Annual Conference 2023 23–25 October - Cape Town, South Africa

Agenda

Please note that all times are approximate as includes an opportunity for questions.

	OPENING SESSION Monday 23 October 2023, 15:00 - 17:45 Open to all delegates
15:00 - 15:10	President’s Welcome Gonzalo de Romaña, IFFO President, Peru
15:10 - 15:20	Opening Remarks Petter Martin Johannessen, Director General, IFFO, U.K.
15:20 - 15:50	Latest trends in global geopolitics David Pilling, Africa Editor, Financial Times, U.K.
15:50 - 16:05	BLUE TRANSFORMATION: Building a world without hunger and poverty with aquatic foods Manuel Barange (PhD), FAO Assistant Director General and Director Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), Italy
16:05 - 16:30	COFFEE BREAK Kindly sponsored by Scoular
16:30 - 17:30	Panel Discussion: What is the role of marine ingredients in future global food systems? Moderated by: Melanie Siggs Panellists include: David Pilling, Africa Editor, Financial Times, U.K. Manuel Barange (PhD), FAO Assistant Director General and Director Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), Italy Katherine Bryar, Global Marketing Director, Biomar Group, Co-Founder of Fed by Blue, Denmark Elizabeth Beall, Managing Director, Finance Earth, United Kingdom Egil Magne Haugstad, CEO, Pelagia AS, Norway
17:30 - 17:45	Questions to the Panel with an opportunity for delegates to provide their own questions to the panel anonymously through Slido

	MARKET FORUM - SUPPLY Tuesday 24 October 2023, 09:30 - 12:30 RESTRICTED TO DELEGATES WHO ARE IFFO PRODUCER MEMBERS OR PREMIUM MEMBERS
09:30 - 09:35	Chairman's Welcome Dr Enrico Bachis, Market Research Director, IFFO, U.K.
09:35 - 10:10	Global Agricultural Commodity Outlook Carlos Mera, Rabobank
10:10 - 10:35	Fishmeal and fish oil supply: an overview of the global trends Dr Enrico Bachis, Market Research Director, IFFO, U.K.
10:35 - 11:00	COFFEE BREAK Kindly sponsored by Scoular
11:00 - 11:20	How AI is going to disrupt the seafood industry Eric Enno Tamm, CEO, ThisFish Inc, Canada
11:20 - 11:40	Update on the Peruvian anchovy fishery Mariano Gutierrez, Scientific Director, Humboldt Institute of Marine and Aquaculture Research (IHMA), Peru
11:40 - 11:50	Update on the Chilean supply of marine ingredients Eduardo Goycoolea, IFFO Board Member, Chile
11:50 - 12:00	Update on the Indian supply of marine ingredients Paul Joseph, Head of Sales & Marketing, Arbee Aquatic Proteins PVT LTD, India
12:00 - 12:10	Update on the Southern African supply of marine ingredients Troye Pontus, Manager:Sales and Operations, Lucky Star Ltd, South Africa
12:10 - 12:20	Update on the European supply of marine ingredients Anne Mette Bæk, Director, Marine Ingredients, Denmark and European Fishmeal and Fish oil Producers, Denmark
12:20 - 12:30	Summary and Conclusions from the Chairman Dr Enrico Bachis, Market Research Director, IFFO, U.K.

	CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES Tuesday 24 October 2023, 15:00 - 18:00 OPEN TO ALL DELEGATES
15:00 - 15:15	Update on Technical and Regulatory work and recap on what we learnt from Madrid Dr Brett Glencross, Technical Director, IFFO, U.K.
15:15 - 15:30	Precision nutrition - Formulating diets in the 21st Century Jorge Dias, CEO, Sparos Lda, Portugal
15:30 - 15:45	Addressing the need of more primary data for marine ingredients Jorge Diaz Salinas, Global Sustainability Manager, Skretting, Norway
15:45 - 16:00	Traceability: Why where something comes from matters Dr Wesley Malcorps, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, U.K.
16:00 - 16:30	COFFEE BREAK Kindly sponsored by Scoular
16:30 - 16:45	What Omega-3's do in Humans Philip Calder, University of Southampton, U.K.
16:45 - 17:00	Omega-3 Requirements in Fish: Critical vs Desirable Douglas Tocher, Advisory Professor, University of Shantou, China
17:00 - 17:15	LC-MUFA and VLC-PUFA: What are they and what do they do? Tone-Kari Ostbye, Senior Scientist, Nofima AS, Norway
17:15 - 18:00	Panel Introductions and Discussion: Fish oil - Just an Omega-3 source? Moderated by Dr Brett Glencross, Technical Director, IFFO, U.K. Panellists include: Douglas Tocher, Advisory Professor, University of Shantou, China Tone-Kari Ostbye, Senior Scientist, Nofima AS, Norway Questions to the Panel with an opportunity for delegates to provide their own questions to the panel anonymously through Slido

	MARKET FORUM - DEMAND Wednesday 25 October 2023, 09:30 - 12:30 OPEN TO ALL DELEGATES
09:30 - 09:35	Chairman's Welcome Dr Enrico Bachis, Market Research Director, IFFO, U.K.
09:35 - 10:00	Fishmeal and fish oil demand: an overview of the global trends Dr Enrico Bachis, Market Research Director, IFFO, U.K.
10:00 - 10:30	China Market Update Maggie Xu, China Director, IFFO, China
10:30 - 10:50	Overview on Asian shrimp farming Olivier Decamp, R&D Director & Business Development Health Director, INVE Aquaculture, Thailand
10:50 - 11:20	COFFEE BREAK Kindly sponsored by Scoular
11:20 - 11:40	Update on the Omega-3 Market Aldo Bernasconi, Vice President of Data Science, GOED, U.S.A.
11:40 - 12:00	Update on fish oil trade Christian Meinich, Managing Director, Chr. Holtermann AS, Norway
12:00 - 12:20	Future proofing fish supply chains – Perspectives and goals from a pet food perspective Andrew Russell, Global Lead Fish Sustainability, Mars, U.K.
12:20 - 12:30	Summary and Conclusions from the Chairman Dr Enrico Bachis, Market Research Director, IFFO, U.K.

	CLOSING SESSION Wednesday 25 October 2023, 15:00 - 17:20 Open to all delegates
15:00 - 15:20	Reflecting on the business risks and opportunities associated with ESG and sustainability Jonathon Hanks, Director, Incite, South Africa
15:20 - 15:40	A Banker’s Perspective on ESG and the Marine Ingredients Value Chain Anne Hvistendahl, Global Head Seafood, DNB Bank, Norway
15:40 - 16:10	COFFEE BREAK Kindly sponsored by Scoular
16:10 - 17:10	Panel Discussion: How sustainability and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) issues can protect and create value in the marine ingredients value chain Moderated by Jonathon Hanks, Director, Incite, South Africa Panellists include: Anne Hvistendahl, Global Head Seafood, DNB Bank, Norway Lahsen Ababouch, Senior Advisor, FAO, Italy Nicola Clark, Impacts Manager, MarinTrust, U.K. Gert le Roux, Aquaculture and Fisheries Specialist, Woolworths Foods, South Africa Karen-Dawn Koen, Executive: Sustainability & Compliance, Oceana Group Limited, South Africa
17:10 - 17:20	Concluding remarks Petter Martin Johannessen, Director General, IFFO, U.K.

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