Tauranga will host an international marine biotechnology convention, which is being held in New Zealand for the first time this year.
The Blue2Green Marine Biotechnology Convention will take place from August 8 to August 10 in Tauranga.
Chairman of Coastal Science at the University of Waikato and director of the Coastal Marine Field Station Professor Chris Battershill would be chairing the convention.
He said Blue2Green was designed to splice research interests and explore new opportunities with a central theme of environmental sustainability linked to development of new high value marine industries.
"This convention will demonstrate how we can harness existing international excellence across marine biotechnological sciences to fast track sustainable wealth creation through novel application of marine biotechnologies, additionally examining how these very technologies can be used to aid repair or to strengthen environments under threat."