TENTATIVE PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS


CHAIRMAN

IN-SOO CHO
PRESIDENT AND CEO
STARKIST CO., USA

 
Tuesday, 22 May, 2012
17.00 – 21.00 Registration  
Wednesday, 23 May, 2012   -   Day 1
07.30 – 09.00 Registration  
09.00 – 10.00 Opening ceremony  
 
  • Introductory remarks and welcome by Dr. Muhammad Ayub, Director, INFOFISH, Malaysia

  • Opening addresses
10.00 – 10.30 Keynote address by Conference Chairman, In-Soo Cho, President & CEO, Starkist Co., USA
10.30 – 10.45 Coffee break  
Session I:   Global and Regional Review
10.30 – 12.30 Overview of the global tuna resources, stock status, new management measures, challenges,
sustainability issues and future outlook (FAO, Italy)


Review from RFMOs on the effectiveness of their management measures

-     Glenn Hurry – Executive Director, WCPFC

-     Alejandro Anganuzi – IOTC

-     Guillermo Compean Jimenez – IATTC



Glenn Hurry

Alejandro Anganuzi

Guillermo Compean Jimenez
  Industry initiatives towards sustainable tuna industry (Susan Jackson, President ISSF)

Susan Jackson
12.45 – 14.00 Lunch Break  
Session II:   Sectoral and Regional Reviews
14.00 – 17.00 Can PNA dictate skipjack market? (Transform Aqorau, Director, PNA office )

Consolidation and acquisition in canned tuna industry and their impacts (to be confirmed)

Thai Tuna Industry – The New Challenges – Chanintr Chalisarapong, Chairman and Vice President of Tuna Processors’ Group, Thailand

Pole and line and Non-FAD tuna fishing – are these the best options for a sustainable industry?

        -     Pole and line fishing and sustainability of tuna industry (Victor Restropo, ISSF)

        -     Greenpeace’s view on pole and line and non-FAD tuna fishing policy (Mark Dia, Greenpeace, USA)

        -     Pole and line, Non-FAD and Purse Seine Fishing and Sustainability of Tuna Industry
              (William W. Fox, Vice President, Fisheries, WWF, USA)



Transform Aqorau

Chanintr Chalisarapong

Victor Restropo

Mark Dia

William W. Fox
  Purse seine fishing and Sustainability of Tuna Industry (WTPO)  
15.30 – 15.45 Coffee break  
15.45 – 17.00 The EU tuna industry-challenges and prospects
(Juan Vieites Baptista de Sousa, President, Eurothon and General Secretary, ANFACO, Spain)

Juan Vieites
Baptista de Sousa
  Is PNG a threat to the EU tuna industry? (Pedro Castillo Celso, President, Fishing Industry Association, PNG)

Pedro Castillo Celso
17.00 – 18.00 Panel discussion  
Thursday, 24 May, 2012  -  (Day 2)
Session III:   Global and Regional Tuna Trade and Markets
09.00 – 10.30

American Markets

  1. -    “Tuna the Wonderfish” campaign-its impact on the US canned tuna market (Dave Melbourne, Bumble Foods LLC, USA)

  2. -        US non-canned tuna market (Mike Walsh, Orca Bay Seafood, USA)

  3. -        The Canadian tuna market (Ron Schindler, Clover Leaf Seafood,Canada)

  4. -    Latin America’s potential as a major canned tuna bloc: challenges & dynamics (Dario Chemerinski, Calvo Group, Brazil)

  5. -    New products in the market (to be confirmed)



Dave Melbourne

Mike Walsh

Ron Schindler

Dario Chemerinski
  Panel Discussion  
10.30 – 10.45 Coffee break  
10.45 – 12.45

The European Markets

-    Impacts of Eurozone crisis on the EU tuna market (Adolfo Valsecchi, MW Brands)

  1. -    Global markets for eco-label tuna products and consumers’ affordability (Henk Brus, Pacifical c.v, Netherlands)

  2. -    The EU regulatory trade measures and market access (Luis Molledo, DG Mare, EU)

-    New products in the market (to be confirmed)



Adolfo Valsecchi

Henk Brus
  Panel Discussion  
12.45 – 14.00 Lunch Break  
14.00 – 15.30 Asia/ Pacific and Other markets  
 
  1. -    Post tsunami tuna trade in Japan (Kaimaki)

    2. -    Tuna trade in Asia (Fatima Ferdouse, INFOFISH, Malaysia)

    -     Unrest in the Arab world and its impacts on the Middle East canned una markets (Ziad Abdul Rahim Gulf Food Industries, UAE)



    Fatima Ferdouse

    Ziad Abdul Rahim
15.30 – 15.45 Coffee break  
15.45 – 17.00

-    New products in the Asia (to be confirmed)

-    African tuna industry (to be confirmed)

-    African tuna markets (to be confirmed)
 
  • Panel Discussion
  
Friday, 25 May, 2012  -  (Day 3)
Session IV:   Sustainability, Environment and Eco-labelling in the Tuna Industry
09.00 – 10.30

Overview of the existing Eco-labelling schemes for tuna

-    Bill Holden, Marine Stewardship Council, Australia

-     Paolo Bray, Friend of the Sea, Italy

-     Mark Berman, Earth Island Institute, USA

-    Benchmarking eco labeling schemes, William Emerson, FAO, Italy



Bill Holden

Paolo Bray

Mark Berman



William Emerson
 
  1. Reviews on the Eco-labels and impacts to tuna trade/ market

-     FAO, Italy 		 
10.30 – 10.45 Coffee break  
Session V:   Technical Session
  Carbon Footprint in the tuna industry (to be confirmed)
 
 
  1. Processing, value added and quality development (to be confirmed)
  
 
  1. Technology development on packaging & transportation (to be confirmed)
  
13.00 – 14.00 Panel Discussion  
  Closing  
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