GIANT PRAWN CONFERENCE 2025 Edition

Tentative program Schedule

GIANT PRAWN 2025 will be a great opportunity for the global freshwater prawn farming industry to review the latest research and development and to brainstorm what the priorities should be for its future expansion. Following is the tentative program schedule of GIANT PRAWN 2025 Conference.

08:00

Registration and Check-in (whole day)

8 hours

08:30

Session Chair: Huang Xuxiong, Dean, College of Fisheries and Life Science, SHOU, China
Opening Ceremony & Group Photo
40 minutes
- 08:30 - 08:40 : Welcome Speech by Leaders of Huzhou City
- 08:40 – 08:45 : Remarks by Leaders from Fisheries Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA), China
- 08:45 – 08:50 : Address by Leaders of Shanghai Ocean University, China
- 08:50 – 08:55 : Speech by Leaders from Zhejiang Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China
- 08:55 – 09:10 : Group Photo
09:10

Session Chair: Krishna R Salin, Chair, Aquaculture Program, AIT, Thailand

Plenary Presentation
Optimizing Artemia Utilization in Macrobrachium Hatcheries: Current Applications and Emerging Potential
30 minutes

Patrick Sorgeloos
Ghent University, Belgium
09:40

Plenary Presentation
Major Diseases of Macrobrachium rosenbergii: Strategies for Prevention and Control
30 minutes

Jiangguo He
Sun Yat-sen University, China
10:10

Exhibition Display / Wall Poster Viewing

20 minutes
10:30

Session Chair: Huang Xuxiong, Dean, College of Fisheries and Life Science, SHOU, China

Plenary Presentation
From Ponds to Markets: Global Developments in Giant Freshwater Prawn Farming and Trade
30 minutes

Krishna R Salin
AIT, Thailand
11:00

Plenary Presentation
Progress in the Breeding of Macrobrachium rosenbergii Families
30 minutes

Sheng Luan
Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, China
11:30

Plenary Presentation
The Evolving Landscape of China's Macrobrachium rosenbergii Industry: Current Status and Future Outlook
30 minutes

Zhang Haiqi
Zhejiang Institute of Freshwater Fisheries, China
12:00

Lunch Break

120 minutes
14:00

Session Chair: TBA

Session I : Country Status and Regional Trends
Emerging Diseases and Prevention Strategies for Giant Freshwater Prawn Farming
20 minutes

Jie Huang
Senior Researcher, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, China
14:20

Session I : Country Status and Regional Trends
Status of Giant Prawn Farming in India and Outlook for the Future
20 minutes

Bindu R Pillai
Principal Scientist, Indian Council for Agricultural Research, India
14:40

Session I : Country Status and Regional Trends
Current Status and Trends in Freshwater Prawn Farming in Bangladesh
20 minutes

Kabir Chowdhury
Founder, Maverick Innovation, Bangladesh
15:00

Session I : Country Status and Regional Trends
Current Status and Trends in Freshwater Prawn Farming in Vietnam
20 minutes

Lam My Lan
Associate Professor, Can Tho University, Vietnam
15:20

Exhibition Display / Poster & COFFEE BREAK

20 minutes
15:40

Session Chair: Ye Jinyun, Vice President, Huzhou Normal University

Session I : Country Status and Regional Trends
Current Status and Trends in Freshwater Prawn Farming in Malaysia
20 minutes

Mhd Ikhwanuddin
Director, Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries, UMT, Malaysia
16:00

Session I : Country Status and Regional Trends
Sri Lanka’s Giant Freshwater Prawn Industry: A Retrospective and Future Outlook
20 minutes

Dileepa de Croos
Lecturer, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
16:20

Session I : Country Status and Regional Trends
Current Status and Trends in Freshwater Prawn Farming in Philippines
20 minutes

Sheryll S. Avanceña
Senior Scientist, SEAFDEC, Philippines
16:40

Q&A

20 minutes
17:00

Session Chair: TBA

Round Table I :
Strengthening the Resilience of the Macrobrachium Industry Amidst Global Challenges
60 minutes

Panel members:
Huang Jie, Kabir Chowdhury, Lam My Lan, Dileepa de Croos, Sheryll S. Avanceña
18:00

Welcome Reception & Cultural Night

120 minutes

08:30

Parallel Session 1 : Genetics and Novel Biotechnology for Giant Prawns (Venue 1)
Whole Genome Sequencing and Gene Editing: Prospects for Freshwater Prawn Farming
20 minutes
08:50

Parallel Session 1 : Genetics and Novel Biotechnology for Giant Prawns (Venue 1)
All-Male Giant Prawn Farming Trends
20 minutes
09:20

Parallel Session 1 : Genetics and Novel Biotechnology for Giant Prawns (Venue 1)
All-Female Giant Prawn Farming Trends
20 minutes
09:50

Coffee Break

20 minutes
10:10

Parallel Session 1 : Genetics and Novel Biotechnology for Giant Prawns (Venue 1)
Advances in Genetic Improvement of Giant Prawn Broodstock
20 minutes
10:30

Parallel Session 1 : Genetics and Novel Biotechnology for Giant Prawns (Venue 1)
Title
20 minutes
10:50

Parallel Session 1 : Genetics and Novel Biotechnology for Giant Prawns (Venue 1)
Title
20 minutes
11:20

Q&A

10 minutes
11:30

Lunch Break

150 minutes
08:30

Parallel Session 2: Prawn Health Management (Venue 2)
Update on the Diseases and Management in Giant Prawns
20 minutes

Kua Beng Chu
Department of Fisheries, Malaysia
08:50

Parallel Session 2: Prawn Health Management (Venue 2)
Microbial Management in Giant Prawn Farming: Application probiotics, Prebiotics, and other Microbial Products
20 minutes
09:20

Parallel Session 2: Prawn Health Management (Venue 2)
Larval Diseases and Management in Giant Prawn Hatcheries
20 minutes
09:50

Coffee Break

20 minutes
10:10

Parallel Session 2: Prawn Health Management (Venue 2)
Green Water for Giant Prawn Production: Prospects, Challenges, and Way Forward
20 minutes
10:30

Parallel Session 2: Prawn Health Management (Venue 2)
Nature-Based Solutions for Giant Prawn Aquaculture
20 minutes
10:50

Parallel Session 2: Prawn Health Management (Venue 2)
title
20 minutes
11:20

Q&A

10 minutes
11:30

Lunch Break

150 minutes
14:00

Parallel Session 3: Giant Prawn Nutrition and Feed Technology (Venue 1)
Advances in the Nutrition of Giant Prawns Relevant to Aquaculture
20 minutes

Kabir Chowdhury
Jefo Nutrition Inc. & Maverick Innovation, Bangladesh
14:20

Parallel Session 3: Giant Prawn Nutrition and Feed Technology (Venue 1)
Live Feeds for Giant Prawn Feeds
20 minutes

Nadiah Wan Rasdi
UMT, Malaysia
14:40

Parallel Session 3: Giant Prawn Nutrition and Feed Technology (Venue 1)
Functional Additives for Growth Uniformity, High Survival, and Reduced Cannibalism
20 minutes
15:00

Parallel Session 3: Giant Prawn Nutrition and Feed Technology (Venue 1)
Futuristic Feeds and Feed Management for Giant Prawns
20 minutes
15:20

Q&A

10 minutes
15:30

Coffee Break

20 minutes
14:00

Parallel Session 4: Innovations in Sustainable Prawn Farming and Trade (Venue 2)
Environmental Impacts from Giant Prawn Farming
20 minutes
14:20

Parallel Session 4: Innovations in Sustainable Prawn Farming and Trade (Venue 2)
Ecosystem-Based Production Methods for Giant Prawn Farming
20 minutes
14:40

Parallel Session 4: Innovations in Sustainable Prawn Farming and Trade (Venue 2)
Prospects of Culture-based Fisheries of Giant Prawns in Asia
20 minutes
15:00

Parallel Session 4: Innovations in Sustainable Prawn Farming and Trade (Venue 2)
Sustainable Financing: Prospects for Giant Prawn Farming
20 minutes
15:20

Q&A

10 minutes
15:30

Coffee Break

20 minutes
16:00

Panel Discussion :
Genetics, Nutrition, Health and Novel Production Systems – The Future of Freshwater Prawn Industry
60 minutes
17:00

Closing Ceremony

30 minutes
17:30

Farewell Dinner

120 minutes

08:30

Filed Trip Point 1 : Zhejiang Aquatic Seed Industry Co., LTD

Inspection content: Construction of a seedling farm free of specified diseases and ecological and efficient breeding technology for Macrobrachium rosenbergii

120 minutes
10:30

Filed Trip Point 2 : Huzhou Xinlin Agricultural Development Co., LTD

Investigation content: The "one rice and two shrimp" farming model of Macrobrachium rosenbergii

90 minutes
12:00

Lunch

90 minutes
13:30

Filed Trip Point 3 : Changxing Hongqiao Yangdang Brand River Crab Professional Cooperative

Investigation content: Ecological co-culture technology of Chinese mitten crab and Macrobrachium rosenbergii

120 minutes
15:30

Return to the hotel/Leave the meeting

The GIANT PRAWN Conferences are the premier global events dedicated to the farming of freshwater prawns (Macrobrachium spp.). Founded by Michael New OBE, the inaugural conference was held in Bangkok in 1980. Subsequent conferences took place in India (2003 and 2011), with the Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management (AARM) Program of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) organizing the 2017 and 2023 editions in Bangkok, Thailand, as well as the 2019 conference at Shanghai Ocean University (SHOU), China.

GIANT PRAWN 2025 is the 7th Conference in the series. It is jointly organized by AIT, Thailand, and SHOU, China, in collaboration with the Zhejiang Institute of Freshwater Fisheries (ZIFF) and Huzhou University, China.