Call for Proposal
Call For Speakers: Academic Sessions
Seafood & Health 2027 invites researchers, academics, scientists, research institutions, universities, postgraduate students and early-career researchers to submit proposals for the Academic & Research Track.
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The Academic Track will provide a platform to present original research, emerging scientific evidence, innovative technologies and research-driven solutions addressing the future of seafood, human health, sustainable production and resilient food systems.
We are particularly interested in research that connects scientific discovery with real-world challenges and demonstrates potential applications for seafood production, food safety, nutrition, sustainability, public health and policy.
Researchers are invited to submit proposals that align with one or more of the following academic and research themes. Don’t worry if your research could fit within more than one theme—the Scientific/Program Committee may reassign accepted submissions to create the strongest and most balanced overall academic program.
This session explores research on sustainable aquaculture practices, climate-resilient farming methods, efficient use of resources, and innovative approaches to reduce environmental impacts and strengthen the long-term resilience of aquatic production systems.
Suggested topics include:
- Climate-resilient aquaculture systems
- Adaptation to increasing water temperatures
- Salinity and environmental stress
- Low-carbon aquaculture production
- Energy-efficient farming systems
- Water-use efficiency
- Recirculating aquaculture systems
- Offshore and open-ocean aquaculture
- Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture
- Aquaculture carrying capacity
- Climate risk modelling
- Aquaculture disaster preparedness
- Nature-positive aquaculture
This session focuses on preventing and controlling diseases in aquaculture, improving farm biosecurity, maintaining healthy aquatic animals, and using better health-management practices to reduce disease outbreaks and production losses.
Suggested topics include:
- Emerging aquatic diseases
- Disease surveillance
- Early-warning systems
- Rapid diagnostics
- Vaccines
- Immunology
- Probiotics and functional feeds
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Alternatives to antibiotics
- Farm biosecurity
- Pathogen detection
- Epidemiology
- Digital disease surveillance
This session explores improved breeding techniques, genetic selection and biotechnology to develop healthier, faster-growing and disease-resistant aquatic species, while improving productivity, quality and sustainability in aquaculture.
Suggested topics include:
- Selective breeding
- Genomic selection
- Broodstock management
- Genetic diversity
- Disease-resistant strains
- Growth-performance selection
- Reproductive technologies
- Cryopreservation
- Molecular breeding
- Genomics and phenotyping
- Responsible biotechnology applications
This session explores better nutrition and innovative feed solutions for aquaculture, including alternative protein sources, sustainable ingredients and improved feed technologies to support healthy growth, reduce costs and make aquaculture more sustainable.
Suggested Topics Include:
- Alternative proteins
- Insect protein
- Algae and microbial proteins
- Single-cell proteins
- Fermented feed ingredients
- Agricultural by-product utilisation
- Novel marine ingredients
- Functional feeds
- Precision nutrition
- Gut health
- Feed digestibility
- Feed conversion efficiency
- Reduction of fishmeal and fish-oil dependency
- Life-cycle assessment of aquaculture feeds
This session explores the nutritional benefits of seafood and its role in healthy diets, including essential nutrients, disease prevention, food safety and how seafood consumption can contribute to better public health.
Suggested Topics Include:
- Seafood and human nutrition
- Omega-3 fatty acids
- Seafood and cardiovascular health
- Seafood in healthy ageing
- Seafood and cognitive development
- Maternal and child nutrition
- Protein quality
- Micronutrients
- Functional seafood products
- Nutritional differences between farmed and wild seafood
- Consumer health perceptions
- Food safety and contaminants
- Microplastics and seafood safety
- Risk-benefit analysis of seafood consumption
This session explores how AI, digital technologies and smart farming tools can improve aquaculture through real-time monitoring, automated systems, data-driven decision-making and precision management for better productivity, efficiency and sustainability.
Suggested topics include:
- Artificial intelligence in aquaculture
- Generative AI for seafood and food systems
- Computer vision for fish monitoring
- Automated biomass estimation
- Smart feeding
- Behaviour monitoring
- Disease prediction
- Digital farm management
- Internet of Things sensors
- Environmental monitoring
- Robotics
- Autonomous aquaculture systems
- Digital twins
- Satellite monitoring
- Predictive analytics
- Traceability technologies
- Blockchain applications
- Supply-chain intelligence
This session explores sustainable seafood production and the efficient use of marine resources, including waste reduction, by-product utilization, recycling, and circular approaches that create value while reducing environmental impacts.
Suggested Topics Include:
- Seafood waste valorisation
- Fish processing by-products
- Marine biorefinery technologies
- Collagen and gelatin extraction
- Fish oils
- Bioactive compounds
- Fertilisers
- Animal-feed ingredients
- Circular aquaculture
- Wastewater nutrient recovery
- Sludge utilisation
- Carbon reduction
- Life-cycle assessment
- Blue carbon
- Resource efficiency
This session explores the role of seafood in global food security and international trade, focusing on resilient supply chains, changing markets, trade challenges, production costs and strategies to ensure a stable and reliable seafood supply.
Suggested Topics include:
- Seafood's contribution to global food security
- Aquaculture productivity in developing economies
- Smallholder aquaculture
- Food-system resilience
- Climate disruption of seafood supply chains
- Seafood trade
- Non-tariff measures
- Food standards
- Supply-chain diversification
- Cold-chain resilience
- Geopolitical risks to seafood supply
- Price volatility
- Food availability and accessibility
- Regional seafood self-sufficiency
- Public-private partnerships
This session explores modern seafood processing and quality-management practices, focusing on food safety, freshness, shelf life, value addition and innovative technologies that improve seafood quality and reduce processing losses.
Suggested Topics Include
- Seafood preservation
- Cold-chain technologies
- Shelf-life extension
- Food safety
- Rapid pathogen detection
- Smart packaging
- Processing automation
- Quality monitoring
- Seafood authenticity
- Traceability
- Novel seafood products
- Ready-to-eat seafood
- Alternative processing technologies
This session explores new and innovative ways of producing seafood, including emerging aquaculture systems, alternative production methods, advanced technologies and novel seafood sources that can improve sustainability, efficiency and future food security.
Suggested topics include:
- Cellular aquaculture
- Cultivated seafood
- Precision fermentation
- Novel aquatic species
- Seaweed production
- Microalgae
- Shellfish innovation
- Offshore aquaculture
- Urban aquaculture
- Integrated food production systems
- New production technologies
- Future seafood proteins
This session explores the social, economic and policy factors shaping fisheries and aquaculture, focusing on livelihoods, community participation, governance, regulations and inclusive approaches that support sustainable and equitable seafood development.
Suggested Topic Include
- Economics of aquaculture
- Farm profitability
- Technology adoption
- Smallholder livelihoods
- Gender and aquaculture
- Workforce development
- Aquaculture education
- Consumer behaviour
- Seafood acceptance
- Sustainability certification
- ESG
- Regulatory frameworks
- Investment and financing
- Policy innovation
Presentation Formats
Oral Research Presentation
Submit your abstract for oral presentation selected oral presentation will be provided 15 minutes (10-minute presentation + 5-minute discussion)
Poster Presentation
Researchers may present their work through academic posters, providing opportunities for direct discussion and networking with conference participants.
Submission Criteria
All proposals will be reviewed by the Seafood & Health 2027 Academic/Scientific Review Committee.
Research Quality
The scientific quality, methodology, originality and rigor of the research.
Relevance
The relevance of the research to seafood, ocean health, sustainability, food systems or related scientific fields under the themes.
Innovation
The novelty of the research question, methodology, technology or findings.
Scientific Contribution
The potential contribution of the research to existing scientific knowledge.
Practical & Translation Potential
The potential for research findings to contribute to future applications, technologies, practices or policy.
Abstract Submission Form
Submit your research abstract and join global experts, innovators, and industry leaders at the conference.