Ståle Walderhaug, 51, holds a PhD in computer science and IT systems development and has more than 25 years of experience at SINTEF. His work there has included IT solutions for the Norwegian Armed Forces Joint Medical Services, the development of FiskInfo—a digital tool widely used along the Norwegian coast—and projects for the smolt-production sector.…
Kristoffer Lindback Larsen is Founder and CTO of Evolys AS. Since its establishment in 2014, Evolys has taken a scientific approach to the use of technology-based lighting in Atlantic salmon and trout farming. As a Norwegian research and technology company, its work has focused primarily on understanding how optimal techno-economic performance and fish health can…
Nina Santi is Managing Partner in the consultancy INAQ and has broad experience in management, production, and research and development across the entire salmon value chain. INAQ has recently completed a wide-ranging analysis of structural characteristics in Norway’s smolt-production sector. In this presentation, Nina will share selected insights from that analysis. The findings will also…
Finn Weltzien is Director for the Aquaculture Division at Nofima. He is a trained zoophysiologist from the University of Bergen, and his research has focused particularly on the regulation of puberty and sexual maturation in fish. Since 2008, he has been a Professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU). Weltzien has extensive leadership…
Sigrun P. Eriksen is Biological Controller, Freshwater, for Mowi’s Region North. She holds a master’s degree in fisheries science from the Norwegian College of Fishery Science, and spent a summer semester at UC Berkeley through the Norwegian School of Entrepreneurship (Gründerskolen) at the University of Oslo. Sigrun joined Mowi in 2021. Until this year, she…
Anja Striberny is a scientist at Nofima’s Production Biology Department. She completed her PhD at UiT The Arctic University of Norway in 2018 and has since worked primarily on projects investigating how key environmental factors, such as light and temperature, affect fish physiology, health and welfare. Her particular focus is smolt production and how environmental…
Harald Ian Muri is a Research Scientist at SINTEF Ocean, where he works on light environments and lighting technology in aquaculture. He investigates how light sources, water quality and facility design affect the intensity, spectral composition and distribution of light in water, and how these factors relate to fish vision and biological responses to light.…
Kjetil Korsnes is the Chief Executive Officer of AquaPredict AS and holds a part-time position at Nord University in Bodø. He has extensive experience in fish health and salmon physiology, and his day-to-day work involves turning biological knowledge into practical tools for smolt production. In his presentation, he examines what truly characterises a good smolt—and…
Stian Rognlid is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Aquaticode, which develops AI-based systems for fish phenotyping and sorting. The company combines imaging technology, machine learning and robotics to enable early biological selection for survival and growth. This work is relevant to smolt producers seeking to use biological information in production and sorting decisions.
Christine Klykken is Research Director at Aqua Kompetanse, a knowledge and advisory company that provides evidence-based services to the aquaculture industry. She works to connect research, industry needs and regulations so that new knowledge can be put into practice. At the Smolt Conference, she will present work on novel blood-based smolt markers, including the opportunities…
