Why Attend
Showcasing the Most Exciting Innovation Across Nutrition, Health and Digital Innovation
Now in its 3rd year, the Aquaculture Innovation Summit is a major part of the Animal Health Innovation series, which focuses on showcasing and supporting innovation and sustainability initiatives in three key areas of aquaculture: nutrition, health and digital.
Our objective at this two-day event is to bring to light cutting-edge modern technologies and solutions that are helping shape one of the most important industries for the future of global protein.
Below is a preview of some of the topics to be discussed:
- Innovation Showcase: The 12 most exciting innovations in aqua across nutrition, health and digital, each seeking financial investment and strategic partnership
- Digital Trends: How innovative companies are using digital and tech solutions to prevent disease
- Tech & Productivity: What challenges are seafood producers currently facing and what technology can make an impact on productivity?
- Health and Nutrition Trends: Oral Vaccines, Medicated Feed Additives and Fish Microbiome
- Global Focus: Trends in the aquaculture markets in Latin America and Asia.
- Expanded focus on species: What are the opportunities for innovation in Tilapia and Shrimp?
Highlights from 2018
Who Will Be There
Innovation Showcase
Deadline for submissions: 28th June 2019
Showcase applicants are eligible for a discounted ticket to come and meet the investors face-to-face at this year's meeting in September.
The Agenda
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In the News
We've been featured!
This 'golden age of aquaculture investors’ is the perfect time for start-ups in the industry to find investment for their innovative new products. Jenny Hjul at FISHupdate spoke to these investors at the Aquaculture Innovation Summit this week and discusses her learnings in her article here.
Entocycle, winners of the Nutrition Innovation Showcase pitching their technologies
Organising Committee
Yorán Meijers
Sarai Kemp
Ian Thompson
Tom Prins
Matthias Hofer
Björgólfur Hávardsson
Carsten Krome
Christian Rangen
Jason Cleaversmith
Oliver Hardcastle
Testimonials
"Exciting showcase of innovations in Aqua supporting challenges of the industry today and in the future"
Louise Buttle, Technology Lead Coldwater, Cargill Aqua Nutrition
"A vibrant and dynamic event that attracted a high calibre of speakers and delegates alike"
Rob Fletcher, Senior Editor, The Fish Site
"This was another successful conference building on last year’s event. There was lots of content - we were certainly kept busy and engaged throughout. It was a great opportunity to catch up with innovators and industry players, and to make some new contacts"
Jamie Stein, Devonian Capital
"A relevant and good network opportunity for startups"
Ole Jacob Myre, CEO, Quantidoc AS
"Energetic and enthusiastic discussion with industry experts and leaders"
Sandra Hogg, Director of Biology, Chalante
"Very interesting speakers talking about cutting edge technology"
Vaughn Entwistle, Features Editor, International Aquafeed
Speakers & Investors
John Coast Sullenger
Christian Nordby
Christian Olsen Nordby is a fish-farming analyst in Oslo covering all the major Norwegian salmon farmers. He has also covered Norwegian retail companies at Kepler Cheuvreux. Before joining Kepler Cheuvreux, he was a sell-side high-yield credit analyst at Swedbank covering the shipping and transportation sector. Christian holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration (NHH).
Amy Novogratz
Co-founder and Managing Partner of Aqua-Spark, a pioneer investment fund for sustainable aquaculture. Aqua-Spark is a global investment fund with a mission to transform the global aquaculture industry into one that is healthier, more sustainable and more accessible. They invest in aquaculture companies across the value chain, from farming operations to alternative feed ingredients, disease battling, technology, all the way to consumer facing aquaculture products. These companies are solving some of the industry’s big challenges while bringing returns that are comparable to today’s traditional industry. The portfolio works as an ecosystem, with the companies agreeing to collaborate on optimal solutions, and working together toward this shared vision of a more efficient global aquaculture industry.
Prior to Aqua-Spark Amy served as director of the TED Conference’s annual TED Prize for almost a decade, leading more than twenty global collaborations across a broad spectrum of sectors, including healthcare, education, science, technology, conservation, art, and activism. With TED, her list of notable projects include: Sylvia Earle’s Mission Blue, Jamie Oliver’s Food revolution, JR’s Inside Out Project, and Bono’s One.org among others. Amy met her partner/ co-founder through ocean conservation work connected to Sylvia Earle’s Mission Blue. With Aqua-Spark Amy serves on the boards of Love the Wild, eFishery, and Xpert Sea and Energaia.
Yorán Meijers
Yorán is an Analyst at Anterra Capital. He is primarily responsible for deal sourcing and execution with a focus on digital technologies. He is also involved in portfolio management.
Prior to joining Anterra, Yorán was active as a researcher in the Creative Machines Lab at Columbia University, focused on developing novel cooking techniques for 3D food printing applications. Before that, he has worked at the process technology department at Heinz and the product and process development department at Cargill.
Yorán holds a MSc in Sustainable Food Process Engineering and a BSc in Food Technology from Wageningen University with a BSc minor in Food Business and Management from UC Davis.
Sarai Kemp
As VP Business Development for Trendlines Agtech since 2012, Sarai Kemp is responsible for directing the business and financial development and fund-raising strategies and activities for early-stage portfolio companies developing innovative technologies and products in aquaculture, food production, biopesticides and agrochemicals, and other related sectors. Trendlines Agtech is part of The Trendlines Group (www.trendlines.com). Trendlines invents, discovers, invests in, and incubates innovation-based medical and agricultural technologies, and is involved in all aspects of its portfolio companies from technology development to business building.
Sarai brings more than 12 years’ experience in agricultural, consumer goods, and high-tech industries, including in sales, marketing, and business development for international companies such as Afimilk and Keter Plastic. She has worked intensively with companies in East Asia.
Sarai received an MBA from Haifa University and a B.A. from Tel Aviv University.
Ian Thompson
Tom Prins
Tom manages the process of screening new business opportunities for Aqua-Spark and negotiating new investments. He has been directly involved throughout the investment process for the majority of the current Aqua-Spark portfolio, ranging from investments in feed ingredients, technology, health, genetics and production. Tom joined Aqua-Spark in 2015. Prior to Aqua-Spark, he worked in the Gulf region with the Netherlands Agricultural Attaché for GCC countries and the Netherlands Embassy in the Sultanate of Oman, where he conducted research on the development of local aquaculture industry. He has also spearheaded transnational events to elevate public and private dialogue on emerging opportunities in aquaculture. Tom received a Master in Business Geography from Utrecht University. A fervent surfer, Tom is dedicated to conserving the ocean for future generations.
Matthias Hofer
Matthias Hofer is a business leader with broad international experience and strength in sales, strategy and execution. He served on the executive committees of 2 major Animal Health companies for a total of 7 years.
Matthias lives in Switzerland with his wife and his two children. After completing his Master‘s degree at the University of St.Gallen (HSG), he started working for Novartis Animal Health (NAH) in Sydney, Australia in a project support role, serving the APAC region.
In 2006, Matthias was promoted first to Strategic Planning Manager for NAH and from there to Head of Strategy for the Animal Health Division. Between 2009 – 2013 Matthias led NAH’s Aqua Health business globally. This business today is amongst the top few companies in the Aqua-health industry.
During 2014 and with Elanco’s intention to buy NAH, Matthias served as integration leader for NAH on the Novartis side. In that role Matthias led a large team and efforts to prepare integration pre-closing overall including carve-out preparations of operations linked to Novartis.
Once Elanco and NAH successfully merged, Matthias took on the role as Global Leader Emerging Business within Elanco. In that function Matthias was responsible for a total of five fast growing business areas, including Aqua, Vaccines, Enzymes and others.
Most recently Matthias has joined Stonehaven Consulting Group as a partner.
Stonehaven
Björgólfur Hávardsson
Björgólfur Hávardsson MSc, is the Innovation Manager with the Seafood Innovation Cluster, a Norwegian Centre of Expertise member based out of Bergen, Norway.
After three decades of multiple biological roles in the aquaculture industry, Mr. Hávardsson has an extensive knowledge of the biological possibilities and challenges in modern salmon farming. Through working in the industry on such diverse fields as fish counting, biomass estimation, smoltification, fish welfare, feeding systems and -behaviour as well as writing practical books on netfouling in Europe and South America, Hávarðsson is experienced in developing and presenting ideas and practical methods through courses, presentations and articles in several languages.
Mr. Hávardsson holds a Master´s degree in Aquaculture Biology from the University of Bergen (UIB) and a degree from an executive program in Strategy and Branding in the seafood industry from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).
Carsten Krome
Carsten worked as a technical analyst for an aquaculture investment fund before launching Alimentos Ventures. He oversaw equity investments in various aquaculture feed, health, IT and production start-ups.
Carsten holds a PhD in aquaculture nutrition from the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling.
Christian Rangen
Christian Rangen is a serial entrepreneur, strategy advisor and early-stage investor.
He works with startups, scale-ups and large corporates to help build better business models and new growth companies.
Chris is the founder of X2 Labs – a startup factory, one of the most ambitious accelerator programs in the Nordics. X2 Labs is a venture builder, building entirely new startups around the industries of the future. Recent programs include “Smart City”, “Digital Tourism”, “Ocean Space” and “Aquaculture of Tomorrow”. In his various roles, he has helped fund, build or scale close to 100 startups over the past 10 years. Currently, he is chairman, board member and hands-on advisor to 15+ startups, several in aquaculture and seafood.
He is also a strategy & transformation advisor to global firms, with clients in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Dubai and Europe.
Chris is also senior faculty at BI- Norwegian Business School, management author, keynote speaker and avid kitesurfer.
He resides in Norway, but travels globally for projects, clients and investment opportunities.
Elisabeth Øvstebø
Jason Cleaversmith
Jason Cleaversmith is now an Independent Aquaculture Expert. He joined the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) in April 2015 with a mandate to help transform the relationship between Industry and Academia, whilst concurrently facilitating economic growth for the Aquaculture Sector.
Prior to joining SAIC he was the Head of the Novartis Aqua Health presence on Prince Edward Island, Canada where he oversaw 4 facilities, 125 staff and both R&D and Manufacturing related activities. Before joining Novartis, Dr. Cleaversmith led the Bioscience portfolio on behalf of the Province of Prince Edward Island and was responsible for the growth and economic development of the cluster by way of both inward investment and existing company growth.
His career spans time in Blue Chip organizations through to frontline SME positions in roles such as Business Development Director and Head of Operations. In addition, he was a member of the Executive at the Scottish Association for Marine Science and ledfrom inception the development of their commercial subsidiary and technology / knowledge transfer activities, including the building and population of the European Centre for Marine Biotechnology. Subsequently he has worked within the marine biotechnology sector, focusing on natural product discovery for the nutri-, cosme- and pharmaceutical sectors.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, Chartered Manager and is a member of the Institute of Directors. Prior voluntary positions include chair of the board for the University of Prince Edward Islands technology transfer office (Synapse), Vice Chair of the PEI BioAlliance and participated on the steering committee for the biotechnology program at Holland College.
Jason is a graduate of Edinburgh University, Scotland, with a major in Geology followed by a PhD in Marine Geochemistry and has subsequently completed an Executive MBA with the University of Glasgow, where he gained a Distinction.
Oliver Hardcastle
Richard Sibbit
As Managing Director at DBT, we deliver web, mobile, digital, data management & business intelligence solutions across the global Animal Health and Agricultural supply chain. We provide our customers with a blend of technology, knowledge and talent to solve their business problems.
As a part of Proagrica, we deliver Precision Animal Health and Precision Agriculture solutions providing our customers with data insight, traceability, correlation and predictive analysis.
I work with our varying customer base on strategic growth and planning where technology is an enabler for streamlining and improving processes and enabling business growth and ROI. We offer our customers solutions where integration of key technology and solutions adds value to the business and customer experience, delivers successful services and enables consistent and consolidated communications.
My experience covers integration and EDI solutions, business strategy, business planning and sales of varying solutions that cover eSolutions, web sites, business management solutions, strategic partnership solutions (rebate, loyalty, promotions) and data management and BI solutions. I spend a lot of time with our customers delivering and planning a solution foundation. This focuses on developing strategic roadmaps and business plans to deliver a growing and innovative technology platform enabling revenue growth and operational cost savings. In turn this allows standardization of business applications and services to be deployed regionally and globally within our customers organizations.
Petter I. Jenssen
Neil Wendover
Neil’s passion revolves around the science of aquaculture & it's place in the biz world & together the social & financial impact this can have. Within that space he enjoys strategy, innovation & leadership. Neil has held various strategic, marketing and business development positions across the aquaculture value chain from seafood production through aquatic veterinary health, feed and nutrition and is now the Aquaculture Product Line Dir. for Cargill Digital Insights. Neil has lived & worked in key aquaculture economies across Asia, Europe, Africa & the Americas.
Hemang Rishi
Gerard Chia
Gerard heads the fund's business development efforts and is part of the deal sourcing and investment team of VisVires New Protein (VVNP), a Singapore-based Venture Fund focused on innovative solutions to the acute inefficiencies of the food and feed industry. They look for disruptive technologies to improve the interaction between food and health, solutions to tackle food waste, food safety & traceability, and to address the unsustainability of the protein production system.
Most recently, Gerard was the right-hand to the former Chairman of the holding co. of the Firmenich Group, where he was Head of Special Projects investing across multiple asset classes. Previously, he was an Investment Analyst with Saratoga Capital, an Indonesia-focused private equity fund.
Joost Matthijssen
Tony Chen
Matthew Tebeau
Larry Feinberg
Larry Feinberg, PhD. is an entrepreneurial industrial biotechnologist and the CEO and co-founder of KnipBio. He has expertise in early-stage technology ventures, bio-product discovery and large-scale commercialization initiatives. With the advanced biofuel technology firm Mascoma Corporation, Larry held leadership responsibilities in scientific discovery and business development roles. Spearheading the Organism Discovery group, Larry oversaw bioprospecting and strain development duties. Leading the New Business Opportunities team, he was responsible for multiple commercial candidates including the development of the cellulosic ethanol biorefinery initiative in Alberta, Canada which he directed from concept through advanced engineering. In total, Larry co-authored and received greater than $80MM of Canadian government investment through three separate awards.
Larry’s technical training occurred at the University of Massachusetts where he obtained his PhD through his studies of the biogeochemistry, physiology and genetics of hyperthermophile microbes living in extreme environments. Some of the ecologies he has sampled include approximately 20 different hot springs, landfills, agricultural compost piles and industrial facilities. Prior to his graduate training, Larry ran a small family business for 5 years and was a high school teacher before that.
James Millar
Mihir Pershad
Morten Nordstad
Geoff Smart
Avrim Lazar
Avrim Lazar, Principle Consultant to the Global Salmon Initiative Avrim Lazar was President & CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada, from January 1, 2002 until April 1 2012.
He was chair of the Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood Products (ACPWP) to the United Nations.
Mr. Lazar has held senior policy positions in the government of Canada in the Ministries of Justice, Agriculture, Environment and Human Resource Development. During this period he was responsible for national policy in areas as diverse as climate change, biodiversity, child poverty, employment insurance and labor force training.
Mr. Lazar was Chair of the Committee of the Whole of the Second UN Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in 1995. He also chaired the National Business Association Roundtable and is the Past-President of the International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA).
Mr. Lazar taught high school in Vancouver and Zambia from 1969 to 1973. Over the years, Mr. Lazar has given many courses in the graduate studies programs at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University.
Mr. Lazar holds degrees in science and education, including a B.Sc (1968) from McGill University, a B.Ed (1970) and a PhEd in Ed (1976) from the University of Ottawa
Jamie Stein
Event Partners
Elanco
Website: http://www.elanco.com
Elanco provides comprehensive products and knowledge services to improve animal health and food-animal production in more than 70 countries around the world. We value innovation, both in scientific research and daily operations, and strive to cultivate a collaborative work environment for more than 6,500 employees worldwide. Together with our customers, we are committed to raising awareness about global food security, and celebrating and supporting the human-animal bond. We understand the powerful role healthy animals play in making lives better. We support the physical, emotional and social well-being of people thru a balanced diet rich in protein and the companionship of a pet. And, we preserve the health of the planet by helping farmers raise animals more efficiently. Since our start at Eli Lilly and Company in 1954, Elanco has been working to empower our customers—from veterinarians to food producers to all those concerned with animal health—to address these global challenges, and advance a vision of food and companionship enriching life. Visit us at Elanco.com and EnoughMovement.com.
MSD Animal Health
For more than a century, MSD, a leading global biopharmaceutical company, has been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world’s most challenging diseases. MSD Animal Health, a division of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., USA, is the global animal health business unit of MSD. Through its commitment to the Science of Healthier Animals®, MSD Animal Health offers veterinarians, farmers, pet owners and governments one of the widest ranges of veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines and health management solutions and services as well as an extensive suite of digitally connected identification, traceability and monitoring products. MSD Animal Health is dedicated to preserving and improving the health, well-being and performance of animals and the people who care for them. It invests extensively in dynamic and comprehensive R&D resources and a modern, global supply chain. MSD Animal Health is present in more than 50 countries, while its products are available in some 150 markets. For more information, visit www.msd-animal-health.com/ or connect with us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Argenta
Website: http://www.argentaglobal.com
Argenta Limited, founded in 2006, is the world’s only combined contract research organization (CRO) and contract manufacturing organization (CMO) specializing in animal health. With accredited operations and facilities across New Zealand, the United States and Scotland, Argenta is fully equipped to offer a full range of products and services - from access to innovative intellectual property, formulations research and development (R&D), analytical methods development, clinical trial management through to pilot- technical transfer and commercial-scale manufacturing - to the global animal health industry. Argenta’s 400+ global team develops and exports products and services to over 40 countries.
A privately-owned company headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, Argenta brings innovation, R&D and manufacturing expertise together in one global company. This makes it ideally placed to accommodate unique product requirements no matter the scale or complexity. Argenta’s facilities in New Zealand, the United States (Iowa, Kansas and New Jersey) and Europe (Scotland) enable the achievement of significant efficiencies in product development and technology transfer, and to provide market intelligence and in-depth knowledge of market preferences in different countries as required.
Argenta is honoured to work with a vast range of clients globally - from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to some of the largest industry players. Argenta has the R&D capabilities and manufacturing scale to service the requirements of the largest multinationals, while, at the other end of the spectrum, Argenta works with startups and small companies with great ideas to help them find solutions and bring their ideas to fruition.
For more information, please visit www.argentaglobal.com.
The Department for International Trade (DIT)
Website: https://www.great.gov.uk/
The Department for International Trade (DIT) helps businesses export and grow into global markets. We also help overseas companies locate and grow in the UK - our services are provided in over 100 markets throughout the world.
We secure UK and global prosperity by promoting and financing international trade and investment, and championing free trade.
We are an international economic department, responsible for:
- bringing together policy, promotion and financial expertise to break down barriers to trade and investment, and help businesses succeed
- delivering a new trade policy framework for the UK as we leave the EU
- promoting British trade and investment across the world
- building the global appetite for British goods and services
Media Partners
Animal Pharm
Website: https://animalpharm.agribusinessintelligence.informa.com
We have been providing animal health professionals worldwide with news, analysis and insight for over 30 years, and cover the food producing animal and companion animal sectors. With extensive information on animal health products including antiparasitics, vaccines, pharmaceuticals, feed, feed additives and equipment.
Features include:
- Analysis of business and company news
- Reporting on key players in the industry
- Market developments and trends
- Analysis of the latest global regulatory changes
- News on product research and development
- Expert opinion and analysis
Fish Waste for Profit 2019
Website: https://www.icefishconference.com/e-commerce
Fish Waste for Profit 2019 is the 3rd edition of the Icelandic Fisheries Conference, which will run separately to the IceFish Exhibition for the first time from 10-11 April 2019.
The conference will highlight the ways to maximise the return on investment (ROI) from seafood products by using as much of the fish as possible and discarding a minimal amount during processing and will feature case studies from an international cohort of industry leading speakers.
This is a must attend event for those looking to discover new innovations and industry insights, and to develop relations with key industry stakeholders.
Book your delegate pass here: https://www.icefishconference.com/e-commerce
For further information about speaking, sponsoring or attending as a delegate, contact the Events team on +44 1329 825335
The Fish Site
Website: http://thefishsite.com
The Fish Site is a knowledge sharing platform with premium news, analysis and resources for the aquaculture and commercial fishing industries. It also publishes Sustainable Aquaculture Magazine.
Our international team of contributors are guided by our vision for aquaculture, reporting on the economics, environment and ethics of contemporary food chain challenges. We challenge the status quo to create understanding, opportunity and innovation.
The Fish Site is published by 5m Enterprises, who also host Aquaculture UK and the Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards, deliver Sustainable Aquaculture courses in partnership with St Andrew’s University and publish a range of aquaculture titles as 5m Books.
World Fishing
Website: http://www.worldfishing.net
World Fishing is dedicated to all aspects of commercial fishing. It provides readers with the latest news and product launches, alongside country profile features, interviews and regular columns from fishery experts. Since 1952 it has been a respected channel of business information which our clients have trusted to deliver their marketing message. It provides readers with authoritative editorial prepared by writers who are experts in their field and is a trusted source of up-to-date news.
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Venue
Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London Kensington
Millennium Gloucester Hotel
4-18 Harrington Gardens
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