Shellfish & Water Quality Workshop Invitation 13th - 14th February 2019

About the Shellfish Centre: The Shellfish Centre is a research & innovation initiative supporting development of the shellfish sector in Wales. The Centre collaborates with businesses to deliver science to support growth. The main focus of the project is shellfish aquaculture and the related supply chain. All research activity undertaken by the Shellfish Centre will be within a series of well-defined collaborative projects with industrial and other external partners.

Aims of the workshop: The overall aim of the workshop is to identify water quality issues that are most pressing/relevant to the shellfish sector and then to scope potential research topics that can address these priorities. Selected research projects may then be developed and delivered by the Shellfish Centre and its industry partners, or wider collaborations. 

Agenda 

Wednesday 13th February 

14:30     Introduction & overview of the Shellfish Centre 
15:00     Water quality research at Bangor University 
15:30     Coffee break
15:45   Presentations 
17:00   Summing up and initial open discussion of research needs 

19:00 Dinner

Thursday 14th February

9:30 – 10:30 Open forum – identification of research topics and scoping of potential projects 
10:30 -11.00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00 How does it work? Requirements of running projects under the Shellfish Centre and potential for involvement of partner organisations