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World Aquaculture 2020 The World Aquaculture Society (WAS) has announced the World Aquaculture 2020 (WA2020) international conference and exhibitions from June 8-12, 2020. The conference will be organised in collaboration with industry associations, tertiary institutions, Singapore Tourism Board, and the Singaporean government and will be held at the Singapore EXPO Convention and Exhibition Centre in Singapore. The signing Ceremony was held on October 2, 2017 in Singapore with attendance of Mr John Cooksey, WAS Director of Conference, Mr Aloysius Arlando, CEO, SingEx Venues Pte Ltd, Dr Farshad Shishehchian, Co-chair of WA2020 Steering Committee and WASAsian Pacific Chapter Past President, and Dr Guillaume Drillet, WAS-Asian Pacific Chapter, President. The first WA2020 steering committee coincided on the same day. Many stakeholders including international academic experts, industry and government representatives, as well as the organisers participated in the meeting, sharing their expertise, and working together to organise the conference. This meeting and the signing ceremony mark a significant step forward for this international mega event in Singapore.
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A complete success for the 5th Sustainable Ocean Summit The fifth edition of the Sustainable Ocean Summit just ended in Halifax, Canada. During these three days, the Marriott Harbourfront Hotel welcomed 230 participants of 230 participants of 28 different nationalities. Among them, decision makers and high-level representatives from all the sectors of the ocean business community gathered to discuss and decided the future of the sustainable ocean economy. Some of this year topics developed around the theme “The Ocean Sustainable Development Goal: Business Leadership and Business Opportunities”: Arctic, ocean energy, shipping, marine sounds, digital ocean and law of the sea etc. Marc-André Blanchard, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations, Ken Paul, Director of Fisheries and Integrated Resources, Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat, Ian Smith, CEO, Clearwater Seafoods, Mike Utsler, Chief Operating Officer, Woodside Energy, Karen Oldfield, President and CEO, Halifax Port Authority, Minister Geoff MacLellan, Minister of Business, Minister of Energy, Minister of Trade, and Minister of Service Nova Scotia, and Kathy Metcalf, President and CEO, Chamber of Shipping of America attended the event among the high-ranking executives, senior environment and sustainability officers. Christine Valentin, COO, World Ocean Council commented, “World Ocean Council wants to link the existing coordination initiatives towards a joint workforce between the maritime shareholder to build a Sustainable Ocean Economy.” Marc-André Blanchard, Canada Ambassador to the United Nations explained, “We need more information about risk and opportunities of ocean sustainable development. We need to raise awareness about the costs of not doing anything.” Minister MacLellan, Minister of Business, Minister of Energy, Minister of Trade, and Minister of Service Nova Scotia concluded, “Our ocean has an enormous impact on our lives; its predicted that ocean economy will double in the next 15 years.” The Sustainable Ocean Summit is a climate neutral event thanks to RightShip. Event emissions during 29th November to 1st December 2017, have been offset by investing in South Pole emission reduction projects, based on the reforestation of the Tasmanian native forest. The sixth edition will be held in Hong-Kong end of 2018. 44 | December 2017 - International Aquafeed