2020 Conference Program
2020 Seafood Expo North America Conference Program
*Schedule is subject to change. Additional sessions will be added as information becomes available.
Pricing:
Full Conference Passport: $450 (before March 15); $550
Limited Conference Passport: $250 (before March 15); $350
Exhibitors can upgrade their registration to include conference sessions for $99 by calling +1 508-743-8577.
Day 1
Mar 15 2020
Day 2
Mar 16 2020
Day 3
Mar 17 2020
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Room 151B
Michelle Cho
Anderson Cabot Center For Ocean Life NEA
Richard Stavis
Stavis Seafoods, LLC
Sheila Hemami
Draper
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – Plastics in Seafood Production and Consumption
Plastic is one of the most effective materials on the market for seafood production (fishing and farming gear) and packaging, but it has major drawbacks. It has the potential to...
Michelle Cho
Richard Stavis
Sheila Hemami
Seafood Trends in a Changing Environment
Mark will draw from Datassential's extensive resources to examine trends that are changing the way consumers eat seafood in the U.S. Specifically, he will identify health and wellness, technology, and other...
Mark DiDomenico
Keynote: The Economic Outlook – An Update
*Free and open to all* Chief Economist Dr. Lindsey Piegza will be back for another year to give an update on the pace of our economic recovery and what it...
Lindsey Piegza
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Room 155
Dr. Uma Naidoo
Massachusetts General Hospital, Instructor At Harvard Medical School
James Griffin
Chilean Salmon Marketing Council USA, Inc.
Free Sponsored Presentation: Seafood Consumption and Brain Health: What Research Suggests and Seafood Leaders Need to Know
Lunch provided Research suggests consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) including the omega-3’s found in Farmed Salmon can improve brain health. Recent studies have shown that diet can have a...
Dr. Uma Naidoo
James Griffin
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Room 153 A/B
Phil Walsh
Australis Aquaculture
Chuck Anderson
Seafood Analytics
Jonathan Deutsch
Drexel University
Pete Pearson
World Wildlife Fund
Jon Shirley
Sysco Corporation
Today’s Frozen Seafood and How to Sell it in North America
Fresh reigns supreme in seafood displays across America… should it? Given the protocols surrounding the harvesting and freezing of seafood today as compared to those of 20 years ago, the...
Phil Walsh
Chuck Anderson
Jonathan Deutsch
Pete Pearson
Jon Shirley
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Room 152
Worker Voice in the US and Beyond: Strategies for Change in the Seafood Industry
What role do direct organizing, certification, industry, and government groups have on addressing social and economic gaps in seafood? This panel helps answer that question and addresses barriers and solutions...
Rui Bing Zheng
Julie Kuchepatov
Dominique Gautier
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Room 151B
Riding the Wave: Global Seafood Financing Finally Gets its Due
Over the past year, one of the most marked changes for the global seafood and aquaculture marketplace is its ever-growing presence in the collective consciousness. A volatile trade environment, booming...
Roy Høiås
Howard Tang
Kristoffer Jordheim
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm
Room 153 A/B
Peter Quinter
GrayRobinson, P.A.
Jeffrey G. MARTINEZ-MALO
Indigo Seafood Partners, Inc.
Fred Rivera
All Ports
Winning the War for Your Changing International Supply Chain
As you know, the Trump Administration has assessed a 25% extra tariff on products from China to the United States, including a variety of seafood products. China has retaliated with...
Peter Quinter
Jeffrey G. MARTINEZ-MALO
Fred Rivera
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm
Room 151B
Cliff White
SeafoodSource.com
Sebastian Belle
Maine Aquaculture Association
Roger Berkowitz
Legal Sea Foods, LLC
Megan Davis
Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Stefanie Moreland
Trident Seafoods
How do we Increase Consumption in the U.S.– Is it Time to Revisit the Idea of a National Seafood Council?
The consumption of seafood in the United States has been held back by perception problems and lack of seafood literacy. Whether it's concern over the environment, the latest seafood safety...
Cliff White
Sebastian Belle
Roger Berkowitz
Megan Davis
Stefanie Moreland
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm
Room 152
Herman Wisse
The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative
Flavio Corsin
IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative
Bill DiMento
High Liner Foods
Judy Panayos
Sodexo
Public-Private Partnerships Towards More Sustainable Seafood for Everyone
Since its foundation, GSSI has fostered a close partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to build on its vision of more sustainable seafood for everyone....
Herman Wisse
Flavio Corsin
Bill DiMento
Judy Panayos
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Room 153 A/B
Katy Hladki
Global Seafood Assurances
Kelly Kryc
New England Aquarium
Sebastian Belle
Maine Aquaculture Association
Plenary: Seafood Industry and Climate Change: Victim? Hero? Or Both?
Climate change is one of the biggest issues facing our planet today. Some of the largest impacts of warming temperatures are seen in the oceans from reduced fish abundance and...
Katy Hladki
Kelly Kryc
Sebastian Belle
Free Sponsored Presentation: Diving 198,000 ft Beneath the Sea! Exploring Safety, Freshness and Market Opportunities for Seafood Products with High Pressure Processing (HPP)
The sea hosts a handful of curiosities in the Mariana Trench, the deepest point of the ocean at approximately 33,000 ft below sea level. Prior to the 1990’s, few thought...
9:15 am - 10:00 am
Room 153 A/B
Michael Tlusty
F3 Challenge Judge
Suresh Menon
Menon Renewable Products, Inc.
Karim Kurmaly
Vermaris
Jason Driskill
H-E-B
Clément Ray
Innovafeed
Free Sponsored Presentation: Sustainably Fed Fish: How New Feed Ingredients are Helping to Assure the Future of Seafood and Reaching Retailers
Light breakfast provided Each year, an estimated 16 million metric tons of wild forage fish—sardines, anchovies and menhaden—are caught for the exclusive purpose of feeding farm-raised fish. With aquaculture now...
Michael Tlusty
Suresh Menon
Karim Kurmaly
Clément Ray
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Room 153 A/B
Benjamin England
FDAImports.com, LLC
Domenic Veneziano
Veneziano Consulting LLC
Steven Wilson
NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service
Troy Petrillo
U.S. Food And Drug Administration OGROP/ORA/OEIO Division Of Northeast Imports
Jessica Rifkin
Benjamin L. England & Associates, LLC
FDA and CBP Seafood Compliance and Enforcement
The session will explore what FDA and Customs have accomplished over the prior year and what seafood processors and importers can expect in 2020. Further, speakers will discuss Customs’ increased...
Benjamin England
Domenic Veneziano
Steven Wilson
Troy Petrillo
Jessica Rifkin
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Room 152
Joel Baziuk
Global Ghost Gear Initiative
Pingguo He
University Of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Marcelo Hidalgo
Aquaculture Stewardship Council
Darian McBain
Thai Union
Christopher Marrie
Department Of Fisheries And Oceans Canada
Addressing Abandoned, Lost and Discarded Fishing Gear in the Aquaculture Sector
Abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear (ALDFG or "ghost gear") has been recognized over the last few years especially as one of the most harmful forms of marine debris, affecting...
Joel Baziuk
Pingguo He
Marcelo Hidalgo
Darian McBain
Christopher Marrie
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Room 151B
Linda Cornish
Seafood Nutrition Partnership
Jason Pride
Hy-Vee
Andrea Albersheim
Seafood Nutrition Partnership
Tom Brenna, PhD
Dell Medical School At The University Of Texas At Austin
Andrew Gruel
Slapfish Restaurant Group
Building Lifelong Seafood Consumers
The benefits of seafood for kids are big! Fish and shellfish supply the nutrients, vitamins and omega-3s essential for strong bones, brain development, and healthy heart and immune system. So...
Linda Cornish
Jason Pride
Andrea Albersheim
Tom Brenna, PhD
Andrew Gruel
11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Room 152
Mark Bowen
National Fisheries Institute
Bill DiMento
High Liner Foods
Guy Pizzuti
Publix
Lisa Weddig
National Fisheries Institute
“Chem-Free” Seafood and other Labeling Myths: A Discussion for Processors, Exporters, Importers and Buyers
Seafood buyers, using price as the only purchasing criteria, can become susceptible to misleading labeling practices and buy seafood that doesn't meet expectations. The panel members will explain the importance...
Mark Bowen
Bill DiMento
Guy Pizzuti
Lisa Weddig
11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Room 153 A/B
Michael McNicholas
Culinary Collaborations LLC
Roxanne Nanninga
Thai Union
Bryan Hitchcock
Institute Of Food Technologists
Justin Baugh
The Fishin' Company
Stephen Fisher
Sea Delight
Carrie Brownstein
Whole Foods Market
Britta Gallus
METRO AG
David Schorr
Global Dialogue On Seafood Traceability
Eric Enno Tamm
ThisFish Inc.
GDST 1.0 – Launching New Traceability Standards to Grow Our Industry
After three years of intensive work by more than five dozen leading seafood supply chain companies, the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability is proud to announce the release of groundbreaking...
Michael McNicholas
Roxanne Nanninga
Bryan Hitchcock
Justin Baugh
Stephen Fisher
Carrie Brownstein
Britta Gallus
David Schorr
Eric Enno Tamm
11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Room 151B
Global Sustainability Megatrends: Does Seafood Measure Up?
When it comes to addressing global sustainability challenges, how does the collective seafood industry stack up against other industries? These 'megatrends' - climate change, biodiversity and habitat loss, pollution, food...
Brian Perkins
Jack Scott
Eric Whan
12:45 pm - 1:30 pm
Room 155
Free Sponsored Presentation: Growing the Seafood Market with Blockchain
Blockchain has the potential to transform entire industries. Learn from various innovators in the seafood space about how they are leveraging blockchain to improve supply chains, engage consumers, and reinvent...
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Room 152
Tom Pickerell
Global Tuna Alliance
Robin Teets
NGO Tuna Forum
Winnie Yeh
World Economic Forum
Hugo Byrnes
Ahold Delhaize
The Global Tuna Alliance: Supporting the Delivery of the World Economic Forum Tuna 2020 Traceability Declaration
On June 5th, 2017, 66 companies, including retailers and other tuna supply chain businesses, signed the Tuna 2020 Traceability Declaration with the aim of stopping illegal tuna getting to market,...
Tom Pickerell
Robin Teets
Winnie Yeh
Hugo Byrnes
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Room 151B
Joe Cardenas
Aquaco, LLC
James MacKnight
Ideal Fish
Cliff White
SeafoodSource.com
Ohad Maiman
Kingfish Zeeland
J. Michael Mogollon
American Fresh Fillets LLC
RAS Project Development in the United States
While still small in size compared to major global players, the U.S. aquaculture sector is experiencing growth at all levels, from mom-and-pop sized aquafarms to massive projects such as Atlantic...
Joe Cardenas
James MacKnight
Cliff White
Ohad Maiman
J. Michael Mogollon
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Room 153 A/B
rick stein
FMI (Food Marketing Institute)
Steve Markenson
FMI (Food Marketing Institute)
David Wier
Meijer Inc.
Matt Brooker
The Fishin' Company
Guy Pizzuti
Publix
Power of Seafood 2020
The Power of Seafood 2020 documents the biggest trends in consumer purchasing and consumption of Seafood items at retail, its opportunity, image, store destination and above all, the ways in...
rick stein
Steve Markenson
David Wier
Matt Brooker
Guy Pizzuti
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Room 153 A/B
Caitlyn Mayer
Charleston Oyster Farm
Bill Walton
AU Shellfish Lab
Scott Simpson
The Depot
Laura Peet
Postelsia
Mary Smith
Inland Seafood
Swipe Right – What it Means to Know your Fisherman in 2020
Storytelling sells, and there's no better way to sell seafood than to share the story of who caught it or raised it. Although this isn't a new idea, there are...
Caitlyn Mayer
Bill Walton
Scott Simpson
Laura Peet
Mary Smith
Bringing Fisheries out of the Shadow: EJF’s Charter for Transparency
Our seas and oceans cover 70% of our planet and are a primary source of food protein for some 3.2 billion people around the world. Yet, they are in a...
Steven Trent
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Room 152
Glenn Delaney
Glenn Roger Delaney Consulting
Kerry Turner
U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service
Alexa Cole
National Marine Fisheries Service
Nina Young
National Marine Fisheries Service
Importing Seafood Under New U.S. Marine Mammal Bycatch Requirements
In just over a year, the anticipated U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act Import Provision will come into full force ushering in sweeping changes for all nations exporting fish and fish...
Glenn Delaney
Alexa Cole
Nina Young
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Room 152
Sarah Drew
James Beard Foundation
Rosanna Bernadette Contreras
Asian Seafood Improvement Collaborative
Jennifer Bushman
Route To Market
Darian McBain
Thai Union
Sarah Ecolano
Commercial Fishing, Alaska
Stories of Women In Seafood
Women play an increasingly significant role in the seafood industry, yet gender inequality remains a persistent challenge. Women represent over half of the seafood workforce in positions of leadership for...
Sarah Drew
Rosanna Bernadette Contreras
Jennifer Bushman
Darian McBain
Sarah Ecolano
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Room 151B
Peter Handy
Bristol Seafood
Lilani Dunn
Orca Bay Foods
Aron Levinson
Southwind Foods / Great American Seafood Imports Co.
Josephine Theal
Delaware North
Finding The Next Generation of Seafood Talent
What does the next generation of seafood talent look like? Where will new talent come from? How do we appeal to them? What are the types of jobs that are...
Peter Handy
Lilani Dunn
Aron Levinson
Josephine Theal
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Room 153 A/B
Jill Kauffman Johnson
Corbion
Vidar Gundersen
BioMar
Alf-Gøeran Knutsen
Kvaroy Fiskeoppdrett AS
Allan LeBlanc
Calysta
Clément Ray
Innovafeed
Supply Chain Collaboration Catalyzing Change in Aquaculture – Alternative Feed Ingredients Drive Innovation in Seafood Sustainability
The aquaculture industry is at a critical juncture. Supplying nutrient-rich, sustainable seafood to meet increasing consumer demand – with a finite amount of resources – has challenged stakeholders across the...
Jill Kauffman Johnson
Vidar Gundersen
Alf-Gøeran Knutsen
Allan LeBlanc
Clément Ray
What’s In Store for Retail Seafood
Steve will provide a detailed overview of proprietary fresh seafood sales performance as reported in the Nielsen database of approximately 18,000 US supermarkets, club stores and mass merchandisers. He will...
Steve Lutz
8:45 am - 9:45 am
Room 151B
Kristine Beran
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Chris Chase
SeafoodSource
Jen Cole
FishWise
Bradley Soule
OceanMind
Guillermo Moran
Tuna Conservation Group
How Government Can Tackle Illegal Fishing, Safety and Labor Issues in the Supply Chain
Public awareness and outcry over illegal fishing practices and labor abuse on certain fishing fleets has led to increased scrutiny and placed undue burden on seafood supply chains to resolve...
Kristine Beran
Chris Chase
Jen Cole
Bradley Soule
Guillermo Moran
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Room 151B
Elizabeth Sertl
GS1 US
Thomas Burke
Institute Of Food Technologists
Peter Larkins
Trace Register Inc.
Jesse Latham
Vericatch
Eric Enno Tamm
ThisFish Inc.
Leading Seafood Traceability Platforms Just Got Interoperable: Find Out How and Why!
Because of interoperability standards, Email senders don't need to ask a recipient what system they use. Why should seafood traceability be any different? With growing consumer demand for authentication and...
Elizabeth Sertl
Thomas Burke
Peter Larkins
Jesse Latham
Eric Enno Tamm
10:00 am - 12:15 pm
Room 152
George Chamberlain
Global Aquaculture Alliance
Travis Larkin
The Seafood Exchange
Annual Shrimp Forum
For the second consecutive year, the Global Aquaculture Alliance will lead a series of presentations on farmed shrimp, America's No. 1 seafood. The presentations will focus on the latest innovations...
George Chamberlain
Travis Larkin
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Room 153 A/B
Penelope Wasserman
Changing Tastes
Neel Inamdar
Wilderness Markets LLC
Marie Molde
Changing Tastes
steven petusevsky
Changing Tastes
Arlin Wasserman
Changing Tastes
Wild and Farmed….The New Conventional Wisdom
Wild, farmed? Manufactured or brewed? Contrary to the conventional wisdom, this perennial question actually remains unanswered by American consumers. This session will feature results from an unprecedented new insights study...
Penelope Wasserman
Neel Inamdar
Marie Molde
steven petusevsky
Arlin Wasserman
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Room 153 A/B
Mary Smith
Inland Seafood
Steven Finn
Leanpath
John Hanselman
Vanguard Renewables
Michael Nelson
GW Fins Restaurant
Keith Singleton
Alaskan Leader Seafoods - Value Added Division
From Scales to Sales – Turning Fish Waste into Profit
If your job places you at the intersection of sustainability and business, you're constantly tasked with the difficult challenge of showing ROI for the work you do. Nowhere is it...
Mary Smith
Steven Finn
John Hanselman
Michael Nelson
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Room 151B
Richard Stavis
Stavis Seafoods, LLC
Helen Packer
Anova Food USA
Peter Handy
Bristol Seafood
Luke Holden
Luke's Lobster
Darian McBain
Thai Union
Setting Corporate Social Responsibility Goals to Match your Company’s Size, Culture and Ambitions
What is Corporate Social Responsibility? Is it the heart and soul of a company or a strategy to protect shareholder value? CSR is vital for start-ups seeking financing and publicly...
Richard Stavis
Helen Packer
Peter Handy
Luke Holden
Darian McBain