Corporate BENEFITS for new EAS membership category

EAS is now offering a package of benefits for companies in the aquaculture sector at a promotional price.

More and more companies are exhibiting at our annual Aquaculture Europe events and we are continually trying to make quality events in nice places. We very much hope to see you in Berlin in October and/or in Cork next year.  Many companies attending our events would like to be more involved in EAS and more active in our network. So we now have Corporate Membership especially for you!

AE2019 welcomes Women in Aquaculture event

A seminar looking at ways to ensure greater gender diversity at all levels of the aquaculture sector will take place on Wednesday, 9 October at our Aquaculture Europe (AE2019) conference.

Jointly organised by the European Aquaculture Society (EAS) and The Fish Site, the Women in Aquaculture seminar will offer first hand insights into how women can overcome perceived gender-related obstacles and build thriving careers right across the aquaculture sector.

“Many promising young researchers and many of the top aquaculture executives from Europe and beyond will be in Berlin for the annual EAS conference and this special session aims to help companies engage with proactive strategies for building diverse workplaces,” explains Alistair Lane, Executive Director of EAS.

The one-hour event will be co-chaired by Nofima’s Synnøve Helland, who is a board member of EATIP and leader of the Gender Panel of EURASTIP, and Rob Fletcher, senior editor at The Fish Site – which has been responsible for a number of women in aquaculture initiatives over the course of the last year.
“The Fish Site ran a series of articles on women in aquaculture during 2018 – both to tell the stories of women’s achievements in the sector, and to help attract talented people. The series has had nearly 40,000 visitors, with readers eager to find out why these women chose aquaculture, how their careers have progressed and how their hard-won insights can help others succeed. We hope this seminar will help to build on this success,” explains Rob. “More recently we ran a seminar at Aquaculture UK, in which senior executives outlined why diversity was beneficial in all businesses but was chronically lacking in too many aquaculture companies, especially the executive level. One of the key themes to emerge at the event was the need to establish some form of structured pathway to address this situation. This is a theme we hope to explore in Berlin,” he adds.

The event will include a panel discussion featuring prominent figures from academia and the aquaculture industry, who will discuss key issues related to the benefits of diversity in the workforce and ways to ensure that aquaculture organisations pursue recruitment policies that allow talented people, regardless of gender, to succeed. “It is vital for the further success of the industry that it can compete successfully for the best talents. This session is a unique possibility for managers from industry and academia to learn what measures are working, so that others can learn how to recruit the competent women as well as men,” says Synnøve.

The seminar will also include a Q&A and an insight into an innovative mentoring programme which has been established to help fast-track ambitious and talented women to the top of the sector.

Blue Bioeconomy in Northern Germany

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has approved a project coordinated by Kiel University: "Bioeconomy at Marine Sites (BaMS)" with funding of up to 20 million Euro.

The focus of the BaMS project is on developing a new innovation area in northern Germany with 79 project partners from research, industry and public administration. New - and above all sustainable - concepts are being developed for a comprehensive circular economy, including fish, mussels and algae, among other things. The entire project will be funded by the BMBF.

The project leaders of the BMBF project "Bioeconomy at Marine Sites" are Professor Carsten Schulz from the Institute of Animal Breeding and Husbandry at the Faculty of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, and Professor Rüdiger Schulz from the Botanical Institute and Botanical Garden at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. The project coordinator is Dr Stefan Meyer from the CAU and network coordinator of the Competence Network Aquaculture (Kompetenznetzwerk Aquakultur, KNAQ).

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The deadline has passed but submission is still open

Submission will remain open but the later you submit, the less chance you have of an oral presentation!

Aquaculture Europe 2019 encourages the submission of high quality oral and poster presentations. We strongly encourage authors to consider poster presentations because poster sessions will be an integral part of the programme. Papers submitted for "oral presentation preferred" may not be accepted as oral presentations due to the limited number of available time slots. All abstracts must be in English - the official language of the conference.

The selection of abstracts is based upon several criteria, but the most important one is quality. Our guidelines have therefore been updated to reflect this. Please take time to read them and ensure that you follow them. Abstracts that do not will not be assessed for inclusion.

Each oral presenter shall be entitled to no more than 15 minutes for a presentation, plus 5 minutes for questions. Authors of studies involving proprietary products or formulations should present this information in workshops or the trade show. Oral presentations should use PowerPoint. Overhead and slide projectors and video players will not be available.

  Posters will have a prominent place in Aquaculture Europe meetings:

• Presenters that send a PDF or Power Point version of their poster four weeks before the conference will have their poster reviewed within the appropriate oral session.
• Special poster viewing with authors present is provided during the happy hours.
• Besides this, posters will be easily accessible during the lunch breaks.
• In the programme book, special mention will be made in the oral session lists of where the relevant posters can be found.
• Prizes will be awarded during the wrap-up session for Best Poster and Best Student Poster.

All presenters are required to pay their own registration, accommodation and travel expenses. Aquaculture Europe cannot subsidize registration fees, travel or hotel costs.

No Abstract Book will be printed - a compilation will be provided online and a mobile phone app to registered delegates.

Click here to submit your abstract.

See the proposed list of sessions here.   

Kunststoff Spranger GmbH is new EAS Student Group sponsor

Kunststoff Spranger GmbH - Made in Germany - delivering worldwide

Kunststoff Spranger GmbH is new sponsor of EAS Student Group. 

Custom-designed equipment and facilities for aquaculture of fish and shrimps, applied science and quarantine systems. Consulting, design, fabrication and assembly, all from a single source since 1987.

They offer a large selection of innovative solutions for Recirculation Aquaculture Systems, as well as single components such as: tanks, drum filter, biofilter, low-head oxygenation, aquaria systems and compact water cleaning units.
"Meeting our customers´ high expectations for more than 30 years we offer a wide selection of innovative solutions tailored to your needs."

For more information please visit: www.spranger-kunststoffe.de

EURASTIP Exchange Programme – Fourth and final call

Receive up to 3000 Euro to connect with aquaculture experts in Europe and South-East Asia

Maximise existing and new collaborations and strategic partnerships between Europe and south-east Asia in the aquaculture sector with the EURASTiP Exchange Programme. Opportunities are available for industry, researchers and educators from both regions to connect and gain new perspectives while sharing innovative ideas to help develop long term partnerships. Bursaries of up to 3000 Euro are available per exchange (subject to eligibility criteria) to support international innovation and collaboration.

Deadline: 30 April 2019
More details and to apply: see flyer, and http://www.eurastip.eu/exchanges

Contact:
Industry & Research Exchanges: Miek Eggermont, Ghent University, Belgium. Mieke.eggermont@UGent.be
Educator Exchanges: Marieke Reuver, AquaTT, Ireland. Marieke@aquatt.ie

EURASTiP is an EU-funded H2020 project promoting multi-stakeholder contributions to international cooperation on sustainable solutions for aquaculture development in south-east Asia. For more details, see the project website: http://eurastip.eu/

Berlin in October will be the place to be for RAS stakeholders

EAS and NordicRAS have made an agreement to hold their events in conjunction with each other at the Estrel Hotel and Congress Centre in Berlin in October. The 5th NordicRAS workshop will be held on Monday October 7 and Tuesday 8 morning, leading directly into AE2019, which starts on the evening of the 7th. The RAS sessions of AE2019 will start from the 8th to avoid crossover and allow NordicRAS attendees to participate in AE2019.
The underlying idea is to have a strong focus on RAS in a hosting country where it is a key strategical development objective. For participants, this would allow to attend both events and hence save time and travel. Those taking part in both events will also have a discounted registration fee.

The aims of the Nordic Network on Recirculating Aquaculture Systems are to co-ordinate and strengthen research and development of Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) in Nordic countries. The network welcomes all with an interest in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems, including interested parties outside the Nordic Countries.
AE2019 takes the theme “Our Future - Growing from Water.” AE2019 covers the full scope and diversity of European aquaculture. The thematic plenary and technical parallel sessions will comprise submitted oral and poster presentations. AE2019 will also feature an international trade exhibition, industry forums, student sessions and activities, satellite workshops and updates on EU research.

Diversify compilation

Over the past 5 years, EAS has been publishing articles in our magazine and newsletter of the EU DIVERSIFY project - Exploring the biological and socio-economic potential of new/emerging candidate fish species for the expansion of the European aquaculture industry – co-funded by the 7th Framework Programme of the European Union.

As DIVERSIFY concludes with the final stakeholder meeting held in Brussels on November 22, we have produced a special compilation of 9 articles published in our “Aquaculture Europe” magazine of the between 2014 and 2018.

Click on the thumbnail to get the file.