Conference Schedule
4th Algae World Europe
22-23 May, 2012 – Munich
Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Kempinski Munchen – Cherubin I/II
Day 1 – 22 May 2012, Tuesday
08:00 Registration and Coffee
09:00 Chairman’s Welcome & Opening Remarks
09:10 How to Approach Algae Commercialization
- Current state of the market in the algae industry
- How you should think about scaling up
- Strategies most likely to succeed
- Partnership models that work
- Key trends in 2011
- What comes next?
Speaker: Ms. Samhitha Udupa, Analyst
Lux Research
09:40 Attracting Funding and Capital Investment for Algae
- Criteria, model, scale
- EU, PE, VC, Corporations
- Markets
Speaker: Dr. Peter van Gelderen, General Partner & CIO
Icos Capital Management B.V
10:10 Microalgae Biorefinery and Co-Products
Speaker: Prof. Dr. R.H. (René) Wijffels, Head, Bioprocess Engineering Group
Wageningen University and Research Centre
10:40 Discussion followed by Refreshments
11:10 Algae Strains and Technologies for Applications from Cosmetics to Biofuels
Speaker: Dr. Mario Tredici, President EABA, Professor, Agrarian Biotechnology Department
University of Florence
11:55 Genetic Engineering of Microalgae for Novel Products and Increased Productivity
- Strain selection, identification and improvement
- Genetic engineering of algae.
- Carbon partitioning in algae.
- Algal as platforms for production of high-value recombinant products
Speaker: Dr. Saul Purton
University College London
12:25 Discussion followed by Networking Lunch
13:45 Chairman’s Introduction
13:50 AlgaeTunnel®, a Pioneering Technology for Large Scale Algae Biomass Production
Speaker: Mr. Dominique Delobel, CEO
AlgaeStream SA
14:20 Microalgae for Animal Feed
Speaker: Mr. Anthony Verschoor, R&D Director / CSO
IngrePro B.V. / Ingrepro Micro Ingredients
14:50 Commercialisation of Omega-3 Fatty Acid EPA from Microalgae
Speaker: Dr. Hywel Griffiths, Chief Scientific Officer
Photonz Corporation
15:20 Discussion followed by Refreshment Break
15:50 Developments of Cultivation and Extraction Processes for Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Speaker: Dr. Ulrike Schmid-Staiger,
Fraunhofer-Institut für Grenz- flächen- und Bioverfahrenstechnik, IGB
16:20 Advanced Chromatographic Technologies and their Application to the Industrial Scale Purification of Omega-3 from Algae
- Main process chromatography technologies & benefits
- Processes for large scale production of purified omega-3 products
- Process flows for large scale purification of omega-3 from algae
Speaker: Mr. Jean Blehaut, Director, Innovation and Marketing
Novasep Process SAS
16:50 GMB’s Green Mission algae project- Experiences and First Results
- Project aims
- Algae plants and reactor technologies
- Suitable algae species
- Experiences and first results
- Next steps
Speaker: Mr. Werner Fahle, Managing Director
GMB GmbH
17:20 2012 Secil Microalgae Project – The World’s Largest PBR Unit
Speaker: Mr. Nuno Cortez Coelho, Chief Executive Officer
A4F-Algafuel, SA
17:50 Discussion followed by End of Day 1
Day 2 – 23 May 2012, Wednesday
09:00 Chairman’s Introduction
09:05 Pall’s Algae Separation & Concentration Program
- Research & Modeling and Advances in Commercialization with Membranes
- Harvesting, water & nutrient management, waste water as feedstock, scale-up
Speaker: Mr. Doug Dilillo, Global Marketing Lead Industrial Biotechnology
Pall Corporation (HQ)
09:35 AllGAS Project – Products from Waste Water
Speaker: Dr. Geert Feye Woerlee, Company Founder
Feyecon
10:05 Algae as a Feedstock for Jet Fuel
- The future of algae in aviation
- Economic assessment
- Entry requirements
- Sustainability certification
- Technical certification
- Strategies to enter the market
Speaker: Mr. Vincent R Toepoel, Founder – CEO
Toeps
10:35 Discussion followed by Refreshment Break
11:05 New Catalytic Approaches to Produce Higher Grade Fuels from Algae
- Fatty acid reduction to alkanes
- Impacts of metal, support, and gas carrier
- Hydrogenation-decarbonylation route
- Hydrodeoxygenation route - Microalgae oil conversion to diesel-range alkanes
Speaker: Dr. Chen Zhao, Senior Scientist
Technische Universität München
11:35 Optimizing Lipid Production for Algae; Importance of Defining Growth Conditions
Speaker: Dr. Jukka Seppala, Senior Scientist
The Finnish Environment Institute
12:05 Microbubble Mediated Algal Production: Acceleration of Bioreactors, Screening, and Microflotation Harvesting
Speaker: Prof. William B Zimmerman, Chemical and Biological Engineering
The University of Sheffield
12:35 Final discussion followed by Networking Lunch
14:00 Close of conference.
