EURASTiP - Bangladesh – reaching a new threshold in freshwater aquaculture

Anne Rachmi, an Indonesian aquaculture engineer, has been based in Jessore since April to manage the demonstration on 4 smallholder farms. 

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Blue Growth Summer School - University of Gent

The Blue Growth Summer School combines science, business development and entrepreneurship through lectures and interactive sessions, topped off with excursions and socio-cultural activities.
The course is designed for Master and PhD students. Engineers, bio-engineers, geographers and marine biologists are welcome to subscribe however essential for enrollement is the demonstration of experience in marine and maritime projects.

When - where?
The course will take place at GreenBridge, UGent Campus Ostend in Belgium from 09 - 20 September 2019.

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Copernicus Marine Service Workshop & Training for the Aquaculture Sector

The European Aquaculture Technology & Innovation Platform (EATIP) and Mercator Ocean International, organize in September 24 - 25 in Athens, Greece, an event entitled: Copernicus Marine Service Workshop & Training for the Aquaculture Sector

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New course in Aquabusiness

This course, developed in conjunction with ITC Wexford Campus and IFA Aquaculture, is designed to cater for those looking to enter management roles in Aquabusiness, Aquaeconomics, financial or regulatory roles in R&D or in a seafood processing company. The course may also appeal to those looking to start an Aquabusiness company or expand an existing company into new markets. 

Financial support is available for those in the sector on https://bim.flexigrant.com through the European Maritime Fisheries Fund (EMFF).
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EURASTiP Brokerage Event - Registrations - Extended deadline

Second EURASTiP Brokerage Event Expanding Horizons 2020 “Maximising Business Opportunities Between South-east Asian and European Aquaculture Stakeholders”, will take place in Vietnam and Thailand from August 26th – September 5th.

This trade mission will take you on-site visits to companies along the aquaculture value chain within the Mekong Delta (Vietnam) and Chachoengsao & Chanthaburi (Thailand), as well as a to two EURASTiP brokerage sessions: in Vietnam on August 30 in conjunction to Vietfish and in Thailand on September 2nd.

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AQUAEXCEL 2020 - Training course

Are you interested in bioinformatics concepts and analysis?

Apply for the FACE-TO-FACE TRAINING COURSE: INTRODUCTORY BIOINFORMATIC COURSE TO SEQUENCING DATA PROCESSING

Bioinformatics is a must-have skill required in every modern research lab. This course will explore the fundamentals of bioinformatics analysis. The participants will be provided with end-to-end hands-on training, along with an introduction to basic concepts, in using popular tools. Participants will gain an understanding of bioinformatics analysis in the context of aquaculture research. The key learning objectives are for participants to understand the utility of NGS for a range of aquaculture-related objectives and bioinformatics pipelines for NGS data, and to gain knowledge of specific pipelines for RADseq and RNAseq protocols.

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Student Spotlight Award

The award is open to all students that submit an abstract for the event. It does not matter if the abstract is oral-preferred or poster-preferred, but it must be submitted before June 1st! ⠀⠀

All students will automatically enter the competition for best abstracts, and will be judged by the EAS Board.

The three best Abstracts will receive a travel grant (300€), free registration and the chance to win the student SPOTLIGHT award.

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INNOVATION FORUM - Aquaculture Europe

Aquaculture is driven by innovation to meet one of the three main business goals, productivity, sustainability and profitability.

Intensification requires upscaling production systems and developing new solutions for producing more to supply a growing market with healthy products. This requires new ideas, technologies and entrepreneurs to put them into place.

EAS recognises the importance of innovation and as such wants to promote and support start-ups and emerging business models in the aquaculture sector. By matching ideas to potential investors and those that can push the development of these companies, we may help to facilitate growth in the sector, with better technology and new products.

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