Wednesday 22 September 2010

Day 1 Wednesday 22 September 2010
SESSION 1:	INTRODUCTION AND OPENING
08.45 – 09.30	Opening ceremonies Welcome Remarks - Dr Somying Piumsombun, Director General, Department of Fisheries, Thailand - Assistant Director General, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, FAO of the UN - Director General Sena De Silva, Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia and the Pacific Opening of the Conference by Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand
09.30 – 10.15	Opening Keynote Address 1: Aquaculture and sustainable nutrition security in a warming planet – Professor Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan (India)
10.15 – 11.00	Opening Keynote Address 2: Global aquaculture development since 2000: progress made in implementing the Bangkok Declaration and Strategy for Aquaculture Development Beyond 2000 – Mr Jiansan Jia (FAO)
11.00 – 11.30	Coffee break
SESSION 2:	REGIONAL AND GLOBAL REVIEWS ON AQUACULTURE
11.30 – 12.00	Sub-Saharan Africa – Dr Benedict Satia (USA)
12.00 – 12.30	Asia-Pacific – Dr Sena De Silva (Thailand)
12.30 – 13.00	Europe – Dr Laszlo Varadi (Hungary)
13.00 – 14.30	Lunch break - Sponsored by Intervet Schering - Plough Animal Health
14.30 – 15.00	Latin America and the Caribbean – Dr Carlos Wuman (Chile)
15:00 – 15.30	Near East and North Africa – Dr Issam Krouma (Syria)
15.30 – 16.00	North America – Dr Paul Olin (USA)
16.00 – 16.30	Coffee break
16.30 – 17.15	Global aquaculture development: a comprehensive analysis – Dr Imtiaz Ahmad (USA)
17.15 – 17.50	Plenary Discussion
18.00 – 20.00	Side Event 1: GTZ and FAO - Improving sustainability of seafood production and trade:opportunities and challenges Side Event 2: Thai Department of Fisheries in collaboration with the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs and FAO - Aquaculture Industry Dialogue