GAIN Summer School – Ecological Transition in Aquaculture

The GAIN journey is nearly over and we would like to share results and lessons learnt with motivated young researchers and operators, eager to contribute to the ecological transition of the aquaculture sector.

Application online, deadline: August 6th 2021

The GAIN Summer School “Ecological Transition in Aquaculture” will provide key concepts and tools concerning: precision aquaculture, circular economy, sustainability assessment, policies and markets. Students will get an up-to-date knowledge of key ideas in these areas and then will be led through the GAIN innovations, thus discovering how the main challenges in aquaculture field can be dealt with by adopting the GAIN approach to the ecological intensification of this sector.

Talks delivered by GAIN experts will be complemented by contributions from other EU projects, focused on aquaculture ecological transition, and worldwide recognized authorities. Students will be engaged in demonstration sessions, using virtual tools, e.g., mentimeeter, and encouraged to interact within focus group.

The Summer School will be held Online from August 30^th to September 3^rd, 2021.

Five morning sessions, from 9:30 to 13:30 CEST, will be complemented by two afternoon sessions on Monday and Thursday, from 14:30 to 16:30 CEST, for a total of 24 hours of training. The participation is completely free of charge.

The school will admit up to 40 students. The admission is based on a CV and a motivation letter.

More info and application here: www.epcsrl.eu/gain-summer-school/