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The ISS requires $150 K in sponsorship in addition to the $50 K seeding funding provided by Business Events Tasmania. To date we have a number of smaller sponsors and local aquaculture businesses supporting us through exhibitor stands.

As a Silver Sponsor, the FRDC will receive three complementary full registrations, plus conference dinner tickets, and a range of promotional materials including mention at the opening and closing ceremonies, and online visibility. Please see the attached document for a full list of entitlements that the FRDC will receive.

The 5 x industry bursaries will support key people, that have been identified by the International Seaweed Symposium organizing committee, to share their knowledge and experience with Australian seaweed industry representatives. The ISS committee and the conference organizers (Conference Design) will oversee the implementation of the bursaries. Names of people identified as prospective FRDC bursary recipients are listed in the attached document.

Output & Outcomes
Outputs may be knowledge, skills, process, practices, items/artefacts, publications, workshops, models, or technology that when adopted, will contribute to planned outcomes

The expected outcomes of sponsorship for the ISS are new national and international collaborations, new alliances, new ideas on how to progress the seaweed industry in Australia, identify new markets, increase investment into the Australian seaweed sector, and launch the emerging Australian seaweed industry into the global arena.

The major output from the conference is the Proceedings of the 24th International Seaweed Symposium, which is a substantial volume that contains peer-reviewed publications arising from conference presentations.

Extension

The legacy of the ISS in Tasmania, Australia, will be global recognition of seaweed research and development in this region, and the unique systems and seaweed flora that Australia has to offer. When held in regions where a seaweed industry is at an early stage (e.g. Chile 1995), the ISS has been pivotal in helping realize the full potential of the industry. Extension will, therefore, be through the transfer of new knowledge and skills that are gained at the ISS to Australian businesses and communities and raise awareness of the seaweed industry through media outlets and engagement with end-users.

Report

Report • 2024-07-25

2022-014-ISS Conference Summary.pdf

PROJECT NUMBER • 2024-043

PROJECT STATUS:

CURRENT

Southern Ocean Industry attendance at 3rd Kerguelen Plateau Symposium - bursary

ORGANISATION:

Australian Longline Fishing Pty Ltd

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FRDC Sponsorship International Symposium for Genetics in Aquaculture XIII

Project number: 2018-001

Project Status:

Completed

Budget expenditure: $21,600.00

Principal Investigator: Dean Jerry

Organisation: James Cook University (JCU)

Project start/end date: 14 Jul 2018 - 19 Jul 2018

Contact:

FRDC

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The International Symposium for Genetics in Aquaculture (ISGA) is a triennial premier aquaculture event that brings together globally leading researchers, industry, and students who are interested in the application of genetics to the improvement of aquaculture production and sustainability. The conference is held on a different continent every 3 years and in 2018 the event will be held in Cairns, Queensland 15-20th July. The event usually attracts between 200-300 delegates. In 2018, the focal theme of the conference will be around industry implementation and practice of genetics into industrial aquaculture. As chair of ISGAXIII I am seeking sponsorship from FRDC to help support holding this premier event in Australia (only the second time it has been held here). Sponsorship will be used to support travel costs for an internationally renowned plenary speaker in the application of biotechnology and synthetic biological solutions to future aquaculture production (i.e CRISPR/TALEN gene editing, RNAi etc), to provide bursaries for participants from Australian industry/researchers to attend the conference and to cover costs associated with an industry tour to showcase to delegates examples of Australian tropical aquaculture. Sponsorship will be acknowledged through the display of FRDC's logo on relevant conference promotional material, in thanking of all sponsors, and at the start of the plenary speakers talk. There will also be provision for material to be in handouts for conference delegates. information on the conference can be found at the website https://www.jcu.edu.au/international-symposium-of-genetics-in-aquaculture

Objectives

1. Bring a expert speaker to Australia to present on the future of synthetic biological technologies to the aquaculture industry

2. Offer opportunity for Australian industry to be exposed to the use of genetics and where the field is going relevant to aquaculture

3. Expose an international audience to several examples of Australia's best-practice aquaculture industries

Final report

ISBN: 978-0-9954471-5-8

Author: Dean Jerry

Final Report • 2018-11-02 • 715.80 KB

2018-001-DLD.pdf

Summary

The conference showcased to industry not only the frontiers of genetic research when applied to aquaculture, but also how the global aquaculture industry is adopting genetics to improve productivity and some of the challenges they have faced and overcome. it provided an opportunity for the Australian industry to be exposed to genetics and how it is being used in aquaculture will raise awareness of its potential use in Australian industries.

PROJECT NUMBER • 2022-056

PROJECT STATUS:

COMPLETED