Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Algae World Australia 2011

Algae World Australia will meet in Townsville, Queensland on 16-17 August 2011 to put the spotlight on topics like Growing algae in Australia, Government policies and programs, Waste-water based algae production, Development of aviation Biofuel from Algae, Cost effective Algae Harvesting & Processing, scaling up algae production, and more. In addition, the conference features an exclusive technical site visit to the MBD Energy & James Cook University Algal R&D Facility, occupying 5,500 square metres of JCU's Townsville campus. Drawing from their practical experiences, invited industry experts will also discuss:
  • Algae for Carbon Capture 
  • Microalgal Lipid Content & Productivities 
  • Algae in Health, Feed andCosmetics 
  • Design and Optimisation of Photobioreactor & Open Pond Culture Systems
Kicking off the 1.5-day conference is Dr Susan Blackburn, Head of Australian National Algae Culture Collection. She shares her expertise on algae’s ideal location for growth, and evaluate suitable algae species and strains for Australia for biofuels and bioproducts via her session on "Towards a Knowledge Management System for Algae Biofuels".

Registration for this highly anticipated event is already open but as places for the SITE VISIT are limited, contact huiyan@cmtsp.com.sg now to secure seats for the conference and site visit or immediately register online at the official Algae World Australia. See full press release

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers
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