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August 16-17, 2018 | Copenhagen, Denmark
Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing
International Conference on
Journal of Archives of Industrial Biotechnology | Volume 2
T
he world population is predicted to expand from 7 to
~9 billion people by 2050 which is likely to result in
significant increased demands for food (70%), fuel (50%) and
fresh water (30%). Feeding the growing world population will
require increases in agricultural crop productivities as arable
land resources are limited and continued urbanization and
industrialization has led to declines in Australia’s farmland over
the last four decades, following world trends. Increasing crop
productivities is further challenged by predicted freshwater
resource scarcity and greenhouse gas (GHG)-induced climate
instability, i.e. the increase and/or severity of ‘freak’ weather
events, such as storms, prolonged droughts etc.. Maintaining
and increasing Australian crop productivities will inevitably
require, fertilisation, the production of which was estimated
to contribute 1.2% of the total GHG emissions due to energy
requirements. Algae are heralded as the potential saviors of
the world’s ailments due to photosynthetic cultivation on non-
arable land using non-potable water (saline, brackish, industrial
waste waters). Algal cultivation remediates CO
2
GHG pollution
(1.83 t CO
2
per t biomass dry weight) and nutrient- or metal-
rich waste waters. Among the various algal products that can be
derived from the biomass, fertilizer production is an immediate
and readily implementable product pathway offering potential
for regional agricultural communities to become self-sufficient
and independent of costly imports. This key-note will compare
productivities of traditional and novel cultivation and processing
pathways highlighting where biotechnological production
processes can improve traditional aquaculture and generate
new market opportunities for expansion of aquaculture into
hitherto non-traditional aquaculture markets.
Speaker Biography
Heimann K is a recognized leader in designing, enabling, implementing and advancing
industry-driven research on closed system approaches using high-yield microbes in
environmental, aqua and agricultural and commercial applications for developing
renewable products and sustainable industries. She has extensively in peer-reviewed
scientific journals, including Nature, 91 journal articles (citations >2,500), 5 books and
11 book chapters, leading to a H-index of 27. Her research has won many awards, the
NQ Corporate Business Women Award 2011 and the JCU Advisor of the Year Award
2016, being the latest. She is the president of ASPAB, associate editor of Botanica
Marina, and has served on the science and education committee of the Advanced
Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC) and the tarong science steering
committee for microalgae GHG emission abatement at coal-fired power stations.
e:
kirsten.heimann@flinders.edu.auHeimann K
Flinders University, Australia
Marine Biotechnology – drivers for the aquaculture industry