Day 1 - 2nd June
15:00 Registrations + Welcome Drink (until 7pm)
Day 2 - 3rd June
8:00 Registrations
9:00 Opening Ceremony
9:30 Invited Speaker - Avigad Vonshak
Spirulina: A perspective on where we started achievements and failures
10:05 Break the Ice
10:20 Coffee-break
10:50 Young Algaeneer Talks – Algae Cultivation
11:45 Young Algaeneer Talks – Algae Physiology and Genetic Engineering
12:40 Lunch
14:10 Invited Speaker- Gabriel Ácien
Last advances on algal biotechnology from the perspective of the University of Almeria
14:45 Working Groups
17:00 Afternoon Food and Drinks
17:20 Poster Presentations (even numbers)
18:00 Close of the Day
20:30 Welcome Dinner (Almeria Central Market)
Day 3 - 4th June
9:00 Invited Speaker- Joan Tarraga
Career Insights in Algae Biotech and Beyond
9:35 Young Algaeneer Talks – Algae Processing
10:25 Sponsor Presentation
10:35 Coffee-break
11:00 Young Algaeneer Talks – Algae Sustainability
11:50 Pitches Innovation Competition
12:50 Lunch
14:20 Invited Speaker- Laurent Picot
A novel strategy to purify antiviral peptides from seaweeds
14:55 Working Groups
17:00 Afternoon Food and Drinks
17:20 Poster Presentations (odd numbers)
18:00 Close of the Day
19:00 Tourist Visit – Alcazaba
Day 4 - 5th June
9:00 Site-visits to Biorizon and SABANA Demo Plant
11:00 Coffee-break
11:20 Workshops or Aqualia Site-Visit
12:45 Lunch
14:10 Invited Speaker- Iulian Boboescu
Enabling microalgal biotechnology by rethinking its downstream processing
14:45 Roundtable Session
15:35 Working Groups
17:40 Afternoon Food and Drinks
18:00 Close of the Day
20:00 Tapas Route
Day 5 - 6th June
9:00 Invited Speaker- Dorinde Kleinegries
Sustainable aquaculture practices - a role for microalgae?
9:35 Young Algaeneer Talks – Algae Applications
10:10 Coffee-break
10:30 Invited Speaker – Pia Lindberg
Engineering cyanobacteria for production of solar chemicals and fuels from CO2
