Conference Program

Seagriculture EU
17 - 19 June 2025
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Program is tentative and subject to change.

Site visit to Hortimare & NIOZ: Tuesday 17 June 2024

The site visits will take place on 17 June 2025.

You can either join the site visit to Hortimare or NIOZ. More information will follow shortly.

Conference day 1: Wednesday 18 June 2024

Session 1: Seaweed 2.0: Today's scaling for tomorrow's needs

After more than 15 years of pioneering, research & development, and tackling challenges, the European seaweed industry is entering a new era: Seaweed 2.0 or the industrial stage. During this session three speakers will present their view and experiences on upscaling, product development, commercialization and the remaining challenges.

Session 2: Professionalizing the seaweed industry: learning from pioneers

During this second session leading pioneers from various emerging industries will share their experiences on how they developed their businesses, how they learned from failures, and monetized opportunities.

Session 3: Collaboration as a tool to a successful seaweed industry

As the African proverb tells us, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” During the past 15 years collaboration within the seaweed industry was highly underdeveloped. During this session 3 speakers will demonstrate the value of collaboration.

Session 4: Panel discussion on seaweed investments and business aspects

During this panel discussion, a number of seaweed business and investment experts will share their vision on the seaweed industry in Europe and abroad, on needs and expectations, and on what the next steps should be.

Conference day 2: Thursday 19 June 2024

Session 5: Novel seaweed applications: value-added products and market opportunities

The Seagriculture conference is not complete without this session. Three speakers will present their work on processing aspects, market opportunities, and (novel) seaweed applications.

Session 6: Seaweed farming within multi-use offshore wind farms

All around the world initiatives are taken to integrate seaweed farming in offshore wind parks. During this session various speakers will present their experiences with multi-use of space, discuss the challenges and visualize the opportunities.

Session 7: Seaweeds as a tool for ecosystem services

For many years seaweeds have been glorified as the ultimate solution for climate change. During this session experts will give a realistic overview of what seaweeds can really bring to global ecosystems.

Seaweed Elevator Pitches

The Seaweed Elevator Pitches offer a unique, fast-paced, and diverse session where presenters have five minutes to deliver a concise, impactful presentation on their activities and innovative ideas. All topics are possible as long as they deal with seaweeds.

*The conference program is subject to change*

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