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Aquaculture Innovation Hub Meetings 2008 Mini-Science Forum and Annual General Meeting 2009 Planning and Reporting Forum 2009 Mini-Science Forum and Annual General Meeting 2010 Planning and Reporting Forum ____________________________________________ |
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The Seafood Cooperative Research Centre officially opened for business on the 6th August 2007 at Port Adelaide, where we were blessed with beautiful, sunny weather. 150 guests from industry, education and research sectors arrived at the Australian Fisheries Academy to celebrate the centre’s achievements, to enjoy the networking opportunities with Cooperative Research Centre Participants and to dine on high quality Australian seafood products. The official proceedings began with F.V. Marija-L’s grand entrance up the Port River. The entrance was made more dramatic with the opening of the Birkenhead Bridge as the crew rang the bells and blew the whistles whilst the INXS song “New Sensation” blared over the “sea waves”. Chairman of the Seafood Cooperative Research Centre Board Peter Dundas-Smith then took to the stage and told launch guests, “ It took more than 2.5 years of work by an ‘army’ of industry and government people, to form what is possibly be the third largest ever Cooperative Research Centre”. Managing Director, Dr Len Stephens during his speech was also quick to point out that the CRC would be industry driven. Dr Stephens said, “The aim is to drive dollars into industry pockets through innovative collaborative research across the whole of the seafood value chain. The focus of the research will be on production efficiency and profitability, as well as lifting the quality and integrity of products from this multi-sector group”. He added, “In an environment of increased pressures on resources and rising costs, the CRC provides the method for industry and science to work together”. Executive Director of the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation Dr Patrick Hone said that the beauty of the Seafood CRC is the incredible diversity of participants, “It’s truly national and it covers the whole supply chain. We have the involvement of Australia’s premier research industry for seafood – we are all cooperating for a common purpose”. Senator the Hon Eric Abetz who officially launched the company was incredibly enthusiastic , “Considerable resources are being contributed by industry and their investment will drive Research and Development that will contain costs, improve product quality, reduce wastage throughout the value chain, increase productivity and develop new markets. The hallmark result will be safe, high quality, nutritious and sustainably managed seafood products”. Guests enjoyed the day’s hospitality which featured a stunning seafood lunch, industry product showcases, research provider displays and a cooking demonstration by Simplot Australia’s Executive Chef David White. _____________________________________________ |
Scenes from the Seafood CRC launch
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Canberra Meet n' Greet ______________________________________________ |
DIISR employees, Rob D'Castella and Chairman Peter Dundas-Smith |
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The Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre holds Participant meetings that coincide with each Board meeting. This is an opportunity for Participants to hear about the latest developments in the Cooperative Research Centre as well as being able to raise any issues in a question and answer type session. These sessions are usually then followed by a casual networking event or dinner. To date we have run four Participant meetings. The details are:
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Andrew and Len talk "shop" at the participants meeting |
Aquaculture Innovation Hub Meetings The major objectives of the Aquaculture Innovation Hub are to increase communication and collaboration among industry and research participants within the Seafood CRC and to identify and assist with development of new research priorities and projects and new opportunities for training and extension activities. The Aquaculture Innovation Hub, also affectionately known as “The Hub”,is led by Dr Geoff Allan and supported by Helena Heasman, Drs’ Stewart Fielder, Wayne O’Connor and Mark Booth, all from Industry & Investment NSW. The Hub has encouraged the establishment of two hatchery networks. One is dedicated to “Finfish” and the other is dedicated to “Shellfish”. These networks are designed to operate largely independently, but ideally they will interact in areas of common interest. The Hub will also facilitate:
To date, The Hub has held the following meetings:
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Mini-Science Forum and Annual General Meeting To coincide with the Seafood Cooperative Research Centre's first annual general meeting, the Seafood CRC held a mini-science forum on the 21st October 2008 at South Australian Research and Development Institute’s lecture theatre at West Beach, Adelaide. The turn-out was strong with around 50 people attending the session. Participants were treated to a presentation on the education and training program by Emily Downes, followed by project progress in the theme business plan areas. Presentation topics ranged from:
After the presentations, participants were treated to lunch with the following Sydney Fish Market “Market Pride” products which the Participants raved about:
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Rob Lewis, Mehdi Doroudi and Colin Buxton at the 2008 Mini-Science Forum
Andrew Barber, Peter Dundas-Smith and Tom Madigan
Grahame Turk and Kathy Schuller
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2009 Planning and Reporting Forum On the 12th - 13th May 2009, the Seafood CRC held it's first planning and reporting forum for CRC Participants. This forum provided representatives of all participants with a full understanding of the benefits of each theme business plan and how they can become more involved. It also provided an opportunity for Program Managers to gain input and suggestions from all participants on new projects for inclusion in their theme business plans as well as an update on opportunities. In the evening Alison Connelly and Emily Mantilla held a CRC pop quiz night with prizes. _______________________________________________ |
CRC Participants at the 2009 Planning and Reporting Forum |
2009 Mini-Science Forum and Annual General Meeting On the 28th October 2009, the Seafood CRC held a half day science meeting that featured our PhD students as well as updates from the Program Managers. Presentation topics ranged from:
At the annual general meeting, two new Directors were voted in to the CRC Board. They were Dr Craig Foster and Dr Pauline Mooney. The Seafood CRC would like to acknowledge the efforts and input from the two retiring Board Directors Mr Roger Cotton and Mr Nick Moore. ________________________________________________ |
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2010 Planning and Reporting Forum The Seafood CRC will be holding a one day planning and reporting forum on the 9th February in Adelaide. |
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This page was last updated on the 21st December 2009 |
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