Day 1 – Tuesday, April 12

Theme: Industry

Centennial Hall Lobby Open

Registration Check In & Networking

Welcome & Introductions

Assembly Member Christine Woll, City and Borough of Juneau
President Richard Peterson (Chalyee Eesh), Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Governor Mike Dunleavy, State of Alaska
President Pat Pitney, University of Alaska

Keynote: Highlights of the Mariculture Task Force’s Final Report to Governor Dunleavy

Julie Decker, Executive Director, Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation

Session I – PART I
Industry Growth – Successes in Other Regions & Historical Perspectives

Facilitator: Hannah Wilson
Erick Ask, Senior Scientist, IFF Corp.
Bill Dewey, Director of Public Affairs, Taylor Shellfish Farms
John Seal, CFO, Oceanium

Coffee Break 

Session I – PART II

Sebastian Belle, Executive Director, Maine Aquaculture Association
Dr. Joth Davis, Founder & CEO, Pacific Hybreed; Jon Kroman, CDO, Pacific Hybreed (Remote Presentation)
Olavur Gregersen, CEO & Co-Founder, Ocean Rainforest

Panel Discussion I

Industry Growth – Alaska Perspectives 

Facilitator: Julie Decker
All Session I In-Person Speakers
Eric Wyatt, Blue Starr Oyster Co.
Adelia Myrick, Alaskan Sea Greens

Lunch and Networking

Session II – PART I: Business Models, Funding, and Marketing

Facilitator: Rebecca Cates
Hugh Cowperthwaite, Senior Program Director, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Coastal Enterprises Inc. (CEI)
Kate Burns, Founder, Islander Rathlin Kelp (Remote Presentation)
Dan Lesh, Senior Consultant, McKinley Research Group
Markos Scheer, Founder & CEO, Seagrove Kelp Co.

Coffee Break 

Session II – PART II

Lia Heifetz, Co-Founder, Barnacle Foods
Theo Thomas, Founder, Royal Ocean Kelp Company
Robert Venables, Executive Director, Southeast Conference

Panel Discussion II: Funding Alaska’s Mariculture Industry

Facilitator: Julie Decker
All Session II In-Person Speakers

Day 1 Wrap-Up and Welcome Reception

Closing Remarks from Joe Nelson (Kaaxbxgu), Sealaska Board Chair

Day 2 – Wednesday, April 13

Theme: Government: Policies, Funding & Regulation

Coffee & Registration

Main Lobby

Welcome & Introductions

Chancellor Karen Carey, University of Alaska Southeast
Representative Dan Ortiz, Alaska State Legislature

Keynote Presentation

Doug Vincent-Lang, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Session III: Policy & Regulation

Facilitator: Angela Bowers
Sam Rabung, Director, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Alaska Department of Fish & Game
Hannah Wilson, Development Director, Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation
Paul Dobbins, Senior Director of Impact Investing, World Wildlife Fund
Chris Davis, Executive Director, Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center (Remote Presentation)
Danielle Blacklock, Director, Office of Aquaculture, NOAA Fisheries

Panel Discussion III

Facilitator: Heather McCarty
All Session III In-Person Speakers

Coffee Break 

Session IV: Financial Support for Economic Development

Facilitator: Heather McCarty
Julie Sande, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Jim Andersen, Acting Director, Division of Economic Development, State of Alaska DCCED
Shirley Kelly, Alaska Economic Development Representative, Economic Development Administration
David Schade, Director, Division of Agriculture, Alaska Department of Natural Resources

Panel Discussion IV
Financial Support for Economic Development
& Policy and Regulation

Facilitator: Heather McCarty
All Session IV Speakers

Lunch and Networking

Session V: Partnerships for Progress

Facilitator: Joel Markis
Heather McCarty, President, McCarty and Associates
Ed Douville, President & General Manager, Shaan-Seet Inc.
Schery Umanzor, Assistant Professor, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UAF
Scott Lindell, research Specialist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (Remote Presentation)
Haile van Exel, Managing Director, Horitmare

Panel Discussion V

Facilitator: Heather McCarty
All Session V In-Person Speakers

Day 2 Wrap-Up

Day 3 – Thursday, April 14

Theme: Research & Training

Centennial Hall Lobby Open

Coffee & Networking

Welcome & Introductions

Bradley Moran, Dean of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UAF

Jon Kurland, NOAA Alaska Regional Administrator (invited)

Keynote: Basic and Applied Research and Training in Support of Alaska’s Mariculture Industry

Ginny Eckert

Director

Alaska Sea Grant & Mariculture Research & Training Center

Session VI: Research to Support Industry

Barry Antonio Costa-Pierce, President & CEO, Ecological Aquaculture Foundation, LLC

and Senior Scientist at Kauai Sea Farm LLC (Virtual)

Katrina Hoffman, President & CEO, Prince William Sound Science Center

Mike Stekoll, Ph.D, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Emeritus, University of Alaska Southeast

Dr. Bob Foy, Science and Research Director, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA

Bobbi Hudson, Executive Director, Pacific Shellfish Institute

Coffee Break

Panel Discussion VI

Facilitator – Ginny Eckert, Director

Alaska Sea Grant & Mariculture Research & Training Center

Question and Answer Panel with Previous In-Person Speakers

Poster Session Snapshots

2 minute elevator pitch for each poster

Poster submissions are open to all registrants

Deadline for submissions, March 31, 2022

Lunch

Poster Session

Visit posters over lunch.

Session VII: Training & Workforce Development

Ian Hudson, Science Teacher, Metlakatla High School

Melissa Good, Mariculture Specalist, Alaska Sea Grant

Angie Bowers, Assistant Professor, Career Education, Fisheries Technology, University of Alaska Southeast

Joel Markis, Associate Professor and Program Director, Fisheries Technology, University of Alaska Southeast

Justin Sternberg, Director, Alaska Blue Economy Center

Panel Discussion VII: Training & Workforce Development

Facilitator – Melissa Good, Mariculture Specialist, Alaska Sea Grant 

Question and Answer Panel with Previous In-Person Speakers

End of Conference