop ‘Biofloc Technology’ on December 9-10, 2013 focuses on Bioflocs, Integrated Aquaculture and Disease Prevention. Many more workshops being organised by the APA13 exhibitors are on invitation only.

Some very special tours will be set up by the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. One tour to Cat Ba and Ha Long will include a visit to the National Marine Broodstock Center and to the Ban Sen Oyster Farm. A second tour includes the visit of several fish cages while the tour to Ben Tre includes the visit of a clam and a shrimp farm and a shrimp hatchery and processing unit.

More information on www.was.org or in Vietnamese on www.vienthuysan2.org.vn
Email: apa2013ria2@hcm.fpt.vn
For trade show info: mario@marevent.com

Look out for a full preview of the event in the next issue of International Aquafeed magazine.