Uruguay will be hosting the World Meat Congress for the first time. The launch of the Congress was held at the Executive Tower of the Presidency of the Republic and had the participation of the Minister of Livestock, Mr. Tabaré Aguerre, the President of INAC, Mr. Federico Stanham and the President of the WMC´s Organizing Committee, Mr. Fernando Gil.

Agritech - 2016

Agritech Expo Zambia - 2016. Interactive training workshop programme now available
 

Join free to attend interactive training workshops at Agritech Expo Zambia
Agritech Expo Zambia brings you interactive training workshops presented by industry experts and leading agricultural enterprises.
Gain knowledge   From modernising the smallholder farmer to optimising commercial farming operations; you're bound to gain practical and innovative solutions to improve your faming business at Agritech Expo Zambia. The workshops are completely free to attend and will take place in the Workshop Tent from 14-16 April. Download the updated event brochure to view the full interactive workshop agenda.
		Gain first-hand experience Watch  machinery and sprayer demonstrations from leading equipment suppliers. Test drive utility vehicles on the 4x4 test track. Meet with over 160 local and international agri solution providers. View the outcome of the live crop trials. Network with over 15 000 agriculture professionals.
Obtain purchasing power Join Zanaco’s presentation in the interactive training workshops from 15-16 April 2016. Zanaco is the returning exclusive Diamond Sponsor at Agritech Expo Zambia. Read the full interviewwith Managing Director, Bruce Dick and find out what they have planned for this year's event.		Bruce Dick, Managing Director, Zanaco, Zambia
Agritech Expo Zambia is completely free to attend. Don’t miss out on Zambia’s leading outdoor agriculture expo from 14-16 April 2016 at GART Research Centre in Chisamba. All you need to do is activate your free expo pass online.    ACTIVATE YOUR FREE EXPO TICKET HERE

Did you see the Vitafoods Europe 2016 official event preview?

VITAFOODS EUROPE 2016 PREVIEW

Nutraceutical industry riding on a wave
of optimism, new research shows

Vitafoods Europe 2016 – 10-12 May 2016, Palexpo, Geneva

Levels of confidence in the nutrition industry are currently riding sky-high, according to a survey carried out exclusively for Vitafoods Europe 2016, the global nutraceutical event.

Researchers questioned visitors and exhibitors who attended last year’s show about their views on the prospects for the nutrition industry, the latest trends and the current regulatory environment. The results provide a fascinating insight into their opinions across a wide range of issues.

The standout – and most encouraging – finding from the survey was that respondents feel overwhelmingly positive about the market for nutraceuticals. Among visitors to Vitafoods Europe, 87% of those surveyed said they were either very positive or quite positive about the future for the company they run or the business they work for, in terms of sales performance and profitability. Among exhibitors, the corresponding figure was even more emphatic: 94%.

Such impressive levels of optimism look set to be reflected in the forthcoming Vitafoods Europe, which takes place at Palexpo, Geneva, from 10-12 May 2016. Now in its 20^th year, this year’s event will be 16 times bigger than the first in 1997, with more than 900 exhibitors covering 40,000m², and over 16,500 visitors expected to pass through its doors.

Without doubt, the show has come a long way since the first edition – when it featured 100 exhibitors, covered 2,500m² of floor space and attracted 1,200 visitors. In fact, to accommodate its growth, Vitafoods Europe will this year relocate from Palexpo Halls 1 and 2 into Halls 3, 4, 5 and 6. There will be more room for the increasing number of exhibitors booking space at the event and, in addition, a wide selection of new and exciting visitor attractions.

Innovative streak

Our survey also found that the nutrition industry’s innovative streak is alive and well. As many as 88% of the visitors to Vitafoods Europe questioned said their company intends to introduce at least one new product this year, while more than a fifth of respondents (22%) said their company would launch 10 or more new products in the next 12 months. A third said they would be launching between 5 and 9 new products.

Among exhibitors, 92% said they would launch at least one new product in the coming year, with 21% planning to introduce 10 or more and another 19% promising between 5 and 9. Their responses indicate that there are bound to be plenty of innovations to see at this year’s Vitafoods Europe.

In tune with this, the event will feature a number of attractions designed to showcase what’s new in the nutrition industry, including two New Products Zones – one for ingredients and one for finished products. A new addition to this year’s show will be the Vitafoods LaunchPad, where visitors can hear concise, bite-sized presentations from exhibitors about the latest product launches in the nutrition industry. LaunchPad will take place in the Vitafoods Centre Stage, a new theatre that will play host to a wide selection of stimulating events.

There will be further opportunities to discover what’s new in the industry with the new Vitafoods Springboard. This will be a dedicated space for visitors to engage with start-ups and other entrepreneurs at the cutting edge of the nutrition sector. It will offer insights into the latest ingredients, products and technologies that make it possible to tap into current and future trends.

The new Tasting Bar Spotlight, meanwhile, will be an extension of the existing Tasting Bar. It will give exhibitors the chance to present their products to visitors while simultaneously offering them the opportunity to taste and sample them.

Greater consumer awareness

Much has changed in the nutrition industry since Vitafoods Europe first took place in 1997. Chief among these changes, our survey results suggest, is that consumers are far more interested in diet and wellbeing.

In our survey, 92% of visitors to Vitafoods Europe and 100% of exhibitors said they believed consumers are more knowledgeable about good nutrition now than they were two decades ago. In the light of this, visitors and exhibitors both cited increased consumer awareness about nutrition as the biggest opportunity for the company they run or work for (50% and 62% respectively).

The single health category area of most interest to the visitors in our survey was healthy ageing, selected by more than a quarter of respondents (26%). Other popular choices were digestive health (chosen by 23%), cardiovascular health (22%) and weight management (21%). There will be a major focus on all of these topics at this year’s Vitafoods Europe Conference. Particularly exciting is the news that the conference will offer delegates a chance to hear the latest results from four major EU-funded nutrition projects exploring three of these areas: weight management, heart health and healthy ageing.

Health claims are important

Another significant change in the nutrition industry in the past 20 years has been the advent of new regulations in Europe that have made life much tougher for nutraceutical businesses. Most notable among these are the 2006 Nutrition & Health Claims Regulation and the Novel Foods Regulation, which – like Vitafoods Europe – also came into being in 1997.

When our survey asked respondents to name the factors that represent the biggest challenges to the company they run or work for, stricter regulation was the most commonly selected answer, chosen by 39% of visitors and 37% of exhibitors.

We also asked respondents how important they believed it was that a nutrition ingredient or product is associated with an EFSA-approved health claim. Among visitors, 84% considered it to be either quite or very important, and 81% of exhibitors agreed.

Regulation is clearly a hot topic in the nutrition industry and Vitafoods Europe 2016 will offer a number of ways to catch up with the latest developments. A new attraction this year will be the Regulatory Advice Centre in association with EAS Strategies, in which visitors will be able to connect one-to-one with experts and discuss the implications of global regulations in the nutrition sector. There will also be major focus on regulation at the Vitafoods Centre Stage.

At the Vitafoods Europe Conference, meanwhile, EAS Strategies will present a special extended and in-depth workshop exploring a roadmap for bringing new nutritional ingredients to the EU market. The conference will also feature a look at the regulatory aspects of packaging, including the tricky issue of intellectual property, from law firm Bird & Bird. Tickets for the conference are available to purchase at vitafoods.eu.com/pr-preview.

Increased focus on business challenges

Despite its continued success, Vitafoods Europe isn’t standing still. Organisers have announced changes that will increase the focus of the event on the key areas that matter most to visitors – helping them to meet the business challenges they face in today’s fast-moving market.

The show will continue to serve the nutraceutical market but will be focused on four distinct sectors, as follows:

·        Ingredients & Raw Materials

·        Finished Products

·        Contract Manufacturing & Private Label

·        Services & Equipment

This means the event will offer more content specifically concentrating on each of these areas, ensuring a richer experience for visitors. Vitafoods Europe will now cover the whole spectrum of the nutraceutical industry, with Finished Products Europe becoming fully integrated within the Vitafoods Europe brand.

And that’s not all. Vitafoods Europe 2016 will also see the introduction of a host of innovative new attractions that will put the emphasis on great content, interactivity and really bringing nutrition to life.

Premiering in 2016 will be the Sports Nutrition Zone, where visitors can discover the very latest developments in the exciting and fast-growing sports nutrition category. In the Optimal Health Testing Centre, meanwhile, exhibitors will demonstrate how it’s possible to identify specific health needs and deliver tailored nutrition solutions to meet them.

In the new Life Stages Theatre, leading independent experts will discuss specific nutrition requirements for consumers of all ages, from infant to senior. There will be stimulating panel discussions tackling current hot topics, such as personalised nutrition, appealing to Millennial consumers, addressing allergies, and optimal nutrition for infants and children.

Elsewhere, a new Packaging Innovation Centre will provide an insight into advances in packaging technology, with a focus on hot topics such as design, delivery systems, convenience, labelling and sustainability.

All the new additions for 2016 will build on the many existing, successful attractions that have proved popular with visitors in previous years, including the Innovation Tours with NutriMarketing, which will focus on five topics: the importance of food origin, vegan food, free-from formulations, healthy snacking, and future food forms for tomorrow’s consumers.

Other popular features returning this year include the Exhibition Presentation Theatre, the Tasting Bar, and the Market & Trend Overview in association with Innova Market Insights. The Omega-3 Resource Centre in association with GOED, which made its debut at Vitafoods Europe 2015, returns in 2016 but will be twice as big with many new features.

Coming back for a third year running, meanwhile, is the Nutrition Capital Network European Investor Meeting (NCN Europe III), where businesses and individuals in the nutrition sector can present their ideas to strategic and private equity investors. NCN Europe III will take place on Monday 9 May 2016, the day before the show itself opens.

In addition, NCN will host the Venture Den on the Vitafoods Centre Stage on Tuesday 10 May, at 4pm. In this new, exciting, fast-paced business pitch contest, three companies selected by NCN will compete in front of a panel of judges for an array of valuable prizes. Companies will have the opportunity to enter the Venture Den as part of the application process for the NCN Europe III investor meeting.

A truly international affair

As in previous years, Vitafoods Europe 2016 will be a truly international affair, with exhibitors from all over the world. As well as companies from a multitude of countries participating independently, there will be a total of eight national pavilions, with exhibitors from Belgium, China, Croatia, France, India, Korea, Poland and the US.

Over the past two decades Vitafoods Europe has become the essential international event for everyone working in the global nutraceutical industry. This year’s edition will be no different. It is set to be the largest nutrition industry gathering of its kind to date, and will offer more exhibitors, more conference speakers and more visitor attractions than ever before.

Vitafoods Europe 2016 is the perfect environment for meeting and connecting with new and existing contacts, for discovering what’s new and – most importantly – getting business done. The event is sure to be buzzing with excitement, reflecting the high levels of positivity we found in our survey of visitors and exhibitors.

Unquestionably, it’s a great time to be in the nutrition industry. Make sure you don’t miss Vitafoods Europe 2016 – register today for your free visitor’s pass at vitafoods.eu.com.

 ENDS

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Kine Bjoralt

Ingredient Communications

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Guggenheim Museum of Arts

Guggenheim April Programs: It Takes Two Tickets On Sale, Drawing the Guggenheim, and MoreShare: Twitter | Facebook

APRIL PROGRAMS Don’t miss a special late-night program during the final weekend of Peter Fischli David Weiss: How to Work Better at the Guggenheim, plus film screenings, a drawing workshop, and more.    Jump to: It Takes Two | Tours | Screenings | Drawing the Guggenheim | Works & Process FINAL WEEKEND LATE-NIGHT PROGRAM It Takes Two Saturday–Sunday, April 23–24, 9 pm–4 am Why do creative minds gravitate toward one another? What is the unique result of creating in pairs? Why is the trope of the comic/tragic duo so prevalent in film and literature? In this durational, multidisciplinary program, the Guggenheim invites a wide range of speakers and performers to address these questions on the occasion of the retrospective Peter Fischli David Weiss: How to Work Better. Organized by exhibition curators Nancy Spector and Nat Trotman, with Ben Vershbow, Director, NYPL Labs. Participants include artist Matthew Barney and composer Jonathan Bepler, experimental electronic band Matmos, architects Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio, filmmakers and producers Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi, and philosopher Simon Critchley. View more at guggenheim.org/ittakestwo. $30, $20 members, $15 students. Tickets include overnight access to the exhibition and a cash bar.  Add to calendar    CURATOR’S EYE TOURS Curator’s Eye programs provide an opportunity for visitors to explore the museum’s exhibitions, collections, and architecture on a tour led by a Guggenheim curator with expert knowledge of the work on view. Learn more.   Friday, April 8, 12 pm Peter Fischli David Weiss: How to Work Better Led by Anne Wheeler, Assistant Curator This tour will be ASL interpreted. Free with museum admission and no advance registration required. View the full schedule atguggenheim.org/calendar. FILM SCREENINGS The Least Resistance and The Right Way Daily at 11 am, 12:30 pm, 2 pm, and 3:30 pm Two films follow Rat and Bear, the iconic alter egos of Peter Fischli and David Weiss, as they set out to strike it rich in the Los Angeles art world and wander aimlessly through a bucolic mountainside landscape. View the full schedule at guggenheim.org/film. Free with museum admission. WORKSHOP Drawing the Guggenheim Saturday, April 16, 10 am–1 pm Led by Sharon Vatsky, this workshop uses drawing to study Frank Lloyd Wright’s design, focusing on developing a deeper understanding of architecture. After a slideshow presentation and tour, participants draw from various perspectives as a way of seeing the Guggenheim more deeply, then reflect on their discoveries together. No drawing experience required. $20. The workshop is limited to 20 participants. Materials will be provided.  Add to calendar WORKS & PROCESS Battleground by Ryan McNamara May 2, 3, 4, 7:30 pm  See the premiere of Battleground, a Works & Process–commissioned work made for the unique architecture of the Guggenheim’s Frank Lloyd Wright–designed Peter B. Lewis Theater. Collaborating with a community of dancers and artists with whom he has worked for years, Ryan McNamara and the creative team will participate in a discussion moderated by Nancy Spector, former Deputy Director and Jennifer and David Stockman Chief Curator.   $35 members and Friends of Works & Process, $40 general admission.     STAY CONNECTED Join the It Takes Two event on Facebook for updates and to invite your friends.   Major support for Peter Fischli David Weiss: How to Work Better has been provided by Laurenz Foundation, Schaulager, Basel.    The Leadership Committee for Peter Fischli David Weiss: How to Work Better is gratefully acknowledged for its support, with special thanks to Chairs Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann. Additional support is provided by Matthew Marks; Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers; Galerie Eva Presenhuber; Glenstone; Collection Ringier; Alfred Richterich; Per Skarstedt; Walter A. Bechtler Foundation, Switzerland; Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zürich; Ulla Dreyfus-Best; Hauser & Wirth; Gigi and Andrea Kracht; Arend and Brigitte Oetker; and Sylvie Winckler. Funding is also generously provided by Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne, National Endowment for the Arts, the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, and New York State Council on the Arts. The Sackler Center for Arts Education is a gift of the Mortimer D. Sackler Family. Endowment funding is provided by The Engelberg Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, The Elaine Terner Cooper Foundation, and the Esther Simon Charitable Trust. Educational activities and/or public programs are made possible in part by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, The Edmond de Rothschild Foundation, The Hilla von Rebay Foundation, and The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation. Funding is also provided by The Keith Haring Foundation; Deutsche Bank; The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; the Windgate Charitable Foundation; the Sidney E. Frank Foundation; Guggenheim Partners, LLC; the Robert & Toni Bader Charitable Foundation; the Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust; Dorothy and Elihu Modlin; and The Barker Welfare Foundation. Additional support from the Gap Foundation; Katherine and Peter Kend; the Jane A. Lehman and Alan G. Lehman Foundation; Con Edison; the Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Inc.; the Henry E. Niles Foundation, Inc.; and the Metzger-Price Fund, Inc. is gratefully acknowledged. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation thanks the members of the Education Committee for their support. Works & Process is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. From top: Photo: Scott Rudd; Peter Fischli and David Weiss with Large Vase, ca. 1986. © Jason Klimatsas/Fischli Weiss Archive; Installation view: Peter Fischli David Weiss: How to Work Better, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, February 5–April 27, 2016. Photo: David Heald © SRGF; Peter Fischli David Weiss, The Least Resistance, 1980–81. Color video, transferred from Super 8 film, with sound, 29 min. Courtesy the artists © Peter Fischli and David Weiss; Photo: Provided by Sharon Vatsky; Battleground by Ryan McNamara

Welcome to Fishex-2016

 China International (Guangzhou) Fishery and Seafood Exposition 2016

   Date:August 26-28,2016       Venue:China Import&Export(Canton Fair)Complex

Hosted By:

China Aquatic Products Processing and Marketing Alliance

The People’s Government of Guangzhou Municipality

Organizer: Guangzhou Boy i Global Exhibition Co., Ltd

Exhibition introduction:

China International (Guangzhou) Fishery & Seafood Expo 2016 is going to be held from August 26^th to 28^th at China Import & Export (Canton Fair) Complex. As it is the most professional fishery expo in south China, it will adhere to its exhibition purposes.that is ,professional, international, market-oriented. It is conceived and planed to facilitate the international fishery and seafood industries,as well as to provide a platform for exhibition, procurement,trade negotiation, technical forum and information communication. As integration of trading,exhibition and technical forums, the event opens the gate of high-end brands,processing and trades form all over the world in fishery and seafood industries to access to Chinese market and expand the international market share.

China-A Country with Greatest Seafood Production and Consumption

In 2014, the total amount of aquatic products in China has reached 64.5 million tons, of which 47.62 million tons are aquatic products, and 16.88million tons  are fish-catching  products. China is a  country with wonderful aquatic products production, trade and consumption, the output of aquatic products ranks first in the world, and it is the world's only one country whose aquaculture output is more than fish-catching one. Under the policy guidance of ecological priority, structural adjustment, we will strengthen the protection of fishery resources and ecological environment, improve the sustainable development of fisheries, and enhance the aquatic products, especially aquaculture production.

     Guangdong province is the largest production and consumption of aquatic products in China, in 2014 it reached 8.3261million tons. There are a large deal of famous production bases of aquatic products and intensive export bases, the world’s aquatic products processing and trade centers. Guangdong is one of the most developed area with boom economy in China, the average seafood consumption is ranked first and the seafood demand and consumption are growing swiftly.

Previous Review:

   China International (Guangzhou) Fishery and Seafood Expo 2015attracted exhibitors from more than 10 overseas countries and 30 domestic cities including Japan, South Korea, Thailand, New Zealand, Iceland, Spain, Maldives, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Ecuador and so on. The area of exhibition is total 10,000 square meters. The 7186 professional buyers came to visit the show, they came from 32 overseas countries and regions, such as Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Savannah, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Turkey, Ukraine, Sevilla, Sweden, Spain, Italy, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Israel, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Thailand , Myanmar, the Maldives, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan. Besides, 26,390 potential visitors came to the hall to visit the show.

   At the same time, 15 special events such as 2015 China Aquatic Products Cold Chain Logistics Seminar, Copper Alloy Netting Aea Cage Aquaculture Health Forum, news release, seafood activities achieved remarkable effect.

The Visitors Organizes:

     Inviting the global fisheries department,fisheries Association, aquatic suppliers, processing enterprises, trading companies to visit the exhibition.

     Inviting government departments around the country, fishing companies, farms, aquatic products processing enterprises, research institutions, universities, trading companies, agents and dealers, aquatic products wholesale markets, supermarkets, hotels, restaurants to visit the exhibition.

     Inviting the professional dealers who are from the major aquatic products wholesale markets.

Exhibits Profile:

     All kinds of fishery aquatic products,fresh sea products, frozen goods, dry goods, deep processing of aquatic products,Aquatic Crafts,etc.

     Preservation technology and equipment, aquaculture technology and equipment, deep-sea fishing tools and equipment, ocean transportation and storage equipment, aquatic utilization technology and equipment; recreational fishing equipment,etc.

     Aquatic products processing equipment, packaging equipment, refrigeration equipment, cold chain logistics equipment, aquatic testing equipment,etc.

     Seafood products agents, fishery market information services, import and export goods inspection and quarantine, aquaculture industry project cooperation,etc.

Rose Peng

Project Manager

Address: Rm. 3308-3309, Block E, PWTC, No.1022 Xingang East Road, Haizhu Dist., Guangzhou, Guangdong, China   (PC:510308)

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