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2023 Program

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Program updated as of October 4th.

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Broad session themes include:

1. Advances in Enabling Emerging Technologies

– Improving fisheries data through cloud-based solutions.
– Efficient and cost-effective data transmission at sea.
– Automatic analysis of fisheries data through AI and ML, on the edge and on the cloud.
– Monitoring and reporting technologies at sea and at ports to counter IUU fishing, such as electronic monitoring.

2. Market Drivers Enabling Emerging Technologies

– Best practice standards for technology implementation, “What to confidently invest in?”.
– Innovative collaborations to counter-IUU fishing.
– Supporting interoperability for the adoption of EM and ER at scale.
– Securing safe and legal work at sea.

3. Building Resilience in Coastal Fisheries

– Monitoring small-scale and coastal fisheries for better fisheries management.
– From simple to complex, technologies for small-scale fisheries and resilient communities.
– Enabling and scaling responsible market access for small-scale fisheries through.
– Monitoring, traceability and other associated tech.

4. Scaling Emerging Technologies in Supply Chain Operations and Enabling Market Access

– Data ecosystems and infrastructure to support digital transformation and interoperable data exchange/flow.
– Advancing supply chain accountability through transparency and traceability from the point of catch to the marketplace.
– Harmonizing government and market requirements for fisheries tech.

5. Innovations in Bycatch Reduction and Reduced Habitat Impacts

– Technologies for bycatch reduction.
– Innovation in habitat protection.
– Technologies for supporting MPA management.

6. Innovations in Electronic Monitoring and Reporting

– Artificial intelligence / machine learning
– Satellite internet connectivity
– Edge computing

7. Special Sessions

– Special Sessions are opportunities for delegates to build out the subject, speaker line-up and format of session that is broadly in line with the conference theme.