22-24 October 2009 - Palaexpo / Veronafiere
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Final program

22 OCTOBER 2009

  • Verdi Auditorium – Europa Conference Centre
    09,15 - Opening Ceremony

    Welcome addresses:
    - Ettore Riello, President of VeronaFiere
    - Pier Antonio Salvador, President of the Italian Fish Breeders Association
    - Paolo Pizzolato, Sole director of Veneto Agricoltura
  • 09,30 - Sustainability and innovative technologies - Moderator: Angelo Colorni
  • 09,30 - 10,00 - Stamatios Varsamos (European Commission – Directorate General for Research and Technological Development): How does EU support the sustainable development of European aquaculture through research initiatives
  • 10,00 - 10,30 - Stefano Cataudella (Tor Vergata University, Italy): new prospects for sustainable fish farming
  • 10,30 - 11,00 - Arik Diamant (National Center for Mariculture, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Israel): sustainability, environment and breeding in marine cages: let's examine the facts
  • 11,00 - 11,15 - Coffee break
  • 11,15 - 11,45 - Ioannis Karakassis (University of Crete, Greece): sustainable environment for breeding in marine cages in the Mediterranean
  • 11,45 - 12,15 - Tore Kristiansen (Institute of Marine Research, Berger, Norway): breeding in marine cages – location, management and well-being
  • 12,15 - 12,45 - Jean Paul Blancheton (Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer, IFREMER, France): towards “zero impact” fish farming
  • 12,45 - 13,15 - Discussion
  • 13,15 - 14,30 - Light lunch
  • 14,30 - Breeding, nutrition and well-being - Moderator: Marco Galeotti
  • 14,30 - 15,00 - Edward Noga (North Carolina State University, USA): new prospects in the management of fish health
  • 15,00 - 15,30 - Marco Saroglia (Insubria University, Italy): fish welfare in intensive fish farming
  • 15,30 - 16,00 - Coffee break
  • 16,00 - 16,30 - Sadasivam Kaushik (Institut national de la recherche agronomique, INRA, France) : recent progress and developments in Mediterranean fish nutrition
  • 16,30 - 17,00 - Alberto Allodi (Fish Feed Committee, FEFAC, Belgium): prospects for producers of feed for fish in the Mediterranean area
  • 17,00- 17,30 - Discussion


23 OCTOBER 2009

  • 9,15 - Marketing and processing - Moderator: Marco Saroglia
  • 09,15 - 09,45 - Fabio Massa (GFCM – CAQ, Italy): Mediterranean fish farming: production and development trends
  • 09,45 - 10,15 - Lara Barazi - Yeroulanos (Kefalonia Fisheries, Greece): sustainability and market reality
  • 10,15 - 10,45 - Hamadi Mejri (Groupement interprofessionel des produits de la pêche, Tunisia), Stefano Mason and Monica Bianchi (COSPE): development cooperation and fish farming – pilot project in Tunisia for repopulation of basins and sustainable development of the north west Region
  • 10,45 - 11,15 - Coffee break
  • 11,15 - 11,45 - Fernandes Polanco (University of Cantabria, Spain): buying fish in Southern Europe. Characteristics that improve preferences towards fish farming products
  • 11,45 - 12,15 - Fabrizio Piva (CCPB, Italy): organic fish farming: standards and market
  • 12,15 - 12,45 - Discussion
  • 12,45 - 14,00 - Light lunch
  • 14,00 - Marketing, distribution and consumers - Moderator: Emilio Tibaldi
  • 14,00 - 14,30 - Bianca Maria Poli (University of Florence, Italy): quality standards for fish farming
  • 14,30 - 15,00 - Roberta De Natale (Auchan): fish farming: quality in distribution chains
  • 15,00 - 15.30 Discussion
  • 15,30 - 16,00 - Coffee break
  • 16,00 - 17,30 - Round table: Breed well for healthy growth: fish farming products in a correct diet for children (Chiodi Consulting)


International committee

  • Stefano Cataudella (Tor Vergata University, Italy)
  • Angelo Colorni (Mariculture Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Israel)
  • Marco Galeotti (Udine University, Italy)
  • Courtney Hough (Federation of European Aquaculture Producers, Belgium)
  • Marisol Izquierdo (Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas y Facultad de Veterinaria de la ULPGC, Spain)
  • Nedim Özdemir (Mugla University, Turkey)
  • Renato Palazzi (Veneto Agricoltura, Italy)
  • Pier Antonio Salvador (API,Italy)
  • Marco Saroglia (Insubria University, Italy)
  • Antonio Trincanato (API, Italy)
  • Panos Varvarigos (Vet.Care Ltd., Greece)
  • E.A. Wassef (National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Egypt)
The conference official languages will be French, English and Italian (simultaneous translation will be provided).