From wright.1128 at osu.edu Thu Jan 5 11:56:50 2023 From: wright.1128 at osu.edu (Wright, Nicole) Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2023 16:56:50 +0000 Subject: [Sc-aquaponics] Ohio Aquaculture Association Conference-registration open Message-ID: Online registration for the Ohio Aquaculture Association Conference January 20-21, 2023, at the Quest Conference Center (9200 Worthington Road, Westerville, OH, 43082) is open: https://www.ohioaquaculture.org/events! Be sure to register (at no extra cost) for the Exhibitor's breakfast on Friday beginning at 9am. You can also renew or purchase an OAA membership in combination with your conference registration. Three highlights of this year's conference, as outlined by Bill Lynch, OAA President: 1. OAA has planned a single Special Plenary Session Friday afternoon, January 20, for all conference attendees to attend. This plenary session is titled "Prospering in an Economic Downturn". The OAA is thrilled that Dr. Carole Engle, renowned aquaculture economist, has agreed to conduct this session for Ohio aquaculture and aquaponics farmers to better situate themselves to prosper during economic downturns. Most economists feel that if U.S is not currently in a recession, it will be in 2023. Recession can pose significant challenges to fish farmers, such as rising costs for our inputs, potentially declining sales of our products, as well as higher interest rates. All Ohio fish farmers know that feed prices have risen significantly in the last year. Dr. Engle conducted similar sessions and presentations during the 2007-2008 economic downturn, and they were well received and helped many U.S. aquatic operations. The Ohio Aquaculture and Aquaponics industry is very fortunate Dr. Engle is available and to be honest, quickly agreed to enlighten us on this important topic. Please note that while this plenary session will have an aquaculture/aquaponics focus, much of what will be presented and discussed has relevance to other businesses you may have. A big shout-out to the Ohio Soybean Council for sponsoring this special plenary session! 2. Another exciting Friday session has been planned that conference attendees might want to be present for. The OAA Board considers our exhibitors to be critical to our conference's successes over the years, both financially as well as networking with attendees on the goods and services they provide to our industry. The OAA Board, to further enhance this networking, will be conducting a special event on Friday morning titled "Breakfast With Our Exhibitors". What makes this Friday morning special for you is that each exhibitor will be offered the chance to provide a 10-15-minute presentation on their entity as well as how they can help Ohio aquaculture and your farm move forward and be more successful. "Breakfast With Our Exhibitors" will commence at 9:30 AM and continue to around 12:00 PM. Breakfast will be served beginning at 9:00 AM at no extra cost to attendees - it is included in your registration. We will be asking you to RSVP for this special breakfast when you register for the conference so that we can better plan food needs. You can RSVP when you register for the conference online. The hot breakfast will consist of Belgian waffles, eggs, bacon, ham, potatoes, and various pastries. Please note that on Friday no lunch is provided so if you attend the "Breakfast With Our Exhibitors" please eat heartily. Those not attending this breakfast should plan on eating lunch on their way to the conference. There are plenty of local restaurants in the area. 3. You may recall in the summer 2022 newsletter, I described a new format for each session in which the first half of a session will be two 40-minute presentations by presenters focusing on the session topic, followed by a break, and then a panel/audience discussion of the session topic. Again, as an example, in the aquaponics session, the two presentations will focus on aquaponics and after a break, the panel will convene comprised of aquaponics folks. The panel will answer all directed questions on aquaponics from their perspective. Audience discussion will be encouraged. This format will be followed on Saturday, January 21 for sessions on RAS, Pond Culture, Aquaponics, and Selling Your Aquatic Products. This is a great learning opportunity, not only from formal presentations, but also discussing the session topic with panels as well as other farmers. [The Ohio State University] Nicole Wright Aquaculture Extension Educator and LEARN Coordinator Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory School of Environment and Natural Resources Area 100 Research Center, 1314 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43212 wright.1128 at osu.edu / ohioseagrant.osu.edu Pronouns: she/her/hers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 3605 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: OAA 2023 Conference New Agenda III.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 72100 bytes Desc: OAA 2023 Conference New Agenda III.pdf URL: From wright.1128 at osu.edu Thu Jan 5 11:59:35 2023 From: wright.1128 at osu.edu (Wright, Nicole) Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2023 16:59:35 +0000 Subject: [Sc-aquaponics] OAA conference: student and teacher scholarships available Message-ID: Student and teacher scholarships to attend OAA's Annual Conference, January 20-21, 2023 Thanks to an eeBLUE aquaculture literacy grant, the Ohio Aquaculture Association and Ohio Sea Grant would like to support attendance of students (high school, undergraduate, and graduate) and teachers to the OAA Annual Conference this January 20-21, 2023 at the Quest Center (9200 Worthington Road, Westerville, OH, 43082). A limited number of full scholarships are available first come, first served to cover conference registration fees; meals are included in conference attendance. Attend for one or both days. Please email Curtis Gram, freedomfishfarms at gmail.com (OAA Treasurer) and Bill Lynch, blmillperch at gmail.com (OAA President) with your name, school, grade or year and major (students) or title and grade level (teachers) to take advantage of this opportunity, or if you have any questions. This year's conference program includes a special plenary by renowned aquaculture economist Carole Engle on "Prospering in an Economic Downturn", the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife on strategies to enforcing aquaculture regulations on Friday. On Saturday, producer and practitioner-focused sessions include topics of marketing and sales, recirculating aquaculture systems, pond culture, and aquaponics. Industry and educational exhibitors will also be present. [The Ohio State University] Nicole Wright Aquaculture Extension Educator and LEARN Coordinator Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory School of Environment and Natural Resources Area 100 Research Center, 1314 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43212 wright.1128 at osu.edu / ohioseagrant.osu.edu Pronouns: she/her/hers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 3605 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: