Please keep checking for further information about the program.

The Seafood Directions 2010 registration brochure is now available to download here.

Click here - to register for the conference.

4:00 - 5:00 Registration 5:00 - 7:00 Welcome Reception

8:30 - 9:30 Registration 9:00 - 9:10 Official Opening 9:10 - 9:20 Sponsors Address – Australian Government, Fisheries Research and Development Corporation 9:20 - 10:20 Keynote Presentation - Sourcing Seafood - Securing year round supply - Jason Plato, General Manager International Marketing, Sealord Group Pty Ltd 10:20 - 11:00 Morning Tea   Ocean to Plate - Assessing choices 11:00 - 11:30 Future Harvest: Strategies to increase economic yield and productivity of wild fisheries – Dr Caleb Gardner, Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, University of Tasmania 11:30 - 11:50 Local seafood swindles - the deception and failure of voluntary labelling - Rob Fish, Chair, Northern Territory Seafood Council & Katherine Sarneckis, CEO Northern Territory Seafood Council 11:50 - 12:10 Barriers and Drivers of the South Australian Food Service Sector's Purchase of Seafood – Dr Nick Danenberg, Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science 12:10 - 12:30 Review undertaken of fish sustainability schemes against the FAO guidelines on sustainability - Duncan Souter, CEO MRAG Asia Pacific Pty Ltd 12:30 - 1:00 Challenges for Marine Capture Fisheries - Professor George Kailis, The University of Notre Dame, Australia 1:00 - 2:30 Lunch   Capitalising on Supply Chain Initiatives 2:30 - 2:50 Australian Oyster Industry Supply Chain Analysis - Shane Comiskey, CDI Pinnacle Management Pty Ltd 2:50 - 3:10 Co-management an important cog in the supply chain – Stephen Bolton, Australian Fisheries Management Authority & Jeff Moore, Great Australian Bight Fishing Industry Association 3:10 - 3:30 Alternative Fuels for Fishing Vessels - Dr Laurie Goldsworthy, Australian Maritime College 3:30 - 4:00 Afternoon Break   People Development within Supply Chains 4:00 - 4:20 Connecting the Industry - Connecting the sectors - Leadership and Mentoring - Jill Briggs, Rural Training Initiatives 4:20 - 4:40 Maximising supply chain effectiveness - social research aspects of industry development, growth and resilience in changing market environments - Dr Kate Brooks, Social Sciences Research Co-Ordination Program 4:40 - 5:00 Conference Close Day 1 5:00 - 6:00 Conference happy hour drinks

8:30 - 9:00 Registration 9:00 - 10:00 Keynote Presentation - Taking the guesswork out of seafood sustainability - Chris Smyth, Australian Conservation Foundation 10:00 - 10:40 Morning Tea - Exhibition Area   Sustainable Business Practises 10:40 - 11:40 How sustainable practices can grow your business - Ralph Plarre, Ferguson Plarre Bakehouse 11:40 - 12:00 Sustainability within the Australian seafood Supply Chain: What does it mean? - Clare Winkel NCS International 12:00 - 12:20 Climate change legislation and its impact on the Seafood Industry - Rob Cawthorne - The Carbon Reduction Institute 12:20 - 2:00 Lunch   Sustainable Cuisine - Meeting Consumer Needs 2:00 - 2:30 Stephen Hodges – Chef, Fish Face Restaurant 2:30 - 3:10 Tom Kime – Chef & Author: Fish Tales 3:10 - 3:40 Afternoon Break 3:40 - 4:40 Panel Discussion -  The Future of Seafood 4:40 - 5:00 Conference Close - Minister's Closing Report 6:30 - 11:30 5th Australian Seafood Industry Awards

Workshops Fisheries Victoria - Victorian Commercial Fishing Statement of Intent 9am-12.30pm Room: Lake 2 Rural Training Initiatives - Learning about Mentoring 9am-4pm Room: Lake 4 Shark National Plan of Action Review Meeting 1pm-5pm Room: Lake 3