World Seafood Congress Opening Session

Opening Welcome	Mike Dillon, President (IAFI),  Lahsen Ababouch (FAO),Steffan Kaeser (UNIDO)  ,John Connelly, President (NFI)
Perspectives on IAFI	Cameron Prince, Vice President of Operations, Canadian Food Inspection Industry and Former IAFI President, Ottawa
Keynote Presentation- Seafood Foresight	John Whitehead, OBE  Chair, Seafish Authority; Chairman of the Certification Council of Scottish Food Quality Certification Ltd and Senior Independent Director of Improve, the Sector Skills Council for the food and drink industry, UK

Trade Plenary Session

International Trade Overview	Lahsen Ababouch, Chief, Fish Utilization and Marketing Service FAO
Trade Compliance Report	Steffen Kaeser,  Programme Manager, UNIDO, Trade Capacity Building Branch
Fishery Performance Indicator	Jim Anderson and Jingjie Chu, World Bank
Open discussion

Session 1a: Food Safety & Inspection

Chair: Timothy Hansen, Director Seafood Inspection Program, NOAA Food Safety Modernization act Charlotte Christin, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Policy, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, USA Catfish Inspection program John Connelly, President, National Fisheries Institute, Washington D.C., USA European Position Chris Leftwich, Chief Inspector, Worshipful Company of Fishmongers, UK South African/African Position Michael Young, Acting Executive, Perishable Products, Food and Associated Industries Division at the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS), South Africa

Session 1b: Illegal, Unregulated & Unreported Seafood

Chair: Ian Goulding, Managing Director, Megapesca Lda, Portugal
Overview on IUU	David K. Schorr, Senior Fellow WWF-US and Manager (Governance and Financial Reform) WWF’s Smart Fishing Initiative
US Efforts to Address IUU Fishing and Achieve Sustainable Fisheries	Dr Rebecca Lent, Director, Office of International Affairs, NOAA
The View from the Importer: What Burden has this placed on Industry	Olivier Hotlett, Hottlet Frozen Foods, Belgium & Director SIPA and IAFI additional ppt

 

Session 2a: Where is all the Fish going to come from? (WAS)

Chair:Lorenzo Juarez, Deputy Director, Office of Aquaculture, NOAA Fisheries
Status of Global Aquaculture and Challenges for Sustainable Growth	Dr Michael Rubino– NOAA, Manager, Aquaculture program
How will we feed a growing Aquaculture Industry?	Dr Mike Rust Supervisory Research Fish Biologist, NW Fisheries Science Centre, NOAA
Expanding Global Seafood production in the Open Ocean Environment	Michael Schwarz President USA Chapter WAS & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech University, Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Status and trends in Shrimp Aquaculture	Lorenzo Juarez, Deputy Director, Office of Aquaculture, NOAA Fisheries

Session 2b: Where is all the Fish going to come from? (WAS)

Chair: Michael Schwarz, President USA Chapter WAS & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech University, Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Conservation & Development Moving Forward with responsible Aquaculture	Professor Barry Costa-Pierce, Director, Rhode Island Sea Grant College Program URI Professor, Fisheries and Aquaculture Chair Elect, Aquaculture without Frontiers
Science & Industry Partnership – can it happen? The Australian experience	Dr Patrick Hone, Executive Director, Fisheries Research & Development Corp, Australia
The New Zealand  Aquaculture Strategy – A Billion by 2025	Mike Burrell, CEO, NZ Aquaculture
Where is all the Fish going to come from?	Panel & Audience debate

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