1. Demand-Driven Science: Industrial Algae
Madeline Combe
Domenic Svejkar
George Peppou
Sam intro 2min

2. Barriers for Algae research/Impact
Competing with capital intensive industries (biofuels)
Competing largely on cost as a production system
Great promise, significant investment, but no commercial operations yet.

3. There is significant investigation into algae, producing high quality research
Algae has enormous potential, however, there has been few profitable enterprises
Peter intro algae+CIA 2min

4. Algae – flexible, biological system
Strain development
Algae production
(Waste) water
Nutrient (waste)
Light
CO2 (atmospheric or industrial)
High value products
Fuel
High nutrient content
Mush
Automated and flexible processing
Energy
Ferment
Until now algae has focused on one input or one output as the investigation has been led by research and focused on one application at a time.
Algae’s value proposition is around flexible production, one system has the potential to produce several products, from a range of inputs. 1 product, multiple products, feeds multiple industries and social/environ issues
Low cost, negative carbon footprint, oils, carbs, proteins,
Properties – antibacterial, high nutrient, biodegradable, easy to grow,
Source
KPMG, Industrial Manufacturing Megatrends Research, 2014
CSIRO, Global Megatrends, 2015

5. Long term usage for Industrial algae
We will first discuss the end point, then how we will get there.
Algae, as a production system has the potential to produce functional fibres, peptide drugs, sophisticated polymers.
This is a production system which is globally relevant.

6. The end goal: Algae = Advanced manufacturing
Global Trends
Automation localisation
Energy/resource efficiency
Mass customisation
Algae’s Appeal
Could be localised and automated
Carbon negative production, can use waste as input
Flexible manufacturing infrastructure
Manufacturing clusters, automation, rapid decentralisation, mass customisation
Resource scarcity,
However, this is high risk, long term and hard to see commercial value to invest today
Bad press from biofuel investment and divestment
KPMG, Industrial Manufacturing Megatrends Research, 2014
CSIRO, Global Megatrends, 2015

7. How do we
get there?

8. Three horizons for Industrial Algae
Advanced manufacturing
20-30yrs
Military/disaster relief
Financial value and impact
5-10yrs
Global development
3-5yrs
The first step is global development
Time

9. Low skill manufacturing for developing nations
Anchor Product
Algae Production
Processing
Valuable Byproducts
Algae serves this niche by providing multiple products simaltaneously

10. Supporting global Development
Social need + significant global market
Algae Production (ponds, photo bioreactors)
Local, flexible processing infrastructure
Fuel, animal feed, energy
Local manufacturing to fulfill a social need, and support a global market.

11. Anchor Products
$42 Billion Globally 6.1% by 2022 $43.6 Billion Australia $220 Million Australia $17 Billion Australia
Whilst there are high barriers to entry in Australia (regulation mostly), this does not exist in many developing nations, supporting demand for alage research and creating the evidence base for these types of products

12. Research Opportunities to enable
Algae Strain Development Strain Hybridisation Rapid/Automated Strain Development Process Engineering, Optimisation, Automation Scaling processing Low Cost and Specific Polymer Production Low cost harvesting and dewatering
NEED TO ADD MORE AREAS?…

13. Three horizons for Industrial Algae
Advanced manufacturing
20-30yrs
Military/disaster relief
Financial value and impact
5-10yrs
Global development
3-5yrs
The first step is global development
Time

14. Fuel Food Water Cheap, Quick, Consistent and Integrated
Stationary generators
Infant feed
Animal feed
THIS COULD PROBABLY LOOK NICER…

15. Currently
$1.56 Trillion on Military Expenditure Globally $209 Billion on Disaster Relief Globally $25 Billion on AID Globally $20 Billion on UN Development

16. Three horizons for Industrial Algae
Advanced manufacturing
20-30yrs
Military/disaster relief
Financial value and impact
5-10yrs
Global development
3-5yrs
The first step is global development
Time

17. Potential avenues for research
Investigate scale up/down of algae production systems (ARC Grant application) Develop pilot system for deployment in developing nation (ACIAR + International engagement)
Others?

18. Potential avenues for Philanthropy
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Major donors
Others?

19. Engage manufacturers now
Advanced manufacturing
Military/disaster relief
Financial value and impact
Global development
The first step is global development
Time

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