In this episode we speak to Ana Pinela, a Senior Innovation Consultant and Project Leader at Beta-I, with a PhD in Marine Sciences and Conservation of Biodiversity. Ana coordinates and manages Blue Economy and Bluetech projects such as the Atlantic Smart Port Blue Acceleration Network (AspBAN) in which Magellan also has a management role. 
Ana provides us with the a state-of -the-art of the ever more growing Blue Economy and discusses new concepts such as blue biotechnology, aquaculture and plastic substitutes.