Aqua-Ice 2025 Program

Tuesday, September 30th

Registration at 8:30

Sessions:

  • Challenges of Aquaculture
    10:00-12:00
  • Salmon Farming Image
    13:00-14:30
  • Biology and Bacterias
    13:00-14:30
  • Opportunity for Open Sea-Pen farming
    14:45-16:00
  • Environment and Sustainability in Aquaculture
    14:45-16:00

Challenges of Aquaculture (Icelandic and English)

Silfurberg A + B | 10:00-12:00

Session manager: Gunnar Þórðarson, framkvæmdastjóri Lagarlífs
Session co-ordinator: Árni M. Matthiesen, ex Minister of Fisheries Iceland

8:30Skráning
10:00SetningSilja Baldvinsdóttir, President of Aqua-Ice
10:15ÁvarpHanna Katrín Friðriksson, Minister of Industry (Icelandic)
10:30Dag Sletmo, De Norske Bank, DNB
10:45How to increase the market for salmon – experiences from 35 years of Norwegian
Salmon marketin
Christian Chramer, CEO of Norwegian Seafood Council
11:05Marketing for Aquaculture
11:20Dýravelferð
11:40Boston Consulting Group Ltd.
12:00Lunch

Salmon Farming Image

Silfurberg A | 13:00-14:30

Session manager: Kristinn H. Gunnarsson
Session co-ordinator
: Daníel Jakobsson, Arctic Fish

13:00
13:15
13:30
13:45
14:00
14:30Kaffihlé

Biology and Bacterias

Silfurberg B | 13:00-14:30

Session manager: Eva Lind Guðmundsdóttir, Kaldvík
Session co-ordinator
: Rafn Heiðdal, Kaldvík

13:00What do we know about Salmon gill pox virus (SGPV) and possible ways to deal with it – Heiðar Örn Ólason stöðvastjóri Kaldvík.
13:15ListeriaSilja Baldvinsdóttir, Arnarlax
13:30VaccineEivind Isdal, Vaxxinova
13:45SilageTómas Rúnar Sölvason, Arctic Protein
14:00Melanin, VetaqVetaq

Opportunity for Open Sea-Pen farming

Silfurberg A | 14:45-16:00

Session manager: Hannibal Hafberg, Haafell
Session co-ordinator
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14:45 New technology in sea-pen farming of salmon, Akva Group ASA
15:00
15:15
15:30
15:45
16:00Lok

Environment and Sustainability in Aquaculture

Silfurberg B | 14:45-16:00

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14:45
15:00
15:15
15:30
15:45
16:00Lok

16:30 – Aqua-Ice networking hour in Harpa


Wednesday, October 1st

Sessions:

  • Animal Welfare
    9:00-10:15
  • Salmon Logistics, Marketing and Quality
    9:00-10:15
  • Session on Shellfish Culture
    9:00-10:15
  • Norwegian Session
    10:45-12:00
  • Education in Icelandic aquaculture
    10:45-12:00
  • Salmon farming in open pens
    13:00-14:15
  • Land-based Salmon Farming
    13:00-14:15

Animal Welfare

Silfurberg A – 9:00-10:15

Session manager: Eva Dögg Jóhannesdóttir, Blár Akur
Session co-ordinator
: Kaja Rørnes, dýralæknir, Blár Akur

9:00
9:15
9:30
9:45
10:00
10:15Kaffihlé

Salmon Logistics, Marketing and Quality

Silfurberg B – 9:00-10:15

Session manager: Silja Baldvinsdóttir, Arnarlax
Session co-ordinator
: Karen Ósk Pétursdóttir, Arnarlax

9:00Logistic for salmon from IcelandLinda Björk Gunnlaugsdóttir
9:15Shelf life and quality of the Icelandic salmonAðalheiður Ólafsdóttir, MATÍS
9:30What do foreign customers say about our salmon?
9:45
10:00
10:15Break

Session on Shellfish Culture

Rímur – 9:00-10:15

Session manager: Júlíus B. Kristinsson, Silfurgen
Session co-ordinator
: Óli Örn Eiríksson, Aðstoðarmaður Atvinnuvergaráðherra / Assistant to the Minister of Industry and Trade

9:00
9:15
9:30
9:45
10:00
10:15Kaffihlé

Norwegian Session

Silfurberg A – 10:45-12:00

Session manager:
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10:45What are the current achievements and challenges in the Norwegian aquaculture industry?Dag Sletmo, Den Norske Bank – DNB
11:05What is the Norwegian Seafood Council doing to increase seafood consumption both domestically and internationally? What can Icelanders learn from this?Norges sjømatråd
11:35The common cultural seafood heritage of Norway and Iceland and how we together contribute to giving the world the healthiest food there isChristian Chramer,CEO of Norwegian Seafood Council
12:00PanelQuestions from the audience
12:15Lunch

Education in Icelandic aquaculture

Silfurberg B – 10:45-12:00

Session manager:
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10:45
11:00
11:15
11:30
11:45
12:00Hádegismatur

Salmon farming in opens pens

Silfurberg A – 13:00-14:15

Session manager: Edvin Aspli, Kverva
Session co-ordinator
: Kaja Rørnes, dýralæknir, Blár Akur

13:00Arnarlax
13:15Háafell
13:30Arctic Fish
13:45Kaldvík
14:00Hábrún
14:15Break

Land-based Salmon Farming

Silfurberg B – 13:00-14:15

Session manager: Kristín Hartmannsdóttir, Kaldvík
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13:00GeoSalmo
13:15First Water
13:30Thor
13:45Samherji Fiskeldi
14:00Aurora
14:15Coffee-break

General meeting of Strandbunadur in Ríma at 16:00