The Latin American and Caribbean Aquaculture 2018 - LACQUA18 and the VIII Colombian Congress of Aquaculture - VIII CCA will take place in Bogotá, Colombia at the Agora International Convention Center from October 23 to 26, 2018. Special sessions will cover a range of topics and be moderated by Session Chair Dr. Albert G.J. Tacon.

The next VIV Asia will take place March 13-15, 2019 in Bangkok. The event will be held in collaboration with the International Feed Industry Federation. “Big steps are going to be made in 2019, introducing Food Engineering at VIV Asia. The exhibition space that is reserved for Food Engineering is doubled, comparing to the Slaughtering & Processing part of VIV Asia 2017. Over 100 global suppliers will present their equipment, products and services in further processing, logistics, refrigeration, food/ meat ingredients, and packaging.”

Livestock Philippines 2019, the International Livestock Nutrition, Health and Production, and Meat Industry Expo, will take place June 26-28, 2019 at the World Trade Center Metro in Manila. Aquaculture Philippines will take place concurrently with Livestock Philippines. The event offers exhibitors a valuable opportunity to launch new products, meet decision makers and promote their products and services.

High Energy Mariculture Europe (HEM), the European edition of the long running Offshore Mariculture Conference, will welcome a range of speakers from across the globe to voice their international view-points. Speakers will include Tyler Sclodnick, Senior Scientist at InnovaSea Systems Inc.; Donna Lanzetta, Founder and CEO of Manna Fish Farm; Katherine Hawes, Principal Solicitor and Barrister from Aquarius Lawyers in Australia, and more.

AFIA has opened registration for its online feed manufacturing course, conducted in partnership with Kansas State University, Oct. 29-Nov. 30. The five-week, "AFIA 500: Fundamentals of Feed Manufacturing" distance education program covers a variety of topics, including: the process flow from particle size reduction, to batching and mixing, conditioning and pelleting, boilers, post-pellet systems, packaging and loadout, and maintenance.

This is the last week to submit abstracts for LACQUA18 in Bogota, Columbia; abstracts are due September 7. The conference will include three languages, thus abstracts, oral and poster presentations can be organized in Spanish, Portuguese and English.

The Global Feed and Food Congress (GFFC) will take place in Bangkok March 11-13, 2019. Register before August 31st to receive the reduced rate and save on accommodation costs. The 6th GFFC examines ‘The future of Feed & Food – are we ready?’. Speakers from organizations such as TFMA, UN-FAO and Universities of Belfast, California and Utrecht will address key topics for the feed & food chain. This includes sustainability, digital revolution, markets & trade, feed & food safety, global regulations & policy, nutritional innovation.

The Philippine Milkfish Industry Group (PhilMIG) has announced that the 2nd National Bangus Congress will take place September 27 – 28 2018 at the Iloilo Convention Center, in Iloilo City. The theme of this year\'s Congress will be “Harmonizing Efforts Towards Achieving Domestic Food Security and a Stronger Global Presence.”

The Myanmar Fish Federation and Livestock Breeding Federation will hold a joint seminar on fish and prawn feed at Lotte Hotel in Yangon on August 25th. The seminar is being held to address the increasing price of feed, according to Dr. Thet Hmu, chair of the Myanmar Fish and Prawn Feed Manufacturers Association. "One of the main problems for the fisheries sector is rising prices of fish feed. There were 5 government-owned fish and prawn feed factories. All of them were shut down and one has been sold away. If things go on like this, the private sector will face difficulty"

The 2018 Aquaponics Association Conference will be held in Hartford, CT at the Hilton Hartford Hotel from September 21 through September 23, 2018. The three-day conference will feature the top aquaponics experts from around the world, tours of commercial aquaponics operations, a vendor showroom, interactive discussions, and social events.

The organizers of AQUACULTURE 2019 are calling for oral and poster presentations for the conference in New Orleans. The deadline to submit abstracts is August 31, 2018.

The 2018 U.S. Soy Global Trade Exchange and Midwest Specialty Grains Conference & Trade Show will take place August 28-30 in Kansas City Missouri. In addition to providing exclusive access to qualified international buyers, USSEC and the Midwest Shipper Association’s sixth annual event will provide key information for sellers and buyers alike.

The Latin American and Caribbean Aquaculture 2018 (LACQUA18) event will be held together with the VIII Colombian Aquaculture Congress (VIII CCA) at the Ágora Convention Center, Bogotá, from October 23 to 26, 2018. The conference will include presentations of research results (oral and poster), sessions for producers, mini-courses and a trade show, which will consist of an exhibition area of 72 stands for national and international providers that will present the latest advances in equipment, supplies and services.

VICTAM International 2019, the world\'s leading showcase for the feed industry, will be held from June 12 – 14, 2019 in Cologne, Germany and the organizers say more than 50% of the exhibition space is already sold. The 12th Aquafeed Horizons conference will once again be held along side VICTAM International on the first day of the event.

Australian company FoodStream will present the Aquafeed Extrusion program for the first time in Chile from October 22 to 24 at the Catholic University of Temuco. This 3-day course, which has been run annually in Norway since 2015, covers the principles of extrusion, the design of extrusion processes, and the formulation of extruded aquafeeds. Principles learned will be demonstrated using the extruder in the University of Temuco pilot plant.

At the recent 33rd session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI 33), IFFO hosted a side event titled ‘a sustainable future for aquaculture' to provide a comprehensive overview of issues related to aquatic feeds and sustainable aquaculture. IFFO’s Technical Director, Dr. Neil Auchterlonie, represented the marine ingredients industry and discussed the key role of fishmeal and fish oil as feed ingredients. "Marine ingredients, most notably fishmeal and fish oil, are the foundation of feed for the aquaculture industry and remain a strategic ingredient given the highly nutritious qualities. At IFFO, we are working hard to encourage responsible sourcing and finding the most effective way to use these valuable ingredients.”

Next year’s Asian Pacific Aquaculture (APA19) conference will take place June 19-21 at the Chennai Trade Center in Tamil Nadu, India. Sessions and workshops at APA19 will cover all aspects of aquaculture in India as well as Southeast Asia. Topics will include animal health and welfare, feeding and nutrition, biofloc, fishmeal and fish oil, prebiotics, probiotics, aquaponics and much more. Conference organizers have released a call for papers, and encourage the submission of oral and poster presentations.

This year’s IFFO Annual Conference will be held in Rome from October 15-17. IFFO’s President Eduardo Goycoolea will lead and moderate a panel of industry leaders to discuss the perception and future development of the marine ingredients industry. “This panel will give us an opportunity to ask the tough questions that our industry needs to confront to ensure continued prosperity and stability. We will discuss and challenge the many myths linked to the fishmeal and fish oil industry."

The 6th Global Feed & Food Congress (GFFC) will be held in Bangkok March 11-13, 2019. The event will bring together leaders from the global feed and food chain to discuss ‘The future of Feed & Food – are we ready?”

Organizers of VICTAM International 2019 have announced that nearly half of the floor space has been reserved for the exhibition, scheduled to take place from June 12 -14 2019 at the KoelnMesse in Cologne, Germany. They are offering an early bird discount for remaining floor space.