The Faroese Minister of Foreign Affairs invites you to THE FAROE ISLANDS SEAFOOD CONFERENCE ‘09. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is to host a major seafood conference at the Nordic House in the Faroe Islands on 28 May 2009.  

Conference Programme

08.45 – 09.00   

Registration

09.00 – 09.05   

Mr. Jógvan Jespersen, Conference Chairman presents the programme

09.05 – 09.12   

Welcome by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jørgin Niclasen

09.12 – 09.20   

Opening of the conference by Minister of Fisheries, Mr. Jacob Vestergaard

09.20 – 09.50   

Mr. Klaus Nielsen, CEO of Espersen A/S “From local to global market driven company”

09.50 – 10.20 

Mr. Erik Braune, CEO of Biscay Seafood “The Market Situation in Spain”

10.20 – 10.40  

Coffee Break

10.40 – 11.00 

“The Market Situation in Russia”

11.00 – 11.30  

Mr. Anthony Hilton, financial editor of the Evening Standard: “The Global Economic Crisis – can the world afford to eat?”

11.30 – 11.45 

Q & A -  Mr. Jógvan Jespersen chairs the session

11.45 – 13.00 

Lunch

13.00 – 13.45 

Mr. Jonathan Banks, AC Nielsen, “Seafood and the European Consumer

13.45 – 14.05 

Mr. Hugh Taylor, Category Development Controller, Foodvest:  “Trends in the retail sector and the outlook for demand”

14.05 – 14.40 

Mr. Jean-Louis Meuric, Davigel-France: “Trends in the food service sector and the outlook for demand”

14.40 – 14.55 

Coffee Break

14.55 – 15.15 

Mr. Hjalti í Jákupsstovu, Director of Marine Research Institute, Faroe Islands, “Sustainable Fisheries – how far off are we?”

15.15 – 15.40 

Mr. Òlafur S. Àstporsson, Ph.D., Marine Research Institute Iceland “North Atlantic Fisheries to benefit from warmer climate?”

15.40 – 16.00 

Q & A, Mr. Jógvan Jespersen chairs the session

Register for the conference her Conference fee is DKK 800,00.

Register for the conference at www.samvit.fo