Time

Issue

Speaker

SESSION 1 : REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT & ROLE OF RESEARCH

08:30

Registration in Villa Pace Park Hotel Bolognese

09:15

Official Opening

09:30

Welcome by the President of the
Associazione Piscicoltori Italiani (API)

Dott. Pier-Antonio Salvador

09:40

 Opening remarks on Profet Policy

Mr Courtney Hough, project coordinator, FEAP

09:55

The importance of quality for the consumer

Dott. G. Fregolent, ICQ (Italy)

10:15

The quality of aquaculture products - influencing factors

Prof. B.M Poli, Università di Firenze

10:40

The producer's approach to quality assurance

Dott. Pier-Antonio Salvador, President of the API (Italy)

SESSION 2 : POLICY & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

11:30

The Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture

Mr Jean Weissenberger, DG MARE (European Commission)

11:50

 Aquaculture Standards - an advantage for the sector?

Mr David Bassett, BTA British Trout Association (UK)

12:10

Health management and regulatory issues

Dott. Donatella Capuano, Ministry of Health (Rome)

12:30

Regulatory factors that help or limit the development of freshwater aquaculture.
Case studies from Spain and Italy.

Mr Miguel Saura, ATRUGAL (Spain) & Dott. Antonio Trincanato, API (Italy)

12:50

Questions and Answers with Speakers of Sessions 1 & 2

SESSION 3 : RTD NEEDS RELATED TO EUROPEAN POLICY

14:30

AQUAETREAT &  AQUAGRIS projects -
Waste treatment and usage

Mr Vincenzo Zonno & Mr Rafaele Acierno, University of Salento (Italy)

15:00

The role of hatcheries in providing quality fish for freshwater aquaculture: FINEFISH

Mrs Stéphanie Fontagné, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (IMR-St-Pée, France)

15:20

Sustainable and healthy freshwater aquaculture: SUSTAINAQUA

Mrs Alexandra Oberdieck, project coordinator, ttz Bremerhaven (Germany)

15:40

Addressing welfare in fish culture - WELLFISH

Prof. M. Saroglia, University of Insubria (Italy)

SESSION 4 : RTD NEEDS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

16:30

Changing feeds - changing circumstances - a review
of feed developments and their effects on quality & development

Dott. Alberto Allodi, Skretting Italia

16:50

Sustainable feeds for fish farming - a review of progress and the issues: AQUAMAX

Prof. Oyvind Lie, Project coordinator, NIFES (Norway)

17:10

CONSENSUS - an approach to assuring sustainable aquaculture and its position with the consumer

Mr Alistair Lane, European Aquaculture Society

17:30

Questions and Answers with Speakers of Sessions 3 & 4

Conclusions of the first day

FRIDAY 17^th OCTOBER 2008

SESSION 5 : SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT

09:00

Review of alternatives - percid species LUCIOPERCIMPROVE
& PERCATECH

Prof. Patrick Kestemont, FUNDP (Belgium)

09:30

 AQUABREEDING - How can genetics help European aquaculture?

Dr. Hervé Chavanne, Project coordinator, Istituto Lazzaro Spallanzani (Italy)

09:55

Developments in freshwater sturgeon aquaculture

Dr. Paolo Bronzi, API - WSCS (Italy)

10:20

 Effective Knowledge Management - A Key challenge
for the sector 

Me Marieke Reuver, AQUA TT (Ireland)

10:40

Using better the knowledge of the professional
associations

Prof. Stefano Cataudella, University Tor Vergata (Italy)

SESSION 6 : FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS

11:30

A review of the FEUFAR project - a vision for the future of European aquaculture and fisheries

Dr. Luc van Hoof, Project coordinator, IMARES (Netherlands)

11:50

The European Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Platform - approach to quality issues

Mr. Courtney Hough, FEAP General Secretary

12:10

 Opportunities for RTD within the 7th Framework Programme

Mr. Courtney Hough, on behalf of Jacques Fuchs, DG MARE (European Commission)

12:30

Questions and Answers with Speakers of Sessions 5 & 6

Discussion with workshop participants

Moderated by Prof. Stefano Cataudella

Conclusions & recommendations of the workshop

Rapporteur