Day 1 - 2nd June
17:00 Registrations + Welcome Drink (until 19:00)
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 –Bioprocess Optimisation
Caterina Isabel Manzano Puga: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii-Serratia sp. Consortium: A Sustainable Approach for Dairy Wastewater Bioremediation and Hydrogen Production.
Malena Caparroz: Adaptive control techniques for pH regulation in raceway reactors.
Matyas Jedlicka: Abiotic environment optimization for Galdieria sulphuraria phycocyanin production maximization.
Elena Passalacqua: Optimization of Euglena gracilis Growth on By-Products from a food industry.
Mikel Manso: From Waste to Wealth: Heterotrophic Cultivation of Auxenochlorella Protothecoides Using Winery Byproducts.
Irina Bausa Ortiz: Development of a software sensor in microalgae-bacteria wastewater treatment plant
Session chair: Daniel Figueiredo
11:50 Young Algaeneer Talks – Algae Physiology and Genetic Engineering
Albert Beyer: NEUZELL-M : Cultivating microalgae for cell-free extracts with active biosynthesis pathways
Qian Liang: Scalable Light-Driven Biotransformations Using Cyanobacterial Whole-Cell Catalysis
Anna Pugliese: Cultivation and characterization of improved Chlorella vulgaris and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strains
Maria Baena: Challenges in Cyanobacterial Taxonomy: Implications for Biodiversity and Biotechnology
Gloria Vazques: Understanding compatible and incompatible host-pathogen interactions in brown seaweeds
Session chair: Elisa Werner
12:45 Lunch
14:15 Invited Speaker- Gabriel Ácien
Last advances on algal biotechnology from the perspective of the University of Almeria
14:50 Working Groups – Frame it (1/4)
17:10 Afternoon Food and Drinks
17:20 Poster Presentations (1-20)
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 – Bioactive Compounds & Applications
Ivan Citakovic: Exploitation of amphidinols for biopesticide production: environmental triggers and excretion mechanisms
Daniel Macken: Extremophilic microalgae: a future source of enhanced iron-rich nutrition?
Eva Cepec: Wastewater-Grown Microalgae for Bioactive Compounds: A Game-Changer in Agriculture?
Davide Scabello: Exploring the biostimulant potential of novel microalgal species.
Anthony Schmutz: Microalgae To Produce Isotope Tracers For Metabolic Pathways Elucidation
Hemanta Timilsina: Upcycling effluent and CO2 from recirculating aquaculture system into high-value astaxanthin
Session chair: Sheyma Khemiri
10:35 Schott - Sponsored presentation - Fritz Wintersteller
10:45 Coffee-break
11:05 Young Algaeneer Talks – Bioprocess Optimisation
Pablo Otálora Berenguel: Economic optimization for the operation of raceway reactors.
Mohammad Redwanur Rahman: Scaling Up Continuous Microalgae Cultivation for Renewable Biomolecules and Natural Dye Production.
Daniel Ronca: Optimizing cultivation parameters of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 for future isoprene pilot-scale production.
Agnese Torrisi: Combined effect of light and temperature in high frequency pulsed light regimes on Acutodesmus obliquus.
Sneha Shivakumar: Effect of Non-Thermal Plasma Treatment on Wet Nannochloropsis Oceanica biomass.
Samantha Druelle: Green extraction and separation processes for seaweed biorefineries.
Session chair: Arianna Rizzo
12:00 Pitches Innovation Competition
Myspirulina - Ben Schwedhelm
Vertical farm - Katie Driver
12:50 Lunch
14:20 Invited Speaker- Laurent Picot
A novel strategy to purify antiviral peptides from seaweeds
14:55 Working Groups – Shape it (2/4)
17:00 Afternoon Food and Drinks
17:20 Poster Presentations (21-40)
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
Smart algae: The future of Algae Biotech through AI and Automation,
Moderator: Moderator: Jean-Paul Cadoret; Speakers: Enrique Miranda (UAL); László Nemes (Holodetect); D. Emilio Peña Martínez (Plataformas Virtuales de Enseñanza, UAL)
15:35 Working Groups – Polish it (3/4)
17:40 Show Cooking Session – Sponsored by Porto-Muiños
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 – Circular Bioeconomy & Sustainability
Tatiana Zuñiga Burgos: Manipulating Microalgal Phosphate Overplus Response to enhance Phosphate recovery from Wastewater.
Felix Brooke: Waste Derived Nutrient Supplementation of Brewery Wastewater with Anaerobic Digestate for Sustainable EPA Production.
Aoife Cahill: Investigating the Potential of Nannochloropsis for Valorisation of Anaerobic Digestate into Animal Feed.
José Antonio Pulido Porras: Sustainable production of protein-rich Arthrospira platensis biomass for aquafeed applications.
Rugan Suresh: Ability of microalga Chlorella vulgaris to remove nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater in microgravity in the ISS.
Tanja Zrnec Drobnjak: Microalgae Cultivation on Biogas Plant Digestate at the Center for Algal Technologies.
Session chair: Daniel Figueiredo
10:30 Coffee-break
10:50 Invited Speaker – Pia Lindberg
Engineering cyanobacteria for production of solar chemicals and fuels from CO2
