Warm greetings from Prince of Songkla University (PSU), Hat Yai, Thailand! The Faculty of Science, PSU together with the Asian Pacific Phycological Association are pleased to announce the 2026 APPA Regional Forum, to be held on July 6-11, 2026 at the Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand.
Seaweed Blue Carbon for Climate Mitigation
Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University
Evening Welcome ice breaking (5:00-7:00pm)
APPA has the regular symposium called Asian Pacific Phycological Forum (APPF) in every 3 years. We had 2024 APPF in Sapporo, Japan and the next 2027 APPF scheduled in HoChiMin City, Vietnam. With 30th anniversary of APPA, we are planning a new challenge of co-hosting the satellite or regional symposiums, a specific theme-based, in between these 3 years-intervals.
The first launch of long journey of APPA’s Regional Forum was in Rongcheng, Shandong Province, China with the theme of “Kelp Aquacultures: from Current Issues to Future Scientific Development for Applications and Sustainability”. As globally well-known, China has the largest production of aquacultured seaweeds in the world and the Shandong Province coastal areas is the main location with various other marine cultivated organisms. So, this was the right place to co-host a symposium there.
In 2026, we decide to be a co-host together with Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University with the theme of seaweed blue carbon and the related sciences. This Regional Forum aims to foster collaborative seaweed/seagrass/mangrove blue carbon and the role of seaweed/seagrass/mangrove in carbon sequestration from all perspectives and various sectors, including representatives from government agencies, private sectors, and the public. This meeting is our second launch of long journey of APPA’s Regional Forum.