Programme YAS2022

Day 1 - 13 June

For Young Algaeneers only

13:00 Opening of the YAS 2022

Jean-Paul Cadoret, EABA President, FR

13:15 YAS presentation and objectives

Chair: Léa Vernes, Algama, FR

13:30 Global algae market and main challenge of the algae sector in Europe (provisional title)

Vitor Verdelho, EABA General Manager, PT

14:00 Speed dating Young Algaeneers
15:00 EABA working groups, overview of European algae standards and regulations

Silvio Mangini_Scientific Officer at Archimede Ricerche Srl, subsidiary of A&A Fratelli Parodi Spa (Genoa, IT)

15:30 Algae Standardization - European Working group - Main achievement

Timo De Groot_Standardization Consultant at NEN, University of Amsterdam, NL

16:00 Break
16:15 YA Working groups
16:45 Discussion with an EABA expert in each Working group
  • Group 1: Algae Standardization

    Timo De Groot, University of Amsterdam, NL

  • Group 2: Process/Biorefinery

    Jean-François Sassi, CEA - Commission for Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies, FR

  • Group 3: Synthetic Biology

    Olaf Kruse, CeBiTec - Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University, DE

  • Group 4: Food/Novel Food

    Silvio Mangini, Archimede Ricerche Srl, IT

  • Group 5: Strain selection/improvement - Production

    Olivier Bernard, INRIA – BIOCORE French National Institute for Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, FR

  • Group 6: Carbon Capture - LCA (Life cycle analysis)

    Maresa Bussa, Project Manager Life Cycle Assessment at ESU-services Ltd

17:15 YA Working groups
17:45 Poster session
18:15 Close of the day
18:30 Social event on Wonder platform

Day 2 - 14 June

For Young Algaeneers only

13:00 Opening

Chair: Natalia Castejón, Universität Wien, AT

13:05 CEO's testimonials (10' each) about food, feed, production, selection...
  • Algama, Algae food:

    Alvyn Severien, FR

  • Algenuity, strain selection:

    Andrew Spicer, UK

  • Your Well, Seaweed products:

    Kees Boender, NL

13:50
  • Seaweed and climate impacts – a systems perspective: Jean-Baptiste Thomas,
    Researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, department of sustainable development, environmental sciences and engineering, Stockholm, SE
  • Bioactive compounds from microalgae: Miguel Herrero
    Researcher at the Institute of Food Science Research (CIAL-CSIC), Madrid, SP
  • Life cycle assessment of microalgae: Challenges and lessons learned: Maresa Bussa,
    Project Manager Life Cycle Assessment at ESU-services Ltd
  • Virtual lab tour of Synoxis Algae, supplier of photobioreactors: "How to go from a tedious microalgae culture to a high density and automated one",
    Paul Goudeau - Technical Sales Engineer & Hugo Vuillemin - Microalgae project manager at Synoxis Algae, France, FR
15:00 Break
15:15 Poster session
15:45 YA Working Group
16:45
  • Closing
  • Vote for best poster
17:00 Social event on Wonder platform

Day 3 - 15 June

Open for registration to everyone! (public)

13:00 Opening and brief introduction

Vitor Verdelho, EABA General Manager & Jean-Paul Cadoret, EABA President
Chair: Arianna Rizzo, Nantes University, FR

13:05
  • Seaweed and climate impacts – a systems perspective:

    Jean-Baptiste Thomas, Researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, SE

  • Microalgae, are they really "green"? Evaluating environmental impacts with Life Cycle Assessment

    Paula Perez-Lopez, Associate Research Scientist en MINES ParisTech, France, FR

  • Virtual lab tour CCAP with SAMS ( Scottish Association for Marine Science):

    Michael Ross, Manager and Senior Researcher in Algal Biotechnology, Oban, UK

  • Identifying microalgae as a food ingredient, from regulatory restrictions to market (case study):

    Carlos Unamunzaga, General Manager Fitoplancton Marino, S.L. University of Cádiz, SP

14:30 Working groups presentations
15:30 Break
15:45 Working groups presentations

Chair: Sanjaya Lama, Hasselt University, BE

17:00
  • Summary of working group/ whole events followed by YAS future perspective
17:15 Announcement of the winning poster with award assignation & Open floor discussion
17:20 Presentation of job/PhD/Post doc offers and Candidates’CVs
17:30 Close of event
17:30 Social event on Wonder platform