With a strong emphasis on innovation and collaborative bodies in the aquaculture industry,
The second version of the Innaqua Conference took place this week. The meeting, which took place
between Tuesday 26 and Thursday 28 September in Puerto Varas, it had 10 sessions and the
participation of 25 lecturers, in addition to more than 400 attendees related to this sector
productive.
This year, Innaqua’s main novelty was the launch of the International Aquaculture
Innovation Alliance (IAIA) or International Alliance for Innovation in Aquaculture, involving a
long-term work to promote collaboration in the development and strengthening of
innovation in aquaculture at global level.
The IAIA directive was made up of Jeanne McKnight, Advocate for Aquaculture & the Blue
Economy at Northwest Aquaculture Alliance as President; Felipe Matias, Head of Fisheries and
Aquaculture at FUNCAP, Ceará, Brazil, as secretary; and Jose Manuel Yañez, Dean of the
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias de la Universidad de Chile, como director de
communications.
As for the presentations, they were divided into 10 sessions focused on topics such as:
innovation, variability and climate change, food for the future, technologies, bioengineering and
bioinformatics, sustainability, transformative technologies, among other topics.
Adolfo Alvial, Executive Director of the Aquaculture Innovation Club, organizing entity of Innaqua,
underlined the participation of different actors in aquaculture, both Chilean and international,
highlighting the relevance of innovation based on trust among the different actors of this
industry.
The closing activity was a successful meeting of camaraderie provided by the
company Salmofood de Vitapro, where attendees were able to interact in a relaxed way,
witnessing an art show of the highest level.
