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Thursday 28 September in The dome at Oslo Science Park will be about research and innovation.
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The earth consists of 12 % farmed land and 70 % oceans but food from land still make up 98 % of the world total production of food. With a growing world population researchers and companies are looking to the oceans in search for natural resources to be used in novel ways. In this search biotechnology can provide important tools.
Micro and macro algae have a large potential as medicine, energy, new food and feed, and may even be used in clothes. With a great diversity of algae and access to clean water, Norway has favourable conditions for this kind of sustainable industry. In this event business cases from Norway and abroad will be presented and discussed. What does it take to make these potentials a reality and what are the main hurdles?
Programme
Lunch is served from 11:50–12.40.
Talks (10–15 min. each) followed by a panel discussion
Rene Wijffels, Scientific director, professor bioprocess engineering, AlgaePARC biorefinery, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Bente Edvardsen, Professor, Department of biosciences, University of Oslo (UiO).
UiO together with NIVA has the largest collection of living algae in the Nordics.
Gunvor Øie, Research director, Marine Resource Technology, SINTEF Ocean AS
SINTEF will together with The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim be leading the new Norwegian Center for Plankton Technology due to open in August 2017.
Margareth Øverland, Professor, Foods of Norway, Norwegian University of Life Science.
The center aims to contribute to growth and increased value creation in the Norwegian aquaculture and agriculture industries by developing sustainable feed ingredients from natural bioresources that are not suitable for direct human consumption.
Panel:
- Kristin Sandereid, Business Developer, Inven2
- Arne Dessen, Chairman, AlgiPharma
- Ole Jørgen Marvik, Special Adviser Life Sciences, Innovation Norway
Algae Design Project:
- Noor El-Gewely, BioCentric Design Group, Reykjavik / London / Barcelona
Moderator: Ole Johan Borge, Director, The Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board
Related events in the dome in Oslo Science Park this day
- 9:00 AM–11:50 AM Creating successful connections between research and business
The Research Council of Norway - 3:00 PM–6:00 PM: Technology Game Changers
The Norwegian Industrial Property Office