Novotel Gent Centrum, Ghent, Belgium
May 27 & 28, 2026 (Wednesday – Thursday)

Optional Shrimp Farm visit and training
May 29, 2026 (Friday)

For over two decades, the Smart Short Courses Aquaculture Feed program has been the industry’s most trusted gathering for aquafeed professionals — with more than 1,500 participants from 620 companies across 80+ countries attending over the past 20 years. Now, after years of global delivery, we’re bringing this flagship program back to its European roots.

This intensive two-day course covers the full aquafeed value chain — from nutrition science and feed formulation to extrusion technology, feed mill management and species-specific performance optimisation. Every session is designed around the real challenges aquafeed professionals face on the ground, delivered by practitioners who have faced them too. No broad overviews, no academic abstracts — just deep, practical expertise you can apply immediately.

There is no other program that brings together this breadth of aquafeed expertise under one roof. Whether you’re tackling formulation challenges, optimising your extrusion process or looking to stay ahead of the latest trends in fish and shrimp nutrition — this is where the industry comes to learn.

Who It’s For
This program is designed for professionals working across the aquafeed industry — whether you specialise in nutrition, feed technology, plant operations, product formulation, quality assurance or business development. If aquafeed is central to what you do, this course was built for you.

Novotel Gent Centrum, Ghent, Belgium
June 1 and 2, 2026 (Monday – Tuesday)

The fundamentals of oilseed and edible oil processing are constantly evolving — new techniques, tightening quality standards and growing pressure to optimise downstream performance mean that staying current isn’t optional.

This intensive program brings together world-class industry experts to deliver practical, immediately applicable knowledge across oilseed processing, crude oil refining, edible oil quality management and the integration of processed oils into finished downstream products. Each session is designed around the real technical and operational challenges professionals face every day — not textbook theory.

Whether you’re new to the field or a seasoned professional looking to sharpen your expertise, benchmark against the best and walk away with solutions you can apply immediately — this is the program for you. You’ll leave with a deeper understanding of the entire oilseed and edible oil value chain, a stronger professional network, and practical tools to enhance your plant operations, product formulations and business decisions.

Who It’s For
This program is designed for professionals who are hands-on in oilseed and edible oil processing — whether you work in plant operations, R&D, quality assurance, process engineering, product formulation or technical sales. If oils and fats processing is central to what you do, this course was built for you.