Information The Middle East Aquaculture Forum (MEAF) has been created to bring together aquaculture experts from the Middle East, to showcase the latest products and offer industry professionals a state-of-the-art platform to interact. The Organising Committee would like to invite all ME producers/farmers, suppliers, and other industry professionals to the DWTC, Dubai, UAE to attend this unique forum. “Towards Sustainable aquaculture in the Middle East” will be the leitmotif of this first edition, which will focus on vital industry issues affecting the key Middle East aquaculture producing countries. Activities will include specific topical industry sessions, technical sessions, facilitated workshops and panel discussions. Industry professionals will be able to interact and network in designated meeting space. MEAF will provide a unique networking platform for aquaculture academic and industry experts from the Middle East. Industry authorities and academics will jointly address some of the major topics in aquaculture, such as: Shrimp (Health, Breeding and genetics, Production systems and nutrition), Fish (Health, Breeding and genetics, production systems and nutrition), Rabbitfish, Arid land aquaculture, RAS, and New species in the Middle East. The importance of a Middle East aquaculture networking forum has been acknowledged by a broad range of industry experts, as there are: Dr Imad Patrick Saoud, Dr Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar, Dr Fahad Saleh Ibrahim, Dr. Wenresti G. Gallardo, Dr. Jean-Yves Mével, Dr Marcell Boaventura, Dr Peter Pesch, Dr Hesham Hassanien, Dr.Hussein Elghobashy. Plenary speaker Ahmad Al Ballaa (MD of National Aquaculture Group and Chairman, Saudi Aquaculture Society): Aquaculture has a pivotal role to play in global food future. Conservative estimates indicate that output from aquaculture must at least double to meet the demand for aquatic protein by 2050. With a current population of more than 400 million, the Middle East region has an increasingly important role to play in this future, on both the demand and the supply side. In order to meet that future opportunity, we must however develop aquaculture responsibly. Contributions at MEAF from world renowned experts and local farmers on their hard earned lessons in issues such as rearing practices, disease management, diversification and markets will provide valuable information which will dramatically shorten the costly learning curve for new ventures in the region. This forum will be the first of many such meetings that will offer a important and timely opportunity for researchers, governments and investors to jointly develop a roadmap for sustainable aquaculture in the region. MEAF15, the forum where Middle East Aquaculture Experts will discuss the future of sustainable aquaculture in the Middle East, includes: - Biosecurity: Dr Melba Reantaso (FAO) will deliver the keynote in the health session chaired by Dr Victoria Alday. All Middle East Aquaculture Experts and government delegates are invited to participate in the round table discussion: “Biosecurity: developing a regional aquatic initiative”. - Nutrition: Dr Albert Tacon will give a plenary presentation on ‘Future feeds for a growing aquaculture sector in a hungry world”, with Dr Muhammed Alsaiady from Arasco feed company delivering the keynote presentation of the nutrition session. - Industry: Eng. Ahmad Al Ballaa will give a plenary presentation on the first day of the event. - Synbiotics and probiotics: Prof. Einar Ringo will give the keynote presentation showing the latest results in this field. - Outlook of Aquaculture in the Region: latest updates will be provided by Dr Haydar Alsahtout. - Dr Farshad Shischensian (President Asia Pacific Chapter of the World Aquacultue Society) will talk about: “The status of shrimp farming and new advance systems in Asia”. - Dr Sherif Sadek will deliver a talk on “The concept of integration of aquaculture and agriculture in the Middle East”. This presentation will focus on the culture of various species using fresh ground water (tilapia/catfish/carp/freshwater prawn) and/or brackishwater (red tilapia/blue tilapia/seabream/seabass/shrimp). The Middle East Aquaculture Forum, Dubai, 5-6 April 2015 will be hosting workshops, industry presentations and an exhibition for aquaculture suppliers and producers.and is sponsored by the European Aquaculture Society (EAS) and the World Aquaculture Society (WAS), with the Arab Aquaculture Society (AAS), the Pakistani Aquaculture Society (PAS) and the Saudi Arab Aquaculture Society (SAAS) as affiliate sponsors. All these societies are welcome to hold their annual meeting at MEAF15 and invite all their members to Dubai to join this unique forum. Important Dates: Call for Abstracts: Deadline: 15 February 2015 Advanced Registration is recommended and available online starting 15 October 2014 Early Bird Registration Deadline: 15 February 2015 Download the registration form and submit it by email to: [email protected] ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Oral presentations should not exceed 15 minutes for presentation, with an additional 5 minutes for questions. Oral presentations should be in Power Point. Presentations in another format will NOT be accepted. All participants must pay their own registration, lodging and travel expenses. The Middle East Aquaculture Forum (MEAF) cannot authorize the allowance or exemption from such costs. The first author of an abstract must be registered at the Forum and can only be first author on one abstract. However, authors can be co-authors on several abstracts. Invited speakers must be first authors on the abstract of their presentation. By submitting an abstract, the authors certify that their work complies with the ethical guidelines for human and animal research. Title The abstract title is printed in CAPITAL LETTERS, with the exception of scientific names which should be upper/lower case and italicized. Scientific names should not be preceded or followed by commas or parentheses or other markings. Words of the title are used for abstract indexing. Therefore, you should avoid “meaningless” words and non-standard abbreviations. Use lower case, except for standard abbreviations. The title must be in one paragraph. Maximum length: 20 words. Author(s) The first name should be the presenting author. Use “,” after the presenting author. Type only the presenting author’s institution, address and email. Type in regular upper/lower case. Abstract length Abstract length is limited to 300 words. Use single spacing and a 12 point character font. If your abstract is too long, you will be instructed to reduce the number of characters /words, until your submission complies with the required abstract length. Greek characters and symbols You may use Greek characters or special symbols. Unusual fonts or symbols can appear as weird characters in your final text, please check carefully before submitting. Tables and figures Tables and figures are allowed but they reduce the length of your abstract by 10 words each. Your table is limited to 10 columns by 10 rows and should be clearly readable at the reduced size you submit it in. Themes and topics You will be asked to select one Theme / Topic / Subtopic. This selection is important because it will decide the particular session at which your abstract will be scheduled. Abstract acceptance There is no reviewing process for abstracts submitted to the Forum. However, the organisers reserve the right to reject an abstract that is incorrectly written, or does not conform to ethical rules or to the scientific scope of the meeting. Authors may be required to modify their abstract before being accepted. Note: your abstract will be definitively accepted only on receipt of your registration fee. At the time of publishing the abstracts and programme book, abstracts for which we have received no registration payment will be automatically removed. Abstract withdrawal Abstracts can be withdrawn by the presenting author only and in writing only. To do so, send a mail to the MEAF Secretariat – [email protected], stating your last name, first name and abstract title. Withdrawal of an abstract without cancelling registration does not entail refund of the registration fee.
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