ALGAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2020 – TECHNIQUES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SUSTAINABLE BIOECONOMY

Thursday 19th and Friday 20th November 2020 (optional online network session Wednesday 18th evening)

online via zoom - in your own home or work! The personal link will be sent to you after registration

The fee includes the conference pack, access to the meeting via a secure and unique link and network sessions.

Registration closes 6th November 2020

The registration steps are:

1: Register your interest in attending the course via the EIT DREAM apply portal (you do not pay at this point). Please remember to add your reasons for wanting to attend the course and what you hope to get out of it:  https://apply.eitfood.eu/courses/course/68-algal-biotechnology?search=18920 If you need a quote for invoicing us then please contact Alisa Kohnle (algae-training@igb.fraunhofer.de) AFTER you register for the course on DREAM apply.

2: We will then assess the application as soon as possible, if you are accepted you will receive instructions on how to pay the fee. If your application is rejected, we will inform you of the reasons why.

3: Closer to the date in November you will receive further information and instructions on how to join the course via your unique and secure course link

4: Delegates attending the whole course will receive a “certificate of attendance”.

The application fee is 50 euros, which is non-refundable. This includes the conference pack in the post (where possible), access to the meeting and network sessions.

If you need a quote for invoicing us then please contact Alisa Kohnle (algae-training@igb.fraunhofer.de) AFTER you register for the course on DREAM apply.

Please note that we are unable to provide free or subsidised places. The course is already highly subsidised by EIT Food. You may be able to find funding from your Univeristy, employer, societies or charities to help fund or reimburse your place.

Dr. Matthew Davey (Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge and Scottish Association for Marine Science, UK) https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/directory/davey-matthew https://www.sams.ac.uk/people/researchers/davey-dr-matthew/

Dr Anne Jungblut (Natural History Museum, London, UK) https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/staff-directory/anne-jungblut.html

Dr Payam Mehrshahi (Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK) https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/directory/mehrshahi-payam

Dr Ana Lucía Vásquez-Caicedo (Fraunhofer, Germany) https://www.igb.fraunhofer.de/en/research/functional-ingredients/aseptic-systems/cell-disruption-processing-of-intracellular-metabolites.html

Dr. Ulrike Schmid-Staiger (Fraunhofer, Germany) https://www.igb.fraunhofer.de/en/research/functional-ingredients/microalgae.html

Dr. René Groben (Matís, Iceland) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rene_Groben

Elísabet Eik Guðmundsdóttir (Matís, Iceland) https://www.matis.is/matis/mannaudur/starfsfolk-og-simanumer/persona/201/fyrirtaeki/1

Prof. Michele Stanley (Scottish Association for Marine Science, UK) https://www.sams.ac.uk/people/researchers/stanley-professor-michele/

Virtual tour and talk by algal company Algalíf, Iceland https://algalif.com/

Virtual tour and talk by algal company Vaxa, Iceland https://www.vaxa.life/

Virtual tour and talk by algal company Algaecytes, UK https://algaecytes.com/

Virtual tour of the University of Cambridge Algal Innovation Centre (AIC) https://www.cambplants.group.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-bioenergy-initiative/AIC

Virtual tour of the Culture Collection for Algae and Protozoa (CCAP), UK https://www.ccap.ac.uk/

Please click on the "Download" button above to view the latest draft programme. Please note that the timings and content might alter. We will send out the final programme to delegates in early November once registration has closed on the 6th November 2020.

The following partners are involved in the project