Seafood Summit 2009:
Sharing Responsibility for Real Change
Hilton San Diego Resort
San Diego, California
1-3 February 2009
 Seafood Summit brings together global representatives from the seafood industry and conservation community for in-depth discussions, presentations and networking with the goal of making the seafood marketplace environmentally, socially and economically sustainable.
For more information about Seafood Summit 2009, visit the links at the left side of this page. Information will be updated regularly. For further questions, send an email to Seafood Summit.
2009 Keynote Speaker : Kristján Davíðsson
 Mr. Kristjan Th. Davidsson was born in Iceland in 1960 and holds a Fishing Captains degree from the Naval College of Iceland and a Masters degree in Fisheries Science from the University of Tromsoe, Norway.
In addition to several years in the finance industry, Davidsson has over two decades of experience in sales and management positions within various sectors of the seafood industry in Norway and Iceland. He has worked in fish processing, as a fisherman and, after his University degree, he has among other posts held the position of CEO of Norfish Export company, a Norwegian seafood trading company, he was CEO of leading Icelandic fisheries company Grandi and later CEO of Iceland Seafood International, a trading company headquartered in Iceland, with subsidiaries in several countries in Europe and North America. He has served as Director on the Boards of various seafood companies and organisations in Iceland, Norway and Chile. Before co-founding his business advisory company KE ehf. he was Managing Director of Coporate Banking Iceland and later of the International Seafood Team at Icelandic bank Glitnir, which specialized in the international seafood industry, doing business in several countries around the globe.
What others are saying about the Seafood Summit:
Click here to see interviews with select attendees at the 2008 Seafood Summit
(courtesy of IntraFish WebTV)
"I always learn more about how to get all the players together looking for the same goal. Of course, sometimes there are conflicts between them, but at the end we are all looking for the same: that’s sustainability, that’s a win-win game. At this event I am always learning more to do my job better."
- Ernesto Godelman, Executive Director, Cedepesca
" The 2008 Seafood Summit was a thoroughly enjoyable and useful experience for me, offering a rich insight into the complex problem of seafood sustainability and providing excellent networking opportunities."
- Ian Carr, Business Development Manager, EWOS Innovation
"The Seafood Summit plays a central role in connecting the business and the conservation communities, fostering constructive dialogue and forging new opportunities. This is a 'can't miss' meeting."
- Jim Gilmore, At-Sea Processors Association
"I have felt challenged by the enormity of the problems that the seafood industry could be facing in the future but encouraged tremendously by the positive and enthusiastic approach that we have working together to solve those problems. I will go away with a bit more enthusiasm and I will certainly go away with better contacts and more focused thinking on how we will actually address the issues to make a change."
- Nigel Edwards, Technical Director, Seachill
"I have been going to conferences and meetings for most of my 26-year career in the aquaculture industry and would like to share, that I thought this last Summit (my first) was one of the top in my experience. Not only was the organization and quality of the presentations top notch, but Seafood Choices Alliance structured it so to maximize networking opportunities and ability to socially share with colleagues and counter-parts."
- Jose R. Villalon, Director of Aquaculture, WWF U.S.
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