The 2020 conference was trust to a scientific team of Algae Biomass and Energy System R&D Center (ABES), University of Tsukuba, euglena Co., and Algae Industry Incubation Consortium (AIIC), Japan to organize the 7th Congress of the Society in Chiba at Makuhari Messe from 19 to 24 April, 2020. Previous ISAP Congresses had achieved the role of bringing the people with their knowledge & skills in the field of applied phycology to develop further potential in a commercial, remedial or regulatory context. 
At the end of February 2020, under circumstances of the pandemic of COVID-19, the EC and LOC were forced to conclude to postpone the conference for one year. It was decided that the congress be postponed to 23 to 28 May, 2021 in Tsukuba at International Congress Center. In the middle of August 2020, under the continuous situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, the EC and LOC were forced again to conclude that the uncertainties of the current situation have not been changed, and less likely there will be a drastic improvement before May 2021. Thus, the 7^th ISAP has been moved to the online congress, starting from 14 May, 2021 until 13 August, 2021.

The final presentation and closing ceremony of the ISAP 2021 conference can be found here.
Additionally a report from the local organising committee (LOC) can be foind if you  click here.

The gerneral assembly presentation and summary of the conference can be found in the ISAP July 2021 Newsletter.

During the 5-days-congress, the academic and corporate community of applied phycology (microalgae and macroalgae-seaweeds) gathered in Nantes to participate to numerous activities : 560 attendees, 150 talks, 200 posters, 14 exhibitors, B2B meetings, young researcher workshops, Labs and R&D facilities visits and social events.

This event also hosted different meetings : ISAP General Assembly ; Atlantic Microalgae Consortium General Assembly ; meeting of the international scientific consortium WONDER « World Oilalg Network for Design of processes and  strains for Elaboration of Renewable energy from microalgae » (Murdoch-Australie, Tsukuba-Japon, Univ. California UCLA-USA, GEPEA-CNRS-Univ. Nantes France) ; « Seaweed at Stake » : Stakeholder meeting catalyzing future collaboration (Organized by  MAFOR/MARFORSTAKE and Phycomorph),and a public-conference for the Nantes Citizens (158 additional participants) : « Les algues : de la Biodiversité Marine à la conquête spatiale » by Colomban de Vargas (CNRS Station Biologique Roscoff, Tara Expeditions) and Christophe Lasseur (European Space Agency, Melissa Program).

For details visit https://isap2017.sciencesconf.org/

See official pictures of the congress: https://www.flickr.com/photos

The Biofuels Debate

The Great Biofuels Debate was held at ISAP2014 in Sydney.
A panel of experts with diverse fields of knowledge from aviation fuels, to energy sources and photosynthesis were presented with the question:

Is there hope for a future of sustainable algal biofuels?

International Society for Applied Phycology
5th Congress of ISAP, 2014, Sydney, Australia

We are all aware that in theory algae grow much faster than land plants and could provide the much needed biofuels biomass without competing with food resources, however the challenge has been economic viability. The term biofuels represents the use of living biomass for the conversion of chemical energy into diesel or ethanol types. A plethora of Blue Sky promises and unfounded statements have tarnished the trust in the concept of algal biofuels for the future, and controversial funding as well as rejection of the technology has been rife in this last decade of seeking viable biofuels.

In this public forum, representatives that were sceptics, visionaries and maybe grounded viewpoints by some of the most respected and long term innovators in this field presented their views.

• Brief report of debate including speakers details here.
• Members can access this debate by clicking here.

The 4th Congress of the International Society for Applied Phycology was held in Halifax, Canada from June 19th - 24th, 2011.

The 11th tri-annual International Conference on Applied Phycology was held at the National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland from  from 22nd of June to 27th of June 2008.

Report (PDF)