Seafood Expo Asia/Seafood Processing Asia, running from 2 to 4 September at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore, has announced the conference program for its 2026 edition.
The 14th edition of the event, owned and operated by Diversified, will feature a conference program covering AI, sustainability, the future of aquaculture, consumer trust, and more topics. Free for all registered visitors to the event, the program will focus on topics relevant to the seafood industry in Asia, Diversified said. [Editor’s note: Diversified owns and operates SeafoodSource.]
Consumer trust and market dynamics will be one focus on the conference program in 2026. One session, “Seafood in the Spotlight: Trust. Taste. Tomorrow’s Consumer” will showcase the findings of the biannual GlobeScan survey commissioned by the Marine Stewardship Council, which tracks consumer attitudes across more than 20 global seafood markets.
Pressing issues facing the Asian shrimp trade is the focus of another conference session focused on how demand and price signals are shifting across major markets.
Technology and AI will also be featured during the conference program. A panel of industry insiders will discuss the rise of recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) across Asia in “RAS Fish Farming: Why is Asia Leading the Way.” The panel will cover some of the real-world challenges facing the industry and how compelling results are already being achieved in parts of Asia.
Another session, featuring BAADER Asia Managing Director Marcel Franz and BAADER Global Sales Director for Fish Nils Rabe will cover Asia’s growing demand for seafood processing and how automation, productivity gains, and consumer trends are shaping the industry.
ThisFish CEO Eric Enno Tamm will head “The Definitive Guide to AI & the Tuna Value Chain,” covering machine learning, generative AI, and AI agents.
According to a description of the session, Tamm will outline how technology like AI and AI agents are already reshaping aquaculture operations and offer a view of what the future tuna value chain could look like.
Food integrity and digital resilience will also be a focus of the conference program in 2026. FAO GLOBEFISH will host “Aquatic Food Fraud: Mislabeling, Market Demand, and Consumer Trust.” With up to 20 percent of fisheries and aquaculture products being mislabeled globally – and fraud particularly prevalent in processed products – FAO will focus on how price incentives, supply chain complexity, and governance gaps can interact to enable fraud and what governments, industry, and retailers can do to address it.
“The Invisible Net: Securing the Digital Integrity and Resilience of the Asian Seafood Supply Chain,” led by the president of the Cyber Security Alliance for the Seafood Industry, will also discuss emerging risks for the sector. According to the session description, the session will cover the increasing cybersecurity risks to seafood processing companies that are resulting from IoT-enabled equipment, risks that are evident in the 900 percent increase in global logistic network incidents over the last five years.
