AANS Sea Farmers Conference 2018

Join us in Halifax, Nova Scotia January 2018 for our annual conference. Purchase tickets here (drop-down menu at top left). Book rooms at our special conference rate with our partner hotel the Delta Halifax here. More details to come shorty.

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Thursday, January 25^th, 2018

8:00-8:30 am                     Coffee Break

8:30-8:45 am                    Opening remarks Tom Smith, Executive Director (AANS)

8:45-9:05 am                     Provincial remarks

9:05-9:25 am                     DFO remarks

9:25-10:05 am                   Keynote speaker

*10:05-10:10 am              Student 1: Cathy Enright Scholarship

10:10-10:25 am                Provincial update: part 1 (Aquaculture Development) 

10:25-10:40 am                Coffee Break

10:40-11:40 am                Provincial update: part 2 (Aquaculture Development)

*11:40-11:45 pm              Student 2: Cathy Enright Scholarship

11:45-12:30 pm                Addressing Labour Challenges for the Aquaculture Industry

11:45-12:00         NS Department of Business

Nova Scotia Labour Survey

12:00-12:15         NS Seafood Sector Council/AANS Labour Study

Nova Scotia – Situation Analysis

12:15-12:30         Canada Immigration Program

Canadian Immigration Program- Roll out

12:30-1:45 pm                   Luncheon

1:00pm-1:45       Keynote speaker

*1:45-1:50 pm                   Student 3: Cathy Enright Scholarship

1:50-2:10 pm                     Presentation: Dept. of Environment – Aquaculture leasing/licensing Monitoring

2:10-3:00 pm                     Community Voices: Outreach Challenges 

2:20-2:35              Municipality leaders

2:35-3:00              Panel discussion

3:00-4:30 pm                     Innovation Session

4:05-4:10              Wrap up

4:30-6:00 pm                     Moules et Frites

                                            Bluenose Room, Delta Halifax (8^th floor)

Friday, January 26^th, 2018

8:00-8:30 am                     Coffee Break

                                                Session: Review of 2017 from an R&D perspective

8:30-8:40 am                     Opening remarks & Cathy Enright Scholarship award presentation

8:40-9:00 am                     AANS presentation:

– 2017 R&D Priorities and projects

– Review of 2017 R&D discussion document

9:00-10:00 am                   Sea Farmers R&D Projects 2017:

10:00-10:15 am                 NSDFA presentation of their current R&D projects

10:15-10:30 am                Coffee Break

                                                Session: Moving forward R&D 2018

10:30-10:40 am                 2018 AANS R&D Priorities

10:40-10:50 am                2018 NSDFA R&D Priorities

10:50-11:30 am                 Funding opportunities

11:30- 11:50  am              Panel discussion with funding agencies

11:50-12:30 pm                Oriented discussion

– Discussion topics: R&D priorities alignment, next step to move industry                                                                forward

12:30- 12:35 pm               Wrap up