09:30 – 10:00
Digital coffee – good morning and introduction to our digital tools
Sea to Market
Algemania
Date: 27th – 28th of October 2021
Digital Conference
Welcome to
Sea to Market - Algemania
This Digital Seaweed Conference will be arranged 27th - 28th of October 2021 – please save the dates.
Sea to Market is a conference series that focuses on the commercialization process for marine interdisciplinary developments. In 2021 the chosen subject is the seaweed industry, and we have named the conference Algemania.
The European seaweed industry today consists of a few large industrial harvesters and many small entrepreneurs involved in cultivated and wild-harvested seaweed. There are many opportunities and bottlenecks in the whole value chain from research to market. Sea to Market - Algemania - will focus on applied research as a tool for industrial growth, marked opportunities and facilitate marine interdisciplinary cooperation. Algemania will include expert speakers, group sessions and discussion panels highlighting the process of commercialization, value chains and upscaling a seaweed business. The group sessions will involve research-, industrial-partners and management to discuss relevant topics from sea to market and mutual beneficial solutions.
Due to covid, this year’s conference will be digital. Participation is free.
Program
Click on names or group session topics below for more details.
27th October Main topic: Commercialization of Seaweed Biomass and Industrial Cultivation
10:00 – 12:00
Welcome and expert speakers;
- "Algal research down under"
Johan Svensson, Head of National Algae Research Facility – Cawthron Institute (New Zealand) - "Algea – production and market"
Ottorino Biondi, Managing Director - Algea (Norway/Italy) - "ALGAplus, an European seaweed farmer. On-shore production and market, a 10 year perspective"
Helena Abreu, Managing Director - ALGAPlus (Portugal) - "Improved Seaweed Farming Technologies and Practices; scaling up from a business perspective"
Stefan Kraan, Chief Scientific Officer- The Seaweed Company BV (Ireland)
12:00 – 12:30
Lunch break
12:30 – 14:30
Parallel group sessions
14:30 – 15:00
Plenary summary
28th October Main topic: Market & Commercialization, how to make it happen?
09:30 – 10:00
Digital coffee – good morning
10:00 – 12:00
Expert speakers;
- "Shared facilities for processing of cultivated seaweeds: a practical solution to upscale the industry?"
Pierrick Stevant, Researcher - Møreforsking (Norway) - "A practical introduction to fund raising – and an opportunity to ask the questions you always wanted to ask"
Lars Erik Johansen, Business Developer (USA/Norway) - “How can Innovation Norway release the potential in industry innovation and growth?”
Mari Dorte Michaelsen, Financial Advisor - Innovation Norway (Norway) - "Not by the book – surviving the first years as a seaweed start-up"
Annelise Chapman, Managing Director - Tango Seaweed (Norway)
12:00 – 12:30
Lunch break
12:30 – 14:30
Parallel group sessions
14:30 – 15:00
Plenary summary
Sea to Market is hosted in Kristiansund in Møre and Romsdal county, Norway. Møre and Romsdal county has a large industry of biomarine processing and has a 20% market- share of worldwide omega-3 industry. A strong marine industry of a thriving supplier industry for aquaculture and offshore technology allows the region to be in the forefront of innovation and sustainable blue growth.
News
Recordings made available
The recordings from the conference are now published.
Expert Speaker: Annelise Chapman - Tango Seaweed
A very warm velcome to Annelise Chapman, who will be an expert speaker on Day Two of the Algemania conference, and will be speaking about surviving the first years as a seaweed start-up.
Group Session: Sustainability and new business models
This group session is hosted by Molde University College in cooperation with the Global Biotechnology Transfer Foundation.
