2022 International Seaweed Symposium

The 24th International Seaweed Symposium will be held in Australia’s southern most state, Tasmania. The Symposium will be held in Tasmania’s capital, Hobart, from Sunday 13th to Friday 18th February 2022.

Planning for the Symposium is proceeding for February 2022 as scheduled. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic we anticipate the conference will be of a hybrid nature. We will plan to have some face-to-face sessions where possible, but we will be incorporating online attendance as well.

The organising committee feels the opportunity to have part of the Symposium hosted online presents an opportunity for us to reach a broader audience than the traditional Symposium and will also give us the opportunity to include different presentation formats. As such, we see 2022 as being a new and positive direction for the Symposium.

Venue

Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Dates

Sunday 13 February – Welcome Reception

Monday 14 February – Symposium Opening & Sessions

Tuesday 15 February – Symposium Opening & Sessions

Wednesday 16 February – Tours

Thursday 17 February – Symposium Sessions

Friday 18 February – Symposium Sessions & Close

Symposium Host

The 2022 Symposium is being hosted by the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies on behalf of the International Seaweed Association.

Supporting ISS 2022

If you would like to support the International Seaweed Symposium in 2022 please contact the conference managers, Conference Design at leesa@conferencedesign.com.au.

The Destination

Tasmania is a place of wild and beautiful landscapes, friendly people with a relaxed island lifestyle, wonderful food and wine, and a haunting history evoked by world-famous convict ruins. It’s also Australia’s smallest state and the most geographically diverse with over 40 per cent reserved as national parks and world heritage wilderness. No matter where you go, whether you spend time in one place or drive around the island, we know you’ll be delighted by what you’ll find and surprised at how much bigger Tasmania is on the inside. www.discovertasmania.com.au

INTERNATIONAL SEAWEED ASSOCIATION

The International Seaweed Association (ISA) is an international organisation dedicated to the encouragement of research and development of seaweed and seaweed products. The mission of the ISA is to promote applied phycology on a global basis, and to stimulate interactions among researchers, industrialists and government representatives in all relevant institutions, organizations and industries and in all countries.

One of the main activities of the ISA is the organisation of a 3-yearly International Seaweed Symposium of which 20 have now taken place all over the world. The 23rd Symposium took place in Korea in 2019 and Australia will host the 24th Symposium in Hobart, Tasmania.