IFISH 6

January 8 - 12, 2024

IFISH 6

January 8 - 12, 2024

IFISH6 Conference Agenda*

*all times for Rome (GMT +1)

Click the button below to navigate to each individual day schedule for IFISH6.

Click the button below to navigate to each individual day schedule for IFISH6.

Monday, January 8, 2024
Monday, January 8, 2024
Monday, January 8, 2024
Monday, January 8, 2024
8:30 - 12:00
Registration Desk Open
Registration Desk Open
Registration Desk Open
Registration Desk Open
14:00 - 14:30
Welcome and Networking Coffee Mixer - Outside Red Room
Welcome and Networking Coffee Mixer - Outside Red Room
Welcome and Networking Coffee Mixer - Outside Red Room
Welcome and Networking Coffee Mixer - Outside Red Room
14:30 - 16:30
Pre-Conference Workshop by United Nations Agencies (open to all attendees) - Red Room
Global Instruments and Safety Initiatives
Olivier Lebrun, IMO; Francisco Santos-O'Connor, ILO; David MEDDINGS, WHO; Florence Poulain, FAO
Pre-Conference Workshop by United Nations Agencies (open to all attendees) - Red Room
Global Instruments and Safety Initiatives
Olivier Lebrun, IMO; Francisco Santos-O'Connor, ILO; David MEDDINGS, WHO; Florence Poulain, FAO
Pre-Conference Workshop by United Nations Agencies (open to all attendees) - Red Room
Global Instruments and Safety Initiatives
Olivier Lebrun, IMO; Francisco Santos-O'Connor, ILO; David MEDDINGS, WHO; Florence Poulain, FAO
Pre-Conference Workshop by United Nations Agencies (open to all attendees) - Red Room
Global Instruments and Safety Initiatives
Olivier Lebrun, IMO; Francisco Santos-O'Connor, ILO; David MEDDINGS, WHO; Florence Poulain, FAO
16:30 - 18:00
Poster Session - Flag Hall
Poster Session - Flag Hall
Poster Session - Flag Hall
Poster Session - Flag Hall
17:30 - 20:00
Opening Reception - FAO Atrium
Opening Reception - FAO Atrium
Opening Reception - FAO Atrium
Opening Reception - FAO Atrium
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
8:30 - 12:00
Registration Desk Open
Registration Desk Open
Registration Desk Open
Registration Desk Open
8:45 - 9:00
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Conference Welcome - Red Room

Manuel Barange (Assistant Director General (ADG)/Director, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division)
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Conference Welcome - Red Room

Manuel Barange (Assistant Director General (ADG)/Director, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division)
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Conference Welcome - Red Room

Manuel Barange (Assistant Director General (ADG)/Director, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division)
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Conference Welcome - Red Room

Manuel Barange (Assistant Director General (ADG)/Director, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division)
9:00 - 9:45
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IFISH Conference Introduction - Red Room

History of IFISH Conference - Jennifer Lincoln (NIOSH)
IFISH6 Conference Introduction - Florence Poulain (FAO)
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IFISH Conference Introduction - Red Room

History of IFISH Conference - Jennifer Lincoln (NIOSH)
IFISH6 Conference Introduction - Florence Poulain (FAO)
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IFISH Conference Introduction - Red Room

History of IFISH Conference - Jennifer Lincoln (NIOSH)
IFISH6 Conference Introduction - Florence Poulain (FAO)
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IFISH Conference Introduction - Red Room

History of IFISH Conference - Jennifer Lincoln (NIOSH)
IFISH6 Conference Introduction - Florence Poulain (FAO)
9:45 - 10:00
Coffee Break - Outside Red Room
Coffee Break - Outside Red Room
Coffee Break - Outside Red Room
Coffee Break - Outside Red Room
10:00 - 11:25
Session 1 (Concurrent)
Session Location
Session Title

Session Presenter(s)
Red Room
Social and regulatory approaches for implementing safety and health standards

Abstract session - Shan (Canada/China), Wilwert (USA), Mackey (United Kingdom), Toussaint (FAO)
Mexico Room
Decent fishery work in a changing climate

Roundtable Session - Tigchelaar, Sparks, Selig, K. Elliott (USA)
Lebanon Room
Success stories and lessons learned by programmes supporting training, innovation and interventions

Abstract session - Garrett (USA), Hirabayashi (USA), Fitrianggraeni (Indonesia), Bartlett (USA)
11:25 - 11:35
Session Transition Break
Session Transition Break
Session Transition Break
Session Transition Break
11:35 - 13:00
Session 2 (Concurrent)
Session Location
Session Title

Session Presenter(s)
Red Room
Harnessing local knowledge and technology to improve safety in small scale fishing

Abstract session - Acevedo (Mexico), Cyr (USA), Hasan (Bangladesh), Nishanthan (Sri Lanka)
Mexico Room
Psychosocial hazards and promising health interventions in fishing

Abstract Session - Gron (Denmark), Roome (USA), King (USA), Sorensen (USA)
Lebanon Room
OHS in fisheries and aquaculture: What can we learn from new research?

Abstract Session - Holen (Norway), Holmen (Norway), Cavalli (Canada), Størkersen (Norway)
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
Session 3 (Concurrent)
Session Location
Session Title

Session Presenter(s)
Red Room
Preventing and falls overboard and drowning

Abstract session - Ennis (Canada), Horne (UK), Sindall (Tanzania), Wickman (USA)
Mexico Room
Connectivity among training organizations empowers fishers as medical first responders through wilderness-style first aid training: A case study in collaboration and capacity building.

Panel Session - Gladics, Cyr, Eldredge, Roberts, Kingman, Palinkas (USA)
Lebanon Room
New frontiers in occupational safety and health interventions

Abstract Session - Ceryes (USA), Dunleavy (USA), Kim (USA), Brugère (Tanzania), Schoeman (South Africa)
15:30 - 15:45
Coffee Break - Outside Mexico and Lebanon Rooms
Coffee Break - Outside Mexico and Lebanon Rooms
Coffee Break - Outside Mexico and Lebanon Rooms
Coffee Break - Outside Mexico and Lebanon Rooms
15:45 - 17:15
Session 4 (Concurrent)
Session Location
Session Title

Session Presenter(s)
Red Room
Does safety training make a difference?

Abstract Session - Baldeo (Grenada), Hoque (Bangladesh), Hilmar Snorrason (Iceland), Potten (United Kingdom)
Mexico Room
Get SeaFit (Dockside partnerships for health and wellbeing of fishers and their families)

Panel session - C. Elliott (UK), Welsh (UK), Evans (UK)
Lebanon Room
Challenges and Measures for Improved Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) In Salmon Farming

Workshop session - Thorvaldsen and Storkersen (Norway)
17:15 - 18:00
Keynote - Red Room
Krishnan Pandian- Below the Radar: Safety aspects of Small Scale Fisheries in South Asia
Daryl Attwood- Improving safety in the fishing industry: a global holistic approach
Keynote - Red Room
Krishnan Pandian- Below the Radar: Safety aspects of Small Scale Fisheries in South Asia
Daryl Attwood- Improving safety in the fishing industry: a global holistic approach
Keynote - Red Room
Krishnan Pandian- Below the Radar: Safety aspects of Small Scale Fisheries in South Asia
Daryl Attwood- Improving safety in the fishing industry: a global holistic approach
Keynote - Red Room
Krishnan Pandian- Below the Radar: Safety aspects of Small Scale Fisheries in South Asia
Daryl Attwood- Improving safety in the fishing industry: a global holistic approach
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
9:00 - 12:30
Registration Desk Open
Registration Desk Open
Registration Desk Open
Registration Desk Open
9:00 - 9:45
Keynote - Red Room
Elda Belja- Regional fisheries bodies and their role in improving safety and decent work on fishing vessels
Trine Thorvaldsen- The impact of fisheries management on fishers’ health and safety: A case study from Norway
Keynote - Red Room
Elda Belja- Regional fisheries bodies and their role in improving safety and decent work on fishing vessels
Trine Thorvaldsen- The impact of fisheries management on fishers’ health and safety: A case study from Norway
Keynote - Red Room
Elda Belja- Regional fisheries bodies and their role in improving safety and decent work on fishing vessels
Trine Thorvaldsen- The impact of fisheries management on fishers’ health and safety: A case study from Norway
Keynote - Red Room
Elda Belja- Regional fisheries bodies and their role in improving safety and decent work on fishing vessels
Trine Thorvaldsen- The impact of fisheries management on fishers’ health and safety: A case study from Norway
9:45 - 11:15
Session 5 (Concurrent)
Session Location
Session Title

Session Presenter(s)
Red Room
Changing Personal Flotation Use Behavior: What can we learn from efforts to address the most important fishing safety technology adoption challenge of our time?

Panel session - Sorensen et al.
Mexico Room
Towards inclusive, equitable and climate-resilient Occupational Safety and Health for small-scale fishers – the supportive role of Social Protection

Panel session - Kalikoski et al. (FAO)
Lebanon Room
Seafood processing hazards and risk factors

Abstract session - Carter (USA), Guillot-Wright (USA), Sabu (India), Zegeye (Norway)
11:15 - 11:30
Coffee Break - Outside Red, Mexico, and Lebanon Rooms
Coffee Break - Outside Red, Mexico, and Lebanon Rooms
Coffee Break - Outside Red, Mexico, and Lebanon Rooms
Coffee Break - Outside Red, Mexico, and Lebanon Rooms
11:30 - 13:00
Session 6 (Concurrent)
Session Location
Session Title

Session Presenter(s)
Red Room
Changing Personal Flotation Use Behavior: What can we learn from efforts to address the most important fishing safety technology adoption challenge of our time?

Panel session - Sorensen et al. (Continued)
Mexico Room
Advancing social justice and decent work for all in the aquaculture sector

Panel Session - Beytullayev, Buketov, Santos-O’Connor (Switzerland), Cavalli (Canada), Holmen (Norway)
Lebanon Room
Livelihood Opportunities in Fisheries and Aquaculture

Regular Session - Sharma, Wasave, Rathod, Soni, Prusty, Mushkam (India)
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
14:00 - 17:00
Tour of the Colosseum (Self-Arranged)
Tiqets Tourism Arrangements - linked here
Tour of the Colosseum (Self-Arranged)
Tiqets Tourism Arrangements - linked here
Tour of the Colosseum (Self-Arranged)
Tiqets Tourism Arrangements - linked here
Tour of the Colosseum (Self-Arranged)
Tiqets Tourism Arrangements - linked here
14:30 - 15:30
Tours of FAO (3 tours of one hour for 30 people max each)
Tours of FAO (3 tours of one hour for 30 people max each)
Tours of FAO (3 tours of one hour for 30 people max each)
Tours of FAO (3 tours of one hour for 30 people max each)
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Thursday, January 11, 2024
8:30 - 12:00
Registration Desk Open
Registration Desk Open
Registration Desk Open
Registration Desk Open
9:00 - 9:15
Evaluation Overview for IFISH Conference - Red Room
Jennifer Lincoln (NIOSH)
Florence Poulain (FAO)
Evaluation Overview for IFISH Conference - Red Room
Jennifer Lincoln (NIOSH)
Florence Poulain (FAO)
Evaluation Overview for IFISH Conference - Red Room
Jennifer Lincoln (NIOSH)
Florence Poulain (FAO)
Evaluation Overview for IFISH Conference - Red Room
Jennifer Lincoln (NIOSH)
Florence Poulain (FAO)
9:15 - 10:45
Session 7 (Concurrent)
Session Location
Session Title

Session Presenter(s)
Red Room
Fishing vessel safety and design: what can be done to improve stability and safety?

Abstract session - Myers (USA), Flynn (USA), Smith (UK), Scarponi (UK), Menezes (India)
Mexico Room
Commercial Seafood Industry’s Health, Safety, and Wellbeing from down under: A New Zealand Context

Panel Session - Jackson, Guard, Junaid, Massey (New Zealand)
Lebanon Room
Work-related asthma and allergy in the aquaculture and seafood processing industry – new insights into exposures, health outcomes and designing intervention strategies.

Regular Session Bang (Norway), Jeebhay (South Africa), Ngajilo (Tanzania), Elda (Norway), Thomassen (Norway), Hoeper (Norway)
10:45 - 11:00
Coffee Break - Outside Red, Mexico and Lebanon Rooms
Coffee Break - Outside Red, Mexico and Lebanon Rooms
Coffee Break - Outside Red, Mexico and Lebanon Rooms
Coffee Break - Outside Red, Mexico and Lebanon Rooms
11:00 - 12:30
Session 8 (Concurrent)
Session Location
Session Title

Session Presenter(s)
Red Room
The Safest Catch - Fishermen Helping fishermen on how to design and implement a fishing vessel safety program

Workshop - Howe (Canada)
Mexico Room
Ensuring economic stability and welfare of fishers and processors through insurance

Abstract session - Mukherjee (India), Marvasti (USA), Sekharan (India), Van Anrooy (FAO)
Lebanon Room
Data collection, analysis and trends in accident and fatality reporting in fishing

Abstract Session - Nunes (Spain), Case (USA), Parnell (UK)
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Session 9 (Concurrent)
Session Location
Session Title

Session Presenter(s)
Red Room
Improving Global Fishing Safety: FISH Platform's work to create a level playing field for international fishing vessel conventions

Panel session - Greenwood (UK), Blonk (Netherlands), Blazeby (UK), Barnes (UK)
Mexico Room
Efforts to improve safety, health, and welfare through fisheries resiliency and sustainability initiatives

Abstract session: Herrera-Kasic (Chile), Labaria (Philippines), Piyasiri (Sri Lanka), Yadav (India)
Lebanon Room
Navigating regulatory and organizational uncertainties to address health and safety

Abstract session - Backus (USA), Love (USA), Thorvaldsen (Norway), Kongsvick (Norway)
15:00 - 15:15
Coffee Break - Outside Red, Mexico and Lebanon Rooms
Coffee Break - Outside Red, Mexico and Lebanon Rooms
Coffee Break - Outside Red, Mexico and Lebanon Rooms
Coffee Break - Outside Red, Mexico and Lebanon Rooms
15:15 - 16:45
Session 10 (Concurrent)
Session Location
Session Title

Session Presenter(s)
Red Room
Catching the Potential, workshop about setting the standard for sustainable fisheries training

Workshop - Haasnoot and Swart (EU)
Mexico Room
The Danish Story 2.0 - promoting social sustainability

Panel Session - Fisher, Kristensen, Christensen (Denmark)
Lebanon Room
Improving safety in commercial fishing: A discussion of risk-influencing factors and contributing causes to hazardous events, measures for prevention and mitigation of occupational accidents, and how to improve safety management in the coastal fishing fleet

Workshop session - Holmen (Norway) and Salmonsen (Norway)
16:45 - 17:30
Keynote - Red Room
Lissandra Souto Cavalli- One health, one aquaculture—aquaculture under one health umbrella
Raymon VanAnrooy- Closing remarks for IFISH6
Keynote - Red Room
Lissandra Souto Cavalli- One health, one aquaculture—aquaculture under one health umbrella
Raymon VanAnrooy- Closing remarks for IFISH6
Keynote - Red Room
Lissandra Souto Cavalli- One health, one aquaculture—aquaculture under one health umbrella
Raymon VanAnrooy- Closing remarks for IFISH6
Keynote - Red Room
Lissandra Souto Cavalli- One health, one aquaculture—aquaculture under one health umbrella
Raymon VanAnrooy- Closing remarks for IFISH6
Friday, January 12, 2024
Friday, January 12, 2024
Friday, January 12, 2024
Friday, January 12, 2024
8:30 - 10:30
The Path Forward for Fishing Safety and Health - Red Room
The Path Forward for Fishing Safety and Health - Red Room
The Path Forward for Fishing Safety and Health - Red Room
The Path Forward for Fishing Safety and Health - Red Room
10:30 - 10:45
Coffee Break - Outside Red Room
Coffee Break - Outside Red Room
Coffee Break - Outside Red Room
Coffee Break - Outside Red Room
10:45 - 12:30
IFISH Innovations Exchanges Workshop - Red Room
IFISH Innovations Exchanges Workshop - Red Room
IFISH Innovations Exchanges Workshop - Red Room
IFISH Innovations Exchanges Workshop - Red Room
12:30
Conference Ends - See you at IFISH7!
Conference Ends - See you at IFISH7!
Conference Ends - See you at IFISH7!
Conference Ends - See you at IFISH7!

All events are subject to change – keep checking this page for session-specific information like presentation slides, etc.