9:00 - Opening with Professor Michel Mathieu
Laboratoire de Biologie et Biotechnologies Marine Caen - UMR IFREMER Brest - France

IRELAND : overview of the Irish fisheries, aquaculture and seaweed sector, presentation of the research strategy 2007-2013, and of the main organisations

With :
Martin Walsh - Irish Sea Fisheries Board
Mark Norman - Aqua TT
Sarah Hotchkiss - Irish Seaweed Industry Organisation
Eoin Sweeney - Marine Institute
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• Introduction to the lectures with Jean-Michel Komprobst
  Faculté de pharmacie – Université de Nantes – France

• Quebec luncheons :
  Presentation of innovative technologies for the exploitation of marine biomolecules and Quebec expertise on the treatment of aquatic biomass

14:00 - 18:30 - Health applications of animal marine resources

• New Cosmetic and medical products developed from marine resources
  Bernt Walther – University of Bergen - Norway
• Beneficial effect of calcium-rich marine food supplements on calcium metabolism and bone resorption markers
  Jean-Michel Lecerf - Institut Pasteur de Lille - France
• Proteins and amino acids from marine products as new sources of health product ingredients
  André Marette - INAF – University of Laval - Quebec
• The extracellular hemoglobin of the annelid polychaete. Arenicola marina : a natural oxygen carrier for human therapeutic applications
  Morgane Rousselot - Hemarina SA - France

Coffee break : stand visit - posters

• Gentle procedures for extracting coenzyme Q10 from mackerel and herring co-products
  Serge Laplante – University of Rimouski - Quebec
• Phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of extracts from sea cucumber, Cucumaria frondosa
  Emilien Pelletier - Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski - Quebec
• Development of marine oil-based compounds as cancer preventing agents
  Samuel Fortin - Centre de recherche sur les biotechnologies marines - Quebec
• Omega-3 fatty acids and prevention of age-related macular degeneration
  Jean-Michel Lecerf - Institut Pasteur de Lille - France

9:00 - Health applications of algae and bacteria

• Seaweeds used for well being and health
  Stefan Kraan - Irish Seaweed Centre - Ireland
• Health potential of carrageenan
  Alan Critchley - Acadian Seaplants Ltd. - Canada
• Nutritional and functional applications of marine microalgue
  Carole Llewellyn - Plymouth Marine Laboratory - England
• Novel functional beverages based on polysaccharide additives of algal origin
  Franck Hennequart - National University of Ireland, Galway - Ireland

Coffee break : stand visit - posters

• Photoprotective molecules from Marine Photosynthetic Organisms ; a potential application
  Dominique Grizeau - Intechmer, CNAM - France
• Phlorotannins in Irish brown seaweeds : Investigation of their UV-protective function and potential as natural sunscreen
  Solène Connan - Martin Ryan Institute - Ireland
• Calcium phosphate bioceramic derived from mineralised red alga for bone tissue application by low temperature exchange
  Pamela Walsh - Queens University - Ireland
• Microbial Psychology, a new approach to the discovery of bioactive compounds from marine bacteri
  Grant Burgess - Newcastle University - England

• Quebec luncheons :
  Network for Discovery and Applications of Marine Active Materials : DAMAMNet

14:00 - 16:30 - Round table : Valorisation of your by-products : issues, potential applications, difficulties

With :
Philippe Paquotte – OFIMER – France
Juan-Carlos Arboleya - AZTI - Spain
Pierre Blier - AquaBiokem Inc. - Quebec
Charles Delannoy - Copalis - France
Estelle le Bihan - LBBM UMR 100 Université de Caen Basse-Normandie - France
Patrick Allaume – ID Mer - France
Jean-Pascal Bergé - IFREMER Nantes - France
Eoin Sweeney - Marine Institute - Ireland

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