Americas Tuna Conference 2018

Conference Program

Day 1: Thursday, February 22nd, 2018


9:00	10:30	Session I – Opening Ceremony - Chair: Antonio Guerra Autrey
9:00	9:10	Opening Speech Chairman Antonio Guerra Autrey - Managing Director of Grupomar
9:10	9:30	Panamanian Tuna Fleet And Panama's Cooperation With Other Countries Zuleika Pinzón - General Administrator of the Aquatic Resources Authority of Panama (ARAP)
9:30	10:00	State Of The Stocks Guillermo Compeán - Director, Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)
10:00	10:10	Official Opening Ceremony Speech Minister Eduardo Enrique Carles - Minister of Agricultural Development of Panama (MIDA)
10:10	10:20	Panel discussion / Time for Questions
10:20	10:30	Traditional Panamanian Performance
10:30	11:00	Tour of the Exhibition & Coffee break
11:00	12:20	Session II - Macro Market Movements - Chair: Antonio Guerra Autrey
11:00	11:20	US And Mexico WTO Tuna Dolphin Arbitration Mario Aguilar Sánchez - Director of CONAPESCA, National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Mexico
11:20	11:40	How Irresponsible Buying Leads To Record Tuna Prices Henk Brus - Managing Director, Sustunable
11:40	12:00	IATTC: Towards An Economically Viable Model For Catch And By–Catch Reduction Guillermo Compeán - Director, Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)
12:00	12:20	Panel Discussion / Time For Questions
12:20	13:45	Lunch Break
13:45	15:10	Session III - Consumer Markets - Co-Chair: Mario Aguilar
13:45	14:10	The Legal Power Of US Consumers And Retailers To Sue The Big 3 Over Underfilling, Price Fixing And Collusion Christopher Lebsock - Partner at Hausfeld LLP Samantha Stein - Associate Attorney at Hausfeld LLP
14:10	14:30	The Latest Developments In The Mexican Consumer Market Antonio Guerra Autrey - Managing Director of Grupomar
14:30	14:50	Family Owned Tuna Companies, Their Successful Rise & Future Jose Antonio Zarzalejos - Partner at PwC \| Retail & Consumer Deals Leader
14:50	15:10	Panel Discussion / Time For Questions
15:10	15:40	Coffee Break
15:40	17:00	Session IV - Latin American Tuna Industry - Co-Chair : Mario Aguilar
15:40	16:00	The Rise of the Peruvian Tuna Industry Renato Bustamante - Commercial Manager Canned and Frozen Fish, Pesquera Hayduk S.A.
16:00	16:20	The Emerging Role Of Western Pacific Tuna In The Latin Markets Sancho Kim - Operation & Sales Manager, SILLA CO., LTD.
16:20	16:40	South American Markets
16:40	17:00	Panel Discussion / Time For Questions
17:30	19:30	Welcome Cocktail Party Offered By MIDA, Panama

Day 2: Friday, February 23rd, 2018


9:00	10:30	Session V - Regulations & Environmental Issues - Co-Chair: Alfonso Miranda Eyzaguirre
9:00	9:20	How International Ocean Governance Affects The Tuna Fleets Stefaan Depypere - DG MARE, Director for International Ocean Governance and Sustainable Fisheries, European Commission
9:20	9:50	The Do’s & Don’ts In Tuna Handling For Export To EU Paolo Caricato - DG SANTE, Deputy Head of Unit Food Hygiene, European Commission
9:50	10:10	Microplastics To Micronutrients: Shifting Away From Fear Towards Health Benefits Jogeir Toppe - Fishery Industry Officer at FAO
10:10	10:30	Panel discussion / Time for Questions
10:30	11:00	Coffee Break
11:00	12:40	Session VI - Certifications & FIPS - Co-Chair: Henk Brus
11:00	11:20	Global Growth In MSC Certified Tuna Jim Humphreys - Global Fisheries Coordinator, Marine Stewardship Council
11:40	12:00	MSC - The Emerging Tuna Industry Standard That Will Replace Dolphin Safe? Mariana Ramos Sanchez - Executive Director of the Pacific Alliance for Sustainable Tuna
12:00	12:20	Do FIPs Have A Future? Simon Bush - Professor and Chair of the Environmental Policy Group at Wageningen University
12:20	12:40	Panel Discussion / Time For Questions
12:40	14:00	Lunch Break
14:00	14:40	Session VII - Sustainability & Traceability - Co-Chair: Jose Antonio Zarzalejos
14:00	14:20	What Is A Reliable Chain Of Custody For Tuna Catch? Margreet Brinxma - Product Integrity Manager, Sustunable
14:20	14:40	How Tunacons Wants To Reach Sustainable Tuna Fisheries Guillermo Moran - Managing Director of Tuna Conservation Group (TUNACONS)
14:45	16:05	Session VIII - Technology - Co-Chair: Jose Antonio Zarzalejos
14:45	15:05	How Drone Technology Can Play A Future Role In Tuna Fishing Gabriel Gómez Celaya - General Manager, Marine Instruments
15:05	15:25	Detecting What The Human Eye Can’t See Hamish Wiig - Vice President of Global Sales, Peco InspX
15:30	16:00	EXCHANGING VIEWS - Panel Discussion On: How Do We See The Future Of Tuna Processing And Trade In The Americas?
16:00	16:05	Closing Speech

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