Dr. Sebastian Thomas is CEO of Parry Nutraceuticals – Chennai, India. He has been involved in applied microalgae R&D for more than 3 decades. He established India’s first commercial production facilities for Spirulina, Dunaliella salina and Haematococcus pluvialis for the Dietary Supplements and Functional Foods market.
He is currently setting up production facilities for the production [...]

Supreme Biotech is a privately held company that is specialising in the production of bioactive compounds derived from micro-algae. Our algae growing ability matched with the capability of our world class research and extraction partners ensures that we can quickly commercialise new bio-actives.
The company has acquired world-wide rights to a bioreactor system that enables economical [...]

Celadon Capital (www.celadoncapital.com), is an independent, privately-owned international corporate finance and strategic advisory firm, with a focus on private equity (PE), venture capital (VC), M&A, overseas listings, business partnering and related strategic matters. In essence, our business is about connecting…

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Professor Avigad Vonshak is the Director of the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research (BIDR). The BIDR is the research arm of Ben-Gurion University which studies the problems of Desertification and tries to develop new methodologies that will help in preventing Desertification and promote sustainable development of drylands.
He is a member of the Landau family [...]

In 1979, after years of research, Earthrise® introduced Spirulina to the natural foods market. Then, in 1982, the visionaries at Earthrise built the first U.S. Spirulina farm to grow this green superfood in pure California desert sunshine using ecological, earth-friendly methods.
Today, Earthrise Nutritionals’ farm is the world’s largest Spirulina farm. Earthrise products are marketed in [...]

Kian Wee Tian obtained his Bachelor degree at SUNY Buffalo and Masters degree in Univeristy of Pennsylvania. Currently he is pursuing his PhD degree in University Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) after joining UTAR as a biology lecturer at UTAR Center of Foundation Studies in year 2005.
He set up the infrastructure of a microalgae research laboratory [...]

Holcim is the world’s largest cement and aggregate manufacturer, with operations in 80 countries across the world. They have developed expertise in pre-processing hazardous and non hazardous waste to be used in their cement plants as an alternate to fuel.
Their group company ACC Ltd., India have supported the endeavor to develop laboratory stage bio reactor [...]

Murdoch University has a strong focus on sustainable industries and renewable energy. Professor Borowitzka and his Algae Research Group have been involved in the study of microalgae for commercial applications, especially the production of high value fine chemicals for over 30 years. The group has also been working on algae for lipid production, including the [...]

The Institutes for Desert Research were established in Sede-Boqer in 1974. It was renamed The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research (BIDR) in 1980 following generous contribution to BGU by The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation
Activities cover basic research in:

Environmental physics, with applications in desert meteorology and solar energy.
Water sciences and technology, with applications in [...]

The Institute for Environmental Biotechnology, Rhode University (EBRU) is a self-funded research entity which targets research in Environmental Biotechnology at the interface between the fundamental and applied sciences. Its main area of focus has been innovation and development of environmental bioprocesses related to water treatment. Its basic research activities are supported by a strong emphasis [...]