The preliminary program has been announced and registration has opened for Aquafeed Horizons Asia ‘08, a symposium to be held March 6, 2008, during Victam Asia 2008, at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand.

“We are honored that Dr. Juadee Pongmaneerat, Senior Expert in Aquatic Animal Nutrition at Thai Department of Fisheries will open the workshop as she did last time in Bangkok”, Suzi Fraser Dominy, Publisher of Aquafeed.com, the workshop organizers said.

Her keynote address on aquafeed and aquaculture production and policies in Thailand will kick-off a packed day of presentations.

Dr. Dean Akiyama, Senior VP Charoen Pokphand Indonesia, Aquafeed Technology and Dr. Warren Dominy, Director, Aquatic Feed & Nutrition Department, Oceanic Institute, Hawaii will chair the one day meeting that will be strongly technical and will cover feed processing technology and cutting edge ingredient solutions to meet the challenges facing the industry in Asia Pacific.

Confirmed Speakers include:
 Dr. Juadee Pongmaneerat, Dept. of Fisheries, Thailand
 Dr. Andrew Moore, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, U.K.
 Dr. Peter Coutteau, Inve, Belgium
 Dimitri Sclabos, Sclabos Consulting, Chile
 Galen Rokey, Wenger Manufacturing, Inc., USA
 Joe Kearns, Wenger Manufacturing, Inc., USA
 Will Henry, Extru-Tech, Inc., USA
 Dr. Vincent Fournier, Aquativ, France

Topics include:
 Aquafeed and aquaculture production and policies in Thailand
 Pheromone-based feeding attractants for sustainable aquaculture
 Promoting animal health through feed
 Improving palatability in shrimp feeds
 Starter diet production technology
 Ingredient trends and effects on extrusion process
 Technical advances in extruded shrimp

The symposium, “Aquafeed Horizons Asia 2008”, is the third Aquafeed.com conference in association with Victam international, and the second at Victam Asia, the region’s leading feed show.

The preliminary program, sponsorship information, registration form and brochure are now available on the conference website at: www.aquafeed.info or contact: conferences@aquafeed.com.

Held every other year, Victam Asia is the premier event for the feed industries in Southeast Asia. You can view information on Victam Asia 2008 here.