Events
Upcoming Events
Global conference: 6th EAT Stockholm Food Forum 2019
EAT Stockholm Food Forum will gather 1000 delegates from top global thought leaders with background on science, politics, business, civil society and beyond. "Food is the single strongest lever to optimize human health and environmental sustainability on Earth. However, food is currently...
Global conference: MARE People and the Sea Conference X
Theme: learning from the past, imagining the future The Centre for Maritime Research (MARE) is preparing its 10th international People and the Sea Conference that will take place in the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands In full awareness of the major ongoing changes in the knowledge industry...
Global conference: XVII Biennial IASC Conference
In defense of the Commons: Challenges, Innovation, and Action The conference will bring together experiences and lessons from around the world to reflect on the multiple ways in which different actors have sought to maintain and defend the commons, as well as the challenges and opportunities faced...
Global conference: 3rd World Irrigation Forum
The triennial World Irrigation Forum (WIF) aims to bring together all the stakeholders involved in irrigation of multi-disciplines and all scales, including the policy makers, experts, research institutions, non-governmental organizations and farmers. It provide a platform for the world irrigation...
Global Conference: World Seafood Congress 2019
Theme: Seafood Supply Chains of the Future Innovation. Responsibility. Sustainability The conference will study and discuss aspects of innovation, responsibility and sustainability in cutting-edge research relevant to the fishing industry at large, with Asia being given special focus. With the...
The 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture 2019
Theme: Transforming food systems under a changing climate Agricultural development can be slow and uneven, often not reaching the people who are most vulnerable and in pockets of deep, entrenched poverty. It is further hindered by climate change, which disproportionally affects agriculture and...
Global conference: Our Ocean 2019
Learning, Sharing, Acting The oceans are under threat from the effects of climate change, pollution, loss of biodiversity and unsustainable use. Our future depends on clean and healthy oceans, where production and protection go hand in hand. At the sixth Our Ocean conference, to be held in Oslo in...
Past Events
Food for Thought: Digital Civics: Infrastructure-ing participatory citizenship
Please join us on 17 April 2019 (Wednesday), from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (GMT +8 hours) at the Tilapia & Chambo Meeting Rooms, Block J, WorldFish HQ for a Food For Thought seminar. The presentation will be given by Prof. Patrick Olivier on ‘Digital Civics: Infrastructure-ing participatory...
WorldFish Webinar: Gender Equity & Equality in the Small-scale fisheries Guidelines
Gender Equity & Equality in the Small-scale fisheries Guidelines - Indicators for Governance Capacity & Capability This webinar organized by TBTI, GAFS and WorldFish. Effective implementation of the gender aspects of the Small-scale fisheries (SSF) Guidelines will require fisheries...
Global conference: 12th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum
Theme: Transforming Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture for Sustainable Production and Nutrition The Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum (AFAF) is one of the important activities of the Asian Fisheries Society as it provides an international platform for distinguished scientists from all over the...
Special events: IRRI-IWMI-WorldFish five-year tripartite agreement
Three CGIAR Centers come together on research collaboration in accelerating the global food system transformation aligned with the CGIAR 2030 Plan. Leaders from International Rice Research Institute, International Water Management Institute and WorldFish signed a five-year tripartite Memorandum of...
FISH events: 8th Independent Steering Committee meeting
Eighth Independent Steering Committee Meeting The Independent Steering Committee is a governing body that reports directly to the WorldFish Board of Trustees on the performance of the FISH program. Meeting members consist of scientists, practitioners and representatives from end-user bodies that...
Global conference: Seeds of Change Conference
Theme: Gender Equality Through Agricultural Research for Development Seeds of Change Conference is an interdisciplinary gender conference for researchers and practitioners in all fields of agriculture & fisheries (including food/commodity/cash crops, subsistence/semi-subsistence sectors, supply...
Food for Thought: Advances and limitations of aquatic ecosystem monitoring with environmental DNA
Environmental DNA (eDNA) has emerged as a powerful tool for the detection of rare or invasive species and the characterization of changes occurring in ecological communities. By applying massively parallel DNA sequencing analysis on freshly collected water samples, we can now rapidly establish the...
OIE Global Conference on Aquatic Animal Health
The fourth OIE Global Conference on Aquatic Animal Health will highlight the critical contribution of aquatic animal health programmes to improving aquaculture productivity and sustainability, and consequently the availability of high-quality protein to feed the world. Aquaculture is recognized as...
FISH events: Visioning for a Learning Hub of Excellence
WorldFish researchers from Solomon Islands, Timor Leste and partner organization, James Cook University are meeting next week at the Nusa Tupe Research Station in Western Province of Solomon Islands. For 20 years, WorldFish research in the Solomon Islands has sought to improve the performance of...
Fish Learning Hour: Fraud and Internal Controls
There will be a Fish Learning Hour knowledge sharing session on 21 March 2019 (Thursday), from 03:00 PM to 04:00 PM (GMT +8 hours) at the Auditorium, WorldFish HQ. The presentation will be given by Mr. Rahul Bhan on ‘Fraud and Internal Controls’. The session will also be streamed live via Skype for...
FISH MC meeting: Partnership Day
FISH Management Committee (MC) meeting: Partnership Day The Partnership Day will be taking place on day 5 of FISH Management Committee meeting week which are being held in Yangon, Myanmar. Key partners of the CGIAR FISH Program has been invited and will be sharing their insights on the research...
FISH MC meeting: 8th Management Committee meeting
The FISH Management Committee, chaired by Dr. Michael Phillips, FISH Director and MC Chair also WorldFish Director, Aquaculture and Fisheries Sciences and the meeting will be gathering scientist, practitioners and representatives from lead partners. FISH Management Committee from 13 to 14 March...