Program

The program below is provisional and will be updated as planning proceeds. Please check this page regularly.

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Sunday, 19th February 2023

PRE-SYMPOSIUM WORKSHOPS
	Workshop One IMAS, 20 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point
0900 – 1600	*Charting a global agenda for kelp restoration* View further details here. This workshop is available in person and online.
	Workshop Two IMAS, 20 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point
1300 – 1600	Towards a strategy for a global effort to address fundamental gaps in seaweed taxonomic knowledge View further details here. This workshop is available in person and online.
TOURS
CSIRO Australian National Algae Culture Collection Tours CSIRO, Castray Esplanade, Battery Point
Three tours of 35 – 40 minutes will take place at the following times: 2 – 2.40 pm 2.40 – 3.20 pm 3.20 – 4 pm Attendees will visit the CSIRO Australian National Algae Culture Collection. The algae collection is a unique resource of Australian biodiversity, containing living cultures of marine and freshwater species from most microalgal classes. Our strains have been sourced from tropical Australia to Antarctica. View further details here.
1500 – 1900	Registration Open \| Federation Ballroom Foyer
WELCOME RECEPTION
1700 – 1900	WELCOME RECEPTION Federation Ballroom, Hotel Grand Chancellor Hobart This is the first opportunity for all delegates to come together.

Monday, 20th February 2023

0730	Registration Open \| Federation Ballroom Foyer
0900 – 1030 PLENARY SESSION #1
Federation Concert Hall
	Please be in the room by 8:55am. Doors will be locked and no entry will be permitted once Her Excellency, the Governor of Tasmania, has entered the room.
Chairs:	Catriona Hurd Michael Borowitzka
0900-0930	Welcome & Opening Ceremony Welcome to Country \| Alison Overeem Official Opening \| Her Excellency the Honourable Barbara Baker AC, Governor of Tasmania Welcome \| Professor Rufus Black, Vice Chancellor, University of Tasmania Welcome by ISA President \| Daniel Robledo Welcome by 2023 ISS Co-Chairs \| Professor Catriona Hurd & Professor Michael Borowitzka
0930 – 1000	William Henry Harvey and his Australian Seaweeds John Huisman Western Australian Herbarium, Australia
1000 – 1030	Rimurimu – Seaweeds of Aotearoa New Zealand – the journey of discovery continues… Wendy Nelson University of Auckland, New Zealand
1030 – 1100	MORNING TEA & EXHIBITION – Federation Ballroom
1100 – 1230 PLENARY SESSION #2
Federation Concert Hall
Chairs	Wei Zhang Alejandro Buschmann
1100 – 1130	Future proofing kelp forests Melinda Coleman NSW Department of Primary Industries, Australia
1130 – 1200	Contributing to the seaweed revolution: An overview of the cultivated red seaweed market, its challenges and vision to support the development of a sustainable supply chain – the case of Nosy Boraha Seaweed – Sainte Marie / Madagascar Sébastien Jan Director East Coast, Ocean Farmers
1200 – 1230	Commercialising seaweed extracts Helen Fitton Director, RDadvisor
1230 – 1330	LUNCH & EXHIBTION – Federation Ballroom POSTER VIEWING SESSION – Theme 1A. Phycolloids and Bioactives

1330 – 1500 CONCURRENT SESSION ONE
	MINI-SYMPOSIUM Global kelp forest restoration efforts – Part 1		MINI-SYMPOSIUM Australia-China Collaborations	ORALS Applications (Ruminants & animal fed)	ORALS Seaweed farming, harvesting and downstream processing (Ulva)	ORALS Physiology and ‘Omics’	ORALS Taxonomy, Diversity and Evolution
	Federation Concert Hall		Grand Ballroom 1	Grand Ballroom 2	Grand Ballroom 3	Harbour View 1	Chancellor 6
Chairs:	Aaron Eger Thomas Wernberg		Jianhua Zhang Stephen Gray	Kirsten Heimann Cecilia Biancacci	Helena Abreu Wouter Visch	Juliet Brodie Cintia Iha	John Huisman Wendy Nelson
1330	The Kelp Forest Alliance: A Global Home for Kelp Forests Aaron Eger		Kelp cultivar development in China: History, techniques and achievements Shao Jun Pang	Fucus species for methane reduction in dairy cattle Elisabeth Chassé	The lettuce of the sea: A 10-year history from an EU farmer Helena Abreu	Rainbow seaweeds: Exploring the physiology of structural colour in species of Chondria (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) Margot Arnould-Petre	Genomic and multilocus analyses of Palmariaceae (Rhodophyta) from Southern Hemisphere confirm new additions in Devaleraea Danilo Bustamante
1345	Norwegian Kelp Forest Restoration Trine Bekkby		Role of seaweeds in alleviation Global Warming Jianhua Zhang	Enteric methane emission from dairy cows fed three brown seaweed species Mirka Thorsteinsson	Large-scale sea-based aquaculture of Ulv Sophie Steinhagen	Structural colour in the seaweeds: A phenomenon for our time? Juliet Brodie	An endemic epiphytic New Zealand red seaweed, Pyrophyllon subtumens, contains novel disaccharide repeat units Ruth Falshaw
1400	A review of tools and approaches to restore northern California’s vanishing kelp forests Tristin McHugh		Novel Algal Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS)-based Hydrogels for the Efficient Removal and Recovery of Phosphorus from Contaminated Waters: Development, Characterisation, and Performance X Tan	Effects of feeding European seaweeds on performance, gas production and rumen microbiota in dairy cattle Wouter Muizelaar	A rapid methodology for the selection of Ulva elite strains tailored to specific growth conditions Clara Simon	From the bottom up: Climate change impacts on seaweed nutritional properties and marine food webs Tanika Shalders	Nuclei isolation to evaluate genome size of the red alga Gracilaria caudata using flow cytometry Leila Hayashi
1415	Kelp Conservation and Recovery in Puget Sound and the Pacific Northwest Betsy Peabody		Effects of Perfluorooctanoic Acid on Microcystis aeruginosa: Stress and self-adaptation mechanisms Jinlu Hu	Carbohydrate composition of 22 macroalgae species and their potential as future feeds for ruminants Elisabeth Chassé	Climate positive value chains from gentle harvest and processing of sea lettuce – mission possible? Marianne Thomsen	Ocean acidification increases porosity and reduces tissue strength in a non-calcifying foundation seaweed Alexandra Kinnby	Genomic analysis provides insights into the evolution of Ahnfeltia (Florideophyceae, Rhodophyta) and its divergence Hocheol Kim
1430	Lessons learned from the restoration of Cystoseira s.l. forests in the Mediterranean: Challenges and wins Annalisa Falace		Spatiotemporal dynamics of marine microbial communities following a Phaeocystis bloom: Biogeography and co-occurrence patterns Sha Xu	Australian brown seaweeds as a source of essential dietary minerals Vanessa Skrzypczyk	Harvest of sea lettuce as a tool for habitat restauration supporting the blue bioeconomy Annette Bruhn	Impacts of ocean warming and acidification combined, on physiological and biochemical composition of Ulva sp. João P. G. Machado	Geographic barriers for red seaweed in the Northwest Pacific: The case of Dichotomaria elegans Silvia Fontana
1445	Marine forest reforestation project of Korea Fisheries Resources Agency (FIRA) Jin-woo Kang		Technical and economic assessment of algae-based desalination Li Gao	DISCUSSION	DISCUSSION	Functional response of macroalgal communities as a tool for monitoring nutrient enrichment Camille White	Multilocus sequencing of Carlskottsbergia and “Synarthrophyton patena” from Southern hemisphere reveals a new Antarctic lineage Martha S. Calderon
1500 – 1530		AFTERNOON TEA & EXHIBITION – Federation Ballroom

1530 – 1700 CONCURRENT SESSION TWO
	ORALS Seaweed farming & harvesting		MINI-SYMPOSIUM Bioplastics	ORALS Physiology and ‘Omics (Asparagopsis)	ORALS Seaweed farming, harvesting and downstream processing (Biosecurity amd Certification)	ORALS Ecology	MINI-SYMPOSIUM Novel thermal macroalgae processing approaches to enhance valued compound extractions
	Federation Concert Hall		Grand Ballroom 1	Grand Ballroom 2	Grand Ballroom 3	Harbour View 1	Chancellor 6
Chairs:	Jessica Knoop Allyson Nardelli		Fionnuala Quin Maria Cesário	Lachlan Mckinnie Olivia Wynn	Clare Bradley Sander Van Den Burg	Thomas Wichard Luna van der Loos	Jessica Adams
1530	Seaweed Farming in Maine: A decade of development and innovation leading U.S. seaweed production Jaclyn Robidoux		Developments in algae-based biopolymers for food packaging applications Marlene J. Cran	A proteo-transcriptomic investigation of two life history stages for the red seaweed Asparagopsis taxiformis Zubaida Parveen Patwary	Safety in Seaweed; how to measure, mitigate and regulate Sander Van Den Burg	How do seaweeds acquire their microbial symbionts? Syukur Syukur	Steam explosion: A novel route for high value compound release from nuisance Ulva species Jessica Adams
1545	Lessons Learned Growing Macrocystis Pyrifera in the Southern California Bight Courtney Schatzman		Development and characterization of enriched bioplastics made from whole seaweed and carrageenan for food packaging Noumie Surugau	In silico-based multi-omics approach to understanding Asparagopsis-organism interactions: Implications for aquaculture Tomas Lang	Can certification based on credible international standards help shape the growing seaweed industry? Jo-anne McCrea	Salinity structures the microbiome of the green seaweed Ulva: Functional and taxonomic patterns Luna M. van der Loos	The role of hydrothermal treatment in the extraction of high value fucoidan from macroalgae Aaron Brown
1600	Evaluation of environmental performance of Chinese kelp cultivation on industrial scale gives new insights Kristina Bergman		Ulva lactuca biorefinery: protein extraction for aquafeed and leftover carbohydrates for production of biodegradable bioplastics Maria Teresa Cesário	The effect of ocean warming and CO2 enrichment on Ecklonia radiata: Investigating molecular responses Olivia Wynn	Case Study of ASC-MSC Seaweed Sustainable Certification Program in Korea and Market Opportunities Jongseok (Mark) Seo	The green seaweed Ulva and its microbiome in a changing environment: Insights for new applications Thomas Wichard	Microwaves and seaweed: A novel thermal processing technology that can be implemented within seaweed biorefinery concepts Emily Kostas
1615	Saccharina latissima cultivation in the Belgian part of the North Sea: Challenges and lessons learned Jessica Knoop		Seaweed Biopackaging Economics and Ethical Supply: How to achieve both with integrated product streams and Fair Trade Agreements Fionnuala Quin	In silico investigation of red algal metabolic pathways using a multi-omics database Lachlan Mckinnie	From Garage to Greatness, a NZ Seaweed Story Clare Bradley	Unravelling the effects of microbiome manipulation in cultured Asparagopsis taxiformis Silvia Blanco González	DISCUSSION
1630	Lessonia corrugata aquaculture: seasonal cultivation and an innovative nursery approach Allyson Nardelli		Potentials and Feasibility of Seaweed Biopolymers Thava Palanisami	Proteomic analysis of the unicellular macroalga Caulerpa lentillifera Asuka Arimoto	A National Framework for a Sustainable Seaweed Sector in New Zealand Nigel Bradly	Bacterial controlled mitigation of dysbiosis in a seaweed disease Jiasui Li
1645	DISCUSSION		Marine biodegradable and home compostable bioplastics derived from red seaweeds for packaging and single-use applications Hemanth Giri Rao Vantharam Venkata	Effect of salinity on the physiology of the seaweed Ulva sp. in a tropical environment João P. G. Machado	DISCUSSION	Preliminary Study on the Bacterial Infection occurred in Tank-cultured Sea Grapes, Caulerpa lentillifera J. Agardh Wahidatul Husna Zuldin
1700 – 1800		POSTER RECEPTION – Federation Ballroom

1800 – 1900		GOVERNMENT HOUSE RECEPTION By Invite Only Transport will be provided. Coaches depart 1745

Tuesday, 21st February 2023

0800	Registration Open \| Federation Ballroom Foyer
0830 – 1030 PLENARY SESSION #3
Federation Concert Hall
Chairs:	Thomas Wernberg Catriona Hurd
0830 – 0900	Macroalgae, blue carbon and nature-based solutions Dorte Krause-Jensen AARHUS University, Denmark
0900 – 0930	Supporting community-led restoration of kelp forest ecosystems and associated fisheries Chris Hepburn University of Otago, New Zealand
0930 – 1000	Asparagopsis exposé: 50-odd years of unique science and marketing Nick Paul University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
1000 – 1030	Technology gaps, innovation opportunities and new markets for a productive and scalable eucheumatoid seaweed industry – Insights from Hatch’s global seaweed report Karlotta Rieve Hatch Blue
1030 – 1100	MORNING TEA & EXHIBITION – Federation Ballroom

1100 – 1230 CONCURRENT SESSION THREE
	ASSA: Australian Seaweed Industry Growing impact and opportunities		MINI-SYMPOSIUM Genomic selection in economically important kelp of the Eastern Pacific and North Atlantic	ORALS Seaweed farming, harvesting and downstream processing	ORALS Ecology (Indigenous knowledge)	ORALS Seaweed farming	ORALS Ecology
	Federation Concert Hall		Grand Ballroom 1	Grand Ballroom 2	Grand Ballroom 3	Harbour View 1	Chancellor 6
Chairs:	Jo Kelly		Scott Lindell Charles Yarish	Stefan Kraan Manoj Kumar	Chris Hepburn Zoe Brittain	Nick Paul Pierre Liboureau	Cayne Layton Schery Umanzor
1100	How the seaweed industry aligns to the Federal Government’s agenda for aquaculture development, emissions reduction and regional development and the Government’s support initiatives for seaweed industry development Brian Mitchel MPThe Australian Seaweed Industry Blueprint and Implementation Plan Jo Kelly (ASSA)FRDC investment in the seaweed industry in the seaweed industry. Past, present and future Josh Fielding (FRDC)MBCRC program and investment in R&D for the seaweed industry Justin Coombs (MBCRC)		Genomic and genetic resources to accelerate breeding of brown seaweeds Mark Cock	Blue Economy: Social Media, Seaweed cowboys, hype and hoopla Stefan Kraan	Blue Carbon Science for Indigenous Sovereignty: A Diasporic Kanaka ʻŌiwi Methodology Andrew Kalani Carlson	Land-based cultivation of Codium tomentosum and Palmaria palmata, in Portugal Inês Oliveira	Engaging communities, grassroots activism, and the fight to save our giant kelp Senator Peter Wish-Wilson
1115			Selectively breeding improved strains of sugar kelp, Saccharina latissima; A four year summary Scott Lindell	SEAweed-Tech: A green, sustainable, zero-waste technology for seaweed bio-refinery and bioplastic Manoj Kumar	In discussion: Outcomes and experiences of a collaborative Aboriginal seaweed workshop in south-eastern Victoria Zoe Brittain	Macroalgae cultivation: Impacts of Mixotrophy, from strain selection to pilot scale cultures Erwan Le Gelebart	First restoration experiment for endemic Fucus virsoides on the western Istrian coast Edi Gljuscic
1130			Genetic tools for selection of heat tolerant cultivars of Saccharina latissima Zofia Nehr	Ready to go big? Scaling and quality issues for European cultivated seaweed for food Diogo Raposo	Developing cultivation protocols for two red Alaskan seaweeds with cultural relevance Muriel Dittrich	Developing hatchery-based reproduction methods for year-round production of Palmaria palmata in the North Atlantic Pierre Liboureau	Harnessing the power of citizen science to advance kelp farming in Alaska Schery Umanzor
1145	Seaweed Policy for a sustainable seaweed industry at scale Shane Roberts, Angela Williamson, Karen Alexander, Christopher Ride		Development of Genetics Based Selective Breeding of Sterile Giant Kelp Gary Molano	Assessment of a biorefinery methodology to produce high-value products from local harvested red macroalgae Nuno Nunes	Integrating Macro-Algae Culture into Alaska’s Salmon Aquaculture: A unique teaching tool for students in Alaska Angie Bowers	Screening of seaweed species for cultivation associated with land-based aquaculture Aires M. Durarte	Habitat provisioning by a UK seaweed farm Sophie Corrigan
1200			Biphasic selection domestication in giant kelp Brandon Vong	Freezing and thawing methods to preserve the qualities of Ulva fenestrata as a food product Céline Rebours	Iron limitation of kelp growth may prevent ocean afforestation Ellie Paine	Targeting commercial scale production of Atlantic Nori Conchocelis Madalena Mendes	Photo elicitation as a method to investigate the seaweed value chain in Samoa Ulusapeti Tiitii
1215			The USA MARINER Program: Opportunities for the future expansion of scalable aquaculture and breeding programs Charles Yarish	The identification of potential food safety hazards for the processed seaweed for human consumption Clare Winkel	DISCUSSION	DISCUSSION	Seaweed cultivation for nutrient management to supplement to nutrient removal processes in wastewater treatment Shane Rogers
1230 – 1330		LUNCH & EXHIBTION – Federation Ballroom POSTER VIEWING SESSION – Theme 1B. Applications & 1C. Seaweed farming, harvesting and downstream processing

1330 – 1515 CONCURRENT SESSION FOUR
	MINI-SYMPOSIUM Carbon sequestration by Macroalgae		MINI-SYMPOSIUM Precision Phyconomy	ORALS Seaweed farming	ORALS Applications	ORALS Ecology	ORALS Ocean Change and Climate Mitigation
	Federation Concert Hall		Grand Ballroom 1	Grand Ballroom 2	Grand Ballroom 3	Harbour View 1	Chancellor 6
Chairs:	Albert Pessarrodona Mat Vanderklift		Iain Neish Nelson Vadassery	Brenda Kranz	Teis Boderskov Fiona MacKechnie	Guillermo Diaz-Pullido Ellie Paine	Beth Strain Stephanie Roy
1330	Carbon sequestration by macroalgae: Challenges and opportunities Albert Pessarrodona		Integration of precision technology into adaptive phyconomy systems for extensive tropical red seaweed farming Iain Charles Neish (30-mins)	Developing sustainable seaweed aquaculture in New Zealand Jacob Nepper-Davidsen	Selection of local green algae species for growth in Integrated Multi-Trophic Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (IMRAS) Teis Boderskov	Induction of coral larval settlement by coralline red algae: Facilitators, inhibitors and possible mechanisms Guillermo Diaz-Pulido	Primary production in situ measurements on the subarctic kelp Saccharina latissima Stéphanie Roy
1345	Global and regional variation in seaweed export to potential carbon sinks Karen Filbee-Dexter			The feasibility of scalable coastal and offshore kelp mariculture in Alaska Michael Stekoll	Bioremediation, growth and yield of Ulva lacinulata in IMTA system with Abalone and Sea cucumber Abiodun Falade	Influence of substrate material and surface texture on algal colonisation and coral recruitment success Jenny Fong	Local adaptation across life stages and populations: Implications for Macrocystis pyrifera resilience to climate change Pamela Fernandez
1400	Developing tools and processes to measure, report, and verify carbon uptake, deposition, and sequestration rates on seaweed farms Nichole Price		Precision products from Precision Phyconomy Shrikumar Suryanarayan	Challenges and opportunities for kelp aquaculture in Tasmania, Australia Wouter Visch	Technical feasibility of integrating red macroalgae (Gracilariopsis tenuifrons) to a recirculating aquaculture system with clownfish Felipe Cohen	Impact of light on tropical crustose coralline algal communities growing on artificial substrates in aquaculture Soren Schipper	Effects of marine heatwaves on kelp Pterygophora californica from different depths in Baja California (México) Antonella Almeida
1415	Addressing key gaps hampering incorporation of kelp carbon in policy and finance frameworks Mat Vanderklift		Land-based precision phyconomy – lessons to be learned from microalgal production Rui Pereira	From the experimental to commercial cultivation: The establishment of the seaweed farming in South Brazil Leila Hayashi	Microbial dynamics of an integrated aquaculture system using seaweed as shrimp pond effluent biofilter Cecilia Pascelli	Competitive interactions in marine environments for space, light, nutrients, and herbivory in seaweeds João Pedro Guimarães Machado	Changes in Macrocystis pyrifera distribution in southern New Zealand correlated with elevated sea surface temperature Ben Williams
1430	Critical review of life cycle climate impact in seaweed value-chains to support carbon accounting Jean-Baptiste Thomas		Developing cultivation systems and best management practices for the precision phyconomy of Caribbean seaweeds in US waters Ioretta Roberson	Area-based management framework for the ecologically sustainable development of seaweed aquaculture in South Australia Mandee Theil	Stakeholder perceptions on the implementation of Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) in Tasmania: A Q-methodology approach Lynnlee Chikudza	Macroalgal physiological-ecology across an environmental gradient of submarine groundwater discharge conditions at Waiʻalae, Hawaiʻi Veronica Gibson	Genetic structure of remnant giant kelp populations on the Tasmanian coast Cintia Iha
1445	Additionality must guide the assessment of ocean afforestation Lennart Bach		A needs assessment for Precision Phyconomy Development in changing climates Nelson Vadassery	Regenerative Ocean Farming in New Zealand Rebecca Barclay	The growth of the mussel Perna canaliculus and the kelp Ecklonia radiata in co-culture mesocosm Fiona MacKechnie	Seasonal changes in Zonation of macroalgae on a tropical rocky shore RMGM Thilakarathna	Assessing the role of natural kelp forests in modifying seawater chemistry Beth Strain
1500	DISCUSSION			DISCUSSION	Biomasonry products from macroalgae: A design driven approach to developing materials for carbon storage Kate Scardifield	Gametes of the green seaweed Ulva mutabilis (Chlorophyta) under cupric stress Cristina Morales-Reyes	Stipe of the kelp Eisenia bicyclis as a potential for long-lasting carbon sink Delta Putra
1515 – 1545		AFTERNOON TEA & EXHIBITION – Federation Ballroom

1545 – 1715 CONCURRENT SESSION FIVE
	MINI-SYMPOSIUM Global kelp forest restoration efforts – Part 2	ORALS SeasolTM: Use of seaweed extracts in agriculture.	ORALS Seaweed farming & harvesting	ORALS Seaweed farming, harvesting and downstream processing (Asparagopsi)	ORALS Applications	ORALS Ocean Change and Climate Mitigation
	Federation Concert Hall	Grand Ballroom 1	Grand Ballroom 2	Grand Ballroom 3	Harbour View 1	Chancellor 6
Chairs:	Aaron Eger Wouter Visch	Tony Arioli Tim Sawbridge	Raul Ugarte Ralf Rautenberger	Jeff Wright Jessica Webb	Robbie Pott Cecilia Biancacci	Janet Kübler Cintia Iha
1545	The Japanese perspective and action regarding seaweed bed restoration Gregory N. Nishihara	Applications of seaweed extracts in Australian agriculture Tony Arioli	Review of an ecosystem approach to the Ascophyllum nodosum harvest in Canada, 27 years later Raul Ugarte	The reproductive phenology of Asparagopsis armata in New Zealand – 35 years later Alisa Mihaila	The biochemical composition of Ulva spp. upon harvest time and colour separation Signe Hjerrild Nissen	Climate change resilience of Laminaria farlowii, a deep-water kelp from Southern and Central California, USA Janet Kübler
1600	Cascais Sea Strategy – Kelp Forests as a city’s strategic objective in Sustainable Development Ana Ferreira	Effect of seaweed biostimulants on reactive oxygen species, disease suppression and higher yields in strawberry Scott Mattner	Ascophyllum nodosum Harvesting Impacts and Management Using GPS Tracking of Mechanical Harvesters in Canada Joshua Sharp	Effects of light intensity on bromoform biosynthesis and gene expression in Asparagopsis taxiformis Jessica Webb	Seaweed Solutions for Sustainable Aquaculture: Nutritional profiling of Australian kelps Cecilia Biancacci	Effects of Ocean Acidification and Irradiance on Growth and Recruitment of early successional Coralline Communities Anna Kluibenschedl
1615	Chilean kelps restoration, a review of past, progress, and opportunities by using chimeric kelps (R+D) Alejandra Gonzalez Vasquez	AGFORT, a red seaweed-based product and its implications in crop protection Girish Tr	Optimising kelp cultivation on the West coast of Scotland Kati Michalek	Effects of light quality and intensity on the growth and bromoform content of Asparagopsis taxiformis Ana Campos	Cultivation of red and green seaweed in natural saline lagoon: Chemical composition and extracts production Maud Benoit-le Gélébart	Exploring variable kelp resistance and resilience to climate-driven disturbances with Kelpwatch.org, a visualization web-tool Vienna Saccomanno
1630	Seaweed restoration in Australasia Adriana Verges	Effect of fortified Seaweed Extract on tomato physiology, productivity, fruit quality and soil properties Marianne Weisser	Strain selection for aquaculture of Saccharina latissima in a freshwater-influenced fjord system in North Norway Ralf Rautenberger	Patterns of expression in the sea: Biophysical influences on halogenated natural products in Asparagopsis Alexandra Campbell	Cultivating seaweeds in food production process waters – a circular approach to producing blue proteins Kristoffer Stedt	Carbon dynamics in a macroalgal habitat of Korea Ja-Myung Kim
1645	Piloting bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) cultivation strategies to support kelp restoration and recovery in California Kendall Barbery	AgroGain®, prepared from Kappaphycus improves growth of Cucumis Sativa by modulating developmental and physiological processes Pushp Sheel Shukla	SeaMark: Seaweed Based Market Applications Ólavur Gregersen	Research to inform Asparagopsis armata cultivation in Tasmania Jeff Wright	Solubilisation of waste biomass from Ecklonia maxima processing Robbie Pott	How spatial resolution modify the seaweed covers estimation? Comparative study in Brittany using vegetation indices Wendy Diruit
1700	The value of the world’s kelp forests Thomas Wernberg	Study of holopelagic Sargassum in carribean coasts: Development of extracts for agriculture application Maud Benoit-le Gélébart	DISCUSSION	DISCUSSION	DISCUSSION	Mapping Sargassum meadow for estimation of biomass using side scan sonar Hajime Okawa

1730	AUSTRALIAN SUSTAINABLE SEAWEED ALLIANCE SEAWEED INNOVATION SHOWCASE AND NETWORKING EVENT – Harbour View 1 Click here to book your ticket!
1730	EARLY CAREER RESEARCH (POSTDOCTORAL) FUNCTION – Grand Ballroom 1 The Early Career Function is available for delegates who are up to 7 years post PHD. Attendees will head to Hobart Brewing Co following the function.
1730	STUDENT FUNCTION – IMAS

Wednesday, 22nd February 2023

MID-SYMPOSIUM TOURS

The below tours are available for onsite delegates to book at an additional cost, where applicable. Prices are in Australian Dollars and include GST.

You can book these when registering or add them to your registration at a later date. Please note tours have capped numbers and are available on a “first come, first served basis”.

Most tours also require minimum numbers to be met to proceed. Please visit the tours page for full descriptions.

HALF DAY TOURS – MORNING

HOBART HISTORY, PEOPLE & PLACES WALKING TOUR

Time: 10:00 – 12:00
Cost: $38pp AUD
Departure: Hotel Grand Chancellor
Return: Salamanca Place

HALF DAY TOURS – AFTERNOON

IRON POT CRUISE

Time: 13:45 – 16:30 (please be at the booking centre to check in at 13:45)
Cost: $135pp AUD
Departure: Pennicott Wilderness Journeys Booking Centre | Franklin Wharf
Return: Pennicott Wilderness Journeys Booking Centre | Franklin Wharf

ALL DAY TOURS
BRUNY ISLAND TRAVELLER	TASMAN ISLAND CRUISE & PORT ARTHUR
Time: 07:15 – 17:30/18:00 (7:15 am sharp departure – booking centre opens at 7 am) Cost: $210pp AUD Departure: Pennicott Wilderness Journey’s Booking Centre \| Franklin Wharf Return: Hotel Grand Chancellor	Time: 07:30 – 18:00 Cost: $280pp AUD Departure: Hotel Grand Chancellor Return: Hotel Grand Chancellor
BONORONG WILDLIFE SANCTUARY	DIVING
Time: 11:45 – 15:20 Cost: $85pp AUD Departure: Hobart Grand Chancellor Return: Hobart Grand Chancellor	Time: Group 1 – 006:45 – 16:30 (approx) Group 2 – 10:00 – 20:00 (approx) Cost: $370 AUD. The price includes transfers (approx 1 hour 15 minutes journey) packed lunch, 2 dives at different sites and full gear hire. Numbers are limited. Departure: Hotel Grand Chancellor Return: Hotel Grand Chancellor

23 February 2023

Thursday, 23rd February 2023

0800	Registration Open \| Federation Ballroom Foyer
PLENARY SESSION #4
Federation Concert Hall
Chairs:	Rocky De’Nys Leonardo Mata
0830 – 0900	Current trends and future prospects of seaweed cultivation and breeding in Korea Eun Kyoung Hwang National Institure of Fisheries Science, Republic of Korea
0900 – 0930	Seaweed aquaculture in Aotearoa New Zealand – from bucket science to implementation Marie Magnusson University of Waikato, New Zealand
0930 – 1000	Global and local marine agronomical trends: developmental facts or only good desires? Alejandro H. Buschmann Centro i-mar, CeBiB & MASH, Universidad de Los Lagos, Puerto Montt, Chile
1000 – 1030	MORNING TEA & EXHIBITION – Federation Ballroom

1030 – 1200 CONCURRENT SESSION SIX
	MINI-SYMPOSIUM Kelp Blue: Macrocystis cultivation and ocean health		ORALS Seaweed farming	ORALS Ecology	ORALS Ocean Change and Climate Mitigation	ORALS Phycolloids and Bioactives	MINI-SYMPOSIUM Seaweed-derived sterols in aging-related diseases
	Federation Concert Hall		Grand Ballroom 1	Grand Ballroom 2	Grand Ballroom 3	Harbour View 1	Chancellor 6
Chairs:	Caroline Slootweg		Craig Johnson Michael Stekoll	Put Ang Hunter Forbes	Ju-Hyoung Kim Hagen Buck-Wiese	Benoit Queguineur Fanny Lalegerie	Monique Mulder Tim Vanmierlo
1030	Macrocystis pyrifera cultivation at scale: How the industry can think big, but stay focused Daniel Hooft		Developing production systems for offshore kelp mariculture in SE Australia Craig Johnson	Can morphology or photobiology explain the farming success of Macrocystis multiple frond morphotype? Alejandro Buschmann	Where does all the seaweed carbon go? Ellyn Erlania	Leveraging the NIST Dietary Supplement Laboratory Quality Assurance Program for the Compositional Analysis of Seaweeds Jenna Klingsick	Dietary Sargassum fusiforme improves memory and reduces amyloid plaque load in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model Tim Vanmierlo
1045	Kelp Blue learnings to date about setting up a seaweed farm, the good, the bad and the ugly Josh Masel		A Collaborative Platform for Growth: The GreenWave Regenerative Ocean Farming Hub Samantha Garwin	Patterns of growth and productivity in Ascophyllum nodosum populations from a wide geographical range Jean-Sebastien Lauzon-Guay	Kelp dissolved organic carbon release is variable, passive, and decoupled from photosynthetically active radiation Andrew Kalani Carlson	VARECH project: Valorization of beach-cast seaweeds in Normandy (France) Benoit Queguineur	The use of seaweed-derived phytosterols to defeat Alzheimer’s Disease Nikita Martens
1100	Moving beyond the ocean: Commercialisation of seaweed products for agriculture (and other industries) and how it contributes to the wider shift to sustainability Caroline Slootweg		Scaling of seaweed cultivation: Site selection and (bio)technical solutions for cost-effective farm operations Job Schipper	Mannitol as a Resource for the Growth and Reproduction of Sargassum siliquastrum (Turn.) Ag. Put Jr Ang	Brown algae inject fucoidan carbon into the ocean Hagen Buck-Wiese	Selection and sustainable valorization of Irish macroalgae by integrating natural variability (BlueBio MINERVA) Fanny Lalegerie	Potential of Himanthalia elongata in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease Monique Mulder
1115	Biostimulants global market overview and trends/predictions Samantha Deane		Exploring the Kelp Farm Design Tool: An interactive planning tool on GreenWave’s Ocean Farming Hub Kendall Barbery	Unravelling the secret life of MAD gametophytes Alexander Ebbing	Estimation of CO2 sequestration potential by population- and community-level metabolism of artificial seaweed beds Ju-Hyoung Kim	Future protein supply from tropical seaweed: An exploration Asmi Citra Malina A.R. Tassakka	24(R, S)-Saringosterol – from artefact to a biological medical agent Dieter Lütjohan
1130	DISCUSSION		Upscaling open ocean kelp cultivation and offering an economic performance study of the operation Ólavur Gregersen	Thermal tolerance of the giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) Duong Minh Le	Determining the fate of Laminaria hyperborea detritus in the Irish Sea using species-specific DNA markers Molly Crowe	Seaweed beach-casts: Are these valuable and safe resources? Nuno Nunes	DISCUSSION
1145	DISCUSSION		Deepwater irrigation rescues production of tropical seaweeds year-round: ramifications for temperate kelp-forest regeneration Brian von Herzen	Farms and forests: Evaluating the biodiversity benefits of kelp aquaculture Hunter Forbes	DISCUSSION	DISCUSSION	DISCUSSION
1200 – 1300		LUNCH & EXHIBTION – Federation Ballroom POSTER VIEWING SESSION – Theme 2. Ecology

1300 – 1445 CONCURRENT SESSION SEVEN
	MINI-SYMPOSIUM Best Practice in Post-harvest treatment of seaweed		MINI-SYMPOSIUM Securing the future of the eucheumatoid seaweed industry in a time of rapid environmental change	ORALS Applications	ORALS Phycolloids	ORALS Ecology	ORALS Applied and Industry – Use of seaweed extracts in agriculture
	Federation Concert Hall		Grand Ballroom 1	Grand Ballroom 2	Grand Ballroom 3	Harbour View 1	Chancellor 6
Chairs:	Jonas Steenholdt Sørensen Jennifer Perry		Anicia Hurtado Michael Roleda	Scott Spillias Isobel Sousa Pinto	Helen Fitton Nanna Rhein-Knudsen	Brenton Twist Loretta Roberson	Tony Arioli Tim Sawbridge
1300	Blanching of fresh sugar kelp should remove the fear and market barrier Susan Løvstad Holdt		Towards an Integrated Platform for Eucheumatoid Cultivar Development R A Narayanan	Suitability of world seas and oceans for seaweed cultivation Pepijn Van Oort	Enzymatic extraction of high purity fucoidans from brown seaweeds Nanna Rhein-Knudsen	Understanding drivers of kelp distribution and loss to inform kelp forest restoration in New Zealand Dallas Lafont	Untargeted metabolomics analysis reveals different profiles of Arabidopsis thaliana following treatment with seaweed extract Chi T.L. Tran
1315	Investigating microwave-vacuum drying, freeze drying and hot air drying of Ulva spp and Fucus vesiculosus Susan Løvstad Holdt		Innovative measures for growing eucheumatoids and mitigating ice-ice and epiphyte incidences using Ascophyllum nodosum extract Anicia Hurtado	Expert perceptions of seaweed farming for sustainable development Scott Spillias	Blanching before pH-shift processing of Saccharina latissima retains protein extraction yields while minimizing iodine content João Trigo	Importance of substrate complexity, snail abundance and exposure on the recruitment success of Ascophyllum nodosum Bryan Morse	Pathways to function: ‘Omics’ reveals how seaweed-derived biostimulants enhance plant productivity and reduce biotic stress Md Tohidul Islam
1330	Brining as a stabilising method for Ulva fenestrate biomass Mar Vall-llosera Juanola		Tetrasporogenesis and sexual reproduction in Kappaphycus alvarezii for new seedstock development and selective breeding Lourie Ann Hinaloc	Nature’s Contributions to People derived from seaweed aquaculture Isabel Sousa Pinto	Optimisation of cellulase‑assisted extraction of laminarin from the brown seaweed Ecklonia maxima Neill Goosen	Kelp and urchin settlement on coralline algal species with implications for kelp forest recovery Brenton Twist	RNASeq analysis of Seasol treatment of growth media on the lettuce seedling root transcriptome Tim Sawbridge
1345	Safety, physicochemical attributes and consumer acceptance of Saccharina latissima preserved by salting Jennifer Perry		Effects of nutrient supply on growth and biochemistry of Kappaphycus alvarezii Tom Gerald Genovia	Achieving social license to operate for seaweed farms across geographic contexts Bailey Moritz	Blue cellulose: The challenge of producing fibre grade cellulose from seaweed Jaap van Hal	Restoration of seaweed forests in Korea: A series of experimental works for last 7 years conducted on the urchin barrens habitats Jeong Ha Kim	Evaluating the phytotoxicities of two Irish red seaweeds against some common weed species Onyedika Chukwuka Chukwuma
1400	Influence of storage time and dehydration methods on microbiological and physiochemical quality of brown seaweeds Jonas Steenholdt Sørensen		Development and Application of Molecular Genetic Resources for the Advancement of Kappaphycus alvarezii Scott Fahrenkrug	Indonesian red seaweeds are a potential sourse of mycrosporine-like amino acid and hydrocolloid for cosmeceuticals Noer Kasanah	Ulvan from filamentous and blade species of Ulva (chlorophyta) differ in structural and chemical composition Joel Kidgell	Differences in recovered community assemblage depending on the removal of sea urchins and other herbivores, coupled with transplant of Ecklonia bicyclis Seokwoo Hong	Effect of seaweed extract on avocado root growth, yield and post-harvest quality in Queensland, Australia Tony Arioli
1415	Towards more successful seaweed fermentations: Screening approaches and potential of lactic acid bacteria fermentation in Nordic brown seaweed Saccharina latissima Evangelia Zioga		Regeneration and development of enzymatically-isolated protoplasts of Kappaphycus spp. (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta) Ronelie Salvador	DISCUSSION	To gel or not to gel: Enzymatic desulfation of carrageenans to modify their rheological properties Volker Sieber	Restorative aquaculture: Quantifying the environmental and social benefits of seaweed farming Shelby Schumacher	The competitiveness of Indonesia’s seaweed products in the international market Syamsul Pasaribu
1430	DISCUSSION		Impacts of aquaculture nutrient sources: ammonium uptake of commercially important eucheumatoids depends on phosphate levels Bienson Ceasar Narvarte	DISCUSSION	Structural and biochemical characterization of degraded iota carrageenan using enzyme produced by Cellulophaga baltica Sanjida Humayun	DISCUSSION	DISCUSSION
1445 – 1515		AFTERNOON TEA & EXHIBITION – Federation Ballroom

1515 – 1700 CONCURRENT SESSION EIGHT
	MINI-SYMPOSIUM What does a sustainable tropical seaweed industry look like?		Safe Seaweed Coalition	ORALS Seaweed farming & harvesting	ORALS Seaweed farming, harvesting and downstream processing	ORALS Bioactives	ORALS Ecology
	Federation Concert Hall		Grand Ballroom 1	Grand Ballroom 2	Grand Ballroom 3	Harbour View 1	Chancellor 6
Chairs:	Nicholas Hill Micheal Roleda		Philippe Potin Vincent Doumeizel	Marie Magnusson Rebecca Lawton	Nick Paul Libby Swanepoel	Patricia Matanjun Dang Diem Hong	Chris Cornwall Georgina Wood
1515	Critical considerations for building a regenerative seaweed value chain Nicholas Hill		From the Seaweed Manifesto to the Seaweed Revolution Vincent Doumeizel	Seaweed Aquaculture – The Opportunities for Tasmania and Australia Catriona Macleod	Biorefinery of Ulva spp. and evaluation of food quality of resulting protein concentrate Trine Kastrup Dalsgaard	ALGAE4IBD: Searching for IBD treatment in algal diversity Benoit Queguineur	Temporal variation in distribution, abundance, and reproduction of Cystophora torulosa and Caulocystis uvifera in Victoria Daniel Vairo
1530	Seaweed cultivation in Madagascar – developing an aquaculture model based on risk mitigation approach and coastal communities to ensure a growing and sustainable seaweed supply chain Sébastien Jan		The Science behind the Safe Seaweed Coalition and the European Perspective Philippe Potin	Optimising the zoospore release, germination, development of gametophytes and formation of sporophytes of Ecklonia radiata Rebecca Lawton	Protein extraction increases the N digestibility of sea lettuce protein Louise Juul Pedersen	Screening of compounds/extracts with neuroprotective activity from Vietnam seaweeds Dang Diem Hong	Morphological and genetic analysis of Eisenia arborea along the Pacific Coast of Baja California, Mexico Jose Zertuche-Gonzalez
1545	Status and requirements in the genetic diversity of commercial eucheumatoid industry Michael Roleda		Underexploited potential of the seaweed aquaculture in the non-asian Indo-Pacific region Lydiane Mattio	European seaweed cultivation: Optimising seeding techniques for Saccharina latissima Catherine Wilding	Valorization of Ulva sp. for production of fungal biomass protein using T. reesei Maria Elena Lienqueo	Phlorotannin-loaded gold nanoparticles for innovative skin health products Adele Mastroyannis	Genetic tools to inform and future-proof global upscaling efforts to conserve, restore and farm kelp Georgina Wood
1600	Conservation International Ventures and Konservasi Indonesia presents the Coral Triangle Seaweed Strategy – unlocking benefits for people and planet across the value chain Gracie White		The Coalition for Safe Seaweeds in the Americas Leila Hayashi, Alejandro Buschmann	Seasonal and site-specific differences in growth and sporophyte production of Ecklonia radiata gametophytes Jakop Schwoerbel	Why do young adults eat seaweed? An Australian case study Mikaela Young	Fucoidan enhances human immune cell activities and stops prostate cancer cell growth with Nivolumab Corinna Dwan	Experimental assessment of environmental versus genetic influences on giant kelp (Macrocystis) morphology Sara Gonzalez
1615	The connection between seaweed farming practices and local marketing systems in two Indonesian villages Alexandra Langford		The Seaweed Hub in the United States Jaclyn Robidoux	Effect of growth parameters on Macrocystis pyrifera (giant kelp) sporophytes for bioproduct production Diane Purcell	Algae for novel and healthy pasta Susana Mendes	Anti-Inflammatory, Anti-Aging and Wound-Healing Potential of Polysaccharides from Seven Red Algal Species of Commercial Interest Amal Premarathna	DNA markers for cross-breeding and improving cultivation of the editable brown alga, Cladosiphon okamuranus Koki Nishitsuji
1630	The Sinoficiation of carrageenan seaweed processing and implications for Indonesia Dr Zhang Jing		SecureFuture: Selection and curation of safe and healthy eucheumatoid seedlings for the future Michael Roleda	A comparison of novel seeding approaches for upscaling Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) cultivation William Klingbeil	Proximate composition and sensory evaluation of noodles fortified with green seaweed, Caulerpa lentillifera powder Nur Syakilla	Antioxidant and anticancer activities of Malaysian seaweed, Sargassum polycystum extracts against human cancer cell lines Patricia Matanjun	Conditions influencing abundance of ‘green tide’ macroalgae in a tropical intertidal zone of Southern Philippines Ephrime Metillo
1645	The international market for next generation seaweed products and applications – Findings from Hatch’s global seaweed report Karlotta Rieve		The African projects supported by the Safe Seaweed Coalition Sebastien Jan, Frederic Pascal	The effects of mechanical harvesting on Ascophyllum nodosum and associated invertebrates Alison Feibel	The effect of iodine reducing processing methods on the sensory profile of Saccharina latissima Johanna Liberg Krook	Antioxidant potential of purified phlorotannins from Australian fucoids for the food industry Flora Lam Kim	Species identification for a crustose calcifying red algal community that induces Acropora surculosa recruitment Mari Deinhart
1900 – 2330		SYMPOSIUM DINNER – Tasman Room, Wrest Point Transport provided – coaches depart 1845

24 February 2023

Friday, 24th February 2023

0800	Registration Open \| Federation Ballroom Foyer
0830 – 1000 PLENARY SESSION #5
Federation Concert Hall
Chairs:	Wendy Nelson Michael Borowitzka
0830 – 0900	Safeguarding the carrageenophyte cultivation industry: A case study in Malaysia Lim Phaik Eem Institure of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya, Malaysia
0900 – 0930	Consequences of calcification for coralline algal ecology and evolution Patrick Martone University of British Columbia, Canada
0930 – 1000	Algae Foundation’s algal-based education and workforce development; a global initiative developing bioeconomy professionals Stefan Kraan will present on behalf of Ira “Ike” Levine; Ike will join for live Q&A
1000 – 1030	MORNING TEA & EXHIBITION – Federation Ballroom

1030 – 1215 CONCURRENT SESSION NINE
	ORALS Seaweed farming, harvesting and downstream processing		ORALS Ocean Change and Climate Mitigation	ORALS Ecology	ORALS Phycolloids and Bioactives	ORALS Taxonomy, Diversity and Evolution	ORALS Bioactives
	Federation Concert Hall		Grand Ballroom 1	Grand Ballroom 2	Grand Ballroom 3	Harbour View 1	Chancellor 6
Chairs:	Jennifer Hudson Joshua Masel		Lauren Bell Damon Britton	Louise Kregting Celina Burkholz	Maria Gil Neil Goosen	Mariana Oliveira Seok Wan Choi	Joao Trigo Courtney Anderson
1030	The principals and application of direct seeding for seaweed cultivation Joshua Masel		Effects of multiple drivers of change on seaweed from Aotearoa New Zealand Christopher Cornwall	Limits and thresholds to seaweed farming, a theoretical approach to carrying capacity for seaweed farming Sophie Koch	Recovery and bioactivity of volatile halogenated natural products from post-harvest processing of Asparagopsis taxiformis David Heyne	Integrating metabolomics and DNA to uncover diversity patterns in species of Ecklonia from southern Africa Maggie Reddy	Health benefits of consuming seaweed – a myth or clinically proven? João Trigo
1045	Macroalgae cultivation materials: Assessing chemistry and microstructure for a reliable, cost-effective seeding solution Ruben Marques		Environmental change at the fringe: Seasonally distinct responses of kelps within high latitude Macrocystis beds Lauren Bell	Effects of slow-release fertilizer and blue light on Undaria pinnatifida growth in the cultivated field Huiling Lin	The kinetics of ultrasound-assisted alginate extraction from Ecklonia maxima with and without cellulase addition Neill Goosen	Sargassum diversity on the Brazilian coast: a new interpretation based on molecular data Mariana C Oliveira	Seaweed for food and beverage innovations– what do the ‘makers’ want? Coutney Anderson
1100	A practical application for urchin conspecific alarm cues as feeding deterrent Dominic Franco C. Belleza		Physiological responses of the kelp Eisenia arborea in artificial deep refugia in Baja California, Mexico Jose Miguel Sandoval Gil	Moving may be a good thing: How water motion influences the cultivation of Saccharina latissima Louise Kregting	Investigating the Functionality of the Ulvan Utilising Plasmid in Alteromonas sp. 76-1 Valerie Rodrigues	Elucidation of the brown algal gamete evolution with a new timeframe and organelle data Seok-Wan Choi	Contribution of seaweed to health and nutrition in Samoa: A dietary modelling simulation study Libby Swanepoel
1115	RNA-Seq analysis reveals a downregulation of immune associated genes in Delisea pulchra following pathogen exposure Jennifer Hudson		Intraspecific variation in thermal tolerance, and restoring Australia’s disappearing giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forests Cayne Layton	Intraspecific variation in seasonal performance of Ecklonia radiata Celina Burkholz	Phenolic compounds content and antioxidant activity of wild macroalgae Ulva sp. vs cultivated Ulva rigida Maria M Gil	Organelle phylogenomics of the genus Vaucheria reveals the evolutionary history and unique mitochondrial genome structure Jihoon Jo	Exploring the development of Australian seaweed ingredients for food and beverage products Saskia de Klerk
1130	Process water of whiteleg shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei can be used to fertilize macroalga Caulerpa lentillifera Lara Elizabet Stuthmann		A knowledge synthesis of nutritional quality and climate performance for Saccharina latissima Jean-Baptiste Thomas	Soft sediment macroalgal communities of Otago Harbour, New Zealand Namrata Chand	Chemical structures of phlorotannins from six brown seaweed species and their antibacterial and antioxidant activities Nolwenn Kergosien	Seaweed biobanking at the Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa: Preserving diversity for the future Cecilia Rad – Menéndez	Seaweeds for novel and healthy food products: Sea sausages as a case study Susana Mendes
1145	The ups and downs of water quality within a commercial recirculating IMTA Abalone/Ulva system: Effects of increased recirculation on critical parameters Mark Cyrus		Thermal performance of the habitat forming kelp Ecklonia radiata under ambient and elevated CO2 levels Damon Britton	Analysis of pelagic sargassum biomass harvested in Jamaica Thierry Tonon	Evaluation of the isolation and purification of milk-clotting enzymes from marine macroalga Gracilaria edulis Ariestya Arlene Arbita	DISCUSSION	DISCUSSION
1200	DISCUSSION		Ecology of kelp gametophytes: grazing in a warming ocean Reina Veenhof	Effects of climate change and species facilitation on the restoration of shallow marine forests Margalida Monserrat	DISCUSSION	DISCUSSION	DISCUSSION
1215 – 1315		LUNCH & EXHIBTION – Federation Ballroom POSTER VIEWING SESSION – Theme 3. Ocean Change and Climate Mitigation, Theme 4. Physiology and ‘Omics’ & Theme 5. Taxonomy, Diversity and Evolution

1315 – 1420 CONCURRENT SESSION TEN
	ORALS Ecology (Kelps)	ORALS Applications	ORALS Seaweed Farming & Ocean Change	ORALS Ecology	ORALS Phycolloids and Bioactives
	Federation Concert Hall	Grand Ballroom 1	Grand Ballroom 2	Grand Ballroom 3	Harbour View 1
Chairs:	Ang Put Mayalen Zubia	Alecia Bellgrove	Sitti Zayda Halun Patrick Martone	Jenny Fong Eloise Bennett	Sam Karpiniec Maria Gil
1315	Hanging gardens – do floating kelp farm communities resemble natural kelp forests? Trine Bekkby	The impact of substituting fat with Kappaphycus alvarezii gel on the quality of chicken patties Wolnia Pindi	Elevated CO2 ameliorates the negative effects of UV radiation in the red alga Pyropia yezoensis John Beardall	Healthy and bleached Halymenia floresii red alga: A microbiome assessment Shareen A Abdul-Malik	Development of iota-carrageenan/alginate composite films using processed stone sludge as a hardening agent Maria M. Gil
1330	Mechanistic simulations of Laminaria hyperborea in a dynamic landscape of light, temperature, and winter storms Tim Szewczyk	Physical and proximate analysis of crackers fortified with red seaweed, Kappaphycus alvarezii Adella Anding Aganduk	Carbon use and calcification strategies in a diversity of fleshy and calcifying tropical algae across irradiance gradients on reefs of Little Cayman Island Marguerite Koch-Rose	Preferred macro-algal host-species of the two epiphytic dinoflagellates (Gambierdiscus and Ostreopsis) inhabiting Jeju Island Wonho Yih	Antivibrio compounds from Indonesia red seaweed Laurencia saitoi Noer Kasanah
1345	DISCUSSION	Characterisation of alginates and metal content of Australian brown seaweeds for food and biomedical applications Alecia Bellgrove	Seaweed farming offers an avenue toward greater food security and healthier diets in Malaysia Adibi M Nor	Microplastics in seaweed farming area in Takalar waters of South Sulawesi, Indonesia Jamaluddin Fitrah Alam	Gene expression modulation in atopic dermatitis and inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus adhesion by fucoidan Sam Karpiniec
1400	DISCUSSION	DISCUSSION	Status and prospects of seaweed farming in the Sulu archipelago, SW Philippines Sitti Zayda Halun	DISCUSSION	DISCUSSION
1415-1420	ROOM CHANGE

1420 – 1505 PLENARY SESSION #6
Federation Concert Hall
	Prize Awards & Closing
1420 – 1505	Prize Awards & Closing

25 February 2023

Saturday, 25th February 2023

POST-SYMPOSIUM TOURS
Please visit the tours page for full descriptions. and scroll to the bottom for the diving & Mount Field tour
TOURS
DIVING	BOTANY ABOVE WATER: A GUIDED TOUR AT MOUNT FIELD NATIONAL PARK
Time: Group 1 – 006:45 – 16:30 (approx) Group 2 – 10:00 – 20:00 (approx) Cost: $370 AUD. The price includes transfers (approx 1 hour 15 minutes journey) packed lunch, 2 dives at different sites and full gear hire. Numbers are limited. Departure: Hotel Grand Chancellor Return: Hotel Grand Chancellor	Time: 08:30 – 16:30 Cost: $220pp AUD Departure: Hobart Grand Chancellor – 08:30am pick up Return: Hobart Grand Chancellor – 16:30pm drop-off Duration: Approx. 8 hoursBook directly via link in tour description.