Dear Seafood Technology Professional:
Make plans now to attend the 52^nd Annual Atlantic Fisheries Technology
Conference at the Portland Regency Hotel in Portland, Maine on November
4-7, 2007. The theme for our conference is Enhancing Seafood Choices:
Quality, Technology and Products. Registration is now open and the
abstract deadline for oral or poster presentations has been extended to
September 24. Hotel reservations must be made by October 7 in order to
quality for the special conference rate. More information is provided at
http://www.aftc.ca <http://www.aftc.ca/>. A special Lobster dinner is
planned for Monday evening featuring a cultural program by the Maine
Lobster Institute. We hope you are able to join us for this unique
industry/government/academia program.
Denise Skonberg
2007 AFTC Conference Chair
*Preliminary Program*
* *
*/Opening Session - Seafood Choices, a Consumer's Perspective/*
Keynote: Karen Brunsø, Aarhns Business School
* Balancing benefits and risks
* Wild versus cultured fish and seafood
* Convenience and year-round availability
*/Seafood Quality and Aquaculture Products/*
Keynote: Ross Butler, Vice-President Newfoundland Operations, Cooke
Aquaculture, New Brunswick, Canada
* Reducing stress on fish at harvest
* Molecular techniques for monitoring seafood safety
* Authenticity testing and traceability implementation
*/Seafood Processing and Preservation Technology/*
Keynote: Paw Dalgarrd, Senior Scientist, Danish Institute for Fisheries
Research, Danish Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark
* Post-harvest handling, processing and distribution systems
* Establishing quality control and safety programs
* Innovative packaging and preservation technology
*/Seafood Products and Ingredient Technology/*
Keynote: Hélèn Jacques, INAF, Quebec, Canada (Invited)
* Functional fish proteins and lipids
* High value functional and nutraceutical by-products
* Improving human health and well-being
*/Special Government-Industry Round Table/*
· An update and discussion of the 4^th Edition of the US FDA Fish
and Fishery Products Hazards Guide will be given followed by questions
and answers from a panel of distinguished government and industry
representatives.
*/
Special Industry Forum on Product Commercialization/*
· A step-wise approach for commercialization of new products will
be presented by industry professionals followed by questions and answers
from a panel of distinguished industry and academic representatives.**
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