Focusing on innovation for the future of aquaculture, this Tuesday 26 September began in Puerto Varas the second edition of the Innaqua Conference. The event, organized by the Aquaculture Innovation Club, is consolidating as the most important innovation event in aquaculture in the Southern Hemisphere and this year has the participation of more than 430 attendees.

The opening day of the meeting was marked by the launch of the International Aquaculture Innovation Alliance (IAIA) or International Alliance for Innovation in Aquaculture, which will start a series of activities and initiatives aimed at R&D at a global level in this productive sector.

For this year's version, the conference considers the holding of 10 sessions and the participation of 25 speakers, who will address the more than 430 participants linked to various areas of aquaculture solutions from different countries, motivated by collaborative innovation.

Innaqua takes place every two years with the purpose of strengthening innovation, a fundamental tool in the goal of consolidating an efficient and sustainable aquaculture, facing the challenges and opportunities of the future. The event, which also includes areas dedicated to corporate stands and posters of different scientific works related to aquaculture, will continue on Wednesday 27 September with different sessions focused in environmental variability and climate change, future feeding; and disease prevention.

Innaqua 2023 will end on Thursday 28 September with exhibitions on bioengineering and bioinformatics, sustainability and transformative technologies.