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International Society for Applied Phycology
General Meeting of the Assembly- Kunming, China, 28 July 2005
(16.00-17.40, meeting room 1)
Agenda:
1.
Welcome
2.
President's Report
3.
Treasurer's Report
4.
Amendments to the by-laws (by the President elect)
5.
Matters for discussion

Newsletter

Web-Site

Joint meetings with other societies

Journal of Applied Phycology (by the President elect)

Next Conference (2008)
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Annual Dues
6.
Election of the EC for the term 2005 - 2008
7.
Closure
Brief report of the President on
the activities of the International
Society for Applied Phycology
for the period 2002 to 2005
The Society - from the foundation in Montecatini, Italy
(1999) to the Kunming (China) Conference (2005)
During the 8th meeting of the International Association for
Applied Algology held in Montecatini (Italy) on 29 September
1999, the decision was taken to form the International Society
for Applied Phycology (ISAP). Prof. Johan Grobbelaar was
elected as President and Prof. Mario R. Tredici as President
Elect. Prof. Roberto de Philippis accepted to be the first
Secretary/ Treasurer.
Three years later, on 30 May 2002, during the 1st meeting of the
ISAP in Almeria (Spain) Prof. Mario R. Tredici took the
Presidency and Prof. Michael Borowitzka was elected as
President Elect. Prof. Roberto de Philippis accepted to continue
his activity as Secretary/ Treasurer.
Today, in Kunming, the President Elect, Prof. Michael
Borowitzka will take the Presidency, and the Assembly will Elect
an Executive Committee that will nominate one of its member
“President Elect”.
The Executive Committee (2002-2005)
In Almeria (2002) an Executive Committee was elected and
consisted of the following members
To them all:
thank you very
much for the
continuous
help and
support
Amha Belay
Michael A. Borowitzka
Graziella Chini Zittelli
Alan T. Critchley
Johan U. Grobbelaar
Miguel Guerrero
Yuan Kun Lee
Ralph A. Lewin
Yong-ding Liu
Emilio Molina Grima
Arnaud Muller-Feuga
Luuc R. Mur
Otto Pulz
Phang Siew Moi
Olav M. Skulberg
Giuseppe Torzillo
Avigad Vonshak
Rene Wijffels
Brian A. Whitton
USA
Australia
Italy
Namibia
South Africa
Spain
Singapore
USA
China
Spain
France
The Netherlands
Germany
Malaysia
Norway
Italy
Israel
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
Graziella Chini Zittelli, Avigad Vonshak and Giuseppe
Torzillo resigned in 2003 and their place was taken by
Sammy Boussiba (Israel), Shigetoh Miyachi (Japan) and
Amos Richmond (Israel).
Honorary members of the ISAP:
In Almeria (2002) the following scientists received from the ISAP
the title of Distinguished Applied Phycologist for their outstanding
contibution to this field of science:
Prof. Hiroaki Iwamoto
Prof. Ralph Lewin
Prof. Riccardo Materassi
Prof. Shigetoh Miyachi
Prof. William J. Oswald
Prof. Amos Richmond
Prof. Hiroaki Iwamoto passed away on the 1st of
December 2004. His wife wrote to the President of the
ISAP expressing her appreciation that the Society had
honoured Prof. Iwamoto with the title of Distinguished
Applied Phycologist.
Membership
To date the Society has 170 full members, 31 student members and a
corporate member.
Web Site
Thanks to the work of Roberto de Philippis, the Society web-site, where information about
the Society life, events, and the association forms can be found, is regularly updated.
Awards 2005
The Society will honour three senior scientists who have distinguished themselves in the
applied phycology field. The Awards will be announced this evening at the Banquet.
Constitution
The by laws of the Society need to be modified to help the transition. Modifications and
additions will be brought by the President Elect to the consideration and acceptance of the
General Assembly.
Finances
Through the work of our Secretary/Treasurer we managed to end the term with a positive
bank balance of about Euro 1800. Details will follow in the Treasurer’s report.
Organization of courses and congresses
Curso de Posgrado "Biotecnologia,
Cultivo y Aprovechamiento Integral
de las Microalgas (Trelew, Chubut)
 The Course was organized by the Facultad de Ciencias Naturales of the
Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia (Prof. Isabel Espindola, Dr. Edith
Bocca, Dr. Cesar Arias)
 54 students (from Argentina, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Costa Rica,
Venezuela) attended the course
 19 students could attend thanks to the support from the ISAP
 All the students have expressed their appreciation and most of them the
wish that the course might be repeated in the future.
 During the course, 14 new members joined the Society
Curso de Actualización Profesional
“Curso Regional de Postgrado en Biotecnología de Microalgas”
29 November - 7 December 2004
(Puntarenas - Costa Rica)
Ofrecido por: Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Laboratorio Biotecnología de Microalgas (LABMA),
Universidad Nacional (UNA) y la Escuela de Biología, Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y
Limnología (CIMAR), Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR). Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
Coordenadoras: Clemencia León; Margarita Silva
Expertos invitados:
Dr. Avigad Vonshak, Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University, Israel.
Dr. Sammy Boussiba, Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University, Israel.
Dr. Giuseppe Torzillo, Centro di Studio dei Microorganismi Autotrofi – CNR, Scandici,
Italia.
ISAP supported two students that could thus attend the course
CLABA 2004
ISAP promoted and supported the organisation of the
1st Latin American Congress on Algal Biotechnology
(CLABA 2004) which was held in October 2004 in Buenos Aires.
Organized by the Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales de la Universidad de Buenos
Aires (Dr. Visitacion Conforti, Dr. Monica Storni, Dr. Cristina Zaccaro, Dr. Gloria Zulpa)
 the congress was declared of national significance by the Senate
 more than 100 participants
 9 young researchers and students from Latin America could attend thanks to the support from the ISAP
12 lectures and numerous posters were presented by members of our society. The support of ISAP was
much appreciated and formally recognized by the organizers.
 during the symposium, 13 new members joined the Society
 The 2nd Latin American Symposium on Algal Biotechnology will be held in Xalapa (Veracruz, Mexico)
in 2007. For Information  Prof. Eugenia Olguin
Activities discussed or planned, but not finalised
1 – The following ad hoc “Committee on standards and quality control of algae
for human consumption” was appointed:
Amha Belay (USA)
M. Borowitzka (Australia)
Alan Critchley (South Africa)
J. Grobbelaar (South Africa)
Yong-Ding Liu (China)
O. Pulz (Germany)
B. Whitton (G.B.)
M. Tredici (Italy)
A. Ben Amotz
TASKS
• establish a database of all producers of algae and algal products used in food.
•
put together a complete inventory of existing official and unofficial standards including QC data from
actual producers
•
compile a list of the potential key regulatory agencies in as many countries as possible, but in
particular the EC, USA, Australia, India, Japan, China, Korea, etc.
2 - A course on Algal Biotechnology to be held in Africa was suggested by Dr. Amha Belay
3 - A course on Basic and Applied Phycology to be held in Wageningen (The Netherlands) was
discussed with Prof. R. Wijffels, who diligently prepared a detailed programme
4 - A training workshop on Algal Biotechnology, to be organised in Malaysia, jointly with APSAP, was
discussed with Prof. Phang Siew Moi.
Acknowledgements
The support from the EC, as well as that of Roberto de Philippis, is greatly acknowledged.
A special word of thanks deserves the LOC of the Kunming Congress.
Prof. Mario R. Tredici
President