
Welcome to the March Macroalgae Working Group event,
in this event, we discuss the new working paper on environemtal risks of seaweed cultivation elaborated by Latvian Institute LIAE as part of the Baltic Sea Safe project, also we will have a presentation from the EU4Algae Stakeholder Forum that kicked-off in February and our new SUBMARINER Company Catalogue!
As usual towards the end of the event we will have MWG members presenting their projects and news on seaweed LCA, seaweed biobanks, and seaweed procesding industry opportuynity. Don't miss out!
Join the event by filling in the registration form: https://form.jotform.com/220254408339352
This form is intended for Baltic macroalgae stakeholders who wish to be a formal contributor to the SUBMARINER Macroalgae Working Group.
By completing this form you register for participating in the next WG meeting, you are agreeing to be contacted about future meetings and also to contribute with content, new research, technologies or trends relevant to the Baltic Sea Region.Working Group members are joining for free, and are not automatically SUBMARINER members, though we do encourage participants to support the Network by becoming associate or full members.
Event agenda:
09.30
Welcome from SUBMARINER Network for Blue Growth EEIG, by Efthalia Arvaniti, SUBMARINER Network
- Agenda for today
10 minutes
09.35
Project kick-off: BalticSeaSafe (BSS) on the draft working document on environmental risks of seaweed production in the BSR
- by Anda Ikauniece, Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology
15 minutes
09.50
BalticSeaSafe website
- by Efthalia Arvaniti, SUBMARINER Network
5 minutes
09.55
GRASS latest publications: the GRASS handbook and project synthesis report
- By Frederick Bruce, SUBMARINER Network/s.Pro – sustainable projects GmbH
10 minutes
10.05
EU4Algae Stakeholder Forum and Macroalgae WG linkages
- By João Heitor de Avila Santos, EUR-A & Efthalia Arvaniti s.Pro – sustainable projects GmbH
15 minutes
10.20
SUBMARINER Company Catalogue launch
- By Katharina Kutrzweil, SUBMARINER Network
15 minutes
10.35
Break
5 minutes
10.40
Pitches from Macroalgae WG members:
- SSC SeaStrains project and workshop, by Laurie C. Hofmann Alfred Wagner Institute, D
- New paper: Kelp production LCAs and reviewing climate effects, by Jean-Baptiste Thomas, KTH Royal Institute of Stockholm, SE
- Baltic Seaweed processing opportunity in Germany, Marco van Duijvenvoorde, Green Marine Farming, NL/DE
35 minutes
11.15
Any other business – future events.
- by Efthalia Arvaniti/SUBMARINER Network
5 minutes
11.20
Closing: when do we meet next time?
10 minutes
11.30 Goodbye and see you again soon!