WORLD FISH MARKET: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION VS. PANDEMIC

Ilya Shestakov

Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation - Head of the Federal Agency for Fisheries

Graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance and Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation. Economist, lawyer, PhD (economics). From july 2011 ocupied a post of Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, from january 2014 combine the post with title of Head of the Federal Agency for Fisheries.

Date of speech:

September 22, 2020

Speech topic:

Assessment of the pandemic’s influence on the global market

Petr Savchuk

Deputy Head, Federal Agency for Fisheries

Graduated from Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University, specialized in Ship navigation in sea routes. From 2015 up till now held a post of Deputy head of the Federal Agency for Fisheries. Supervises fishery operation, science and technology and fleet, harbor and monitoring offices.

Date of speech:

September 22, 2020

Marcio Castro de Souza

Secretary of FAO Subcommittee on Fish Trade, GLOBEFISH Coordinator, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Holds a Master’s degree in International Law and Economics (Magna Cum Laude) from the Universities of Berne, Fribourg, and Neuchâtel. Before joining FAO, he worked in the Brazilian Government in the area of agriculture and fisheries, always associated with foreign trade promotion and regulation. Previously, he worked in the area of international capital markets in the banking sector, and in a government agency responsible for regulating foreign trade operations in Brazil.

Date of speech:

September 22, 2020

Speech topic:

Presentation of FAO report «The State of World's Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020»: current trends in production and fish trade, perspectives and the pandemic.

Ragnar Árnason

Professor of Economics, University of Iceland

Ragnar Árnason, graduated in economics and politics from the University of Iceland and in economics and econometrics from the London School of Economics before completing his Ph.D. in economics from the University of British Columbia, specializing in the mathematical modelling of fisheries. Dr. Árnason is a Professor of Economics at the University of Iceland and the author of more than 150 academic papers on fisheries management. Among them are “Evaluation of the Cod Fishing Policies of Denmark Iceland and Norway”, “Costs of Fisheries Management: Theoretical and Practical Implications”, “The Sunken Billions, The Icelandic Fisheries, Property Rights in Fisheries: How Much Can Individual Transferable Quotas Accomplish?”.

Date of speech:

September 22, 2020

Speech topic:

How does world bank view the pandemic’s impact on the fishery market?

Fan Xubing

Managing Director and General Manager, Beijing Seabridge Marketing & Consulting

Graduated from Shanghai Ocean University, Maastricht School of Management, Ocean University of China and Peking University. Mr. Fan Xubing has 15 years of experience in food marketing, promotion and consulting for seafood, meat and agro-products.

Beijing Seabridge Marketing & Consulting Co. Ltd. is a Beijing based food marketing, promotion and consulting firm specializing in agri-products and imported food with clients that include foreign governments, trade associations and foreign agri-business companies. Among company clients are Norwegian Seafood Council, Canadian Association for Prawn Producers, Lobster Council of Canada, Taste of Atlantic Canada Lobster, Underwater Harvesters Association, Marine Stewardship Council, Global Aquaculture Alliance, Meat and Livestock Australia, US Meat Export Federation, Canadian Beef Export Federation, Hokkaido Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations.

Date of speech:

September 22, 2020

Speech topic:

Will China still be a main driver of global fishery market?

Demi Korban

Business Reporter, IntraFish International News Holding

Had a master degree in Financial journalism from University of London. Writes daily stories on investments, M&A's in the seafood and aquaculture space.

IntraFish is a leading world fish media holding founded in 1996 in Norway. Holding’s projects are main source of analytics and news for world fishery community for more than 20 years. IntraFish has many projects online and in printed format, among them are IntraFish.соm, IntraFish Magazine, IntraFish Aquaculture, IntraFish Fisheries, IntraFish.no, TekFish.no и Fiskeribladet.no. IntraFish has offices in several cities in Norway, also in Seattle, Puerto-Varas, Singapore and London. IntraFish head office is located in Bergen, Norway.

Date of speech:

September 22, 2020

Speech topic:

How has the pandemic influenced on Norwegian fishery companies’ capitalization?

Alexander Panov

Executive Director, Sberbank

Date of speech:

September 22, 2020

Speech topic:

Impact of new economic conditions on the financial stability of fishery enterprises

Sergey Mitin

Deputy Chairman, Council of the Federation Committee for Agrarian and Food Policy and Environmental Management

Graduated from Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University. Professor, Doctor of Economics, Honorable Worker of Russian agro-industrial complex. From 2017 occupies a post of Deputy Chairman of Council of the Federation Committee for Agrarian and Food Policy and Environmental Management. Previously served as Governor of Novgorod Oblast and Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.

Date of speech:

September 22, 2020

Sergey Tarusov

Chairman, Rybolovetsky Kolkhoz n.a. Lenin

Graduated from Odessa Maritime Academy and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiyi Higher Engineer Academy in marine navigation. From 1985 is working in Rybolovetsky Kolkhoz n.a. Lenin, from 2009 up now occupied a post of its chairman. Mr. Tarusov is a member of Kamchatka region Fishery Council and Kamchatka region Fishery Entrepreneurs Union.

Date of speech:

September 22, 2020

Aleksey Buglak

President, Pollock Fishing Association

Graduated from Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service. From 2008 work in non-commercial organization «Pollock Fishing Association». Occupied posts of head of marketing group, executive director, vice-president of association. In May 2019 by means of PFA common assembly was appointed as president. In April 2020 became a member of the commission of the Russian Union of Producers and Entrepreneurs in Fishery and Aquaculture.

Date of speech:

September 22, 2020

Igor Bukharov

President, Federation of Restaurateurs & Hoteliers of Russia

Graduated in economics from Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. Russian restauranteur, businessman, publisher of “Vinomania” magazine (2000-2010). From 2010 head of the department “Management in hotels and restaurants business” of Sinergia university, from 2014 - Dean of the Department for Hospitality Industry, RANEPA.

Date of speech:

September 22, 2020

Speech topic:

Life after the pandemic: restaurants and cafes in a new reality

Kirill Tokarev

Editor in Chief, TV presenter, RBC (Russian multimedia holding)

Graduated in politology from Higher School of Economics. From 2011 - Editor in Chief and host of RBC programs such as “Tokarev.Delo”, “New Economy with Kirill Tokarev”, “Companies’ News” etc. Mr. Tokarev specializes in corporate sector, government relations, medium and small enterprises.