Prices:
- Regular: NOK 2500
- Student (not including PhD students): NOK 500
- Speaker (appointed, dinner included): NOK 0
- Dinner (optional): NOK 1000
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!
Programme:
Thursday 14. November - Day 1
Chairs Day 1: Johanne Tryggvason Hosen (SINTEF Ocean) and Katharina Nøkling-Eide (SINTEF Industry)
11:00Registration (from 11.00-12.25)
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, Bendik Toldnes, SINTEF Ocean
13:20 Monitoring of biofouling and biomass in seaweed farms, Glaucia Fragoso, NTNU
13:35 The world’s 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, Torstein Skåra, Nofima
15:40 Coffee break
16:15 Norwegian Seaweed Center - Simulations and monitoring, Ole Jacob Broch, SINTEF Ocean
16:20 Low energy drying system for kelp, Svein Ringdal, Float Biogass AS
16:30 Multidisciplinary approaches for brown seaweed science, Thierry Tonon, University of York (UK)
16:55 Instrumental methods and digital tools for ensuring and assessment of biomass quality, Sverre Marvik, ANTEO AS
17:10 How to get a total overview of the Seaweed production? Ole Christian Kjerrgård, Ocean Forest/Lerøy Seafood
17:25 Unlocking the Secrets of Fucoidan: Insights from Our Current Understanding, Paulina Sandberg Birgersson, NTNU
17:40 Norwegian Seaweed Center – Processing, Øystein Arlov, SINTEF Industry
17:45 End of Day 1
19:00 Conference Dinner at Radisson Blu Royal Garden Hotel (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
09:55 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
10:10 Kelpinor – Our Market-Driven Company Journey, Lydia Anastasia Schmidt, Kelpinor
10:25 Coffee break
11:15 Norwegian Seaweed Center – Landfarms, Aurora Tung Nilsen, SINTEF Ocean
11:20 Why there is a need for specialization in the value chain, Maren Sæther, Seaweed Solutions
11:35 Preservation of the seaweed biomass by added acids or fermentation, Inga Marie Aasen, SINTEF Industry
11:50 Loopfarm - a new seafarm concept for kelp cultivation, Rune Sakslo, Blue Harvest Technologies
12:05 CO2-removal through seaweed farming, Ole Jacob Broch, SINTEF Ocean
12:20 Presentation and Invitation to Add on to a new International Bioeconomy Macroalgae Center (IBMC), Hilde-Gunn Opsahl Sorteberg, NMBU
12:30 End of Day 2
Networking
13:00 Lunch
The organizing committe:
Jorunn Skjermo, Silje Forbord, Tom Ståle Nordtvedt, Øystein Arlov (SINTEF) and Finn Aachmann (NTNU)
