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The 2026 Aquaponics Conference

The 2026 Aquaponics Conference offers learning tracks for all stages of aquaponic experience, engaging industry professionals to help participants grow their aquaponic skills. Attendees can connect with a community focused on community, commercial, and research aquaponics, as well as STEM education, gaining valuable insights for enthusiasts, commercial opera…

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15Speakers
2Sponsors
16On the bill · sessions
12Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at The, in alphabetical order.
Ariana Billings
Undergraduate Research Assistant · Kentucky State University
Daniel Muñoz Andrade
President · ADACOL (Colombian Association for Aquaponics Development)
Donald Jacques
Chief Scientist · EarthSeed, Inc
Dr. Michael Timmons
Professor · Cornell University
Fanny Gozzi
PhD student · Purdue University
Janelle Hager
Aquaponic State Specialist · Kentucky State University
Jeremy Shechter
Founder · Open Source Horticulture
Josh Dusci
Indoor Agriculture Associate · Virginia State University
Kengo Hamada
CEO · Aquaponi Inc.
Madeleine Monperrus
Student · KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Rob Torcellini
Aquaponics Association Member and Owner · Bigelow Brook Farm
Tammie McCullough
Timothy Rice
Senior Aquaponics Technician
Tyaga Welch
Gilded Granger
Ze Zhu
PhD student · Purdue University
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Aquaponics Association
Kentucky State UniversityPartner
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Agenda

Selected from 16 sessions on the bill.
  • TBA

    Advances in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems

    This presentation will cover how aquaponic systems depend upon a well designed fish system that employs recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) principles. How to design this as sim…

    Basics of Aquaponics
  • TBA

    Affects of low saline (2ppt) seawater on tilapia and cherry tomato production within raft aquaponic systems

    Josh Dusci, Indoor Agriculture Associate at Virginia State University, will conduct a presentation titled, “Affects of low saline (2ppt) seawater on tilapia and cherry tomato produ…

    Research
  • TBA

    Aquaponic Products through the Eyes of U.S. Consumers

    Fanny Gozzi, PhD student at Purdue University, will be conducting a presentation titled, “Aquaponic Products through the Eyes of U.S. Consumers”. This presentation investigates cur…

    Research
  • TBA

    Aquaponics as a training tool for young researchers within a junior research fellowship program in Brazil

    Dr. Alexandre Benvindo de Sousa, Full Professor at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Brazil, will conduct a presentation titled, “Aquaponics as a training tool for young res…

    STEM/Educational Experiences
  • TBA

    CIRES - Aquaculture as a Foundation for Off-Earth Habitat

    Donald Jacques, Chief Scientist at EarthSeed, Inc, will be conducting a presentation titled, “CIRES - Aquaculture as a Foundation for Off-Earth Habitat”. The presentation will cove…

    Community Efforts
  • TBA

    Commercial Aquaponics in Practice: A Decade and 70+ Farms in Japan, plus an Education Case from Singapore

    This session details how IoT and integrated operating technology are applied in real-world deployments, illustrated with concrete case studies from within Japan. The presentation a…

    Commercial/General Growing
  • TBA

    Designing for Resilience: A Low-Resource Aquaponics System for Rural Mozambique

    Madeleine Monperrus, a student at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, will conduct a presentation titled, “Designing for Resilience: A Low-Resource Aquaponics System for Rural Mozam…

    Research
  • TBA

    Environmental assessment of industrial aquaponics using an integrated dynamic model

    Ze Zhu, PhD student at Purdue University, will be conducting a presentation titled, “Environmental assessment of industrial aquaponics using an integrated dynamic model”. This pres…

    Research
  • TBA

    Growing Tomatoes (and strawberries) in Deep Water Culture Beds

    This presentation will share how Rob successfully grows a variety of tomato plants alongside strawberries in his deep water culture beds. Topics such as pest and disease management…

    Commercial/General Growing
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 12 companies show up — and 1 bet on three roles at once?

Twelve companies. one are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
1All threespeak · spons · exh
1Sponsoringsponsor only
10Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Kentucky State University

Speakers by seniority

27% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite213%
  • Founder / Owner213%
  • Engineer · IC17%
  • Research / Science17%
  • Other roles960%

Of 15 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Kentucky State UniversitySp·P2V
  2. 02Aquaponics AssociationSp
  3. 03Purdue University2V
  4. 04ADACOL (Colombian Association for Aquaponics Development)1V
  5. 05Aquaponi Inc.1V
  6. 06Bigelow Brook Farm1V
  7. 07Cornell University1V
  8. 08EarthSeed, Inc1V
  9. 09Gilded Granger1V
  10. 10KTH Royal Institute of Technology1V
  11. 11Open Source Horticulture1V
  12. 12Virginia State University1V
Sponsors by tier
partner1
50% of 2
unspecified1
50% of 2

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