Program & Schedule
PROGRAM draft
Friday, November 10, 2023
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Trade Show registration and Exhibit set up
11:00 am – 4:00 pm
General Registration
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Trade Show Opening
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
General Program Session
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
11:00 am – 4:00 pm
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Trade Show registration and Exhibit set up
General Registration
Trade Show Opening
General Program Session
- Grant Programs for Producers and Tips for Preparing Applications. Tony Banks, Virginia Farm Bureau
- Navigating Ecommerce: building direct-to-customer solutions for businesses of all sizes. Kimberly Reuter, CSG Consulting
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
*Break / Trade Show Networking
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Virginia Oyster Trail Membership Meeting
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Shellfish Growers of Virginia Membership Meeting
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Keynote Presentation
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
*Reception
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
*Break / Trade Show Networking
Virginia Oyster Trail Membership Meeting
Shellfish Growers of Virginia Membership Meeting
Keynote Presentation
*Reception (Attire: business casual – casual)
Saturday, November 11, 2023 (Concurrent Sessions)
7:30 am – 8:30 am
*Breakfast (in Exhibit Hall)
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Concurrent Sessions
Bivalve Shellfish
- Regulatory Roundup – updates from agency partners and opportunity for open discussion. Danielle Schools and Sarah Good, VDH Shellfish Safety. Adam Kenyon and Andrew Button, VMRC
Water Quality Tools for Growers
VA Aquaculture
Program Updates:
- Virginia Dept. Wildlife Resources. Brendan Delbos
- Virginia State University College of Agriculture. Chris Mullins
- VT – Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center. Michael Schwarz
- Virginia Dept of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
- Institute for Advanced Learning and Research. Scott Lowman
- Seafood Economic Analysis and Marketing Research. Jonathan van Senten
10:00 am – 11:00 am
*Networking and Trade Show Break
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Bivalve Shellfish
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VA Aquaculture
Hydroponics/Aquaponics/ Food Safety
- Overview: Healthy Harvest Fresh Aquaponics. Tammy Cole, Healthy Harvest Fresh
- Aquaponics Programming for Virginia Growers. Josh Dusci, VSU-COA
- HACCP in Aquaponics/Hydroponics. Katheryn Parraga-Estrata, VSAREC
- Biofloc Applications in Virginia. Nick Romano, VSU-COA
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
*Lunch (in Exhibit Hall)
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Bivalve Shellfish
Lighting Talks – Collaborative Research
- Effect of Biofouling and Stocking Density on Microclimate in off-Bottom Oyster Culture Grow-Out Bags. Julianna Grenn, VIMS
- Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to manage oyster farm production – the research perspectives. Matt LeGanke, VIMS
- RFID to manage oyster farm production – the farmer perspective. Cappahosic Oyster Company
- Update on OsHV1 – challenges with C. virginica and shellfish seed surveillance. Kimberly Reece, VIMS
- Economic impact of growing area closures. Fernando Goncalves, VSAREC
- Gear Comparison Trials – a perspective on floating vs bottom grown oysters. Cappahosic Oyster Company
- Got the fuzz?: a conversation about the effect of stalked ciliates on oyster nursery culture. Samantha Glover, Oyster Seed Holdings
VA Aquaculture
Recent Advances
- Economic Contributions of the Virginia Seafood Industry. Fernando Goncalves, VSAREC/SEAMaR
- Social Licenses in Aquaculture with a Case Study on the Mid-West Region and Implications for Virginia Producers. Noah Bolt, VSAREC / SEAMaR
- Consumer Preferences for Marine Finfish. Domena Agyeman, VSAREC / SEAMaR
- Environmentally Friendly Production of Marine Shrimp Penaeus vannamei in Super Intensive Systems in Virginia. Octavio Augusta, VSAREC