The European Aquaculture Society's Aquaculture Europe 2019 will be held in the Estrel Hotel and Conference Centre, Berlin from October 7-11th. The event organisers have reported a very strong interest in this event, with more than 880 abstracts received for presentation.
Attendees are in store for a varied programme with 55 sessions over the three conference days. 150 booths have been sold for the trade show and eight special sessions link business and science. The International Aquafeed team will be in attendance to keep you up to date on Twitter, expect a show report in an upcoming edition of the magazine!
Attendees are in store for a varied programme with 55 sessions over the three conference days. 150 booths have been sold for the trade show and eight special sessions link business and science. The International Aquafeed team will be in attendance to keep you up to date on Twitter, expect a show report in an upcoming edition of the magazine!
The opening plenary sessions of AE2019 will include a view on 'The Environment and Fish Health' – by Professor Charles R Tyler of the University of Exeter, UK. Fish are excellent barometers of aquatic ecosystem health and declines in both their diversity and abundance globally is a major cause for concern, not least because of their fundamental roles in ecosystem function and as a source for food.
This talk will be free ranging with the purpose of provoking thought into might better translate knowledge on fish physiology for optimising aquaculture practice.
The AE2019 Special Sessions are targeted towards aquaculture producers and suppliers. They include sessions on marine litter, parasite management, nutrition and breeding innovations, shrimp production and aquaculture in Central and Eastern Europe. They also include the EU EATIP Day, whose programme is being finalised at this moment.
One of thespecial sessions is entitled 'Women in Aquaculture.' Organised by EAS and The Fish Site (on the back of its very successful series of the same name), this panel session will look at ways to ensure greater gender diversity at all levels of the aquaculture sector? More specifically, the panel will offer first hand insights into how women can overcome perceived gender-related obstacles and build thriving careers right across the aquaculture sector.
New this year: The Aquaculture Europe Innovation Forum!
Aquaculture development requires upscaling production systems and developing new solutions for producing more to supply a growing market with healthy products. EAS wants to promote and support start-ups and emerging business models in the aquaculture sector, by matching ideas to those that can push the development of new companies and new products. With all the new knowledge presented at our events, we have a wealth of possibility for innovation and value creation to help develop the sector.
This is the EAS Aquaculture Europe Innovation Forum and its inaugural event will take place during our AE21019 event in Berlin on Wednesday, October 9th. In partnership with Hatch Blue and the German Startups Association, the day will be made up of introductory speakers and then pitches from 12 new companies that wish to seek further investment to develop. Speakers include Olaf Birkner on 'raising awareness for your start-up'; 'What an investor looks for in a start-up' from Viggo Halseth, Chief Innovation Officer, Nutreco and the 'European Innovation Council: a one-stop-shop to high-potential innovators' from Sigi GRUBER, Head of the Healthy Oceans & Seas Unit, in the Directorate General for Research and Innovation at the European Commission. A teaser on 'lessons learned' will be provided by Rob van de Ven, Landing Aquaculture, The Netherlands and former EAS Student Group chair.
EAS would like to highlight and thank their loyal AE2019 Gold Sponsors Biomar, session sponsor Sorgal and the Rentenbank in Germany for their support of this event.
For more information on AE2019 visit the EAS website, HERE.
For more information on AE2019 visit the EAS website, HERE.
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