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The 2nd Algae World Europe being help in Brussels will tackle four key issues dealing with algae biofuel commercialization. Here is some is a piece from the press release:

Supported by extensive research with industry stakeholders, the 2nd Algae World Europe has identified and incorporated the 4 key pillars of successful algae commercialization into the conference topics agenda:

1. System Optimization for Large-scale Algae production
2. Improving Algae Productivity and Processing Efficiency
3. Development of High Value Co-products
4. Promise and Reality of Algal Biofuels

Top industry executives from leading algae producers like Cyanotech (USA), Seambiotic (Israel), Alpha Biotech (France), SBAE Industries (Belgium) will be sharing views on algae cultivation and production systems, specifically touching on production economics, cultivation parameters, process integration, carbon capture, recycling of industrial effluents and up-scaling. Speakers representing Proviron (Belgium) and Culturing Solutions Inc. (USA) will offer a glimpse into the breakthroughs they have achieved in their production tools.

The 2nd Algae World Europe also provides an objective review of the conversion technologies for producing high value co-products touted as the key intermediate step for large-scale algae commercialization. Considered as the ‘factories of the future’, algae contains proteins, lipids, carbohydrates and nucleic acids, which have many applications including Biodiesel, BioEthanol, Bio-jetfuel, Nutritional Supplements, Nutraceuticals, Pharmaceuticals, Aquaculture Feed and Animal Feed, Coatings, Bioplastics, Biochemicals, Fertilizers and Cosmetics.

Addressing these issues will help algae get closer to becoming a major source of fuel in the world. Additionally, this holistic approach of looking into the wide range of products that algae can produce will guarantee that algae has staying power in the market and more than one avenue from which growth and production advances will be made.

Overall, this conference seems to have a lot of topics being covered and some great companies like Seambiotic (seen here) attending. For more information on Algae World, visit their website here.