Program announced for Aquafeed Horizons Asia 2015; registration open

BANGKOK - Sept. 30, 2015 - PRLog -- The program for the next aquafeed.com conference, Aquafeed Horizons Asia 2016 has been published. The 9th edition of the technical conference for aquafeed professionals will take place at the bitec, bangkok, on March 29, 2016. It will be in english with simultaneous interpretation into Thai.

The conference, which draws the aquafeed industry together from throughout asia pacific and beyond, focuses on advances in feed processing and formulation that bring practical solutions to the commercial aquaculture feed sector.

Early Bird registration is now open and offers a discounted registration fee in addition to group and other discounts. Special rates are also available for students and thai speakers.

"We are grateful to Buhler, Nutriad, Olmix and Wenger for stepping forward to support this year's conference as sponsors", said Suzi Dominy, Aquafeed.com's publisher and the conference organizer. "We applaud their commitment to helping us bring information and knowledge to this specialized and vital sector of the aquaculture industry; they help us reach more people who can benefit from the expertise our presenters bring".

Program

~ Welcome
Dr. Juadee Pongmaneerat, Thai Department of Fisheries and Suzi Dominy, Publisher, Aquafeed.com

~Interactions of extrusion and ingredients for aquatic feeds
Joseph P. Kearns, Vice President Aqua-Feed Div., Wenger Manufacturing, Inc., USA

~ Extrusion technology
Urs Wuest, Director Market Segment Aquafeed, Bühler AG, Switzerland

~ Pre-processing of feedstuffs to improve their feeding value for aquaculture feeds
Dr. Dominique P. Bureau, Professor, University of Guelph, Canada

~ GART as a platform to investigate disease control strategies against ahpnd/ems in shrimp
Dr. ir. Margriet Drouillon, Business Developer Aqua UGent, Belgium

~ Advances in amino acid nutrition of shrimp
Dr. Alexandros Samartzis, Regional Technical Sales Manager, Evonik (SEA), Singapore

~ Experimental evidence for the role of feed additives in aquaculture
Clément Soulet, Product manager – Palatants & Aquaculture, PANCOSMA SA, Switzerland

~ Effect of an algae-clay based biocatalyst on the digestive and growth performance of juvenile shrimp (litopenaeus vannamei)
Marie Gallissot, Technical Supervisor, Olmix, France

~ Feed for the future: the challenges and opportunities for a better and sustainable aquaculture industry
Dr. M A Kabir Chowdhury, Global Product Manager - Aquaculture, Jefo Nutrition Inc., Canada

~ Functional feeds – bad bug busters to reduce the impact from disease in farmed fish and shrimp
Dr. Peter Coutteau, Business Unit Manager – Aquaculture, Nutriad International NV, Belgium

Registration and more information is available on the conference website: http://www.feedconferences.com.