SPINAQUA coordinator participated in the Kick-off Conference and the Management Committee Meeting of Ocean4Biotech COST action (CA18238), which were held in Piran, Slovenia between 4 and 7 February 2020. Ocean4Biotech is a European transdisciplinary networking platform for marine biotechnology. Manolis Mandalakis had the opportunity to present the basic concept of SPINAQUA project to more than 40 European scientists and researchers working in the field of marine biotechnology.