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Presentations
Presentations
Seagriculture EU
16 - 18 June 2026
Gothenburg, Sweden
Presentations
Conference day 1: Wednesday 17 June 2026
09:25 - 09:45 Keynote presentation
From ocean to home: How IKEA explores seaweed-based materials
09:25 - 09:45 Keynote presentation
From ocean to home: How IKEA explores seaweed-based materials
Robert Carleke, Innovation Ventures Manager, Inter IKEA Group, Sweden
09:45 - 10:45 Session 1: The European seaweed industry in transition: survival, scale and real impact
09:45 - 10:05 Seaweed legislation: a friend or foe?
09:45 - 10:05 Seaweed legislation: a friend or foe?
Maya Miltell, Senior Project Manager, SUBMARINER Network for Blue Growth, Germany
10:05 - 10:25 Towards seaweed as a key player in our future food system
10:05 - 10:25 Towards seaweed as a key player in our future food system
Ingrid Undeland, Professor, Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Life Sciences - Food and Nutrition Science (FNS), Sweden
10:25 - 10:45 Modernizing kelp aquaculture through selective breeding
10:25 - 10:45 Modernizing kelp aquaculture through selective breeding
Gary Molano, Chief Executive Officer, MacroBreed LLC, USA
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break / Trade Show
11:15 - 12:35 Session 2: Biostimulants and biomaterials: hype or hoax?
11:15 - 11:35 Unlocking the Potential of Seaweed Biostimulants for Plant and Soil Health
Peter Green, Regenerative Projects Adviser and Manager, Hatch Blue, United Kingdom
11:35 - 11:55 Alaria - The next step
Christoffer Joys Røang, Co-founder – Chief Commercial Officer, Kelpinor AS, Norway
11:55 - 12:15 Seaweed in the construction industry: a practical case on designing seaweed based ceiling panels
Kinge Gardien, Managing Director, Manatee Biomaterials, Sweden
12:15 - 12:35 Seaweed nanomaterials: the high value approach
Dr. Mark Dorris, Chief Executive Officer, Mercel Ltd, United Kingdom
12:35 - 12:50 Exhibitor Showcase: Introduction of Trade Show Participants
12:50 - 14:05 Lunch / Trade Show
14:05 - 14:25 Keynote presentation
Mobilising financing for the European seaweed industry
14:05 - 14:25 Keynote presentation
Mobilising financing for the European seaweed industry
Adrien Vincent, President, Albatros Advisory , France
14:25 - 15:15 Session 3: Panel discussion on today’s financial needs for the maturing European seaweed industry
Moderator
Moderator
Ola Jönsson, Co-founder, Partners in Quest, Sweden
Panelist
Panelist
Alex Shapiro, Aquaculture Impact Investing Specialist, World Wildlife Fund, USA
Panelist
Panelist
Michael White, Partner, Planet Ocean Capital, Luxembourg
Panelist
Marie Sandin, Managing Director, Tetra Pak, Sweden
Panelist
Panelist
Adam Kybird, Fund Manager, Triodos / Pymwymic Healthy Food Systems Growth Fund, The Netherlands
15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break / Poster Session / Trade Show
15:45 - 16:45 Session 4: Epic fails and honest tales: Mistakes that made us
15:45 - 16:05 Tales of epic fails. Lessons learned from 30+ years cultivating seaweeds on-land
15:45 - 16:05 Tales of epic fails. Lessons learned from 30+ years cultivating seaweeds on-land
Jeff Hafting, Ph.D., Applied Phycologist, Consultant, Totally Seaweed Consulting, Canada
16:05 - 16.25 Cultivating Confidence: The role of research-backed scaling to supply high-quality seaweed starting material
16:05 - 16.25 Cultivating Confidence: The role of research-backed scaling to supply high-quality seaweed starting material
Jessica Schiller, Team Lead / Senior Scientist, Hortimare, The Netherlands
16:25 - 16:45 How to make a small fortune in seaweed
David Mackie, Director, Marine Biopolymers Ltd, United Kingdom
16:45 - 17:30 Seaweed Elevator Pitches
Post harvest stabilisation of Ulva fenestrata and Palmaria palmata -one shoe does not fit all
Post harvest stabilisation of Ulva fenestrata and Palmaria palmata -one shoe does not fit all
Mar Vall-llosera Juanola, PhD Student, Food & Nutrition Science division, Department of Life Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Seaweed food safety guidance manual
Seaweed food safety guidance manual
Jennifer Perry, Associate Professor, University of Maine, USA
International Bioeconomy & Macroalgae Center (IBMC): Scaling the global bioeconomy through macroalgae
International Bioeconomy & Macroalgae Center (IBMC): Scaling the global bioeconomy through macroalgae
Thiago Correa, Managing Director of the International Bioeconomy & Macroalgae Center (IBMC) and the Energy & Biosciences Institute (EBI), UC Berkeley, USA
The missing middle: Why processing will decide the future of seaweed
The missing middle: Why processing will decide the future of seaweed
Roy Henderson, CEO, Green Cell Technologies, United Kingdom
Driving sustainable seaweed production: Lessons from the ASC-MSC Seaweed Program
Driving sustainable seaweed production: Lessons from the ASC-MSC Seaweed Program
Juhyun Andy Yi, Head of Seaweed Program, ASC & MSC, Republic of Korea
EABA - The European Algae Biomass Association
EABA - The European Algae Biomass Association
Jean-Paul Cadoret, Vice President, EABA / ALGAMA, France
17:30 - 17:40 Closing of the conference day
Conference day 2: Thursday 18 June 2026
08:00 - 09:00 Welcome Coffee
09:00 - 09:15 Opening of the conference day
09:15 - 09:35 Keynote Presentation
From academy to industry: 30 years of seaweed research
09:15 - 09:35 Keynote Presentation
From academy to industry: 30 years of seaweed research
Pi Nyvall, Head of Scientific Affairs, Olmix, France
09:35 - 10:35 Session 5: Professionalizing the seaweed industry: learning from pioneers
09:35 - 09:55 One path among the numerous ways to valorize seaweeds
09:35 - 09:55 One path among the numerous ways to valorize seaweeds
Franck Hennequart, Managing Director, ALGAIA, France
09:55 - 10:15 Positioning yourself to break new ground and grow what matters – Insights from a pioneering journey from startup to exit and beyond
09:55 - 10:15 Positioning yourself to break new ground and grow what matters – Insights from a pioneering journey from startup to exit and beyond
Anna-Kajsa Lidell, Board Member & Broker of Value Chain Collaborations & Systemic Investing, anna-kajsa, Sweden
10:15 - 10:35 Building real things for real people: Setting anchors for a durable blue economy
10:15 - 10:35 Building real things for real people: Setting anchors for a durable blue economy
Samantha Garwin, Director of Market Development, GreenWave, USA
10:35 - 11:05 Coffee Break / Trade Show
11:05 - 12:25 Session 6: Overview of seaweed projects in EU and worldwide
11:05 - 11:25 Connecting the dots between and beyond individual seaweed projects: EU4Algae, the EU Mission Ocean and Waters, RootLinks and EITWater
Angela Schultz-Zehden, Managing Director, s.Pro sustainable-projects / SUBMARINER Network, Germany
11:25 - 11:45 Advancing Europe’s seaweed sector: SeaMark results and pathways to commercial exploitation
Urd Grandorf Bak, Head of R&D Europe, Ocean Rainforest, Faroe Islands
11:45 - 12:05 OLAMUR - large scale multi-use realisation of low trophic aquaculture together with offshore windfarms or fish farming
Øivind Bergh, Principal Scientist, Coordinator of OLAMUR, Institute of Marine Research, Norway
12:05 - 12:25 Seaweed-Protein research in the Sultanate of Oman: Current research and future potential
Ahmed Ali Al-Alawi, Associate Professor, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman
12:25 - 13:25 Lunch / Trade Show
13:25 - 13:45 Keynote Presentation
J-Blue Credits: Case studies from the world´s first state-backed, stackable, blue carbon credits for wild and farmed seaweeds
Xu Ben Zhang, Managing Director, Kelp Forest Foundation, The Netherlands
13:45 - 14:45 Session 7: Seaweeds for value: carbon capture, biodiversity and beyond
13:45 - 14:05 From carbon removal to ecosystem recovery: How OAE can strengthen marine ecosystem recovery
13:45 - 14:05 From carbon removal to ecosystem recovery: How OAE can strengthen marine ecosystem recovery
Lorena Neira, Founder & CEO, Blusink Ltd, United Kingdom
14:05 - 14:25 Seaforestation: Nature-Based Approaches to Kelp Forest Restoration at Scale
14:05 - 14:25 Seaforestation: Nature-Based Approaches to Kelp Forest Restoration at Scale
Caroline Haukeland, Project Developer, SeaForester, Norway
14:25 - 14:45 Beyond biomass: can seaweed aquaculture provide solutions for the biodiversity and climate polycrisis?
14:25 - 14:45 Beyond biomass: can seaweed aquaculture provide solutions for the biodiversity and climate polycrisis?
Hayley Swanlund, PhD researcher, Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), United Kingdom
14:45 - 15:00 Coffee Break / Trade Show
15:00 - 15:50 Seaweed Elevator Pitches
Developing integrative approaches for macroalgal indoor cultivation
Developing integrative approaches for macroalgal indoor cultivation
Dr. Anna Fricke, Scientist, food4future (F4F) and SolKubiM c/o Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Germany
Sustainable macroalgae & Sargassum valorization in Mexico
Sustainable macroalgae & Sargassum valorization in Mexico
Juan Carlos Aguirre Martínez, Director of Strategic Projects, Bustamante + Freyre, Mexico/EU
A roadmap for seaweed-based products as a pathway to decarbonization at scale
A roadmap for seaweed-based products as a pathway to decarbonization at scale
Nikhil Neelakantan, Senior Program Officer, Ocean Visions, USA
Rapid, real time spectroscopic methods for quality control of seaweed
Anna Þóra Hrólfsdóttir, Project Manager, Matís, Iceland
Advancing blue biorefinery development in the Adriatic Sea (BIOBASED Project)
Advancing blue biorefinery development in the Adriatic Sea (BIOBASED Project)
Matteo Francavilla, Associate Professor in Organic Chemistry, STAR*Facility Centre – Department of Agriculture, Foods, Natural Resources and Engineering (DAFNE) – University of Foggia, Italy
Hybrid Coastal Enterprises: Integrating Seaweed Innovation into Existing Coastal Economies
Hybrid Coastal Enterprises: Integrating Seaweed Innovation into Existing Coastal Economies
Sarah Carpenter, Lecturer and Researcher, Goldsmiths - University of London, United Kingdom
Boosting seaweed valorisation in Morocco: State of the art and valorisation potential
Boosting seaweed valorisation in Morocco: State of the art and valorisation potential
Mounia Lekrati, Professor and Researcher in Food Process Engineering, Higher Institute of Marine Fisheries, Morocco
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