Scaling Aquaculture: How Can We Bridge Innovation Islands to Drive Growth?

05 Nov 2025
Main Auditorium
Blue Food
  • As Asia-Pacific’s aquaculture sector faces mounting pressure to deliver sustainable protein systems, how can industry and government address inefficiencies in a fragmented market?
  • What integrated approaches around coherent standards and shared data are needed to streamline innovation islands, and how can we build smallholder-inclusive value chains?
  • Across land and sea, what tangible advances in digital farm management, aquafeeds, and health diagnostics are being deployed? What is their impact on farming models of varying sizes and economic power?
  • How can we ensure a steady flow of early and growth stage capital to scale economically and environmentally sustainable production systems? How can we address reputational challenges, and how are lessons learnt informing current investment methodologies and activities?
Chairperson
Farshad Shishehchian
Farshad Shishehchian, Group Executive Chairman & Founder - BLUE AQUA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, Singapore
Speakers
Tez Sogo
Tez Sogo, CEO - FRD JAPAN, Japan
Chen Zhu
Chen Zhu, Director and Portfolio Board Representative - AQUA-SPARK, Netherlands
Caitriona Kelleher
Caitriona Kelleher, Managing Director Early-Stage Investments - HATCH BLUE, Ireland
Karin del Rey
Karin del Rey, Asia Development Lead - KATAPULT, Singapore
Chris Aurand
Chris Aurand, Open Innovation Leader - THAI UNION, Thailand