SINTEF and NTNU are happy to invite you to SIG Seaweed 8 Conference in Trondheim! Here you will meet leading Norwegian and international experts within seaweed research and hear about the recent research on farming technology and product development.
We hope that you will use this opportunity to learn about the latest seaweed news and network with seaweed enthusiasts from the industry, research, education, governmental and funding bodies with knowledge and competence along the whole seaweed value chain – from farming to end products!
The conference is arranged in close collaboration with the Seaweed Biorefinery Platform Norway (the Seaweed Platform) and The Norwegian Seaweed Centre and is coordinated by SINTEF and NTNU. The Seaweed platform collaborates with Norwegian companies in the seaweed sector and this conference is a main arena to meet, present results from the R&D and discuss further what this growing industry needs.
The conference will also present results from other relevant R&D-projects both in Norway and abroad. This year will also be a great opportunity to meet representatives from the seaweed industry and research in Chile, Denmark and the UK.
We look forward to seeing you in Trondheim 14.-15. November!
Program:
Thursday 14. November - Day 1
Chairs Day 1: Johanne Tryggvason Hosen (SINTEF Ocean) and Katharina Nøkling-Eide (SINTEF Industry)
11:00 Registration
11:30 Lunch
12:30 Welcome and SIG Seaweed-introduction, Jorunn Skjermo, SINTEF Ocean
12:40 Norwegian Seaweed Biorefinery Platform, Finn Aachmann, NTNU
13:05 Fucoidan extraction at pilot scale, tba, SINTEF Industry
13:20 Monitoring of biofouling and biomass in seaweed farms, Glaucia Fragoso, NTNU
13:35 The worlds most exposed seaweed farm! Experience from installation and testing, Eivind Lona, SINTEF Ocean
13:50 Coffee break
14:20 The Norwegian Seaweed Center, Silje Forbord, SINTEF Ocean
14:30 Seaweed industry and R&D in Denmark, Annette Bruhn, Aarhus University (Denmark)
14:55 Comparative characterization of fucoidan-active enzymes from families GH107 and GH168, Diego Reyes, NMBU
15:10 Seaweed Forecast - the development and environmental challenges of the global seaweed industry towards 2050, Mari Bjordal, DNV
15:25 Iodine reduction in kelp using PEF, Marthe Blikra, Nofima
15:40 Coffee break
16:25 Norwegian Seaweed Center Node – Processing
16:30 Multidisciplinary approaches for brown seaweed science, Thierry Tonon, University of York (UK)
16:55 The QualiSea project (1), tba, SINTEF Industry
17:10 R&D-needs to succeed – How FHF can contribute, Renate Johansen, Norwegian Seafood Research Fund (FHF)
17:25 Unlocking the Secrets of Fucoidan: Insights from Our Current Understanding, Paulina Sandberg Birgersson, NTNU
17:40 Norwegian Seaweed Center Node - Simulations and monitoring
17:45 End of Day 1
19:00 Conference Dinner (separate registration)
Friday 15. November - Day 2
Chair Day 2: David Aldridge (SINTEF Ocean)
09:00 Collaboration with the seaweed industry in Chile, Soledad Tapia, Director of SERNAPESCA (Chile)
09:05 Towards improving economic profitability of kelp farming: productivity, cost, and biomass value analysis, Alejandro Bushmann, University of Los Lagos (Chile)
09:25 Exploring the potential use of natural compounds from macroalgae, plants, and yeasts as antimicrobial agents and functional ingredients for aquaculture, Monica Imarai, University of Santiago de Chile
09:40 Giving more value to alginate, Katharina Nøkling-Eide, SINTEF Industry
10:00 The timing of deployment and harvesting of Saccharina latissima in an IMTA-farm in the subpolar regions of Northern Norway, Bjørn Stian Broberg Kristensen, NTNU
10:15 New products from cultivated seaweed for blue-green value-chains (The GP Seaweed-project), Jorunn Skjermo, SINTEF Ocean
10:35 Coffee break
11:05 Norwegian Seaweed Center Node – Landfarms
11:15 Upscaling of Ulva sp. cultivation, tba
11:35 The QualiSea project (2), tba, SINTEF Industry
11:50 Loopfarm - a new seafarm concept for kelp cultivation, Nikolai Buer, Blue Harvest Technology
12:05 CO2-removal through seaweed farming, Ole Jacob Broch, SINTEF Ocean
12:20 End of Day 2
12:25 Networking
13:00 Lunch
The organizing committe:
Jorunn Skjermo, Silje Forbord, Tom Ståle Nordtvedt, Øystein Arlov (SINTEF) and Finn Aachmann (NTNU)
