Shrimp: Markets • Margins • Productivity

Preliminary Program*

The tenth in the series, TARS 2020 will feature a vibrant program with presentations by international experts from the industry and academia in the plenary session. While demand and supply dictate prices and industry wants to optimise margins, we need to look at traditional and emerging markets and recognise seasonal supply and demand. Asia and Latin America pursue different models which determine productivity, carrying capacity and disease mitigation. Should we have different models for different sizes for margin optimisation? A review of genetics, functional feeds, nursery-raised juveniles and sustainability is necessary. In order to improve productivity, we need metrics like big data analyses and artificial intelligence (AI). This is where innovations and startups come in. Financing is still a bottleneck. How do we build confidence to attract investments and reduce risks for the financial industry?

FORMAT

The program for TARS 2020 features:

• 5 Plenary Sessions
  • Session 1: Understanding markets
  • Session 2: Productivity and margin optimisation (Asian vs Latin American models)
  • Session 3: Where are the weak links?
  • Session 4: Data analyses, AI and innovations
  • Session 5: Investing for the future
• Hard Talk
  Addressing the elephant in the room: why functional feeds are going nowhere
• 3 Interactive Breakout Roundtable Sessions
  Building alliances to improve productivity:
  1. Feeds / Farms
  2. Hatchery / Genetics / Farms
  3. Markets / Processors / Farms

*Program subject to change.