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Program

Day 1 - 25th May

17:00 Registrations (until 19:00)

📍To be announced

Day 2 - 26th May

📍Omnia auditorium, Wageningen University and Research

8:00 Registrations + Bike Pickup
9:00 Opening Ceremony
9:30 Invited Speaker

Maria Barbosa (WUR)

10:00 Coffee Break / Break the Ice
10:30 Young Algaeneer Talks

Bioprocess Optimization 

11:30 Gold Sponsor Talk: SCHOTT

By Fritz Wintersteller

11:45 Invited Speaker

Vincent Doumeizel, UN

12:15 Lunch
13:15 Case-study Groups

(drinks and snacks provided)

15:45 Young Algaeneer Talks

Bioactive Compounds & Applications

16:45 Afternoon Food and Drinks / Book Signing Vincent Doumeizel:

“The Seaweed Revolution and “The Power of Plankton”

17:00 Poster Presentations

(Even numbers)

18:00 Close of the Day
20:00 Pubquiz at the Grandcafé Loburg

Social Programme at the Grandcafé Loburg (speed-dating, pub-quiz and more!)

Day 3 - 27th May

📍Omnia auditorium, Wageningen University and Research

9:00 Invited speaker

Julie Zedler, Jena University

9:30 Young Algaeneer Talks

Algae Physiology and Genetic Engineering

10:30 Coffee-break


11:00 Gold Sponsor Talk: Algreen

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11:15 Invited Speaker

Susan Løvstad Holdt, DTU

11:30 Roundtable YAS Alumni


12:45 Lunch
13:45 Case-Study Groups

(drinks and snacks will be provided)

16:15 Pitches Innovation Competition
17:00 Poster Presentations

Odd numbers

18:00 Busses leave for Dinner venue
19:00 Welcome Dinner and YAS anniversary celebration

At Slot Doddendael

Day 4 - 28th May

9:00 Working groups
12:15 Lunch
13:15 Site visit to AlgaePARC/Algreen and workshops/Seaweed suiteTM

Site-Visit to AlgaePARC

Rotating groups with short Coffee break

18:00 Close of day
20:00 Evening Programme

Show: Salty | Storytelling Night, with Emma Holmes

Join us for the cosiest show in town as five of Wageningen’s best storytellers share true stories from around the globe. From epic adventures to epic fails and from stories to infuriate to stories to warm the heart.

Day 5 - 29th May

📍Orion lecture hall, Wageningen University and Research

9:00 Invited speaker

Alexander Mathys (ETH Zurich)

9:30 YAS Spotlight Talks
Christie de Vrij, EABA (Algaflix and AlgaID), Laszlo Nemes (Holodetect), Meinke van Oenen (Algaenius)
10:00 Coffee break
10:30 Young Algaeneer Talks

Circular Bioeconomy & Sustainability

11:30 Case Study Group Presentations


13:00 Closing Ceremony

Awards and final remarks

13:30 Lunch
14:00 Site-Visit

Site-Visit to Lgem

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