Seattle Fish Co President and CEO Derek Figueroa, is the new Chair of the National Fisheries Institute and will speak at the Virtual Global Seafood Market Conference with his state of the industry address.
Derek Figueroa runs the Denver-based seafood distributor with more than a century in the business behind it.
“Seattle Fish has a legacy of using technology and engagement to do more in the seafood space,” he said.
“In 1918 this company created a cold chain system that used rail cars, sawdust and ice to transport fresh seafood to the landlocked state of Colorado. We were getting customers what they needed. That’s what NFI is doing with the Virtual Global Seafood Market Conference. We can’t meet in person, but the industry needs the data and insight we’ve come to rely on from GSMC. So we’re doing it virtually.”
The Virtual Global Seafood Market Conference runs from 1st to 5th February for two hours each day. The GSMC Webinar Series lasts all year with biweekly offerings providing species-specific data and markets focused dialogue.
Virtual GSMC will feature plenary presentations and sessions on retail, food service, the economy, alternative proteins and more. Keynote speakers from IRI, 210 Analytics, Datassentail, CattleFax, Urner Barry, Rabobank, and Wells Fargo will detail market shocks and recovery timelines.
The schedule will also feature C-suite perspectives from leaders in retailer and foodservice, as well as an address from the man who knows a thing or two about pivoting, Bo Jackson.
As part of his just released video message, Derek Figueroa notes the benefits of a virtual conference and webinar series include the fact that producers recognise, during a pandemic, things change by the “week, by the day, even by the minute.”
Derek Figueroa’s state of the industry address will take place at the Virtual GSMC on Friday 5th February.
