AQUA-TNET, the Socrates-Erasmus Thematic Network in the field of Aquaculture, Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Management,
is pleased to announce the
AQUA-TNET Annual Meeting 2008
Venue: Krakow, Poland
Date: 19th September 2008
All AQUA-TNET members and stakeholders are invited
This year we will have a unique set-up and cooperation with the EAS2008 in Krakow ( Poland), which will run from 15 – 18 September. Since many of you plan to attend the EAS conference, we reached an agreement with EAS to organize the AQUA-TNET Annual Event at the same location on September 19th.
The Annual Event will involve workshops and presentations of all 9 Work Packages, plenary meetings, and stakeholder (representatives, research organisations, NGOs, SMEs, students, wider public) presentations on perceived needs from training providers, followed by discussions. Vertical work package workshops will be held with multi-stakeholder involvement to ensure implementation of the vertical objectives. Decision makers will have the opportunity to express industry practices and needs to the academic community, yielding business-driven solutions.
LINDSAY LAIRD STUDENT AWARD
The AQUATT Board announces the establishment of an annual student award, to be entitled " THE LINDSAY LAIRD STUDENT AWARD for INNOVATION IN AQUACULTURE", to be awarded for the most innovative poster (in English) submitted by a student.
The Lindsay Laird award consists of a certificate and an award of a laptop (to the value of 750 euros) of the winner's choice.
Entries submitted by students for the best poster award at the EAS Annual Conference in Krakow, Poland will be eligible for the award.
Please CLICK HERE for more details of the LINDSAY LAIRD Student Award.
- Logistics AQUA-TNET Annual Event 2008:
Please CLICK HERE for the Information Package, including information about logistics.
o Travel costs will be covered for eligible participants (members of an AQUA-TNET Institution) and provided that travel costs are the lowest fares possible, with a maximum of 250 € for a return flight. Please find attached an overview of cheap flight options from several cities in Europe to Krakow. Flight ticket expenses have to be approved by the AQUA-TNET secretariat, so please do not book flights until your registration has been confirmed by the secretariat.
o Accommodation costs will be covered for eligible participants (members of an AQUA-TNET Institution) for maximum 2 nights (Thursday 18th & Friday 19th).
o Eligible subsistence costs will be covered for eligible participants only (members of an AQUA-TNET Institution) from Thursday 18th till Saturday 20th.
o Accommodation and subsistence costs together cannot exceed 240 €
o AQUA-TNET is not able to reimburse EAS2008 Conference fees, but we have secured a special rate of 295 € if you wish to participate. If you want to attend the EAS2008 Conference, please send an e-mail with your data to both aquatnet@aquatt.ie and aquatnet@ugent.be, we will arrange the practicalities with the EAS2008 organiser: so do not register through the EAS-website directly. If you should have done this already, contact aquatnet@ugent.be as soon as possible.
o We hope most of you can defray the travel costs for attending the EAS2008 conference from other sources, however, if not and you want to attend anyhow we can contribute in the travel costs up to a max of 125 €
o Reimbursement will be made after the meeting following submission and approval of receipts sent to the overall network coordinator, Ghent University.
Looking forward to meeting you in Krakow!
