The World Aquaculture Society (WAS) has announced that the World Aquaculture 2020 (WA2020) international conference and exhibitions will take place in Singapore from June 8-12, 2020. 

The conference will be organized in collaboration with industry associations, tertiary institutions, the Singapore Tourism Board and the Singaporean government, and will be held at the Singapore EXPO Convention and Exhibition Center.   

The WA2020 signing ceremony, held on October 2, 2017 in Singapore, was attended by 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 WAS-Asian Pacific Chapter Past President, and Dr. Guillaume Drillet, WAS-Asian Pacific Chapter, President.

The First WA2020 steering committee meeting was held on the same day. Many stakeholders including international academic experts, industry and government representatives participated in the meeting, sharing their expertise and working together to organize the WA2020.