Case-Study Groups

We are excited to have the Working Groups activity returning at YAS26! This is an excellent opportunity for participants to engage deeply with their peers and contribute with new ideas. These collaborative sessions are designed to bring together participants from diverse backgrounds to discuss challenges, share ideas, and co-develop innovative solutions in the field of algae research and technology.

In this edition of YAS, we are introducing the case-study working groups. Selected academia and industry leaders are presenting real-world case studies. Young Algaeneer Teams will brainstorm solutions together, present them on the last day of the conference and compete for prices!

The working groups are provided….:  

💡 by YAS: How can we build the community and give it a voice in the algae sector?

💡by Laurent Picot (University of La Rochelle): Designing a Sustainable and Commercially Viable Vegetable Oil Naturally Coloured and Functionally Enhanced with Microalgae- or Cyanobacteria-Derived Pigments 

💡by Meinke van Oenen (Algaenius): Combining Climate Adaptation with Mitigation: Algae-Driven Desalination for a Water-Secure Future

💡by Antoinette Kazbar (WUR): Seaweed as an Enabling Platform for Future Biotechnology and Bioprocess Systems 

💡by Sarah d’Adamo (WUR): Next-Generation Applications of genetically engineered algae in a Bio-Based Economy

💡by Antonio Ida (Spireat): From Bench to Market: Turning Algae Innovation into a Fundable Venture 

💡by Laszlo Nemes (Holodetect): Contamination detection in Haematococcus cultures using Holodetect 

💡by Iulian Boboescu (WUR): External field based intensification technologies for single-cell ingredient production 

💡 by Zied Zaray: Microalgae-based functional ingredients for sustainable Food innovation

💡 by Joost Teixeira de Mattos (Sustenso): Nieches for an enterprise that Yields A-grade Substances of Microalgal Origin 

💡by Edgar Suarez Garcia (Revyve): How to mildly disentangle the chloroplast in green algae and extract proteins (Rubisco+) from it 

💡by Jean Baptiste Beigbeder (APESA): Exploring the diversity of microalgae for the production of biostimulant products in the context of circular economy 

💡by Marcel Janssen (WUR): How to guarantee safety for consumption of microalgal biomass for food applications? 

💡by Flavia Vischi Winck (Universidade de São Paulo): Turning Vinasse into a BioResource: Microalgae Cultivation in Vinasse as a Circular Bioeconomy Strategy in the Sugarcane-based Ethanol Industry 

💡 by Marc Esplugas (Lipotrue): Development of an innovative active ingredient from microalgae with cosmetic application

💡 by Ewoud de Voogd (Algmighty): Use of Microalgae as food ingredient - an investors perspective  

Find the case-studies here.

(if you can’t find a case-study it is still work-in-progress and will be updated soon)