Preliminary Program
The European Tuna Conference Brussels will take place on Monday, April 21st 2008 (the day before the European Seafood Exhibition), from 09.00 to 18.00 hours at the Sheraton Brussels Hotel & Towers.
The Conference Center, located on the 2nd floor of the Sheraton, will be open as of 08.00 hours on the conference day.
The full one-day event includes a network lunch held in the Sheraton’s Conference Center Foyer and a cocktail party on the hotel’s top floor Horizon room.
The conference speeches will all be given in the English language.
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| PRELIMINARY PROGRAM | ||||||||||
| Morning | TODAY'S STATE & OUTLOOK OF THE WORLD TUNA STOCKS | |||||||||
| 8:00 | 9:00 | Registration & Welcome Coffee at the Conference Center's Foyer, 2nd Floor | ||||||||
| 9:00 | 9:10 | Opening of the Conference | Chairman Juan Corrales | |||||||
| 9:10 | 9:40 | Current State of World Tuna Stocks | Dr. Alain Fonteneau | |||||||
| Scientist at IRD - France | ||||||||||
| 9:40 | 10:10 | Tuna Farming - Latest Developments | Mr. Roberto Mielgo | |||||||
| Director Advanced Ranching Technologies SL | ||||||||||
| 10:10 | 10:30 | Tuna Hatching - Science | Mr. Antonio Garcia | |||||||
| Scientist at Spanish Institute of Oceanography | ||||||||||
| 10:30 | 10:50 | Refreshment / Coffee Break at the Conference Center's Foyer, 2nd Floor | ||||||||
| Late Morning | SUSTAINABLE STOCK MANAGEMENT & GREEN MARKETING OF TUNA | |||||||||
| 10:50 | 11:20 | Future of World Tuna Stocks - WWF | Mrs. Katherine Short | |||||||
| Fisheries Officier of World WildLife Fund | ||||||||||
| 11:20 | 11:50 | PANEL DISCUSSION on Future of Tuna | Speakers' Panel | |||||||
| Stocks | ||||||||||
| 11:50 | 12:10 | Eco-Labeling - in the European Union | Mrs. Marie Cristine Monfort | |||||||
| Consultant of International Seafood | ||||||||||
| Marketing | ||||||||||
| 12:10 | 13:30 | Network Lunch at the Conference Center's Foyer, 2nd Floor | ||||||||
| Afternoon | RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE'S TUNA MARKET SEGMENTS | |||||||||
| 0:00 | Start Afternoon Session | Chairman Henk Brus | ||||||||
| 13:30 | 13:50 | ULT Tuna an Alternative for Smoked Tuna? | Mr. Stavros Tripis | |||||||
| Founder Tuna Temple Inc. - Canada | ||||||||||
| 13:50 | 14:10 | EU Fresh and Frozen Tuna Markets | Mr. Henk Brus | |||||||
| Founder & Managing Director of Atuna B.V. | ||||||||||
| 14:10 | 14:30 | EU Heat Preserved Tuna Markets | Mr. Juan Corrales | |||||||
| CEO of Conservas Isabel de Galicia | ||||||||||
| 14:30 | 14:50 | Election Best Tuna Video Commercial | Mr. Henk Brus | |||||||
| Founder & Managing Director of Atuna B.V. | ||||||||||
| 14:50 | 15:05 | PANEL DISCUSSION | Speakers' Panel | |||||||
| Mid Afternoon | EU DUTIES AND QUOTAS ON TUNA - STATUS & FUTURE PROSPECTS | |||||||||
| 15:05 | 15:25 | Refreshment / Coffee Break at the Conference Center's Foyer, 2nd Floor | ||||||||
| 15:25 | 15:45 | EU Tuna Duties & Quota's | Mr. Juan Ronco | |||||||
| Administrator of EU Fisheries Directorate | ||||||||||
| 15:45 | 16:05 | A New Regulatory Enviroment for | Dr. Dan Horovitz | |||||||
| EU - Asean Canned Tuna Trade | ||||||||||
| 16:05 | 16:20 | PANEL DISCUSSION | Speakers' Panel | |||||||
| Late Afternoon | FUTURE TUNA PROCESSING INNOVATIONS & TRENDS | |||||||||
| 16:20 | 16:40 | Innovations in Fresh & Frozen | Mr. Bernard Leveau | |||||||
| General Director of Multivac France | ||||||||||
| 16:40 | 17:00 | Innovations in Heat Preserved Tuna | Mr. Adrian Carill | |||||||
| Packaging | Commercial Manager of Hermasa Canning | |||||||||
| Technology | ||||||||||
| 17:00 | 17:20 | The Future Price Trends for Tuna | Mrs. Helga Jospeit | |||||||
| Industry Officer of FAO Fishery Industries | ||||||||||
| Division | ||||||||||
| 17:20 | 17:35 | PANEL DISCUSSION & CLOSING | Speakers' Panel | |||||||
| 17:45 | 18:45 | Cocktail Party at the Horizon Room, Sheraton's 30th Floor | ||||||||
For more information please contact: europeantunaconference@atuna.com
