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“Alg’in Provence” workshop, a successful event
“Alg’in
Provence” was held on 1-2 October in Palais des Congrès, Arles, France. The
European workshop was organised by CEA as part of the ABACUS project.
The
event gathered more than 100 participants representing industrials (from large
groups to SMEs), R&D and technology providers, equipment manufacturers for
algae culture, academics and stakeholders, from 7
countries (France, Germany, Spain, UK, Portugal, Chile, Morocco).
During
these 2 days, 23 speakers shared knowledge and news on applied algae technologies,
algae R&I and algae-based bioeconomy opportunities around 5 topics: Algae
biorefineries for added value ingredients, Blue biomaterials, Research &
Innovation, Circular blue bioeconomy and Bioeconomy opportunities in the
Sud-PACA region (Please see the program below).
In
addition to oral presentations, participants had the opportunity to exchange
and develop new collaborations around 23 poster presentations and 9 exhibitions
on photobioreactors and monitoring equipment for algae cultivation, algae-based
innovative ingredients and algae R&I.
On
the 3rd of October, a site visit was organised at the LUMA foundation in Arles
to introduce the cultural project of the Maja Hoffmann’s foundation. A special
focus was done on the cross-disciplinary center “Atelier LUMA” where the activities of the “Algae
Platform” were presented. The project combines research and creativity to highlight the
potentials of algae by using algae bio-materials for producing art items or
replicas of archaeological objects. For more information, please click here.
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107 attendees
81 organisations
32 posters/exhibitions
23 oral communications
7 countries
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