An on-demand video of “Building a Business Case for Gender Equality in the Seafood Sector” is available free for SeafoodSource Premium members and for USD 350 (EUR 315) to non-members through the Complete Digital Ticket: Seafood Expo North America 2024.
Featuring Seafood and Gender Equality (SAGE) Program Manager Becca Williams; Seattle Fish Company and Sea Pact Consultant and Coach Hamish Walker; Acme Smoked Fish Corp Director – HR Compliance & Employee Charmaine Callender; and Fortune Fish & Gourmet Director of Supply Chain Stewardship Stacy Schultz, the panel was held on Tuesday, 12 March, with the following description:
Climate change, illegal fish harvest, and environmental degradation disproportionately affect women and genderqueer people and the time to center their voices in addressing these challenges is now. Through our Gender Equality Dialogues (GED), SAGE promotes equality in the seafood sector by co-creating a space for industry leaders to align on key issues and build socially responsible and actionable gender equality commitments. Currently in its pilot phase, the GED has gathered preliminary insights into the complexities around establishing an industry-specific business case for a gender-just sustainable seafood sector, with an eye towards defining what an equitable seafood sector looks like. SAGE’s Program Manager, Becca Williams, will lead members of the pilot cohort in a panel discussion on the challenges and successes of promoting gender equality within their own companies and the broader sector to ensure lasting change.
The 2024 Seafood Expo North America, which took place 10 to 12 March in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., featured a comprehensive conference program of live panel events focusing on topics chosen to be of vital interest to the seafood industry.
The 31 individual presentations from SENA featured exclusive information and insight from seafood industry experts, on a range of topics including diversity in the seafood industry, how artificial intelligence could be used in the industry, what impact FDA FSMA 204 updates will have, traceability, and more.
Calls for proposals for the 2025 editions of both SENA’s conference and for the conference at Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona, Spain are now live. Running from 16 to 18 March 2025, an overview of the SENA conference program is available online and proposals can be submitted through 30 August. A program overview is also available for Seafood Expo Global – which is running from 6 to 8 May 2025 – and conference proposals can be submitted through 13 September.
