Ocean Assemblage

Join us in historic St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, on the edge of North America.

Managing a changing environment in international trade is a key issue nowadays. With the aim of dicussing this topic we are glad to inform you that our 20th Biennial Conference is going to be held from 29th June to 3rd July 2020 in Vigo, including a Policy and Industry Day.

The International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade (IIFET) is a global organization consisting 700+ members from over 65 countries around the world. IIFET provides an international forum for the exchange of research, information, and ideas on the economics of fisheries management, seafood trade, and aquaculture.

Our goal is to advance the productive use of economic theory and analysis to answer critical questions surrounding the sustainable use of marine resources and to ensure future livelihoods of those who produce food from the sea.

Through this website we will keep you updated with all the information regarding this upcoming event, an important forum for members and others to learn about important research developments in seafood trade, aquaculture, and fisheries management. As in our previous conferences our meeting is going to be attended by fisheries, social scientists, managers, and industry members from all of the world’s fishing areas. Keynote speakers and submitted papers address a variety of both applied and theoretical topics. These conferences provide participants with unparalleled opportunities to interact with the world’s foremost fisheries economists in both formal and informal settings. They also allow us to visit a wide variety of international locations to learn more about fishing and aquaculture activities across the globe..

We hope to welcome you in Galicia, a coastal Spanish region that is closely related to the sea life and trade, with Vigo being one of the main ports for fishing and transportation worldwide.

Canada’s global leadership in the ocean technology and science sector will be on full display as St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador hosts Innovate Canada from August 31 – September 3, 2020.

Led by Destination Canada’s business events team – the country’s federal organization responsible for marketing Canada internationally as a top destination for business and leisure travel – Innovate Canada is an invite-only event for C-suite executives in one of Canada’s priority economic sectors.

Participants are invited to explore St. John’s ocean sciences centres of excellence through interactive tours of the Marine Institute of MemorialUniversity of Newfoundland, and the National Research Council of Canada’s Ocean, Coastal and River Engineering Research Centre. Participants will also benefit from one-on-one meetings with destination and industry experts, and engage in unique networking events highlighting Canada’s rich culture and hyper-local culinary scene.

“For business or leisure, Canada is a top choice destination,” says the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages. “Through Innovate Canada, and the work of Destination Canada, we can shine a spotlight on the cutting-edge research and cross-industry collaboration that take place in Canada. It’s also a chance to showcase our cities’ capacity to host business events and offer trade and investment opportunities.”

Description: Despite gaps in knowledge about occurrence, sources, transport, and the spectrum of impacts of plastic in the environment, we know enough to know that the plastic pollution problem is serious and that we must seize opportunities to address it. Net Your Problem LLC is a solutions-oriented company, providing responsible disposal services (i.e., recycling) for fishing gear in Alaska and programs in development for all US coasts. Since 2017, we have recycled 881,000 lbs of fishing gear, made possible by working with what we call “unlikely partners”. Past partners have included not only a variety of stakeholders who have a financial interest in improving waste management in coastal communities – from the fishing industry to Native tribes and community groups to local, regional, and federal governments, even intergovernmental institutions, but also construction companies, breweries, and a fishing apparel company. If you are interested in collaborating with us to increase the amount of debris we can divert from landfills and incinerators and prevent from entering the environment, we would love to tell you more about our work and look forward to your attendance.

Hamburg Messe und Congress (HMC) invests major amounts of time and energy to help exhibitors boost the impact of their business activities in other international markets. We have a wealth of resources to tap into, and our unrivalled expertise and experience in organising maritime trade fairs enables us to organise delegations, national pavillons and SMM events around the world.

The SMM team attends all major maritime trade fairs worldwide. Our role in supporting you is to provide all required services whenever you need them – from face-to-face consultation to support with your exhibition stand, travel information, accommodation advice, catalogue sales and tickets.

Whatever support you need, wherever you’re based in the world – we’d be delighted to meet you.

For more information register your interest today and discover SMM and INMEX SMM India.

Noia Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition 2020
NEW DATE:  September 9 – 11, 2020
St. John’s Convention Centre

After careful consideration of numerous factors, but most importantly with the safety and well-being of Noia members and conference participants as our priority, Noia has decided to postpone our upcoming Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition to September 9 – 11, 2020. This is a change from June 1-4, 2020.

Our Board of Directors, conference committee and staff will be working diligently to ensure we provide the exceptional conference experience you have come to expect from Noia. We have begun contacting speakers, sponsors and exhibitors to inform them of our plan and we look forward to offering a full conference in September, offering the latest information about the offshore oil & gas industry.

Noia would like to thank you for understanding this decision and we look forward to seeing you at our annual Noia Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition at the St. John’s Convention Centre, September 9 – 11, 2020.

Should you have any questions, please contact Noia at 758-6610 or noia@noia.ca.

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Target Audience: Canadian start-ups, scale-ups, entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises in all industry sectors who are interested in exporting as well as those actively doing business abroad.
Sector: Aerospace, Agriculture and processed foods, Arts and cultural industries, Automotive, Chemicals, Clean technologies, Consumer products, Defence and security, Education, Financial and insurance services, Fish and seafood, Forestry and wood products, Industrial machinery, Information and communications technologies, Infrastructure, Investment, Life sciences, Mining, Ocean technologies, Oil and gas, Professional services, Tourism, Transportation, Wine, beer and spirits

The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) is proud to be supporting Startup Canada’s annual Canadian Export Challenge, in collaboration with Export Development Canada (EDC) and UPS for a third consecutive year.

The 2020 Canadian Export Challenge will feature a series of regional 1-Day Digital Global Accelerators with a digital pitch competition, followed by a grand finale supporting entrepreneurs as they adapt their business models to navigate implications brought on by COVID-19 and expand their businesses globally.

5 regionally focused digital events

• British Columbia and North
• Prairies Region
• Ontario Region
• Atlantic Region
• Quebec Region

Presented by: April Crow, Vice President of External Affairs & Investor Relations, Circulate Capital

Description: Roughly 8 million tons of plastic enter the ocean every year — the equivalent of a garbage truck unloading every minute. Most of this plastic enters the ocean from just five countries in South and Southeast Asia. In 2018, Circulate Capital established the US$100M Circulate Capital Ocean Fund (CCOF), the world’s first investment fund dedicated to preventing ocean plastic. CCOF invests in companies and technologies that improve waste collection, waste sorting and processing, waste recycling, and plastic end use in South and Southeast Asia. Financing innovative local companies that are working to address these waste management challenges is a critical step to reducing the flow of ocean plastics and improving economic development and public health outcomes This webinar will examine what the investments could look like at the ground level, how improvements could be scaled, and how South and Southeast Asia could ultimately become a model for fighting plastic waste.

Co-sponsors: OCTO (MarineDebris.info, OpenChannels, The Skimmer, MPA News, EBM Tools Network)

The main goal of this project is to determine if diagenetic titania polymorphs can be used as a tool in tracking hydrocarbon migration in sedimentary basins. Titania (TiO2) occurs as three main polymorphs. Rutile is mostly pedogenic; anatase is prominent during eodiagenesis, particularly in lowstand systems tracts; and brookite is predominantly late mesodiagenetic. Ti, similar to V and Fe, can be readily mobilized when hydrocarbon-rich fluids are generated in sediments. Gas reservoirs in the Scotian Basin have common brookite, whereas the water intervals of reservoirs have anatase. Formation of brookite rather than anatase or rutile during mesodiagenesis may be due to the incorporation of V and Fe during hydrocarbon charge.

M.Sc. project of Alexis Imperial, Saint Mary’s University. Principal investigator: Georgia Pe-Piper, Saint Mary’s University

The OERA webinar series is hosted in Zoom.

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The Sustainable Oceans Conference is a free public event that brings together a wide audience. The goal is to promote opportunities for collaboration to address the range of issues affecting our ocean. The annual conference is supported by the Sobey Fund for Oceans and is organized annually by the students of the Marine Affairs Program at Dalhousie University. It is the only student-led conference of its kind in Atlantic Canada, and is being held for the 9th consecutive year.

The ocean is our lifeline. It feeds us, provides the air that we breathe, links vast continents, and helps foster  deeper human connections. A healthy ocean supports a healthy Earth, yet finding ways to help our ocean flourish can be challenging. How can one individual make a difference when there is such a diversity of global interests influencing the ocean? The theme of our conference this year is Local Ripples, Global Waves. Leading up to the UN Decade for Ocean Science, we aim to inspire our community in Atlantic Canada to consider how their local engagement towards a healthy ocean can contribute to global solutions.

The conference aims to explore multi-disciplinary approaches for creating healthy oceans and sustainable economies. Collectively, the Sustainable Oceans Conference aims to promote opportunities for collaboration on solutions addressing a range of issues affecting our ocean ecosystems.  While the overall aim of the event remains the same, each new class brings in different perspectives, themes, keynote speakers, and academic presentations that make each year’s conference unique.

The Sustainable Oceans Conference 2020 will take place on Friday September 25th, 2020 from 6:30pm – 9:30pm, and Saturday September 26th, 2020 from 9:00am – 5:30pm. The conference will be held in the McInnes Room on the second floor of the Dalhousie Student Union Building at 6136 University Avenue, Halifax, NS.

Friday, September 25, 2020 @ 9 am NDT | Hosted on ZoomTS
Re-engineering your oceans career

9:00 AM Event begins (3 min.)
• Welcome from Don Grant, Executive Director of the Ocean Startup Project
9:03 AM Opening remarks (5 min.)
• Kendra MacDonald, CEO of Canada’s Ocean Supercluster
9:08 AM Introduction to the Ocean Startup Project (7 min.)
9:15 AM Speaker keynote: Finding opportunity in a downturn (15 min.) – Speaker TBD
• Finding new career direction or starting a new company in times of adversity
9:30 AM Panel discussion: Opportunities in oceans and innovation (40 min.)
• Moya Cahill – CEO & Co-Founder, Pangeo Subsea
• Karl Kenny – CEO, Kraken Robotics
• Adam Keating – CEO & Co-Founder, CoLab
10:10 AM Takeaways and final remarks (5 min.)
• Open floor for anyone who wants to ask a question or share an insight
10:15 AM Open networking – Optional (15 min.)
• Breakout rooms open and attendees invited to stay and network with guests
10:30 AM Event concludes