The F3 webinar series hosts talks to introduce the latest advances in fishmeal and fish oil replacements in aquafeeds and encourage networking.   

All webinars are free and open to everyone.

 

Webinar Recordings

Session #13

Large Feed Company Progress on Fish-Free Feeds

What is the status and where do we need to go, post-COVID?

As prices and supply of fishmeal and fish oil rise and fluctuate, the largest feed companies understand that cultivating FM/FO substitute ingredients helps buffer supply chain uncertainties. In this past year, fishmeal and fish oil prices have increased dramatically, underscoring the need for substitutes.

In this session, we will sit down with heavy hitters in the aquafeed and fish farming industries to learn what ingredients are promising for fishmeal and fish oil substitution, and how they view the development and adoption of new alternative ingredients.

Moderator: Kevin Fitzsimmons, Ph.D., Chair and Judge of the F3 Challenge, Professor and Director of International Initiatives at The University of Arizona

  • Yuchi Chen, Vice President, Guangdong Evergreen Conglomerate Co., Ltd.
  • Dave Robb, Ph.D., Program Lead, SeaFurther™ Sustainability, Cargill Aqua Nutrition Business, Cargill
  • Jose Villalon, Corporate Sustainability Director, Nutreco
  • Kyla Zatti, Ph.D., Scientist – Nutrition Formulation R&D, BioMar

Session #12

Synthetic Biology: Customizing Nutrients for Aquafeeds

We are already seeing synthetic biology (“synbio”) play a role in supporting the development of durable supply chains in our food system globally, and more specifically as a platform for innovation around fishmeal and fish oil replacements, and increasing plant-based diet palatability. During this webinar, we will talk specifically about how synbio can provide the technology and tools to help aquaculture grow sustainably. Such technologies have the potential to deliver tailor-made nutrients to different aquaculture species according to desired nutritional profiles. In addition to proteins, the production of aromatics (the chemical precursors to palatant technology) is an area where synbio innovations could make an impact.

The full synthetic biology technology stack has the potential to rethink entirely customizable nutrients and reduce feed and production costs for fish farmers. In this session, we welcome synbio innovators to discuss their technologies and potential for progress in fishmeal and fish oil replacement.

Moderator: Christopher Oakes, Head of Strategic Partnerships in Agriculture, Deep Science Ventures

  • Anthony Dellinger, Ph.D., President and Founding Member, Kepley BioSystems, Inc.
  • Thomas Farrugia, Ph.D., CEO, Beta Bugs
  • Yisheng Wu, Ph.D., Senior Director, Conagen

Session #11

Meet the F3 Challenge Competitors

The F3 Challenge is an industry competition to sell fish-free aquafeeds using innovative formulations of proteins and lipids. The current challenge is to create a fish-free feed for one of three categories: Salmonid, Shrimp, or Other Carnivorous Species. The goal of this challenge is to reduce aquaculture’s demand for forage fish by advancing substitute feeds for the industry’s biggest consumers of forage fish.

In this webinar session we will introduce the contestants currently competing in the F3 Challenge – Carnivore Edition. Contestants have already sold a combined total of over 3,000 metric tons of fish-free feed in the first sales period for the contest. We’ll hear about their innovations, challenges, and future plans for using fish-free feeds beyond the F3 Challenge.

Moderator: Kevin Fitzsimmons, Ph.D., Chair of the F3 Challenge and Judge, Professor and Director of International Programs at The University of Arizona

  • Bill Cramer, President, Star Milling Co.
  • Zhijun Hu, CEO, Jiangsu Fuhai Biotech Co., Ltd
  • Pablo Intriago, Ph.D., Feed and Pond Production Advisor, Empagran
  • Felipe Mayol, Commercial Manager, Food for the Future (F4F)
  • Simon Sanguin, Global R&D Team Leader Aqua, De Heus LLC
  • Boyd Way, Foreign Trade Manager, Dainichi Corporation

Session #10

Feeding Big Appetites

Over half of all seafood in the US is aquacultured. Aquaculture, farming of aquatic animals and plants, can help satiate the world’s growing appetite for seafood while also protecting fragile ocean ecosystems from overfishing. But, shortages of feed ingredients like fishmeal and fish oil (FMFO) create supply chain issues that threaten the future of the industry. FMFO depletion can also result in marine wildlife collapse for animals that depend on forage fish for sustenance.

Learn how synthetic biology is playing an increasingly critical role in the future of seafood, and can address shortages with new supply. Using synbio and conventional tools, opportunities are emerging in algae, single cell proteins, and land crops that are yielding new ingredients for feed and seafood that are crucial for maintaining the availability of one-fifth of global protein.
*This session was not live streamed.

Moderator: Christopher Oakes, Head of Strategic Partnerships in Agriculture, Deep Science Ventures

  • Sudeep Agarwala, Ph.D., Associate Communications Director and Biological Engineer, Ginkgo Bioworks
  • Katrina Benedicto, Sustainability & Communications Director – Nuseed Nutritional, Nuseed
  • Larry Feinberg, Ph.D., CEO, KnipBio
  • Karim Kurmaly, Ph.D., CEO, Veramaris
  • Suresh M. Menon, Ph.D., Founder and CEO, Menon Renewable Products, Inc.
  • Kedar Patel, Ph.D., Senior VP of Biology, NovoNutrients

Session #9

Aquafeed Investors: Funding the Future of Food

Investors are critical for the existence and growth of new ingredient companies whose ingredients can serve as nutritionally equivalent substitutes for fishmeal and fish oil, that will enable aquaculture to continue to grow.

Investors can fund at many points of a start-up’s life cycle: research, proof of concept, and then scaling. In this session we will hear from aquaculture investors about their investing approaches, areas of interest, investments in this space, and favorite up-and-coming alternative ingredients.

For aquafeed companies, alternative ingredients enable risk mitigation for limited and unstable supply chains. For investors, these same supply-chain problems present potentially lucrative opportunities.

Moderator: Kevin Fitzsimmons, Ph.D., Chair of the F3 Challenge and Judge, Professor and Director of International Programs at The University of Arizona

  • Georg Baunach, Managing Partner & Co-founder, HATCH
  • Xiao Chen, Senior Agricultural Analyst, Tianfeng Securities
  • Kate Danaher, Managing Director – Oceans and Seafood, S2G Ventures
  • Alex Kopelyan, Senior Director, IndieBio (SOSV)
  • Matt Mulrennan, CEO, EnVest
  • Lisa Rich, Founder & Managing Partner, Hemisphere Ventures
  • Mike Velings, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Aqua-Spark

Session #8

F3: A Perspective from China

In this session we will hear from Chinese aquaculture producers, feed companies, and other members of the industry about their progress in fishmeal and fish oil replacement in aquaculture feeds. We will discuss challenges and research breakthroughs, and what is on the horizon for the use of alternative ingredients in Chinese aquaculture.

Note: This webinar will be hosted in Chinese with English subtitles. If you are an English speaker, please submit questions ahead of time to f3fishfreefeed@gmail.com.

Moderator: Dan Luo, Editor of FishFirst and Senior Media Expert

  • Lei Wang, Ph.D., Technical Director, Qingdao Master Biotech Co., Ltd.
  • Daojun Li, General Manager, Beijing Sino-Norway Joint Aquatic Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
  • Xu Yang, Ph.D., R&D Manager, Shanghai Yuanyao Agricultural Co., Ltd.
  • Fan Yang, Fubon Aquatic Business Technical Director, Angel Yeast Co., Ltd.
  • Wentao Fan, Manager of Aquatic Division, Lucta (Guangzhou) Flavours Co., Ltd.
  • Cong Liu, Ph.D., Technical Director, New Hope Liuhe Co., Ltd.

 

Session #7

Emerging Trends in Alternative Feeds for Carnivorous Fish

During this session, a panel of feed companies, aquaculture producers and research scientists will discuss the latest achievements in fishmeal and fish oil replacement for carnivorous fishes – beyond salmonids.

Moderator: Kevin Fitzsimmons, Ph.D., Chair of the F3 Challenge and Judge, Professor and Director of International Programs at The University of Arizona

  • Ewen McLean, Ph.D., Consultant, Aqua Cognoscenti and F3
  • Caird Rexroad, Ph.D., National Program Leader for Aquaculture, USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
  • Marty Riche, Ph.D., Research Professor, Florida Atlantic University – Harbor Branch Oceanographic Research Institute
  • Paul Wills, Ph.D. Research Professor and Associate Director for Research, Florida Atlantic University – Harbor Branch Oceanographic Research Institute
  • Neil Sims, Founder and CEO, Ocean Era
  • Alex Tsappis, U.S. Aquaculture Business Manager, Alltech
  • Boyd Way, Foreign Trade Manager, Dainichi Corporation

Session #6

Emerging Trends in Alternative Feeds for Shrimp

In this session we will hear from major feed companies and shrimp producers about the latest trends in fishmeal and fish oil replacement for shrimp. We will discuss the latest research breakthroughs, challenges, and potential for totally eliminating wild-caught feed ingredients in shrimp diets.

Moderator: Kevin Fitzsimmons, Ph.D., Chair of the F3 Challenge and Judge, Professor and Director of International Programs at The University of Arizona

  • Ardi Budiono, President Director, PT Suri Tani Pemuka (STP) Aquaculture Division of JAPFA Group
  • Erwin Suwendi, Ph.D., Head of Nutrition and Feed Technology, PT Suri Tani Pemuka (STP) Aquaculture Division of JAPFA Group
  • Jennifer Kuo, Chief Technology Development & Sustainability Officer, Grobest Group
  • Robins McIntosh, Executive Vice President, Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company
  • Ewen McLean, Ph.D., Consultant, Aqua Cognoscenti and F3
  • Loc Tran, Ph.D., Founder and Director, Minh Phu AquaMekong Co., Ltd.
  • Alexandre Veille, Shrimp Nutritionist, Gold Coin Group Inc.

Session #5

Emerging Trends with Alternative Feeds for Salmonids

In this session we will have major feed companies and farmers discuss the latest trends in fish-free feeds for salmonids, and present their successes, challenges, and what’s on the horizon to totally eliminate wild-caught feed ingredients in salmonid diets.

Moderator: Kevin Fitzsimmons, Ph.D., Chair of the F3 Challenge and Judge, Professor and Director of International Programs at The University of Arizona

  • Bill Cramer, President, Star Milling
  • Vegard Denstadli, Ph.D., Technical Director from the Salmon Division, BioMar Norway
  • Lindsay Pollock, Ph.D., Sustainability Manager for Cargill Aqua Nutrition, North Sea; Cargill
  • Jesse Trushenski, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Riverence

Session #4

Algae & Seed Oils in Aquafeeds

In this session, major algae and seed oil manufacturers will discuss their new healthy omegas, latest research, and fish oil replacement successes for their products.

Moderator: Kevin Fitzsimmons, Ph.D., Chair of the F3 Challenge and Judge, Professor and Director of International Programs at The University of Arizona

  • Pablo Berner, Aquaculture Lead, Nuseed
  • David Hazlebeck, Ph.D., CEO, Global Algae Innovations
  • Karim Kurmaly, Ph.D., CEO, Veramaris
  • Ruud Peerbooms, President of Algae Ingredients, Corbion

Session #3

Single-Cell & Novel Proteins in Aquafeeds

In this session, we welcome innovators of single-cell and novel proteins for aquafeeds to update everyone on the latest progress in fishmeal replacement, research, and plans for the future of their products.

Moderator: Kevin Fitzsimmons, Ph.D., Chair of the F3 Challenge and Judge, Professor and Director of International Programs at The University of Arizona

  • Michael Cici, Global Pathfinder, The Scoular Company
  • Paul de Pauw, Business Development Director – Feed, Unibio
  • Larry Feinberg, CEO, KnipBio
  • Allan LeBlanc, Vice President Market Development, Calysta
  • Mark Rottmann, CEO, iCell Sustainable Nutrition Co., Ltd.
  • David Tze, CEO, NovoNutrients
  • Peter Williams, Ph.D., Senior Nutritionist, Green Plains and Fluid Quip Processing Technologies

Session #2

Soy Ingredients in Aquafeeds: Latest progress in fishmeal replacement

In this session, we welcome major producers of soy products for aquafeeds to update everyone on the latest progress in fishmeal replacement, research, and where they plan to go next in terms of new products.

Moderator: Kevin Fitzsimmons, Ph.D., Chair of the F3 Challenge and Judge, Professor and Director of International Programs at The University of Arizona

  • Zhijun Hu, CEO, Jiangsu Fuhai Biotech Co., Ltd.
  • Jeffery Jiang, Manager, Agribusiness Unit, DaBomb Protein Corp.
  • Hannah Lucas, Business Development Manager, Benson Hill Bio-Systems
  • Lukas Manomaitis, Aquaculture Program Technical Contractor, USSEC
  • Suresh M. Menon, Ph.D., Founder and CEO, Menon Renewable Products, Inc. 
  • Patricia Sugui, Ph.D., Sustainability Manager, CJ Selecta 

Session #1

Insects in Aquafeeds: Progress towards fishmeal/fish oil substitution

In this session, we will hear from the largest players in the insect ingredients market about the most promising species as aquaculture ingredients—black soldier fly and mealworms—and their ability to meet the growing demand for alternative protein sources by the global aquaculture industry.

Moderator: Kevin Fitzsimmons, Ph.D., Chair of the F3 Challenge and Judge, Professor and Director of International Programs at The University of Arizona

  • Kees Aarts, CEO, Protix
  • Patrick Crowley, CEO, Chapul Farms
  • Xingwang Liu, Ph.D., MBA, CEO, Guangzhou FishTech Co.
  • Nick Piggott, CEO & Co-Founder, Nutrition Technologies
  • Alain Revah, Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer, Ÿnsect
  • Maye Walraven, Head of Business Development, InnovaFeed