A one day workshop on Seaweeds Biotechnology particularly on Kappaphycus/Eucheuma and Gracilaria will be held at the Sulu Hotel, Matalino Road, Diliman, Quezon City on August 20, 2010 from 8:00am to 5:00pm. The objectives of the workshop is to bring seaweeds experts together to discuss and assess the status of seaweed biotechnology in the country, identify R&D gaps and address priority issues and problems of the seaweed industry, package multi-agency R&D Program on seaweed biotechnology and ultimately chart an R&D road map up to 2016.