Wageningen UR (Plant Research International & IMARES) and Maritime Campus Netherlands announce their 2nd International Seaweed Conference, organised in cooperation with NIOZ, TNO, ECN, Hortimare, ATO, Blueport, Stichting Zeewierboerderij & Provincie Noord-Holland. Date & location: 25/26 September 2013, Den Helder/Texel, The Netherlands.

This international conference unveils the business opportunities for seaweeds and seaweed commodities. Science will meet practice. Visions & trends in the field of starting materials, cultivation and harvesting, biofiltering and waste streams, market chain development and biorefinery will be discussed. You can make technical visits to several aquaculture hotspots in the North Sea.