The event, organized by the Aquaculture Programs and Technological Consortia and the Technological Capabilities Management of Corfo, will take place within the framework of Blue Week Los Lagos.

In the context of the expected Blue Week Los Lagos, the city of Puerto Varas will be the setting of Aquaculture Summit 2025, a key platform to promote innovation, sustainability and technological collaboration in the Chilean aquaculture sector. The event will take place next Friday 16 May, among the 09:00 and 12:00 hours, in the Art Center Molino Machmar (CAMM). 

Under the slogan Sustainable Aquaculture: Technological Boost for a Blue Future, the event will bring together authorities, representatives of technological programs (PTECs) and consortia driven by the Corporation for the Promotion of Production of Chile (Corfo), leaders of the academic world and key actors in the national productive ecosystem.

This Summit is a concrete opportunity to show how technology can transform our industries productive towards more sustainable models, connecting applied research with concrete territorial challenges," emphasized the regional director of Corfo Los Lagos, Eduardo Arancibia Romo.

At the same time, he emphasized that it will be an event that will not only bring together technological advances, but also "Complementary visions that reinforce our commitment to innovative, resilient and science-based aquaculture.”

Presentations, talk and panel

This year's Summit programme includes exhibitions of the main PTECs and consortia promoted by Corfo in aquaculture and agricultural matters: Technological Programme for the Local Production of Plant Nutritional Insumes for Aquaculture (PTEC-INVA), Technological Programme in Innovation for the Culture of Macrocystis pyrifera (Ipmapy), Technological Programme (PTEC) Japanese oyster, Strategic Technological Programme for the Development of Oceanic Aquaculture (PTECAO), Technological Consortium for Aquaculture Health (Ictio Biotechnologies) and the Environmental Liabilities Reconversion Technology Programme (Value+)addressing topics such as biotechnology, marine regeneration, animal welfare, artificial intelligence (AI) and links between aquaculture and agriculture. 

The keynote talk, meanwhile, will be in charge of Corfo's Director of Programs and Technological Consortiums, Macarena Aljaro. It will be called: “New Calls for Technological Programs: Promoting Artificial Intelligence in Aquaculture, Valuing Waste in Manufacturing and Collaboration in R & D for Productive Purpose.”

Another highlight will be the panel “Generando Capacidades Tecnológicas para una Aquicultura Circular y Sostenible”, moderated by the Dr Daniel Nieto Díaz-Muñozwho is the manager of the PTEC-INVA and official host of the event. The panel will have the participation of Fernando Hentzschel, Manager of Corfo Technology Capabilities; Soledad TapiaNational Director of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (Sernapesca); Constance SilvaHead of the Aquaculture Division of the Under-Secretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture (Subsecretariat); and Carla Pérez, manager of the PTEC Valoriza+.

“Summit Aquaculture 2025 represents a virtuous convergence between knowledge, public policy and applied technological solutions. It's an invitation to co-build a new vision of aquaculture Chile, more connected to its environment and to the challenges of climate change,” said Dr. Nieto Diaz-Muñoz.

The activity will close with a brunch of camaraderie, favouring networking among the various invited actors, including representatives of the public, private, academic and civil society.

For those who wish to follow the online transmission of the event, they must connect to the following Zoom link from 09:00 a.m. on Friday, May 16th: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/88525542817?pwd=qaWRY8uK9fVXgZaLZaSJtT1x5ZdSFL.1 

For more information and registrations to participate in person, write to: info@inva.cl