The opening remarks of ICFA 2023 were made by the Conference Convener. Mr. Isanka P Gamage (Co-Founder & Managing Director – The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM), Sri Lanka) and the Conference Co-Chairs Dr. Rohana Subasinghe (Honorary Life Member of the World Aquaculture Society, Honorary Life Member of the Asian Fisheries Society, Past President of the World Aquaculture Society – Asia Pacific Chapter (WAS-APC)., Retired Chief of FAO Aquaculture Service, Co-founder and Director, FUTUREFISH Co. Ltd., UK) and Dr. Krishna R. Salin (Chair, Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management (AARM), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT),Thailand. President, World Aquaculture Society Asia Pacific Chapter (WAS-APC).)
The keynote speakers were Mr. Blessing Mapfumo (International Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisor Executive Officer/Secretariat – African Chapter of the World Aquaculture Society), Dr. Xinhua Yuan Deputy Director, Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (NFI), Food and Agriculture, Organization of the United Nations (FAO), ITALY), and Dr. Brian C. Small, PH.D. (Director, Aquaculture Research Institute, Professor, Fish and Wildlife Sciences, College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho, USA).
The plenary speakers were Dr. Siriporn Tola (Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kean University, Thailand), Dr. Analiza J. Molina, PHD (Department Chair, Natural Sciences, Angeles University Foundation Integrated School, Angeles City, Philippines) and Dr. Rokhmin Dahuri (President for Indonesian Aquaculture Society, Management of Coastal and Marine Resources, Indonesia)