The CIIMAR is present at the Oceans Business Week (OBW) organized by the AIP Foundation and the Portuguese Ministry of the Sea, between 2 - 4 of June 2016 at Lisbon Congress Centre. 

The OBW is a technological and scientific show with a strong component of innovation, universities, technology centers, incubators and accelerators centers of companies, start ups, public administration structures.

The CIIMAR exhibited examples of its own research in areas such as Marine Biotechnology, Aquaculture, and Ecosystems Services with: a "Biotech Pipeline", an acrylic structure that illustrates the researcher work since collecting an organism until obtain a bioactive compound; an “Integrated Multi Trophic Aquaculture”,  a system that allows increasing aquaculture production in a sustainable manner; and a "Hyperbaric Chamber" allowing to recreate aquatic environments with very high pressures.