Blue Biotech for Communities: Global Connections and Local Impact

Blue Bio Techpreneurs Webinar Series

Six BBT webinars focus on inspirational front runners, entrepreneurs, case studies and approaches in the blue biotechnology sector. All webinars will focus on real-life experiences and showcase concrete applications and entrepreneurial examples of circular innovations in blue biotech. The role of women entrepreneurs in blue biotech will be highlighted, and one webinar will cover stories from European outermost regions, such as the Azores. If you want to know what it takes to develop a start-up/innovation, the obstacles and the pitfalls, and the inspirational element of going through it, register for this webinar and get to know inspiring people.

Event Overview: 

What we choose to do with our time and labour is precious, and many of us aspire to contribute to the wellbeing of our local communities. With its focus on leveraging the potential of marine biological resources, blue biotech is especially well positioned to make a difference. Join us for the next installment of Transferring the Business Gene, the Blue Bio Techpreneurs webinar series, to learn how. 

Discover blue biotech ventures acting as a positive force supporting economic development, environmental stewardship and and social cohesion. Hear the stories of those who are acting today for the future of coastal and insular communities and explore how blue careers can be catalysts for positive change. 

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Agenda:

• Closing Remarks
• Welcome
• Round of Speaker Presentations
• Roundtable Discussion
• Q&A
• BBT Project Announcements

1. Alina Tunin-Ley  

With a Doctorate in Marine Biology from the Pierre and Marie Curie University, Alina Tunin-Ley is a researcher and Marine Biotechnology Project Leader at CiTEB on Reunion Island. Her work focuses on the valorization of microalgae and the realization of their potential for regional development, in fields as varied as agri-food, biomedical research, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, nutraceuticals, the environment and the integration of active extracts in industrial products.  

 CiTEB is a technical, research and development centre for aquatic environments whose activities aim to support the development of the blue economy on Reunion Island, while ensuring that these aquatic environments are better understood in order to better preserve them. 

2. Juan Luis Gómez Pinchetti 

Juan Luis Gómez Pinchetti, Professor at the ULPGC and researcher in Algal Biotechnology at the Spanish Bank of Algae. With expertise in marine algal cultivation, physiology, and biotechnology, he has pioneered projects on using native macro-, microalgae and cyanobacteria strains for aquaculture, biofuel production, and environmental remediation. His work has extended to optimizing algae-based production systems for high-value compounds, which are beneficial in sectors like health, cosmetics, and nutrition. 

 The Spanish Bank of Algae (BEA) is an infrastructure of the Universidad of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria managed by the Canarian Science and Technology Park Foundation (FCPCT). Its basic objectives are the isolation, characterization, conservation, supply and development of cultivation techniques and applications of algae (macroalgae, microalgae and cyanobacteria) from a scientific-technological point of view.