Study Program of Aquaculture (SPA), Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Universitas Brawijaya, Hosted an International Webinar with themes: Environmentally Friendly Technology in Aquaculture, on Wednesday, 21st October 2020. This activity was carried out using a zoom meeting and YouTube Live streaming on the FPIK UB channel.
This International Webinar presents four keynote speakers from Malaysia, Norway, and Indonesia. Dr. Nor Azman Kasan is an associate professor at the University of Malaysia Trengganu. He delivered material related to Green technology for Sustainable Aquaculture: application of Rapid BFT. The second material was provided by Prof. Karin Pittman, from the University of Bergen (Norway), with Sustainable Aquaculture, advancing beyond agriculture. Next, namely Dr. Julie Ekasari from IPB University who delivered material related to Biofloc Technology as an integral approach to sustainable aquaculture. The webinar activity was closed with material from Dr. Mohamad Fadjar (Prodi BP FPIK, UB) with the topic Squid waste Product for inducing shrimp immunity. The participants’ enthusiasm and response were outstanding, so that many questions were asked of the presenters. The discussion and question and answer took place excitedly and resulted in innovative ideas in environmentally friendly aquaculture technology.
The total number of participants registered for this activity was 557 people from various countries such as the Philippines, Vietnam, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, Malaysia, India, and Indonesia. The participants came from various backgrounds, including lecturers, researchers, practitioners, students, fishery extension workers, teachers, and fisheries entrepreneurs. Webinar activities like this can provide broader benefits to the community, not only domestically but also to foreign countries. Also, online webinars’ implementation dramatically reduces the various costs needed, especially those related to renting places and others. Besides, this activity is also the starting point for implementing cooperation with multiple campuses to establish collaboration in education, research, and community service. In the future, it is hoped that there will be more international webinars that can be held by BP Study Program, FPIK UB.