BIT's 1st Annual World Congress of Mariculture and Fisheries 2012

All activities on Sep. 20th are supposed to be arranged on the "Bohai Sea Green Pearl Cruise Ship"

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Summit

Purpose of WCMF 2012 The purpose of the meeting is to start the process of developing a mechanism for investing in China enterprises in the aquaculture and fisheries sector. The meeting will achieve this purpose by: Bringing together potentially interested people who represent organization that are able to bring this about Highlighting the investment and developmental potential offered by the fisheries and aquaculture sector Examining the current situation – both in terms of access to investment and application of investment Identifying gaps and opportunities.

Event Report
BIT's 1^st Annual World Congress of Mariculture and Fisheries (WCMF-2012), successfully held in Dalian Bohai Sea Green Pearl Cruise Ship & Dalian World Expo Center, China on September 20-22, 2012. Totally, there were more than 300 participants have attended the WCMF-2012 Participants from academic, industrial professionals and key-decision makers delivered the new achievement on their research, together discussed and analysis the development of mariculture and fisheries. This well-organized annual conference, on one hand, provided a splendid informative platform for domestic researchers to communicate with international experts, offered excellent opportunities for domestic governors, enterprises, and institutes to seek cooperation, and on the other hand, promoted international exchanges and enhanced domestic scientific development in mariculture. Depending on the warmly support and good suggestions from all of the participants, we are confident in organizing WCMF-2013 which would be better and more successful than WCMF-2012. WCMF2012

Main Theme Forums
Track 01: Global Trend of Fisheries and Aquaculture	Track 04: Marine Ecosystems and Aquatic Environment Management
Track 02: Marine Fisheries/Aquaculture Science and Innovative Technologies of Sea Ranching	Track 05: Animal Health and Disease Control
Track 03: Seafood Species Aquaculture Sustainability

Keynote Speakers

Mr. Sturla Henriksen, Director General, Norwegian Shipowners' Association, Norway	Dr. Corrado Antonini, Chairman, Fincantieri, Italy
Dr. Noboru Ueda, Chairman and President, ClassNK, Japan	Mr. Oussama El Omari, Advisor, Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Jiahui Song, Security Director, China's Transportation Department of Transportation, China	Dr. Yuzhuo Si, Former President of Dalian Maritime University; A Member of Committee Maritime International
Dr. Liang Jun, Assistant of President, Zhangzidao Group CO., Ltd, China	Dr. Xavier T. Cherch, CEO, Aqua Biologics, Inc., USA

Renowned Speakers

	Dr. Chris Elvidge, Physical Scientist, Earth Observation Group, NOAA National Geographysical Data Center, USA		Mr. Ernest D. Papadoyianis, President, Organic Nutrition, LLC, USA
	Dr. David Gray, Professor and Director of the NAFC Marine Centre, NAFC Marine Centre, University of the Highlands and Islands, UK		Mr. Leonard Sonnenschein, President, Conservation for the Oceans Foundation, World Aquarium, USA
	Dr. Asbjorn Bergheim, Senior Researcher, IRIS - International Research Institute of Stavanger, Norway		Captain Charles Moore, Founder, Algalita Marine Research Foundation, USA

	Mr. Peter Bodeker, CEO, New Zealand Seafood Industry Council, New Zealand		Mr. Ernest D. Papadoyianis, President, Organic Nutrition, LLC, USA
	Dr. Michael R. Ferrari, Director of climate informatics and Senior Scientist, Computer Sciences Corporation, USA		Mr. Kieran Kelleher, Fisheries Team Leader, The World Bank, USA
	Dr. Victoria Alday-Sanz, Director, Pescanova, Spain		Mr. George Chiu, President, Luenthai Fishing Venture, Hong Kong
	Dr. Captain Charles Moore, Founder and Research Coordinator, Algalita Marine Research Foundation, USA		Dr. Sean Pascoe, Marine Resource Economist, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Australia
	Dr. Simone Panigada, Vice-President, Tethys Research Institute, Italy		Mr. Roger Adamson, Chairman, International Maritime Sales & Marketing Association, UK
	Dr. Tzachi M. Samocha, Professor, Texas AgriLife Research, AgriLife Research Mariculture Laboratory, Texas A&M University, USA		Dr. Konstantinos I. Stergiou, Professor and Director, Laboratory of Ichthyology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
	Dr. Ken Whelan, Adjunct Professor, University College Dublin, Ireland		Dr. Wenrui Huang, Professor, Florida A&M University-Florida State University, USA
	Dr. Bergljot Magnadottir, Professor, University of Iceland, Iceland		Dr. James F.R. Gower, Professor, University of Victoria, Canada
	Dr. Wu-Seng Lung, Professor, University of Virginia, USA		Dr. Marco Saroglia, Professor, University of Insubria, Italy
	Dr. Daniel Georgianna, Chancellor Professor, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA		Dr. Charles Gregory Lutz, Professor, Louisiana State University, USA