AquaSur 2022 will have the participation of more than 250 national and international exhibitors, among them Partnerfish.
Next Wednesday, March 2, and until Friday, March 4, will be held in the city of Puerto Montt, Los Lagos region, Chile, the XI version of the most important aquaculture exhibition in the southern hemisphere, the International AquaSur 2022 Fair. The event will address the major challenges of the sector, its future development and new technologies for a more sustainable industry.
The event, which will count on the participation of Partnerfish as exhibiting company -in addition is media partner will be performed live in enclosure and by streaming through the virtual platform AquaSur Connect, which will also have a marketplace open where companies will be able to display products and services with fast and advanced search filters for easy navigation, which they will also be able to appreciate during their visit to the premises.
From the organization, the executive director of AquaSur, Rodrigo Lobo, explained that "the goal of AquaSur 2022 is to reaffirm Chile's important role in the world aquaculture sector, to show the development that the country has achieved, to exchange experiences and international development to boost the Chilean industry, and to promote the sustainability of this relevant productive sector, among other issues".
In addition to Partnerfish, the fair will feature the participation of more than 250 national and international exhibitors from Norway, Spain, the United States, Canada, Denmark, China, Japan, Korea, France and Portugal, among other invited countries.
Lobo stressed that "in the more than 15,000 square meters (m2) of exhibition, we hope to have more than 1,000 brands, 35 participating countries and up to 10,000 professional visitors".
The new edition will have space for the networkingtechnical talks and an area for the startups, among them the "AquaSur Seafood Tech Summit", in which the DNB Bank will carry out a transfer of technologies, and experience to Chilean companies and entrepreneurs participating in the exhibition.
"The agency seeks to contribute to the reactivation of the economy and to the local development and the country through the generation of business opportunities and the creation of direct and indirect jobs that occur around the fair," said Rodrigo Lobo.
Various activities
Within the framework of the fair, on Thursday, March 3, the AquaSouth International Congress will be held to discuss and discuss themes of sustainability and innovation; technology and human capital: the changes that are coming; well-being and health, a One Health perspective.
The inauguration of the international congress will feature the participation of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, an entity that supports and promotes associativeness in the aquaculture industry.
The meeting will also note that this 2022 is the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture declared by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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Following the report of the Ministry of Health (Minsal) that announced that the commune of Puerto Montt would move to Phase 2 of the Step-by-Step Plan from Thursday, February 17, AquaSur confirmed that it will continue with the scheduled activities of the XI Exhibition and International Congress, following all the safety protocols established by the health authorities.
In this context, the organization stated that AquaSur has APAVE certification that guarantees:
- Compliance with health protocols imposed by Minsal.
- Mandatory active mobility pass for visitors and exhibitors.
- Temperature shot.
- Gel alcohol dispensers all over the compound.
- Use of mandatory mask.
- 100% traceable audience.
*Source of the featured photo: FISA.
