Registration is now open for the American Feed Industry Association\'s Feed Industry Institute, June 13-16, in Minneapolis, Minn. This bi-annual event is essential for new employees in the feed industry.

Joost Helsen of Agrifirm, Joris Kaanen of Havens and Stan Raben of ForFarmers have been appointed as new members of the non-executive board of Victam International BV.

Following excellent feedback in 2015, Australian company FoodStream, working with extrusion expert Dennis Forte, is again offering an Aquafeed Extrusion Technology short course in Norway from 9 to 11 May 2016, with the extension of a two-day program Food & Feed Drying Technology on 12 & 13 May.

AquaVision, one of the première conferences for the aquaculture industry, has just announced its draft programme. The event takes place from 13 -15 June 2016.

VIV MEA exceeded expectations in its first edition as the new regional trade fair from VIV worldwide to serve the poultry, dairy and aquaculture industries from the Middle East and Africa to Turkey, Iran and the countries of South-Central Asia.

The APA16 organization committee is offering several tours consisting of top tourist destinations, aquaculture farms, research institutes, beaches and museums to visit after the APA16 conference.

5th Global Feed & Food Congress will be held in Antalya, Turkey, on 18-20 April 2016. This year\'s meeting theme is “Equity and Prosperity for All” which links to the global challenge to provide safe, affordable and sustainable animal protein sources to feed 9 billion people by 2050.

The Department of Fisheries, Thailand, in collaboration with the Asian Fisheries Society, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office for the Asia and the Pacific, GLOBEFISH, INFOFISH, the Network of Aquaculture Centres in the Asia-Pacific, and the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center and partners are proud to host the ASEAN Fisheries and Aquaculture Conference and Exposition 2016: ASEAN Seafood for the World and the11th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum: ASIAN Food Security for the World from August 3-7, 2016, at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre in Bangkok, Thailand. Traders, producers, scientists, researchers from around the world are invited to attend this remarkable exposition and forum.

With just a few weeks to go before FIAAP/ VICTAM/ GRAPAS Asia 2016 opens, the organizers of the event, Victam International, announced that the exhibition area is virtually sold out and that major international companies from within each show will be there.

The deadline for abstract submission for Aquaculture Europe is March 31, 2016. This conference is organised by the European Aquaculture Society in cooperation with Marine Scotland and The Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland.

The deadline for abstracts for “Percis IV -The Fourth International Percid Fish Symposium” in Tartu, Estonia, is March 1, 2016.

Middle East Aquaculture (MEA16) has been created to benefit industry professionals working in the Middle East, to gather aquaculture experts from the Middle East, and to show the latest innovative products at the exhibition.

American Feed Industry Association\'s Purchasing & Ingredient Suppliers Conference will take place March 9-10, in New Orleans, La., USA. Those that register prior to close of business Feb. 5 will enjoy a substantial discount,

The DEADLINE FOR 2016 International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding (ISFNF) abstract submissions has been extended to Sunday, FEBRUARY 28, 2016.

We need to make better use of co-products or by-products. There are opportunities to make use of undervalued products or waste streams or to improve the nutritive and economical values of existing feed ingredients.

Drying is one of the most common operations in food and feed production, yet it is often poorly understood and inefficient. This short course in Drying Technology combines the practical perspective of experienced industry professionals, with the in-depth technical knowledge of drying processes.

This 3-day course 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 Centre for Feed Technology pilot plant.

The deadline for abstract submissions for this Symposium is Sunday, January 31, 2016.

The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre is hosting a collaborative industry-academic workshop on sustainable feeds at the Stirling Court Hotel.

Full details of the 5th Global Feed & Food Congress (GFFC), are now online.