European Maritime Day 2026

21 – 22 May 2026 | Limassol, Cyprus

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Thursday, 21 May 2026 | 13:50 - 15:05

WS1: Algae Solutions for a Thriving Blue Economy

Format:In-personLocation:Stretto CafeTrack:Parallel workshops
  • Blue economy sectors

This workshop, aimed at policy, NGO’s, scientists and industry experts, will showcase the latest breakthroughs from the EU-funded projects CircAlgae, SeaMark, and REALM, and how they promote sustainability, scale and competitiveness of the blue economy. The workshop aims to guide future actions to strengthen Europe’s algae industry. Participants will gain insight into selected results from the projects and themselves identify remaining knowledge gaps, barriers and key enablers that need to be addressed to unlock the full potential of algae-based innovations.

5 speakers

  • Founder

    EU4Algae

  • Innovation Manager

    Necton, S.A.

  • Assistant Professor

    Chalmers University of Technology

  • CEO

    Ocean Rainforest

  • Head of Sector EC, REA.B.3 - Biodiversity, Circular Economy and Environment

    European Research Executive Agency