Don’t miss out!

Numbers for 2016 are already up on the last event with fish farmers and producers, government bodies, investors, research institutes, feed & nutritionists, technology & equipment suppliers all confirmed to attend so make sure you book now to secure your place. In 2014, the Offshore Mariculture Conference attracted delegates from 28 countries from a plethora of sectors that make up the offshore mariculture and aquaculture industry. 51% of attendees came from Europe, whilst the majority of the remainder came, most noticeably, from the Americas.

The conference programme includes the following not-to-be-missed presentations:

• Ernesto Penas Lado, Director: Directorate A — Policy development and coordination: DG MARE — Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries: Keynote
• Michael Rubino, Director, Office of Aquaculture, NOAA Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Keynote
• Donna Lanzetta, CEO, Manna Fish Farms: Offshore mariculture – where and why?
• José Aguilar-Manjarrez, Aquaculture Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Marine Investment for the Blue Economy (MARIBE)
• Frank Neumann, Kaia Kjolbø Rød, Diogo Raposo and Jon Funderud; Seaweed Energy Solutions (SES): Large-scale offshore seaweed farming: a missing link in the food & feed chain?
• Dr Constantinos Mylonas, Coordinator, Diversify Project, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research: “DIVERSIFY”: An EU project exploring the biological and socio-economic potential of new/emerging candidate species for the expansion of the European aquaculture industry
• Neil Anthony Sims, Co-Founder & CEO, Kampachi Farms: Over-the-Horizon AquacultureTM – ecological footprint, synergies and remote command-and-control technologies in deep water offshore fish pens
• Javier F. Ponce, Architect and Founder, Smart Floating Farms: Smart Floating Farms may bring sustainable food to our cities
• Langley Gace, President, InnovaSea Systems: Emerging technologies in open ocean mariculture farming platforms
• Jail Zorriehzahra, Head of Aquatic Animal Health & Diseases Dept., Iranian Fisheries Research Organisation: Emerging fish viral diseases as a new potential threat in cage culture projects
• Martin Søreide, Technical Director, Aqualine: Submersible cages for fish farming – for better fish welfare
• Atilla Ozdemir, R&D and Overseas Investments Manager, Kilic Seafood: Mediterranean mariculture: Larger farms, big companies
• Marah Hardt, Research Co-Director, Future of Fish: Supply chain innovations
• Marcos Moya, BAP Market Development Manager, Supply Chain, Global Aquaculture Alliance: What can third party certification do for fish farmers?
• Giovanna Marino, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA): CoFASP aquaculture case study: Addressing regional issues in European aquaculture

View the full programme here.

Fish farmers qualify for special rates! To book your place now, please contact the Events team on conferences@offshoremariculture.com or +44 1329 825 335 for verification and discount codes. Follow the event on Twitter @OM_Conference.