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Plenary Closing: How Agentic AI Will Transform Jobs in Our Industry

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TBA

Chairpersons /
Melanie Siggs
LRQA
Melanie Siggs
Global Head of Seafood
Melanie Siggs has worked internationally in strategic roles for both commercial and NGO organisations across the food and timber sectors. She has specialised in fisheries and aquaculture over the past 14 years. She is a consultant to the Global Seafood Alliance, and an Advisor to the World Economic...
Dan Gibson
Undercurrent News
Dan Gibson
Deputy Editor for EU & Asia
Dan is the deputy editor for Undercurrent's European and Asia news, prices and data coverage, with extensive experience reporting on every corner of global seafood from Dutch mussels to Australian octopus, including stories for the BBC. Based in London, his primary areas of coverage are Asian farmed...
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14:00-14:05
Opening

Delivered by Melanie Siggs, Global Head of Seafood, LRQA

14:05-14:30
Keynote: How AI Will Transform the Future of Jobs in the Shrimp Industry

Presented by Remy Gieling, Co-Founder, The AI Group

14:30-14:45
AI Product Demos

Presenters:
Hemanth Rao Thimmasarthi, CEO, Solarpunk
Anoop Vootkuri, CEO, PatternLab

14:45-14:55
Demo Discussion

Panelists:
Hemanth Rao Thimmasarthi, CEO, Solarpunk
Anoop Vootkuri, CEO, PatternLab

Moderated by Melanie Siggs, Global Head of Seafood, LRQA

14:55-15:25
Implementing AI in World's Largest Shrimp Enterprises

Panelists:
Remy Gieling, Co-Founder, The AI Group
Maarten Bijl, CEO, Skretting
Nikhilesh (Nick) Alluri, Executive Director, Avanti Group

Moderated by Dan Gibson, Deputy Editor for EU & Asia, Undercurrent News

15:25-15:40
US Demand Outlook Snapshot

Presented by Angel Rubio, Principal Reporter and Economist, Urner Barry by Expana

15:40-15:45
Audience Q&A

Moderated by Melanie Siggs, Global Head of Seafood, LRQA

15:45-15:50
GSF 2026 Wrap-Up

Delivered by Melanie Siggs, Global Head of Seafood, LRQA

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