KEY SPEAKERS
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 Bill CarvalhoPresident, Wild Planet Foods, Inc. William Carvalho (53) is the founder and President of both Wild Planet Foods and Carvalho Fisheries which merged in 2008. Wild Planet Foods is a significant supplier of albacore tuna and is a leading brand of packaged sustainable seafood products. William is also the secretary and a director of the American Fisherman Research Foundation (AFRF)... more |
 Natalie WebsterDirector of Operations, American Albacore Fishing Association Natalie came from a fishing family dating back to the “pole & troll” tuna fishery in San Diego in the early 1900’s. Her father and grandfather were “pole & troll” tuna fisherman. Jack Webster, Natalie’s husband is a “pole & troll” albacore fisherman and they are both co-founders of the American Albacore Fishing Association (AAFA)... more |
 Joe HambyManaging Director Group of Tri- Marine International (PTE) Ltd. Joe Hamby is a first generation American, born and raised in San Pedro, California. His mother was born in Croatia and came to San Pedro as a child. His grandfather was a tuna fisherman and his grandmother a fish cleaner in Fish Harbor when San Pedro was home to 14 tuna canneries including the largest one in the world... more |
 Gorjan NikolikSenior Associate, Food & Agribusiness Research & Advisory, Rabobank Gorjan Nikolik holds a masters degree in Finance and Business Administration from the University of Maastricht and an MBA from Maastricht School of Management. Currently, he is an analyst at Rabobank International focusing on the global seafood sector including aquaculture, wild-catch and seafood trade and processing... more |
 Sari TolvanenOcean Campaigner, Greenpeace International Sari Tolvanen is an oceans campaigner for Greenpeace International based in Amsterdam. She is a marine biologist and commercial diver with research expertise in oceanography, benthic ecology and fisheries. Sari is from Finland where she worked as an oceans Campaigner for Greenpeace Nordic focusing on safe shipping and the establishment of marine reserves in European waters... more |
 Helga JosupeitFishery Industry Officer, Fish Utilisation and Marketing Service, FAO Helga Josupeit has a Master degree in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Cologne, Germany. Her involvement with fisheries started several years ago when she created an FAO databank on fisheries development projects. She is the author of several periodicals and books on international trade in fish and fishery products... more |
 Martin HallChief Scientist, Tuna-Dolphin Program, IATTC (Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission) Dr. Martin Alberto Hall is Chief Scientist and Head of the Tuna-Dolphin program of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) for the past 25 years. He has a Ph.D. in Fisheries from the University of Washington, Seattle and dedicated his academic work to the mitigation of accidental by-catch of non targeted species, such as marine turtles, during commercial fishing activities... more |
 Antonio OrsiniTuna Buyer, New England Seafood International Ltd. Antonio Orsini’s career in the seafood industry has spanned 11 years working in supply chains around the world. He has a wealth of knowledge gained from his experience in tuna farming in Turkey and Tunisia, Tuna Fishing projects in Libya and closer to home, seafood wholesaling in Europe. Antonio joined New England Seafood from Juan Roqueta... more |
 Patrick SavoureDirector, Seafood Business Unit of the Impress Group Patrick Savouré, 48 years old, graduated from ESC Lille, the Lille school of management, and is the Director of the Seafood Business Unit of the Impress Group. He has been working in the metal packaging industry and started his career with Cebal – Péchiney Group. His different responsibilities have covered sales and manufacturing of metal packaging... more |
 James JosephChairman, ISSF Scientific Committee Dr. Joseph was the driving force behind the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) for 35 years until his retirement as Director of the IATTC in 1999. He now serves as ISSF’s main point of contact with the scientific community studying tuna and related marine issues. Dr. Joseph also serves as an advisor and consultant to a number of governments, international organizations... more |
 Michel GoujonDirector, ORTHONGEL Dr. Michel Goujon is the Director of ORTHONGEL, the French tuna-boat owners association. As a Fishery scientist specialized in population dynamics (Master's degree and PhD), he regularily attends the scientific commissions of tuna RFMOs and has always been an active promoter of the dialogue between fishermen, scientists and other stakeholders... more |
 Pierre CommereSecretary General, Eurothon Pierre Commere (49) is Agronomy Engineer graduated from the Montpellier Sup Agro, as well as in International Management from the ESC Lyon (High School Of Commerce). Mr. Commere started his career in seed business (plant material for planting) in a subsidary company of ELF / SANOFI... more |
 Mr. Vittorio RamazzaInnovation Development Responsible at Coop-Italia Scarl Vittorio Ramazza works in the Quality Assurance department of Coop Italia. Actually he is working as Innovation Development Responsible. The job includes the participation to some Coop projects on subjects of large interest for Coop as: allergens, environmental aspects (“Coop for Kyoto”, LCAs on different products)... more |
| As well as the following key speaker (more information coming soon): |
| Mr. Barry Faure Seychelles Embassador in Brussels, Belgium |
| Information on more Key Speakers will follow shortly. |
| The Conference will be chaired by: |
 Adolfo ValsecchiCEO, MW Brands Chief Executive Officer (also Board member) – Mr. Adolfo Valsecchi Aged 66, Mr. Valsecchi has an engineering background. His professional life has been dedicated to the Seafood industry for more than 35 years. He ran the N° 2 Canned Seafood Business in Italy for more than 20 years and was an active member of several working groups in the EU Commission in Brussels. In 1996 he joined H.J. Heinz and in 1999 became Managing Director of the Heinz Seafood Business in Europe, today MW Brands. |
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Susan Jackson