Surimi School

THE 9th SURIMI INDUSTRY FORUM
May 4, 2009

The Loft at Red Building (No. 20 Basin Street Suite F, Astoria, Oregon)

Followed by The 17th OSU Surimi School
May 5 - 7, 2009

THE FOLLOWING CONTENT IS WHAT WAS FEATURED AT THE 8^TH SURIMI INDUSTRY FORUM IN 2008. A NEW PROGRAM WILL BE DEVELOPED SOON FOLLOWING A PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT MEETING IN SEATTLE IN NOVEMBER 2009.

Designed for: Operators, Marketers, Technologists from the Surimi and Surimi Seafood Industry

Lectures/Discussion: Healthiness of Fisheries, Current State of World Fisheries for Surimi, Current NGO Situations, Pacific Whiting Rationalization and Byproduct management, Product Cutting and Tasting, Healthy Surimi Seafood by Omega-3 Oil, Update on Fish Protein Isolate.

Product Cutting and Tasting: Products from Japan, USA, Korea, and Europe will be featured.

Panel Discussions: Where is Surimi? With panelists representing Surimi seafood manufacturers from USA, Europe, and Japan

Instructors/Panelists: Experts from industry, government, and academia

Sponsored by: 2008 SPONSORS

Activ Int’l, ADM, Alaska Ocean Seafood, Alfa Laval, Alyeska Seafoods, American Seafoods, Aquamar, Arctic Storm, Beck Pack System, BioMedix, Brookfield Engineering, Centrisys, Future Seafoods, Glacier Fish, T Hasegawa, Icicle Seafoods, OmegaPure, Pacific Blends, Pacific Surimi, Pesquera Sanford Argentina, Shining Ocean, Supreme Alaska, Takasago Int’l, Trans Ocean Products, Trident Seafoods, and UniSea.

Congratulations!

10-Year Sponsorship Award to: UniSea Inc (Dutch Harbor, AK)

5-Year Sponsorship Award to: BioMedix (Pomona, CA)

Welcome! New Sponsors in 2008:

ADM (Decatur, IL)

Centrisys (Pocatello, ID)

OmegaPure (Houston, TX)

Glacier Fish (Seattle, WA)

Registration Form: The 8th Surimi Industry Forum and the 16th Annual OSU Surimi Technology School

Click here to download the registration form.

Name: ___________________________

Company: _________________________

Address: ______________________________________________________________________________________

E-mail: _________________ Telephone: _________________

Please mark one of the following for your registration:
(   ) The 8th Surimi Industry Forum (May 5, 2008): $350 (before 4/1/08), $400 (after 4/1/08): Hot breakfast, coffee breaks, and lunch are included. Encouraged to attend the evening reception starting at 6:00pm.
(   ) The 16th OSU Surimi Technology School (May 6 - 8, 2008): $750 (before 4/1/08), $800 (after 4/1/08). Included are a surimi textbook (Second Edition 2005): SURIMI AND SURIMI SEAFOOD: CRC Press (Publisher); Jae Park (Editor) ($160), surimi school hat or bag, surimi school pen, two luncheons, three continental breakfasts, and coffee breaks.
(   ) Both: $1,050(before 4/1/08), $1,150 (after 4/1/08).

Accommodations:
Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites (www.astoriahie.com), 204 West Marine Drive, Astoria, OR 97103. Tel: 888-898-6222. Surimi School Rate: $70 for Single or $75 for Double Occupancy. All rooms are non-smoking. Contact directly to Caroline at the Holiday Inn Express phone 503-325-6222 or 888-898-6222 or email caroline@astoriahie.com. Room Block is guaranteed until April 1.

For questions, contact Dr. Jae Park at 503-325-4531 or fax at 503-325-2753 or E-mail to jae.park@oregonstate.edu AND surimiman1@yahoo.com . No refund upon cancellation after 4/1/2008. Cancellation before 4/1/2008 would be refunded excluding $200 administration fee.

Directions from Seattle or Portland Airport

The 8th Surimi Industry Forum, Monday, May 5, 2008

Holiday Inn Express and Suites (204 West Marine Drive, Astoria, OR)

07:00-08:00 Registration/Breakfast (Provided)

08:00-08:05 Welcome and Introduction

Dr. Jae Park (Professor, Oregon State University)

08:05 – 08:15 Opening Remarks

Mr. Robert Bleu (CEO, Shining Ocean)

08:15 – 09:00 Resource Update on Alaska Pollock and Pacific Whiting

Dr. James Ianelli (NOAA)

09:00 – 09:30 Update – Pacific Whiting Fisheries Rationalization and Bycatch Management

Mr. Dan Waldeck (Executive Director, Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative, Portland, OR)

09:30 – 09:50 Canadian Pacific Whiting Fisheries and Industry

Mr. Paul Bourke (VP, Ucluelet Harbor Seafoods, Victoria, Canada)

09:50 – 10:10 Coffee Break

10:10 – 12:10 Market Report (Surimi)

Panel – Surimi Supply in Global Market and NGO

Moderator – Dr. Michael Morrissey (OSU)

Dr. Pascal Guenneuges (Pres, International Seafood Consulting) – Overall trends, Europe, SE Asia

Ms. Torunn Halhjem (VP, Trident Seafoods) – Alaska pollock and Pacific whiting

Mr. Shivram Warrior (Pres, Indian Surimi and Seafood Consulting, formerly with Hindustan Lever) - India

Mr. Chris McReynolds (VP, Aker BioMarine) – Japan, Korea, South America

Ms. Pat Shanahan (Executive Director, GAPP) – Current NGO Issues

12:10 – 01:10 Lunch

13:10 –14:15 Panel – Future of Surimi Seafood. Ideas to survive in the challenging era with a short supply of surimi will be discussed by leading surimi seafood manufacturers from USA, France, and Japan.

Moderator – Dr. Jae Park (OSU)

USA: Mr. Robert Bleu – President, Shining Ocean

France: Mr. David Gorwood – CEO, Alliance Oceane, Bongrain Group, France

Japan: Mr. Hachisu – Manager, Protein Research, Kibun Foods, Japan

14:15 – 14:25 Room Arrangement for Cutting and Tasting

14:25 – 15:30 Product Cutting and Tasting featuring products from USA, Japan, Korea, and Europe

Including New Products from Sponsors

Mr. Jean-Luc Beliveau (Director of R&D, Alliance Oceane, Bongrain Group, France)

Mr. Nozaki/Hachisu (Kibun Foods, Japan)

Dr. Jae Park (USA, Korea)

15:30 – 16:05 Healthy Surimi Seafood - Benefit of Omega-3 Oil

Dr. Ernesto Hernandez, OmegaPure

16:05 – 16:40 Surimi Seafood Category – Outside the Box

Mr. David Gorwood (CEO, Alliance Oceane, Bongrain Group, France)

16:40 – 17:00 Research Update on Fish Protein Isolates

Dr. Jae Park (OSU)

17:00 Adjourn

18:00-21:30 Evening Session: Welcome to the 16th OSU Surimi School

Sponsors' Presentations and Social Hours (6:00 - 7:30pm) at Holiday Inn Hotel
Sponsors' Expo and Social Hours Sponsored by Sponsors (7:30 - 9:30pm) at Holiday Inn Hotel