AlgaEurope

Hello to all algae experts and enthusiasts! We want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who joined us at AlgaEurope 2024, held in the beautiful city of Athens, Greece, from 10–13 December. Your participation and enthusiasm made this event truly unforgettable! This year’s conference brought together 424 delegates from 43 countries and 256 organizations. Over four inspiring days, 110 expert speakers delivered a diverse program exploring the latest scientific, technological, and business advancements in the algae biomass sector. Additionally, site visits to Solmeyea and Plankton First offered attendees firsthand insights into innovative algae production processes. We hope you found the sessions valuable, the discussions engaging, and the connections meaningful. We’re already looking forward to welcoming you next year in Riga, Latvia! Thank you once again for making AlgaEurope 2024 a remarkable success. Your passion for algae and dedication to this industry continue to inspire us all. EABA - European Algae Biomass Association DLG Benelux #algaeurope #algae #science #conference #microalgae #networking #seaweed #bioremediation #processing #eaba #dlg

Session 21: Wastewater 💧 (2/2) Very last session of the very last day of AlgaEurope, with 5 very interesting presentations about one promising application sector of algae, wastewater treatment: ➡️ Antonio Gavalás-Olea, PhD (Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences): Galdieria sulphuraria, an extremophile with promising Carbon capture performance through project ALGROW ➡️ Pia Steinruecken (NORCE Norwegian Research Centre): Coupling microalgal production to recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) at pilot scale ➡️ Marco Mantovani (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca): Removal of different water micropollutants by microalgae-based iron nanoparticles ➡️ Ronald Halim (University College Dublin): Nannochloropsis for the valorisation of side streams from critical agri-food and energy sectors in Europe ➡️ Elena Passalacqua (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca): Optimisation of anaerobic digestion using microalgal-based carbon-encapsulated iron nanoparticles Thank you to the speakers! ————— Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram for live insights (eaba_algae) 😉 Carlos Unamunzaga, Jean-Paul Cadoret, Vitor Verdelho, Lisandra Meinerz, Monique Ras - de Moncuit, Anne Pajot, Léa Braud, Juliette ARMENI-RIPARI, Arianna Rizzo, Christie de Vrij, Silvio Mangini, Kuno Jacobs, Kim Kreuser, Anna Ivanko

Round table - DOs and DONTs in the algae sector You liked it as a webinar, we turned it into a round table! 💡 Moderators: Maria Barbosa (Wageningen University & Research / BPEa) Alison Smith (University of Cambridge) 💡 Panelists: Joao Navalho (Necton and Allmicroalgae) Hywel Griffiths (FERMENTALG) Tanel Ilmjärv (Vetik OÜ) Valerie Harmon (Namaka Algae) Agnese Stunda-Zujeva (SpirulinaNord) ————— Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram for live insights (eaba_algae) 😉 Carlos Unamunzaga, Jean-Paul Cadoret, Vitor Verdelho, Lisandra Meinerz, Monique Ras - de Moncuit, Anne Pajot, Léa Braud, Juliette ARMENI-RIPARI, Arianna Rizzo, Christie de Vrij, Silvio Mangini, Kuno Jacobs, Kim Kreuser, Anna Ivanko

Session 20: Pharma-medical 💊 (2/2) Second and last Pharma-medical session this morning at Demokritos: ✅ Jennifer Saliba (LIENS Laboratory University La Rochelle): Marine fucoidan oligomers as promising multi-tasking formulations in cancer therapy ✅ Matthew Chadwick (The University of Edinburgh): An Investigation into the Prebiotic Potential of Fucoidans Extracted from Seaweed What a session with such great presentations 👏, with many questions from the audience. ————— Carlos Unamunzaga, Jean-Paul Cadoret, Vitor Verdelho, Lisandra Meinerz, Monique Ras - de Moncuit, Anne Pajot, Léa Braud, Juliette ARMENI-RIPARI, Arianna Rizzo, Christie de Vrij, Silvio Mangini, Kuno Jacobs, Kim Kreuser, Anna Ivanko

Session 19: Production 🏭 (3/3) Last day and last session on algae production, we hope you enjoyed these two very interesting presentations: ➡️ John McGowen (Arizona State University): Characterization of a novel aphelid parasitoid of picochlorum celeri and its effects on outdoor productivity and robustness ➡️ João Varela (Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR)): A call to arms: the urgent need for novel bioinformatic tools for correctly identifying eukaryotic grazers and parasites in microalgae cultures A huge thank you to speakers and attendees for this dynamic session! ————— Carlos Unamunzaga, Jean-Paul Cadoret, Vitor Verdelho, Lisandra Meinerz, Monique Ras - de Moncuit, Anne Pajot, Léa Braud, Juliette ARMENI-RIPARI, Arianna Rizzo, Christie de Vrij, Silvio Mangini, Kuno Jacobs, Kim Kreuser, Anna Ivanko

Keynote speaker n°4: Lieve Laurens 🙂 « Building a Sustainable Carbon Efficient Future with Photosynthetic Algae Systems » For the very last day of AlgaEurope 2024, held at National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos" center, we have the pleasure to attend the presentation of Lieve Laurens from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA, as our final keynote speaker. 💡 Dr. Lieve Laurens is the Principal Scientist and Algae Platform team lead at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Bioenergy Center. She is primarily responsible for research in analytical biochemistry, investigating ways to understand carbon energetics towards lipid, carbohydrate, and protein production in microalgae and other microorganisms. Thank you Lieve for the great presentation, we look forward to seeing what’s next with your projects. ————— Carlos Unamunzaga, Jean-Paul Cadoret, Vitor Verdelho, Lisandra Meinerz, Monique Ras - de Moncuit, Anne Pajot, Léa Braud, Juliette ARMENI-RIPARI, Arianna Rizzo, Christie de Vrij, Silvio Mangini, Kuno Jacobs, Kim Kreuser, Anna Ivanko

✨ Award evening ✨ AlgaEurope hosted its Award Evening on Thursday 12th of December. In addition to the Poster Presentation Awards, a Life and Career Award, a Youth and Outreach Award and an Impact and Action Award were presented. Poster Presentation Awards: - Gold 🥇: Inês Beatriz Maia, « Bioremediation of hydroponic rainwater using a microalgae-based circular economy approach for sustainable aquaculture and agriculture products » - Silver 🥈: Michele Morais, « Nanoencapsulation of Spirulina sp. LEB 18 for enrichment of chocolate milk » - Bronze 🥉: Nancy Mahmoud, « Unveiling the sensory profile of microalgae: what chemicals are we smelling? » - Audience: Etiele Morais, « Microalgae screening for optimized brewery effluent treatment » 🏆 Life and Career Award: Sammy Boussiba 🏆 Youth and Outreach Award: Agnese Stunda-Zujeva 🏆 Impact and Action Award: Kyriakos Maniatis Last but not least, the entire EABA - European Algae Biomass Association and DLG Benelux teams added a very last award for the most loyal sponsor of AlgaEurope: 🏆 Most Loyal Sponsor Award: SCHOTT, Fritz W. Wintersteller Thank you to all speakers, awardees and attendees for this very emotional session.  The EABA decided, for the next AlgaEurope editions, to create a Mario Tredici award as a tribute to someone who was truly the heart of our association. This award ceremony was followed by a tasting of algae-based products generously provided by GreenCoLab 🌱 ————— Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram for live insights (eaba_algae) 😉 Carlos Unamunzaga, Jean-Paul Cadoret, Vitor Verdelho, Lisandra Meinerz, Monique Ras - de Moncuit, Anne Pajot, Léa Braud, Juliette ARMENI-RIPARI, Arianna Rizzo, Christie de Vrij, Silvio Mangini, Kuno Jacobs, Kim Kreuser, Anna Ivanko

Session 18: Food 🌮 (2/2) Discover our second session focused on algae for food, mixing macroalgae, microalgae, 3D printing and biopesticides for agriculture: ✅ Cristiana Nunes (LEAF, ISA, University of Lisbon): Combining Seaweeds and Microalgae: Assessing hydrothermal extracts of Chondrus Crispus for gelled food snacks enriched with Chlorella vulgaris ✅ Lisiane Fernandes de Carvalho (LEAF, ISA, University of Lisbon): Development and characterization of microalgae-enriched clean label hybrid hams ✅ Sónia Oliveira (LEAF, ISA, University of Lisbon): Multisensory packaging: exploring algae-based 3D printed edible solutions for sustainable food experiences ✅ José Matheus (LEAF, ISA, University of Lisbon): A sustainable twist on ''caldo verde'' using macro and microalgae ✅ Ivan Čitaković (IMMUNRISE BIOCONTROL FRANCE): Exploitation of amphidinols for biopesticide production: environmental triggers, excretion patterns, and the distribution of active and less active forms in amphidinium carterae photobioreactor cultures What a last session for Day 2! A huge thank you to all 5 speakers and attendees for their dynamism 🙂. ————— Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram for live insights (eaba_algae) 😉 Carlos Unamunzaga, Jean-Paul Cadoret, Vitor Verdelho, Lisandra Meinerz, Monique Ras - de Moncuit, Anne Pajot, Léa Braud, Juliette ARMENI-RIPARI, Arianna Rizzo, Christie de Vrij, Silvio Mangini, Kuno Jacobs, Kim Kreuser, Anna Ivanko

Session 17: Biorefinery 🧪 (2/2) Sustainability, eutectic solvents, specific downstream processes, here is our second and last session on biorefinery with 5 very interesting presentations: ➡️ Isa Hiemstra (Wageningen University & Research): SWITCHING TO GREEN: Sustainable multi-product three-phase partitioning for seaweed biorefinery using recyclable, switchable solvents ➡️ Wimar Reynaga Navarro (Wageningen University & Research): Deep eutectic solvents for co-extracting alginate and fucoxanthin from brown seaweed ➡️ Oscar Elizondo Sada (Wageningen University & Research): Optimization of an enzyme assisted extraction for a multi-product biorefinery from the red seaweed Palmaria palmata ➡️ Lais Galileu Speranza (GreenCoLab): Using Life-Cycle Assessment to evaluate the sustainability of algae biorefineries ➡️ Juan José Gallardo (Universidad de Almería, Spain): Competitive adsorption and cross-flow dialysis to recover phycobiliproteins and polysaccharides from spirulina sp Thank you to the 5 speakers for such a great work 👏! ————— Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram for live insights (eaba_algae) 😉 Carlos Unamunzaga, Jean-Paul Cadoret, Vitor Verdelho, Lisandra Meinerz, Monique Ras - de Moncuit, Anne Pajot, Léa Braud, Juliette ARMENI-RIPARI, Arianna Rizzo, Christie de Vrij, Silvio Mangini, Kuno Jacobs, Kim Kreuser, Anna Ivanko

Session 16: Pharma-medical 💊 (1/2) Short but sharp first session on Pharma-medical with one amazing presentation: ✅ Muriel BARDOR (University of Rouen Normandie): PHAEOmAbs, a French initiative to improve the production yield of microalgae-based antibodies Thank you Muriel for this great talk, we look forward to following your activities! ————— Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram for live insights (eaba_algae) 😉 Carlos Unamunzaga, Jean-Paul Cadoret, Vitor Verdelho, Lisandra Meinerz, Monique Ras - de Moncuit, Anne Pajot, Léa Braud, Juliette ARMENI-RIPARI, Arianna Rizzo, Christie de Vrij, Silvio Mangini, Kuno Jacobs, Kim Kreuser, Anna Ivanko