Conference Program
Conference Program
Seagriculture USA
7 - 8 September 2022
Portland, ME, USA
Seagriculture USA 2022 Conference Program
Conference day 1: Wednesday 7 September 2022
8.00 am – 9.00 am Breakfast
8.00 am – 9.15 am Registration
9.15 am – 9.30 am Opening of the conference
Bernd Koch, Managing Director, DLG International, Germany
Wade Merritt, President, Maine International Trade Center, International Trade Director, Maine DECD, USA
9.30 am – 12.30 pm Chair: Scott Lindell, Research Specialist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
9.30 am - 9.50 am: Keynote presentation: Seaweed aquaculture in the USA: opportunities, challenges, and future directions
9.30 am - 9.50 am: Keynote presentation: Seaweed aquaculture in the USA: opportunities, challenges, and future directions
Charles Yarish, Professor Emeritus, The University of Connecticut, USA
9.50 am – 10.50 am Session 1: MARINER program - part I
9.50 am - 10.10 am: ARPA-E MARINER: motivation and future directions
Dr. Simon Freeman, Program Director, ARPA-E, USA
9.50 am - 10.10 am: ARPA-E MARINER: motivation and future directions
9.50 am - 10.10 am: ARPA-E MARINER: motivation and future directions
Daniel Rogers, Technology to Market Advisor, ARPA-E, USA
10.10 am - 10.30 am: MACROSYSTEMS – critical hurdles and regulations for offshore cultivation of Macrocystis pyrifera
10.10 am - 10.30 am: MACROSYSTEMS – critical hurdles and regulations for offshore cultivation of Macrocystis pyrifera
Eliza Harrison, Program Manager, Ocean Rainforest, Canada
10.30 am - 10.50 am: Scaling seaweed for CO2 removal and a healthy planet
10.30 am - 10.50 am: Scaling seaweed for CO2 removal and a healthy planet
Alyson Myers, President, Fearless Fund, USA
10.50 am – 11.20 am Coffee Break / Trade show / Poster Presentation Tour
11.20 am – 12.30 pm Session 2: Offshore cultivation and scaling up production
11.20 am - 11.50 am: Spatial analytics and modeling forecast opportunity for Seagriculture in U.S. federal waters
James Morris, Jr., Marine Ecologist, NOAA National Ocean Service, USA
11.50 am - 12.10 pm: Why is Palmaria palmata not widely cultivated? How do we make this a reality?
Philip Kerrison, Research Specialist in Red Seaweed, Hortimare BV, The Netherlands
12.10 pm - 12.30 pm: Alaska Mariculture Initiative
Julie Decker, Executive Director, Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation, USA
12.30 pm – 2.00 pm Lunch / Trade show / Poster Presentation Tour
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Chair: Julie Decker, Executive Director, Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation, USA
2.00 pm - 2.20 pm: Keynote presentation: Upscaling and technological development projects by SINTEF Ocean
2.00 pm - 2.20 pm: Keynote presentation: Upscaling and technological development projects by SINTEF Ocean
Silje Forbord, Senior Research Scientist, PhD, SINTEF Ocean, Norway
2.20 pm - 2.40 pm: Innovative solutions for seaweed farming & processing
2.20 pm - 2.40 pm: Innovative solutions for seaweed farming & processing
Huibert-Jan Zweemer, Project Manager, Murre Technologies, The Netherlands
2.40 pm – 4.00 pm Session 3: MARINER program - part II
2.40 pm - 3.00 pm: Cost-effective methods for verifying nutrient abatement by farmed seaweeds
2.40 pm - 3.00 pm: Cost-effective methods for verifying nutrient abatement by farmed seaweeds
Nichole Price, Senior Research Scientist, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, USA
3.00 pm - 3.20 pm: MACMODS: a numerical tool to support the future of seaweed farming - farm design, siting, and environmental feedbacks
Kristen A. Davis, Associate Professor, University of California, USA
3.20 pm - 3.40 pm: The secret life of seaweed farms – observations from 5 years of modeling and measuring kelp cultivation structures in extreme environments
3.20 pm - 3.40 pm: The secret life of seaweed farms – observations from 5 years of modeling and measuring kelp cultivation structures in extreme environments
Tobias Dewhurst, PhD, PE, Ocean Engineer, Kelson Marine, USA
3.40 pm - 4.00 pm: Catenary arrays to unlock high-density seaweed farming
3.40 pm - 4.00 pm: Catenary arrays to unlock high-density seaweed farming
Clifford Goudey, CEO, TendOcean, USA
4.00 pm – 4.40 pm Coffee Break / Trade show / Poster Presentation Tour
4.40 pm – 5.10 pm Session 4: Innovation Award
Chair: Hannah Pingree, Director, Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future
The Seagriculture Innovation Award is open to all USA companies, research institutes and other organizations involved in seaweed innovation. Take this opportunity to enhance the promotion of your brand and ensure its worldwide recognition.
A jury incorporating international seaweed experts from academia and industry will select 3 nominees which offer, according to the jury, the most innovative product, service or invention. In total 3 Innovation Awards will be presented by the jury: Gold, Silver and Bronze. Submit here.
6.00 pm – 7.30 pm Welcome Cocktail Reception at the Portland Museum of Art
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Conference day 2: Thursday 8 September 2022
8.00 am – 9.00 am Breakfast
9.00 am – 10.40 am Chair: Simon Freeman, Program Director, ARPA-E, USA
9.00 am - 9.20 am: Keynote presentation: Summary results of 4 years of selectively breeding sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima)
Scott Lindell, Research Specialist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
9.20 am – 10.40 am Session 5: Seaweeds and climate change/ecosystem services/social aspects
9.20 am - 9.40 am: Using seaweed to benefit the climate – an impact funders perspective
Marc von Keitz, Director, The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, USA
9.40 am - 10.00 am: Scaling seaweed farming as a nature-based solution
Bailey Moritz, Program Officer - Aquaculture, World Wildlife Fund, USA
10.00 am - 10.20 am: Seaweed and climate impacts – a systems perspective and comparison with other foods
Jean-Baptiste Thomas, Researcher, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
10.20 am - 10.40 am: What is a right-sized seaweed economy? Conservation, culture, and local agency in a growing seaweed sector
10.20 am - 10.40 am: What is a right-sized seaweed economy? Conservation, culture, and local agency in a growing seaweed sector
Severine v T Fleming, Co-Founder, Farmer, Activist-Organizer, Smithereen Farms, Seaweed Commons, USA
10.40 am – 11.10 am Coffee Break / Trade show / Poster Presentation Tour
11.10 am – 12.10 pm Session 6: Investing in seaweed
Chair: Hugh Cowperthwaite, Senior Program Director, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Coastal Enterprises Inc., USA
Sponsored by Metal Production
Are there opportunities to invest in seaweed as an environmentalist in Maine?
Are there opportunities to invest in seaweed as an environmentalist in Maine?
Bobbie Lamont, Membership Chair and individual investor, Maine Angels, USA
The future of seaweed: investment opportunities and profitability
The future of seaweed: investment opportunities and profitability
Gediminas Tamosaitis, CEO, Metal Production & Rocket cluster, Lithuania
Seaweed as a natural capital investment
Seaweed as a natural capital investment
Megan Reilly Cayten, Senior Investment Manager, Oceans 2050, USA
12.10 pm – 1.50 pm Lunch / Trade show / Poster Presentation Tour
1.50 pm – 3.30 pm Chair: Silje Forbord, Senior Research Scientist, PhD, SINTEF Ocean, Norway
1.50 pm - 2.10 pm: Keynote presentation:
Advancements in Canadian on-land seaweed cultivation
1.50 pm - 2.10 pm: Keynote presentation:
Advancements in Canadian on-land seaweed cultivation
Jeff Hafting, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Acadian Seaplants Limited, Canada
2.10 pm – 3.30 pm Session 7: Seaweed applications
2.10 pm - 2.30 pm: Everything seaweed: Up-valuing the aquaculture industry through nano-fiber manufacturing
Jessica Chalmers, President, Everything Seaweed, USA
2.30 pm - 2.50 pm: The potential of seaweed materials & impact at scale
Julia Marsh, Co-Founder, CEO, Sway, USA
2.50 pm - 3.10 pm: Research and development of tropical seaweed aquaculture techniques and best management practices across multiple sites in the Caribbean
2.50 pm - 3.10 pm: Research and development of tropical seaweed aquaculture techniques and best management practices across multiple sites in the Caribbean
Loretta Roberson, Associate Scientist, Marine Biological Laboratory, USA
3.10 pm - 3.30 pm: Line-grown seaweed as an umami-packed superfood
Briana Warner, CEO, Atlantic Sea Farms, USA
3.45 pm - 5.00 pm LIVE Cooking sponsored by Atlantic Sea Farms
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