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Conference Schedule eat 8-12 ounces per week from a variety of species. Attendees will learn more about seafood���s success in debunking the perceived risks and highlighting the real benefits of seafo o d consumption, and why you should be following the DGA on seafood. 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. How the Gulf States Can Help You Sell More Seafood The Gulf Coast seafood community has exciting, new programs to educate consumers about the quality, seasons and variety of Gulf Coast seafood. This session will provide you with the programs that are available for your customers to enjoy seafood from the Gulf of Mexico. Retailers to restaurant chains will learn how to incorporate Gulf Coast seafood in their seafood counters and on their menus. The panel will discuss each of the states��� endeavors. The state directors will also discuss successful public relations, social media and gorilla marketing techniques. MONDAY, March 11 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Killer Demos and Successful Merchandising Join Warren Thayer, editor of Frozen Dairy Buyer magazine and celebrity and research Chef Rick Tarantino as they present annual industry statistics and data on current trends and projections. You will learn about programs that have been sucessful over the past year and those that were not. New product launches and new merchandising will be looked at. Attend and participate by sharing your ideas and succes stories on how you sell seafood using in-store demonstration and merchandising programs. Audience members will take away a deeper understanding of how to look at current industry statistics and how it effects your business. Copies of the data via a PowerPoint presentation merchandising will be distributed. 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Catalyzing Industry to Rebuild Fisheries: Fostering MultiStakeholder Collaborations via the Clinton Global Initiative In 2011, Darden Restaurants made a commitment, through the Clinton 82 SeaFood Business March 2013 Global Initiative (CGI), to rebuild troubled ���sheries by developing and launching three ���shery improvement projects (FIPs) in three years. This ambitious commitment is supported by a cooperative alliance with other companies, such as Publix Supermarkets, and Darden���s partner NGOs. Multi-stakeholder FIPs are increasingly utilized by industry and NGOs to demonstrate commitment to sustainability and to improve ���sheries. But what impact is being made? How can stakeholders be assured that their commitment to the FIP is making a difference? In this panel, the members of this diverse coalition will share their challenges and successes from the ���rst year and describe the unique roles they play and how that contributes to the success of the FIPs. 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Global Aquaculture Alliance Presents: Delivering Responsible Aquaculture to the Marketplace This 90-minute seminar will assess GAA���s GOAL 2012 conference in Bangkok and look ahead to the organization���s GOAL 2013 conference, which will be held in Paris in early October. A series of 10 -minute presentations will be followed by a question-and-answer discussion. 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. FREE Keynote Presentation Leapfrogging to Breakthrough Innovation By Soren Kaplan See breakout box, page 80. 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. New Product Development for a Mid-sized Restaurant Chain: Challenges and Opportunities From a Chef���s Perspective This panel will discuss the unique challenge s an d o p p or tunitie s surrounding the new pro duc t development process for a mid-size restaurant chain. This interactive session encourages participants to share their success stories and to offer best practices and suggestions for overcoming challenges. 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. SeaFood Business Summit: M&A; and Strategic Opportunities in Seafood With sluggish economies around the world still feeling the effects of recession, what is the current climate for mergers and acquisitions (M&A;) and other strategic opportunities in the seafood industry? Is further supply-side consolidation on the horizon? What kind of credit and ���nancing services are available in this time? And can progress be made amid a contentious political climate? Join a panel of experts who will weigh in on what the future may hold and how your business can be best positioned for success amid uncertainty. will describe the new challenges, and the FDA and CBP managers will describe the new obligations of seafood importers, wholesalers, and retailers. Updates to the standard Fish and Fishery Products Hazards and Controls Guidance for Industry and The Seafood List (FDA���s Guide to Acceptable Market Names for Seafood Sold in Interstate Commerce) will be discussed. 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Seafood Sustainability in the Developing World: Our Interconnected Industry and What it Means for Your Business it is important for seafood buyers to understand the opportunities and challenges these fisheries and aquaculture operations face in proving their environmental sustainability. This session features experts on the subject including representatives from a developing world MSC-certi���ed ���shery, various certification programs, NGOs, and company representatives sourcing from the developing world. 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Retail Forum: Retail Seafood 2020. What Supermarket Seafood Departments Will Look Like by the Start of the Next Decade Knowing that customers expect to be able to buy seafood at their neighborhood supermarket, will today���s seafood department evolve with a smaller footprint, a reduction in variet y, shared labor and a merchandising approach driven by availability and value? Whether you���re a retailer, a producer or a distributor, your function will continue to evolve ��� this seminar will de���ne the skills and strategies to secure your place in tomorrow���s seafood department. 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Seafood Safety and Compliance with FDA and CBP Regulations as Implemented by the Food Safety Modernization Act The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 has now been implemented and enforced by both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). A large seafood importer Round Table: What the Industry Experts Say: Perceptions of Sustainable Seafood Production and Marketing In this highly interactive session, attendees will walk away knowing where their own perceptions and opinions about sustainable seafood topics ���t in relation to others in the group and the industry. Themes covered include pros and cons of buying and selling sustainable vs. conventional seafood products, ecological and social sustainability, challenges faced by smaller-scale operations, predominant messages in sustainable seafood marketing, and other themes that emerge in the session. TUESDAY, March 12 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Entering and Thriving in an Era of High Food Prices and High Costs The emergence of a more affluent middle class in developing countries together with a change of diets is changing the world map of food demand. Food producers will face the challenge of keeping up with stronger demand, while facing higher costs of energy, labor and other inputs. This new situation is here to stay for the years to come. In particular, the animal protein sector will see pressure on pro���t margins, their ability to control their production costs and face resistance of consumers to price increases. Food markets are readjusting to a new situation, and price volatility will be one of the main characteristics of the future. It will make forecasting dif���cult and stressful at times. In this challenging environment, opportunities abound to conquer new markets and to make product offering more attractive. The world changes and strategies for procurement as well as for sales will have to adapt to a new exciting distribution of future food markets. Visit us online at www.seafoodbusiness.com