TILAPIA 2007 KUALA LUMPUR
23 – 25 August 2007
Venue: Crowne Plaza Mutiara, Kuala Lumpur

Wednesday, 22 August 2007

17.00 – 21.00

Registration (Nirwana Ballroom 1, (foyer), Lower Lobby)

Thursday, 23 August 2007

08.00 – 09.00	Registration (Nirwana Ballroom 1, (foyer), Lower Lobby)
09.00 – 09.30	Opening Ceremony (Nirwana Ballroom 1) (Inaugural Address by Guest of Honour, Tan Sri Dato’ Muhyiddin bin Haji Mohd Yassin, Hon. Minister of Agriculture & Agro-based Industry, Malaysia)
09.30 – 10.30	Tour of Exhibition followed by Refreshments
	KEYNOTE ADDRESS Chairperson: Dato’ Junaidi bin Che Ayub
10.30 – 11.00	Tilapias in Asia – are they alien or naturalised? (Sena S de Silva,   Director General, Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific, Thailand)

SESSION I : INDUSTRY SITUATION & OUTLOOK Chairperson: Izzat Feidi
11.00 – 11.25	World supply situation and outlook for tilapia (Helga Josupeit, Fishery Industry Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy)
11.25 – 11.50	Tilapia, a global commodity – the aquatic chicken comes of age? (Eric Roderick, Director, Fishgen Ltd, UK)
11.50 – 12.15	Tilapia production in Southeast Asia: status and prospects (Rafael D. Guerrero III, Executive Director, Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development, Department of Science and Technology, Philippines)
12.15 - 14.00	Lunch & Visit to Exhibition
14.00 – 14.25	Tilapia production in the rest of Asia (Madan M. Dey, Research Scientist, The WorldFish Center, Malaysia and M.A. Kabir Chowdhury, Post-Doctoral Fellow, WorldFish Center, Malaysia & University of Guelph, Canada)
14.25 – 14.50	Tilapia production in the Middle East (Izzat Feidi, Fisheries Consultant, Egypt)
14.50 – 15.15	Tilapia culture in Africa (Erik Hempel, Project Manager, INFOSA, Namibia)
15.15 – 15.40	Tilapia industry in China (Chen Shuping, Deputy Director, INFOYU, PR China)
15.40-16.05	Status of aquaculture and future potential of tilapia in Bangladesh (M.G. Hussain, Team Leader, Fish Breeding and Genetics, Research Group, Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute,  Bangladesh)
16.05 – 16.25	Coffee Break
16.25 – 16.50	A preliminary assessment of tilapia investment feasibility in Belize, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam (Frank Fu-Sung Chiang, Professor and Director, Institute of Applied Economics, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan and Kelvin Chen, Aquaculture Specialist, International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF)
16.50 – 17.20	Panel Discussion
19.30	Welcome Dinner hosted by Hon. Minister of Agricuklture and Agro-Based Industry, Malaysia

Friday, 24 August 2007
SESSION II : PRODUCTS, MARKETS AND MARKETING
Chairperson: Erik Hempel

09.00 – 09.25	Market segments for the US tilapia market: recent trends and outlook (Martin Sukkel, Chief Operating Officer, Regal Springs Tilapia, USA)
09.25 – 09.50	US seafood sales trends with special focus on tilapia (Sherry Frey, Vice President of Account Services, Perishables Group, USA)
09.50 – 10.15	The EU markets for tilapia: trends, issues and outlook (Erik Hempel, Project Manager, INFOSA, Namibia and Sudari Pawiro, Trade Promotion Officer, INFOFISH)
10.15 – 10.35	Coffee Break
10.35 – 11.00	The Middle East market for tilapia: demand trends and outlook (Izzat Feidi, Fisheries Consultant, Jordan)
11.00 – 11.25	Developing the value-added tilapia market in Asia (Fatima Ferdouse, Chief, Trade Promotion Unit, INFOFISH)
11.25 – 11.50	Current issues in the global tilapia market (Dan Fegan, Regional Technical Director, Asia, Cargill Animal Nutrition, Thailand)
11.50 – 12.15	Organic tilapia markets in the US and Europe: demand trends and prospects (Markus Stern, Director, Swiss Import Promotion Programme, Switzerland)
12.15 – 14.00	Lunch & Visit to Exhibition
14.00 – 14.25	Branding tilapia in the commodity market: the Taiwanese experience (Frank Fu-Sung Chiang, Professor and Director, Institute of Applied Economics, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan)
14.25 – 14.50	Eco-labeling as a marketing tool in tilapia culture (Tarlochan Singh, Chief, Technical Advisory Services, INFOFISH)
14.50 – 15.20	Panel Discussion
SESSION III: FARMING EXPERIENCES Chairperson: Frank Fu-Sung Chiang
15.20 – 15.45	Large-scale tilapia farming in Asia – the experience of HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc. (Norbert Sporns, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director, HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc., USA)
15.45 – 16.10	Experiences in commercial tilapia farming, processing and export in Africa (Patrick Blow, Group Managing Director, and Kumbirai Makunike, Operations Manager, Lake Harvest Aquaculture (Pvt.) Ltd., Zimbabwe)
16.10 – 16.30	Coffee Break
16.30 – 16.55	Tilapia and sustainability: the case for Regal Springs (Martin Sukkel, Chief Operating Officer, Regal Springs Tilapia, USA)
16.55 – 17.20	Experiences in tilapia culture and live marketing (Yong Kim Thai, Managing Director, PKPS Farm Mart Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia)
17.20 – 17.40	Panel Discussion

Saturday, 25 August 2007
SESSION III : TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS & ISSUES
Chairperson: Helga Josupeit

09.00 – 09.25	Genetic improvement in tilapia with special reference to GIFT (Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia) (Raul Ponzoni, Research Scientist and Project Leader, Aquaculture and Genetic Improvement, The WorldFish Center, Malaysia)
09.25 – 09.50	Genetic verification of seafood origin – a tool to address food safety (Morten Hoyum, President & Chief Executive Officer, GenoMar ASA, Norway)
09.50 – 10.15	Value-added tilapia products – new trends for varied markets (Norbert Sporns, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director, HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc., USA)
10.15 – 10.35	Coffee Break
10.35 – 11.00	Tilapia - key infectious diseases and how to prevent them (Cedric Komar, Regional Technical Manager, Aquatic Animal Health Division, Intervet Norbio Singapore Pte Ltd., Singapore)
11.00 – 11.25	Broodstock nutrition and larval rearing of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) (Abdel-Fattah El-Sayed, Professor, Oceanography Department, Alexandria University, Egypt)
11.25 – 11.50	Nutrition and feeding of farmed tilapia (M.A. Kabir Chowdhury, Post-Doctoral Fellow, WorldFish Center, Malaysia & University of Guelph, Canada; Madan M. Dey, Research Scientist, WorldFish Center, Malaysia; Ng Wing-Keong, Associate Professor, Fish Nutrition Research Laboratory, Universiti Sains Malaysia; and Dominique P. Bureau, Associate Professor, Fish Nutrition Research Laboratory, University of Guelph, Canada)
11.50 – 12.15	Nutritive value of algal meal in pelleted feed for tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus (Kasturi Samantaray, Professor, College of Fisheries, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, India and K. Mishra, Institute of Life Sciences, Orissa, India)
12.15 – 14.00	Lunch & Visit to Exhibition
14.00 – 14.25	How to increase yield and productivity in tilapia processing (Jon Haraldur Haraldsson, Senior Manager, Seafood Consulting Center, Marel Food Systems, Iceland)
14.25 – 14.50	Standards for best management practices in tilapia aquaculture (Lorena Schwarz, Chairman, Tilapia Standards Committee, Global Aquaculture Alliance, USA)
14.50 – 15.15	The Tilapia Aquaculture Dialogue – stakeholder approach to quantifiable standards for responsible tilapia aquaculture (Aaron McNevin, Aquaculture Specialist, World Wildlife Fund, USA)
15.15 – 15.45	Panel Discussion
15.45	Close and Coffee
Sunday, 26 August 2007 POST CONFERENCE FIELD TRIP
09.00 - 16.00	A post conference field trip to an intensive tilapia farm, located about an hour’s drive north of Kuala Lumpur, will be organized after the conference. Those interested in joining the trip are requested to complete the Post Conference Trip form and return to INFOFISH.