Speakers 2024
Bård Ludvig Thorheim
Bård Ludvig is a Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party (Høyre) and represents Nordland. He holds a degree in political science from the University of Oslo, in addition to having completed officer training in the Armed Forces. He has a background in the Foreign Service with assignments in Colombo and Washington DC, and has worked as a political advisor for Ine Eriksen Søreide and Børge Brende.
Bjørn Ellingsen
Bjørn completed his master's degree in fish health at the University of Tromsø in 2019, where his thesis focused on various smoltification regimes and the use of salt feed. After this, he began his career at PHARMAQ and PHARMAQ Analytiq, where he has spent the past five years working as a Technical Customer Manager, overseeing several clients in Northern Norway in both diagnostics and vaccines.
Ingunn Sommerseth
Ingunn is the Section Leader for Aquatic Biosafety at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute and the editor of the Fish Health Report. Before joining the Norwegian Veterinary Institute, she spent 14 years working on vaccine development for MSD Animal Health. Ingunn holds a PhD from the University of Bergen.
Jakob Mo
Jakob graduated as a veterinarian from the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science in 2022 and has since worked as a veterinarian at the aquaculture company SinkabergHansen. Here, he works with fish health monitoring of Atlantic salmon during the sea phase of production. A large part of his daily work is also combined with clinical research, with heart health in salmon being a top priority.
Jesse Trushenski
Jesse er R&D Manager i Nordly Holding og overser en rekke ulike forskningsinitiativer for selskapene i konsernet. Som en av verdens fremste eksperter på fiskeernæring, har hun hatt en essensiell rolle i utviklingen av Polarfeed-fôr som har levert overbevisende resultater. I USA har Jesse hatt en rekke ledende akvakulturstillinger både i det offentlige og det private, og fungerer fortsatt som rådgiver for Riverence, som selskapets Chief Science Officer.
Jim-Roger Nordly
Jim-Roger started small as a feed agent and vaccinator in the late 1980s, but has gradually built up a number of aquaculture companies in nutrition, pharmaceuticals, R&D, and production. Among these are Polarfeed, ACD Pharma, and Paradigm Aquatic, in addition to STIM, in which he has retained a significant ownership stake after its sale to Summa Equity earlier this year.
Jon Hindar
Jon has worked with Summa Equity since 2017 and is Chair for 4 portfolio companies in Summa; Milarex, Olink Proteomics, Nofitech and Waterise.
Jon has had several CEO and Board seats in both public and private companies the last 30+ years.
Kristoffer Karstensen
Kristoffer is a third-generation fish farmer at E. Karstensen Fish Farming. He has worked on the farm his entire life, serving as the site manager for the family business for the past six years. Kristoffer has also completed a TAF education in aquaculture in Måløy.
Lars Konrad Johnsen
Lars Konrad is a co-founder of the Northern Norwegian consulting company Nordaførr and one of the initiators behind the establishment of the offshore aquaculture company Utror. He holds a degree in Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics. Before founding Nordaførr, Lars Konrad worked as an equity analyst responsible for the seafood industry at Fearnley Securities and Carnegie.
Lasse Solgren
Lasse is the Head of Juvenile Fish Production at Salaks Settefisk and is passionate about biology and technology. His aquaculture career began right after high school with Arctic char farming in Vesterålen, where his interest in aquaculture was sparked. He then pursued aquaculture studies at Nord University in Bodø. Afterward, he returned home to Lødingen as Operations Manager at Lødingen Fisk before joining his current employer in 2016.
Magnus Devold
Magnus is one of the founders of Patogen, which houses Northern Europe's largest laboratory for genetic technology analysis. He holds degrees in fish health and marine biology and has worked as a researcher in fish health and genetic technology. Following the sale of Patogen, Magnus has taken on several roles within the aquaculture industry and currently operates as a business developer, consultant, and investor.
Marcela Delgado
Marcela Delgado, MVet, is the CEO and Co-founder of Sudvet Corp., which develops natural solutions for sustainable aquaculture. With over 25 years of experience in aquaculture, she has held key roles, including fish health and production manager. For the past 12 years, Marcela has collaborated globally with researchers and partners to create effective, eco-friendly alternatives to antibiotics and antiparasitic. Leading to the introduction of products such as Aq Bliss, to promote animal welfare, Lyptus, Rosseus Plus, and Aware Plus, to enhance sea lice control strategies, C3COS to prevent bacterial diseases, and AQ Biocare Plus that improves fish skin immunity.
Mathias Andersen
Mathias has a background as a veterinarian at both Marin Helse and Åkerblå before being hired by STIM in the spring of 2021. There, he quickly took on responsibility for overseeing various projects and ongoing research, primarily within smoltification. Mathias has now been recruited by the newly established Nordly Holding company, SeaCure.
Ole Marius Farstad
Ole Marius is Head of Sales at Polarfeed and has a background in salmon export and smolt production. He served as the managing director at Fossing Storsmolt from 2016 to 2022. He holds a degree as a Fishery Candidate from the Norwegian College of Fisheries in Tromsø.
Øyvind Kileng
Øyvind er Senior Development Scientist i ACD Pharma, hvor han arbeider med spennende nye bakteriofagprodukter til havbruksnæringen. Han har en sterk akademisk bakgrunn, toppet med en doktorgrad i fiskevirologi og immunologi fra 2008, påfulgt av 4 år som Post Doc ved Universitetet i Tromsø og Nofima. Han har også bakgrunn fra STIM og Ellingsen Seafood, hvor han var settefiskansvarlig og kvalitetsleder.
Sigbjørn Aanes
Sigbjørn has a background as the communications director for the Conservative Party (Høyre) and, prior to the 2013 parliamentary election, he was responsible for Erna Solberg's media appearances and press handling. Things couldn't have gone much better, as Erna became Prime Minister and Sigbjørn followed suit as her state secretary for the next four years. After stepping down from the position of state secretary, Sigbjørn became a senior advisor and partner at the communications agency First House.
Siri Vike
Siri Vike is the Director of Fish Health and Welfare at Ovum AS, a supplier of closed production systems for sea-based fish farming. With 26 years of experience in aquaculture and fish health, she has held various roles and leadership positions both in Norway and internationally. She holds a PhD from the University of Bergen, focusing on transmission pathways and prevention of the ILA virus in Chile.
Solveig van Ness
Solveig founded the company Marine Prospects in 2018, where she offers research, communication, and consultancy services within seafood production and the marine environment. Van Nes began her career at the research institute Nofima and has also worked at the environmental foundation Bellona and the communications agency Creuna.
Stian Lernes
Stian Lernes was introduced to aquaculture from a young age, growing up in a family business, R. Lernes AS. He later served as an operations manager at both Måsøval Fish Farming and Lerøy. Prior to his current position as Regional Sales Manager at Patogen, Stian spent three years as a customer manager at STIM.