Wedensday1st of October in Rima A at 11:30

Ann Cecilie Ursin Hilling, Innovation Manager at NCE Aquaculture (Norwegian Centres of Expertise in Aquaculture)

In 2017 regulations forced the Norwegian aquaculture industry to start collecting sludge from all their landbased facilities. Now almost 10 years later we will have look at the status and future prospects for collection, technology development and political ambitions.

Ann Cecilie Hilling is the Innovation Manager for the Aquaculture cluster NCE Aquaculture. She has a M.Sc in Aquaculture and has 15 years experience in working in several parts of the industry both national and international. She is a member on the board of directors in the European Aquaculture Technology and innovation platform (EATIP) and leads the European sludge network with 80 members from over 15 European countries.

Árið 2017 settu stjórnvöld í Noregi reglur sem skylduðu fiskeldisiðnaðinn til að safna fiskamykju frá öllum landeldisstöðvum. Nú, nærri 10 árum síðar, verður farið yfir stöðu mála og horfur hvað varðar söfnun, þróun tækni og pólitískar áherslur.

Ann Cecilie Hilling er nýsköpunarstjóri fyrir klasa fiskeldisfyrirtækja innan NCE Aquaculture. Hún er með meistaragráðu í fiskeldi og hefur 15 ára reynslu af starfi í ýmsum hlutum greinarinnar, bæði innanlands og erlendis. Hún situr í stjórn European Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Platform (EATIP) og leiðir European Sludge Network sem hefur 80 aðila frá yfir 15 Evrópulöndum.