NEWENGLAND SEA SUMMITLEARN MORE ABOUT KELP FARMING

AND UNDERUTILIZED FISH IN THE COMMUNITY

AND COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY DINING PROGRAMS

APRIL 2ND, 2020NEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM

18 JOHNNY CAKE HILL, NEW BEDFORD, MA

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM REGISTRATION

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM WELCOME

Welcoming address and opening remarks by Nancy Wiseman,Director of Operations at UMass Dartmouth.

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM BREAK

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Chef and author, one of the world’s leading sustainable seafoodexperts.

KEYNOTE: BARTON SEAVER

Eastern Connecticut State University

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Northeastern University

The University of

Massachusetts Dartmouth

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM LUNCH

10:00 AM – 10:45 AM BRIANA WARNER

CEO of Atlantic Sea Farms, (Portland, Maine) the first commerciallyviable seaweed farm in the United States.

EVENT PROGRAM

Briana Warner Barton Seaver

9:15 AM – 10:00 AM LAURA ORLEANS

Executive Director of New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center, acommunity partner, will give an overview of New Bedford's fishingindustry and a local fisherman will share a day in his life.

fishingheritagecenter.org

atlaniticseafarms.com

bartonseaver.com

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EVENT PROGRAM

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Cruise Buzzard’s Bay aboard the M/V Cuttyhunk! Cash bar.Complimentary Appetizers. Must RSVP when registering. Limited Space

SUNSET BOAT CRUISE

Eastern Connecticut State University

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Northeastern University

The University of

Massachusetts Dartmouth

1:30 PM – 2:15 PM

Eastern Connecticut, Northeastern, Mass Maritime, UMassD

PANEL FROM ALL FOUR PARTNERS

4:05 PM – 4:15 PM CLOSING

3:00 PM – 3:20 PM

Learn what our students interns have been working on and how theyplan to spread the word!

STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM BREAK

3:20 PM – 4:05 PM

Director of Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance, a fishermen-ledorganization building a broad movement toward healthy fisheriesand fishing communities.

NIAZ DORY

4:15 PM – 4:45 PM

Tour New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center, dedicated to telling thestory of the fishing industry past, present, and future.

TOUR OF NEW BEDFORD FISHING HERITAGE CENTER

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Program Director for Eating with the Ecosystem which promotes aplace-based approach to sustaining New England’s wild seafood.

KATE MASURY

2:15 PM – 2:45 PM

Learn more about procurement, sourcing and understanding theprocedures put in place from the Director of Red’s Best SustainableSeafood Program.

JAMEY LIONETTE

eatingwiththeecosystem.org

redsbest.com

namanet.org

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