The Pacific Fisheries Technologists conference convenes February 21-24, 2010 at the Edgewater Hotel on the shores of Elliott Bay in Seattle, Washington USA. The PFT 2010 Planning Committee is working on an exciting program and invites participants from seafood industry, academia, and government agencies to this annual international meeting of presentations, discussions, and social interactions. The theme of the meeting is “Seafood Winds of Change”. Technical and scientific papers focusing on seafood products and technology in the following areas are appropriate:
There will be oral presentations and a poster session. Oral presentations will fit into 20-minute time slots; plan on a 15-minute presentation followed by 5 minutes for questions and comments. Binder clips will be used to hold the poster in place on a foam core easel board (40 wide x 32 high x 3/16 thick). Posters should be readable from a distance of 3 feet.
Submit a one-page text in English containing 200-250 words describing the introduction, objective, methods, results, discussion, and conclusion.
Type the title in bold letters.
Give the authors names and affiliations on a separate line; use an asterisk to identify the presenter and a preferred email address.
Indicate whether the abstract is for an oral presentation or a poster.
Please submit abstracts as email attachments (MS Word preferred) to
Dr. Subba Rao Gurram , technical program advisor by December 11, 2009. Inquires may be directed to Dr. Gurram (pft2010@hotmail.com) as well.
There will be a student paper award competition to recognize the top oral and poster presentations. We strongly encourage students to enter this popular competition, which provides additional opportunity to showcase your efforts before a panel of academic, industry and government leaders. Please note your interest in joining this contest when you submit your abstracts.