African aquaculture signaled its coming-of-age at World Aquaculture 2017. The conference theme, “Sustainable Aquaculture – New Frontiers for Economic Growth – Spotlight on Africa” highlighted the potential of aquaculture production to support economic development and investment opportunities in Africa. A highlight of the event was the consensus achieved to launch an African Chapter of the World Aquaculture Society.

The Aquaculture Innovation Summit is a new conference, as part of the Animal Health Innovation series, which focuses on showcasing and supporting innovation and sustainability initiatives in three key areas of aquaculture: farm management, nutrition and health. It will take place in London September 27-29, 2017. 

“The 5th Young Animal Nutrition and Health Application Technology Seminar” was held in Yichang in Hubei province July 13-14. Seminar topics included nutrition regulation technology in both female and young animals, protein resource review in aqua, non-antibiotic solutions, and more. Yu Xuefeng, Chairman of Angel Yeast, introduced Angel Animal Nutrition during his speech at the seminar.

Progressus and Kasetsart University AgriSchools are hosting a Certificate in Aqua Nutrition course from August 21-25, 2017 in Thailand. The program covers in detail aqua nutrition including marine & fresh-water fish and shrimp formulations. It focuses on developing pressures on Aqua Nutrition and explores options available in adjusting formulations with reduced fish-meal inclusion.

Several speakers and sponsors from this year’s Offshore Mariculture Conference, which took place from March 6-10, recently shared updates on their experiences after the conference. BioMar, gold sponsor of Offshore Mariculture 2017, felt that “the people attending the event were all very relevant to the industry and seemed very serious in doing business, therefore the communication was very targeted and the networking had positive results.” Since the event, Italian based company Refamed, who focus on design and development for offshore cage culture projects have unveiled a new sea-worthy, robust, unsinkable polyethylene feedboat, ideal for use at offshore fish farms.

Global industry executives from the animal feed processing, grain processing, ingredients & additives, aquafeed, petfood and biomass pelleting industries traveled to Cologne in Germany on June 13 & 14, 2017 for the first edition of FVG Select. The focus of FVG Select was networking, business match-making and gathering new industry knowledge, which was facilitated through an extensive conference and matchmaking program.

The 2017 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology will feature a three-day education track exploring synthetic biology’s potential to accelerate commercial development of biotechnology products. Panels and presentations feature speakers from companies, universities and government.

The Latin American & Caribbean Chapter (LACC) of WAS has announced the Plenary Speakers for the annual LACQUA conference are Dr. Albert G.J. Tacon, Technical Director of Aquatic Farms Ltd in Hawaii, and Dr. Antonio Garza De Yta, aquaculture expert and consultant for FAO.

Asian Pacific Aquaculture 2017 (APA17) will hold a Malaysian Farmers Day on July 25th, 2017 at the Putra World Trade Center in Kuala Lumpur. The aim is to bring all the farmers forward to discuss sustainable farming practices and move to market driven aquaculture, which is linked to the theme of the Malaysian Farmers Day “Transforming Aquaculture towards 2020.\"

The European Aquaculture Society has announced that the program grid and program information for Aquaculture Europe 2017 is now available online at the AE2017 page of the EAS website. The program contains an overview of the sessions, information and profiles of the AE2017 Plenary Speakers, as well as other information on special sessions and Industry Forums taking place during the week.

USSEC – Southeast Asia together with international partners and speakers helped the Philippines to develop a sustainable, high-volume, export-focused marine fish aquaculture sector in a workshop conducted on May 8 at the Marco Polo Ortigas Hotel in Pasig City, Philippines.

The Scientific Committee of AlgaEurope is calling for the submission of abstracts for the 2017 conference. Organizers are encouraging in particular stakeholders from the industry to submit abstracts on recent developments. Abstracts that cover one of the ten thematic tracks determined by the Scientific Committee are also encouraged.

The World Aquaculture 2017 conference theme, “Sustainable Aquaculture – New Frontiers for Economic Growth – Spotlight on Africa” highlights the potential of aquaculture production to support economic development and investment opportunities in Africa. Organizers are pleased to present a five-day program entitled “Spotlight on Africa” that includes an opening ceremony plenary address by Guinean President Alpha Condé, Chairman of the African Union and African Union special ambassador for aquaculture.   

The website for the 36th Fish Feed and Nutrition Workshop is now live. The workshop, set to take place on Prince Edward Island, will provide an opportunity to interact with aquaculture North American nutrition stakeholders from the industry and academia.

On June 13 - 14 the first FVG Select event will take place in Cologne. FVG Select will focus on a series of six different conferences, which have been organized by specialist industry related organizations, and on business matchmaking. The conference program includes the Aquafeed Horizons Conference on June 14.

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has announced the launch of a Certificate program on Sustainable Asian Aquaculture, taking place at the AARM Academic program beginning in August 2017. This Certificate program is one semester, and is the combination of well-designed course work and hands-on experiences in specialized areas (fish/shrimp hatchery or farming). The program is useful for both students (with credit transfer) and for working professionals and entrepreneurs (without credits). 

The Travel Award for Women and Students WAS-APC committee has announced this year\'s winners, who will participate in Asian Pacific Aquaculture 2017 (APA17) conference. \"We would like to congratulate the awardees in both categories for their outstanding submissions. We look forward to see you all this summer in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.” In addition, event organizers have announced a post conference full day farm tour.

VNU Exhibitions Asia Pacific (VNUEAP) and Federasi Masyarakat Perunggasan Indonesia (FMPI) together announced  the investment platform entitled \"ILDEX Indonesia 2017”. It is the third edition of its kind focusing on International Livestock, Dairy, Meat Processing and Aquaculture Exposition. It will take place at the Jakarta International Expo in Indonesia on October 18-20, 2017.

The 2017 BioMarine Business Convention will take place October 1-3 in Rimouski, Quebec. Olmix group has been announced as a BioMarine Black Pearl Sponsor. Olmix will be partner of the BioMarine workshop \" Can marine algae help to reduce the use of antibiotics in aquaculture an livestock?\" on October 2. Another session directly related to aquaculture \"Wasted potential of fish by products?\" will take place on October 3.

General manager of Victam International, Erik Heemskerk, has released a vlog about the upcoming Aquafeed Conference and the importance of aquaculture and sustainable feeds.