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…
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.…
Marit Stormoen qualified as a veterinarian in 2003 and began her career with the Norwegian Food Safety Authority in Sunnmøre, where her interest in both aquaculture and population medicine was sparked. She completed a PhD in epidemiology at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science (NVH), entitled Disease Control in Norwegian Marine Salmon Aquaculture. She subsequently…
Sonal Patel is a Senior Research Scientist in fish health at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute. She completed a PhD in molecular biology at the University of Bergen, specialising in halibut, and has worked for several years on fish health and disease transmission in halibut, cod and salmon at the Institute of Marine Research and the…
Christian Schellewald is a senior research scientist at SINTEF Ocean. His research focuses on computer vision and artificial intelligence, particularly methods for observing fish behaviour, health and welfare in aquaculture. He leads and contributes to research projects developing camera-based methods for monitoring individual salmon and welfare-related indicators under production conditions. He is also affiliated with…
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…
Eivind Farestveit Larsen is CEO of Searas AS, a Norwegian technology company developing solutions for water quality, production optimisation and aquaculture. He holds an MSc in Physics and has extensive experience of leading large, complex technology projects. At Searas, he works with a multidisciplinary team with expertise in water chemistry, process technology, biological production systems…
Marius Nilsen is a researcher at NORCE and has several years of experience as a technician in the Aquaculture and Marine Biodiversity research group. In addition to collecting and processing biological samples, he has contributed to data analysis in several major projects related to fish health, welfare and stress in salmonids. This has also been…
Gaute Alexander Nedberg Helberg is responsible for smolt and RAS biology at Lerøy Seafood Group. He holds a PhD from UiT The Arctic University of Norway, focusing on the acoustic monitoring of Atlantic salmon in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). His work combines fish welfare, production biology and data analysis to develop methods that can provide…
