MECOS3 FINAL PROGRAMME * All timings are tentative and subject to change

DAY -1 07.01.2020

Registration 1100 to 1500 Platinum Jubilee Hall of CMFRI

Seventh Floor Inauguration & Jones Award 1500 to 1630

High Tea & Registration 1630 to 1800

DAY -2 08.01.2020

THEME -1 – Fisheries and Ecosystem Sustainability

Prof (Dr) B Madhusoodana Kurup Emeritus Professor, School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science & Technology

0900-1200 Chair of the Session

Prof (Dr) Sahar Fahmy Mehanna Director, NIOF, Red Sea Branch, Egypt

0900-0920 Challenges faced by small scale fisheries and its sustainable development.

Prof (Dr) John Kurien Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, India

0925-0945 "Indian Marine Fisheries: Plausible Pathways into the Future"

Dr Yugraj Singh Yadava Director, BOBP, Chennai, India

0950-1010 Development of Tuna Value Chain in South India.

Dr. Edouard Le Bart, Regional Director Marine Stewardship Council, London

1015-1030 Eco labelling – A Global review of Marine Stewardship Council’s Blue Label Certification

Tea break 1035-1100

Presentations 1100-1150 Presentations EP Theme -1

Winding up by Chair 1150-1200

THEME -2 – Responsible Aquaculture Production Systems

Dr A.R. Thirunavukarasu Former Principal Scientist CIBA, Chennai, India

1200-1700 Chair of the Session

Dr K. K. Vijayan Director, CIBA, Chennai, India

1200-1220 Exploring the concept of ecosystem approach to Brackishwater aquaculture

Marine Ecosystems Challenges and Opportunities

Marine Biological Association of India

Dr G. Gopakumar Former Principal Scientist, CMFRI, Vizhinjam, India

1225-1245 "Marine Finfish breeding using RAS"

Lunch break 1245-1345 Lunch break/Poster viewing (Theme 1 & 2)

Dr Krishna R. Salin Associate Professor, Asian Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand

1345-1405 Ecofriendly and energy efficient aquaculture systems in Asia

Dr Nguyen Quang Huy Research Institute for Aquaculture No.1 Dinh Bang –Tu Son – Bac Ninh, Vietnam

1410-1430 Recent development in marine fish farming in Vietnam

Dr K. Ambasankar Principal Scientist, CIBA, Chennai, India

1435-1455 Indigenous microfeeds for Indian Aquaculture and aquariculture: Challenges and opportunities

Dr Vijay Anand P. E. Deputy Regional Lead U.S Soybean Export Council, Visakhapatnam, India

1500-1520 Fish feed industry in India Past progress and Future interventions

Tea break 1520-1550

Presentations 1550-1650 Presentations (EP) of Theme -2

Winding up by Chair 1650-1700

Discussion on Indian Seafood Sustainability 1700-1730 Launch of Sustainable Seafood Network of India (SSNI) website

Cocktails, refreshments & snacks 1730-1800

Dinner (Kerala Ethnic) available on payment 1800-2000 Live Music & Food stalls on ground floor

DAY -3 09.01.2020

THEME -3 – Marine Biodiversity Assessments and Valuation

Dr V Sriramachandra Murty Former Principal Scientist, CMFRI, India

0900-1215 Chair of the Session

Dr E. Vivekanandan Former Principal Scientist, CMFRI, Chennai, India

0900-0920 Have IWPA Schedules helped in conserving marine ETP species in India?

Dr Rajeev Raghavan Assistant Professor, KUFOS, Kochi, India

0925-0945 Towards zero extinction: the barometer of India's marine life

Marine Ecosystems Challenges and Opportunities

Marine Biological Association of India

Dr Kartik Shankar Associate Professor, Centre for Ecological Sciences, IIS, Bangalore, India

0950-1010 Engaging communities in monitoring: the role of citizen science in marine conservation.

Presentations 1015-1035 Presentations (EP) Theme -3

Tea break 1035-1105

Presentations 1105-1205 Presentations (EP) Theme -3

Winding up by Chair 1205-1215

THEME -4 – Climate change and meeting SDG 14 goals

Dr N G K Pillai Former Principal Scientist, CMFRI, India

1215-1510 Chair of the Session

Dr. P. K. Krishnakumar Senior Consultant, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia

1215-1235 Role of Blue Carbon Habitats in Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change.

Prof Sanjay Chaturvedi Dean, South Asian University, New Delhi, India

1240-1300 Meeting SDG 14 goals in Indian context

Lunch break 1300-1400 Lunch break/Poster viewing (Theme 3, 4 & 5)

Presentations 1400-1500 Presentations (EP) Theme -4

Winding up by Chair 1500-1510

Tea break 1510-1540

THEME -5 – Marine biotechnology and bio-marine products

Dr A Gopalakrishnan Director, CMFRI, India

1540-1805 Chair of the Session

Dr K. V. Rajendran Principal Scientist, CIFE, Mumbai, India

1540-1600 New paradigms in invertebrate immunity with special reference to crustaceans.

Dr. Kajal Chakraborty Senior Scientist, CMFRI, Kochi, India

1605-1625 Marine natural products as novel molecular scaffolds for pharmaceutical applications

Dr. N. K. Sanil Senior Scientist, CMFRI, Kochi, India

1630-1650 Tackling diseases of farmed aquatic animals

Marine Ecosystems Challenges and Opportunities

Marine Biological Association of India

Presentations 1655-1755 Presentations (EP) Theme -5

Winding up by Chair 1755-1805

Dinner (Kerala Ethnic) available on payment 1830-2000 Live Music & Food stalls on ground floor

DAY -4 10.01.2020

THEME -6 – Livelihood, economics and trade

Dr M R Boopendranath Former Principal Scientist, CIFT, India

0900-1150 Chair of the Session

Dr N. Venugopalan Programme Manager, ICSF Trust, Chennai, India

0900-0920 Implementing the SSF Guidelines at the National and Subnational Levels: Challenges and Opportunities.

Dr V. Vivekanandan FISHMARC & SIFFS, Chennai, India

0925-0945 Role of fishermen societies in fisheries management

Prof (Dr) Pranab Mukhopadhyay Professor, Goa University, India

0950-1010 Marine ecosystems - are economists just bystanders

Tea break 1010-1040

Presentations 1040-1140 Presentations (EP) Theme -6

Winding up by Chair 1140-1150

THEME -7 – Green harvests and post-harvest technologies

Dr. T V Sankar Director of Research KUFOS, Kochi

1150-1435 Chair of the Session

Dr. Petri Suuronen Programme Director, Blue Bioeconomy Natural Resources Institute, Finland

1150-1200 New developments in green fishing technologies.

Dr. C.N. Ravisankar Director, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi, India

1205-1225 Recent trends in fish processing.

Lunch break 1225-1325 Lunch break/Poster viewing (Theme 6 & 7)

Marine Ecosystems Challenges and Opportunities

Marine Biological Association of India

Presentations 1325-1425 Presentations (EP) Theme -7

Winding up by Chair 1425-1435

Tea break 1435-1500

Plenary & Distribution of awards 1500-1600