Conference & Speakers

Arnaud Bouxin

Arnaud Bouxin is agronomist by education and graduated from the Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon. He started his carrier as policy advisor in the French Association of feed manufacturers, SNIA, in 1990 and joined FEFAC in 1998 where he holds the position of Director for feed safety and regulatory affairs. He is busy primarily with feed legislation and the drafting of tools to support its implementation, such as Codes of Good Practice. He is also the manager of the EU register of feed materials and coordinator of the Circular Feed Platform gathering 7 EU organisations of the feed chain.

Abstract: “Circular Feed Platform: a disruptive promoter of new feed potentials”, Arnaud Bouxin, Director FEFAC, Belgium

Circular bioeconomy is among the top priorities of the EU Commission for the next 4 years. One of the strategic sectors to make circular economy operational is the feed sector providing an outlet for 80 mio. T of co-products. Still the feed sector is asked to be even more circular, meaning less in competition with food for resources. At the same time, the feed sector is put in competition with the non-food/feed sector, including bioenergy. Increasing the contribution to circular bioeconomy therefore means looking at untapped resources and access to most of them is today restricted or prohibited. Several EU organisations of the feed chain and nutrient recovery industry have joint forces to map these inaccessible resources and qualify their circularity, with a view to encourage the legislator to reconsider the relevance of the existing prohibitions/restrictions and stimulate the recovery of nutrients from waste streams.

Luciano Pinotti

Prof. Luciano Pinotti is Full Professor in animal nutrition at the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences (DIVAS) of the University of Milan. In his carrier, Prof. Pinotti has spent one year at the Animal Nutrition Group in Lelystad, The Netherlands. Nowadays he conducts research in Feed quality and safety/ feed evaluation with emphasis on alternative feed ingredients and sustainable animal nutrition. He is coordinator or partner in several national international and European projects. Prof. Pinotti is Member Sci. Com. Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e Dell'Emilia Romagna 'Bruno Ubertini”; From 2019- President of Animal Nutrition Study Commission (N) of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP), and from 2023 he has been appointed Director of the Doctorate School of the University of Milan.

Abstract: “Potential use of rendered proteins in feed for farmed animals and alternative protein sources”,

Luciano Pinotti, Department of Veterinary and Animal Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.

Feed is defined as edible material, consumed by animals, that contributes to the energy and/or nutrient requirement of the animals. To produce feed, various ingredients can be used. However, feed production has an environmental impact; thus, the use of natural resources needs to be reduced by increasing their reuse and using “circular” feed sources. Animal by-products (ABPs) can be part of this scenario as alternative protein sources (and not only) for feed. Thus, a renewed role for ABPs in farm and farmed fish nutrition cannot be excluded, especially when supply chain and proteins stocks of other alternative sources are not so well established. However,this approach faces challenges, including consumer perception of ABPs, their use in food-producing animals and competition with related sectors.

Hans Boon

Hans Boon is managing consultant at Aquaculture Experience. Until 2008 he has been working in the Provimi Aquafeed division and established consulting company “Aquaculture Experience” in 2008. Aquaculture Experience offers independent aquafeed consultancy services in the broadest sense such as:

1. Aquafeed formulation and product management
2. Market studies, ingredients sourcing and product management
3. Ingredient and additive business development
4. Due diligence
5. R&D projects
6. Feed sourcing

Abstract: “The changing landscape of aquafeed composition”,

Hans Boon, Aquaculture Experience – Aquafeed Consultancy, The Netherlands

The global Aquaculture sector has expanded rapidly as the fastest growing animal food

producing segment. Alongside this expansion the increasing need for feed ingredients and scarcity of the traditional protein and oil sources (fish meal and oil) has been challenging the feed sector at the same time. In this presentation the global trends and shifts in aquafeed composition will be highlighted and include the latest developments with regards to “new ingredients”.