2017 BC Seafood Expo
Thank you! On behalf of the BC Seafood Expo Steering Committee, thanks to the numerous exhibitors, the hundreds of delegates, Ministry of International Trade Seafood Buyers, Media, sponsors and speakers who attended the 2017 BC Seafood Expo to make it the success it was! Click here to view the growing media coverage of the seafood industry that resulted from the BC Seafood Expo and the BC Shellfish and Seafood Festival. Save the date for the 12th annual BC Shellfish and Seafood Festival, June 8-17, 2018.
2017 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Terry O’Reilly
Ned Bell
2017 EXPO SPEAKERS & MODERATORS
Robert Hanner
Xiaonan Lu
Stephen Neel
Gabriel Ibarra
Pauline Stevenson
Sarah Dudas
Stephen Cross
Shannon Balfry
Kevin Onclin
Ahmed Siah
Tony Farrell
Darlene Winterburn
Wiley Evans
Amelia Hesketh
Debby Ianson
Wendy Vandersteen
Terry Brooks
Justin Henry
Chris Roberts
Shannan Brown
Mark Winowich
Brendan Harnett
Dan McPhee
Daniel Rabu
George Iwama
Dean Dobrinsky
Allison Witter
Geoff Krause
Grant Dovey
Jesse Ronquillo
Steve Williams
Michele Patterson
Myron Roth
Gabrielle Kosmider
2017 INTERNATIONAL BUYERS AND MEDIA RECEPTION
BC Seafood Expo International Buyers and Media Reception; Where Surf Meets Turf
Attendees will be immersed in a seafood tasting journey visiting 10+ Chef Stations where top international and domestic chefs will present an array of shellfish & fin fish dishes, not to mention locally produced pork, bison and beef stations. Join delegates, VIPs, plus 25+ Ministry of International Trade Seafood Buyers, and visiting international media in celebration of British Columbia’s seafood sector; proudly sponsored in part by Flying Fresh Air Freight.
2017 PARTICIPATING CHEFS
INTERNATIONAL CHEFS
LOCAL & DOMESTIC CHEFS
Dave Ryan
Geoffrey Davidson
2017 EXHIBITORS
- Aboriginal Aquaculture Association
- AgriMarine
- Air Canada
- Area G Salmon Harvesters
- BC Centre for Aquatic Health Sciences
- BC Coastal Grilling Planks
- BC Salmon Farmers Association
- BC Shellfish Growers Association
- BIOMEDIX – Intrisk Training Solutions
- Capamara Communications
- Cermaq, Canada
- Clear Ocean Seafood
- Climate Gear
- Coast Capital Savings
- Coastal Community Credit Union
- Comox BIA
- Comox Harbour Authority
- Creative Salmon
- Deep Trekker
- Excel Career College
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Food Processing HR Council
- Fortis BC
- Frontier Power Products
- Golden Eagle Aquaculture
- Great Little Box Company
- Grieg Seafood
- Hook and Line Groundfish Association
- HSBC
- Hub City Fisheries
- Island Coastal Economic Trust
- Lobster Man / Pacific Rim Shellfish
- Marine Harvest Canada
- Maxxam Analytics
- MNP LLP
- Ocean Wise – Vancouver Aquarium
- Oceanwise Organics
- Omega Pacific Hatchery Inc. / Omega Pacific Seafarms Inc.
- Pacific Sea Cucumber Harvesters Association
- Pacific Urchin Harvesters Association
- Pharmaq
- Price Waterhouse Coopers
- Realtime Aquaculture
- Ristol Aquaculture
- Saeplast America
- Salish Sea Foods
- Service First Ltd.
- Staples, Courtenay
- Steinsvik, Canada
- Summer Breeze Aquaculture
- Terry O’Reilly
- Underwater Harvesters Association
- Vancouver Island University
- Vitsab International AB
- Walcan
- West Coast Smokin’ Oysters
- White Box Food Co.
CONTACT US
For any questions regarding the BC Seafood Expo, Trade Show space, and sponsorship, contact:
Comox Valley Economic Development
#200-580 Duncan Ave
Courtenay, BC V9N 2M7
phone 250-334-2427
tollfree 1-877-848-2427
fax 250-334-2414
email info@investcomoxvalley.com
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Previous 2017 Newsletters
June 4 – Session Feature: New Cultured Species in BC
June 3 – Why you Need to be at the BC Seafood Expo
May 28 – BC Wild Shellfish Dive Fisheries
May 21 – May Long Weekend Deal
May 18 – Pre & Post Tours
May 14 – 50% Off Guest Pass to International Buyers & Media Reception
May 12 – Cold Chain and Evolving Seafood Transport Logistics
May 10 – Join Your Seafood Industry Colleagues
May 4 – Pre-Conference Event: Fresh Fest
April 30 – Session: Aquaculture & Marketing Research Projects
April 26 – Last Chance for Early Bird Tickets
April 23 – Panel Session Feature: Seafood Fraud & Traceability
April 20 – Few Days Left for Early Bird Rates