2017 SeaWeb Sustainability Summit taking place 5 to 7 June in Seattle
The 2017 SeaWeb Seafood Summit, the international seafood sustainability conference, will take pace in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. from 5 to 7 June.
The summit aims to connect the industry’s environmental, social, and economic stakeholders and give them a forum for productive dialogue, partnerships, and solutions, according to a press release from Diversified Communications, which produces the summit in partnership with The Ocean Foundation [Editor’s note: SeafoodSource is owned by Diversified Communications].
The site of this year’s summit will be the Westin Seattle. The program includes a main keynote and daily plenary presentations as well as six breakout sessions, with topics ranging from traceability and transparency to business and management, aquaculture, IUU, and FIPs.
The first day of the show will a reception at Chihuly Garden and Glass for the Seafood Champion Awards, a program that recognizes individuals and companies for their work promoting a more sustainable seafood industry. The finalists for the awards were announced in March at Seafood Expo North America.
SeaWeb 2017 will also include a pre-conference workshop on June 4 focused on pre-competitive collaboration. After the conference, on 8 June, attendees may elect to attend a field trip to Pike’s Place Market or Taylor Shellfish Farms, which will include a behind-the-scenes tour and a sampling of local, sustainably-caught seafood.
Pre-registration to the summit is now open and details can be found at seafoodsummit.org.
