We look forward to welcoming you to the 15th edition of Seagriculture EU taking place in Gothenburg, Sweden from 16 - 18 June 2026!
Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel Gothenburg
Seagriculture EU 2026 will gather top speakers, who will share their know-how within seaweed for feed, food, offshore cultivation, biorefinery of seaweed, and much more.
The Seagriculture conference has built up a solid reputation as the leading conference for the seaweed industry, the Seagriculture conference in Europe has been successfully organized since 2012. The 14th edition of this seaweed event took place in Rotterdam, The Netherlands with more than 200 delegates from 26 countries.
Seagriculture EU 2026
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Seaweed cultivation in Europe is showing promise in terms of growth, however challenges in regulations, cost, and market viability could affect the pace of this growth in the future.
The Seagriculture conferences focus on addressing those challenges in the seaweed industry, fostering collaboration among various stakeholders, and emphasizing the importance of sustainable practices, innovation, research, and regulatory adaptability for long-term success.
The demand for edible seaweeds (or marine algae) is increasing in Europe. Seaweed (macroalgae) grows in a variety of forms and colours in the ocean as well as in freshwater environments. Its biochemical composition and properties make seaweed a valuable material, and its range of applications is growing as current R&D technologies are refined and new discoveries are made. They include food products for humans, animal feed, cosmetics, bio-based chemicals for various industries, fertilisers, biofuel, and high-quality building insulation, among others.
Who will get most use of it:
✓ Seaweed producers
✓ Cultivation and harvesting technology providers
✓ Food companies seeking for new product development
✓ Venture capitalists
✓ Academics and researchers
✓ Government
✓ Food
✓ Medicine and herbs
✓ Beauty and cosmetics
✓ Edible packaging
✓ Biofuel
✓ Fertilisers
✓ Climate change
✓ Bioremediation
Alexander Ebbing, Ebbing-Tides, The Netherlands
Seagriculture is a fun and insightful conference where you truly get a realistic view of the seaweed industry. It is here where you get a chance of meeting the players and learn the rules of the seaweed game.
Shintaro Iwasawa, Kuraray Europe GmbH, Germany
Quite active event among where I have ever participated, promising and reflect the business trends.
Maris Stulgis, DG MARE, Belgium
"Seagriculture" is a key annual European seaweed conference bringing together vibrant and dynamic seaweed sector representatives
Stefan Kraan , Oceana Organic Products Ltd, Ireland
Reconnecting with friends and colleagues gaining new insides and exploring new opportunities for projects and collaborations
Scott Lindell, MacroBreed LLC, USA
I've attended and presented at Seagriculture in Europe, US and Asia. This year's conference in Rotterdam exceeded my expectations in terms of the quality of the pre-conference field trip and two-day presentations. I appreciate the business and market focus of the conference and always come away with new ideas and inspiration.
Steven Hermans, Phyconomy, Belgium
It's a great place to meet a cross-section of the European seaweed sector and learn what is happening in seaweed in Europe today.
Takeshi Tanaka, Japan
Good conference to get the latest business ideas and technologies about Algae industry.
Manuel Lopez, EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), Czech Republic
A very strong point of Seagriculture Conference is that involves all the stakeholders through the value chain, from farm to fork, including as well those providing data from space.
Felix Ghyczy, BlueBurn, The Netherlands
Seagriculture EU 2025 in Rotterdam brought together diverse topics and inspiring speakers—like Sander van den Burg on Power, Codification, and Cooperation—to chart the next steps in seaweed’s journey, scaling responsibly through collaboration across research, industry and policy.
Gabriella D'Cruz, The Good Ocean, India
Attending Seagriculture allows you to meet friends, collaborators and experts from the sector, understand what everyone is excited and challenged by and leave feeling connected in this collective effort towards a regenerative seaweed future.
João Navalho, Necton SA, Portugal
A very interesting event very well represented within the sector, more focused on practical aspects of the sector than on science, good to meet the Entrepeneurs, the Youngers and the Professors
Other voices:
~ Very good conference, met a lot of people and developed new business opportunities.
~ It is a great opportunity to get in contact with the seaweed industry.
~ Great event, felt like there was more emphasis on the industry compared with other conferences I have attended. Which was great and in compliance with the situation of the sector.
~ DLG Benelux organised it so well. It was great spending time with a community who face similar challenges and share common goals.
~ Seagriculture was a very informative and useful conference which I enjoyed very much.
~ It was a very good experience and the event allowed for networking with people from many different fields.
~ It was a terrific conference. Well organized, very informative and varied speakers, and tremendously helpful to create connections within the industry.
~ A good place to meet new and maintain old acquaintance. Many interesting presentations and a lot of useful information to digest.
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