Local solutions for global change

The AE2026 Industry Forum is at the interface of scientific knowledge and industry practice. The three sessions address freshwater, marine and shellfish – with short presentations and a moderated panel.

10:30 - 10:35 Welcome

by Nives Ogrinc, AE2026 Conference Chair

10:35 - 12:00 Freshwater aquaculture

Moderator: Jurica Jug-Dujakovic

Presentations:

• Andrea Fabris. Italian Fish Producers Association (API):
  Advanced and environmentally controlled production of trout using water recirculation systems.
• Ana Gavrilovic. EIFAAC Technical and Scientific Committee Member:
  Recent news related to the proposal of European Cormorant Management Plan.

Round Table: Andrea Fabris (API, Italy), Miha Štular (KGZS – Zavod Kranj, Slovenia), Matteo Leonardi (API, Italy), Ferenc Levai (Aranyponty Zrt. and MA-HAL, Hungary; FEAP vice president), Tomislav Slacanac (PP Orahovica, Croatia) and Pietro Volta (CNR-IRSA, Italy).

12:00 - 14:00 Lunch (on your own) and trade show visit

13:30 - 14:00: Digitalizing Seafood Traceability with the FishEUTrust Platform – DEMO presentation (BELIT, Serbia)

14:00 - 15:30 Marine aquaculture

Moderator: Luca Bargelloni

Presentations:

• Nuno Medina. AQUASORGAL, Portugal:
  Sustainable feed for marine aquaculture from feed supplier perspective.
• Adelchi Accini. Skretting Italia Spa, Italy:
  Management of emerging pathogens (related to climate change such as Lactococcus).

Round Table: Renata Baric (CROMARIS, Croatia), Adelchi Accini (Skretting Italia Spa, Italy), Nikos Papaioannou (CEO of Irida, Galaxidi, Greece), Rosvita Sitar (Veterinary Faculty of the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia), Simona Paolacci (AquaBioTech Group, Malta) and Nuno Medina (AQUASORGAL, Portugal).

15:30 - 16:00 Break

16:00 - 17:30 Shellfish

Moderator: Irena Fonda

Presentations:

• Stefano Carboni. International Marine Center, Italy:
  Research and industry partnership for European flat oyster production.
• Giuseppe Arcangeli. National Reference Center for Fish and Shellfish Diseases, Italy:
  Latest knowledge on mass mortalities in mussels.

Round Table: Lorenzo Gennari (AMA, Italy), Alessandro Gorla (Compagnia Ostricola Mediterranea, Italy), Diana Rico (YouSea Institute, Slovenia), Mato Franušic (MF Školjka, Croatia), Stefano Carboni (International Marine Center, Italy) and Giuseppe Arcangeli (Italian National Reference Center for Fish and Shellfish Diseases).