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MEET THEINNOVATION

MINISTER!

DILEK AYHAN opens Marine Innovation Day 2014:

NOK 100.000TO THE MOSTINNOVATIVEMARINE CASE

DEPUTY MINISTER DILEK AYHAN, THE NORWEGIAN MINISTRY OF TRADE, INDUSTRY AND FISHERIES, WORKS WITH POLICY ON INNOVA-TION AND ENTRENEURSHIP.

REGISTER FOR MARINE INNOVATIONDAY TUESDAYMARCH 4THIN BERGEN

THE MOST IMPORTANT MEETING IN MARINE INNOVATION FOCUS ON:

• NEXT GENEREATION AQUACULTURE

• • SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION OF MARINE RESOURCES

• • • NEW BLUE INNOVATION “CLIMATE”

INVENTORS, ENTREPRENEURS, PRODUCERS, SOLUTIONS PROVIDERS, INVESTORS

THE VENUE:RADISSON BLUE ROYAL HOTEL BRYGGENBERGEN

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0900-0905 ØYSTEIN LIE, Executive Manager of MarLife & TANJA HOEL, Exec-utive Manager of Fiskeriforum Vest: Welcome to NASF Marine Innovation Day

0905- 0915 DILEK AYHAN, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries: Opening address.

0915- 0925 JOÃO FONSECA RIBEIRO, Director, General Maritime Policy, Por-tugal: Collaborative Marine efforts between Portugal and Norway.

KEYNOTES

• NEXT GENERATION AQUACULTURE0925- 0950 FRANCISCO SARAIVA GOMES, Novus Aqua: - Innovations in Global Marine Aquaculture with major trends: Aquaponics.

0950-1010 ARNE FREDHEIM, Proeject Director, SINTEF Fisheries and Aqua-culture: New innovation in aquaculture technology as basis for production growth

1010-1020 SIRI KALVATN Senior Project Manager, UPTIME Sentre of Compe-tence: New aquaculture solutions with cross sector innovation.

INNOVATIVE CASES

NEW INVENTIONS & SOLUTIONS1020-1055 Innovative cases, new inventions with commercial potentials, nov-el solutions. The cases will compete for the Marine Innovation Award.

1055-1115 HANS PETTER NÆS, Communications Director, The Norwegian Seafood Research Fund (FHF): Funding of marine innovation projects.

1115- 1135 COFFEE BREAK & MINGLING

KEYNOTES

• • SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATIONOF MARINE RESOURCES1135- 1155 THOR SIGFUSSON, Managing Director Iceland Ocean Cluster: - Sustainable exploitation of marine resources.

1155- 1215 KLARA STENSVÅG, Professor University of Tromsø: - Marine Bioactive miracles with vast application potentials.

WELCOME TO MARINE INNOVATION DAY 2014:

BLUE INNOVATIONS TO FEED THE WORLD

PROGRAM, MARINE INNOVATION DAY March 4. 2014, BERGENChair Marine Innovation Day: Karl Almås CEO Sintef Fishery & AquacultureModerator: Jostein Refsnes, Chairman NordlaksCo-Chair and Awards Chair: Merete Bjørgan Schröder, Research Director, Norwegian Seafood Research Fund-FHF :

IN COOPERATION WITH:

DilekAyhan

ØysteinLie

João Fonseca Ribeiro

KarlAlmås

TanjaHoel

FranciscoSaraiva Gomes

ThorSigfusson

SiriKalvatn

Hans PetterNæs

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1215-1225 NILS CHRISTIAN STENSETH,Professor, University of Oslo: - Marine genomics and its vast potential to advance all marine Sectors.

1225- 1230 CARL SEIP HANEVOLD, Chairman, MarLife: Pre-lunch appeal on Marine Innovation.

1230- 1315 LUNCH & MINGLING

KEYNOTES

• • • NEW BLUE INNOVATION “CLIMATE”1315- 1335 ODD MAGNE RØDSETH, Group Director Aquaculture, EW Group: How to engine the innovative dynamics between manufacturers and solution providers.

1335 – 1355 RAGNAR TVETERAAS, Professor, Head of Center of Innovation Research, University of Stavanger: -Innovative needs and finance framework to expand the “Blue Field.

1355- 1415 PIERRE ERWES, CEO, BioMarine: - Current status of the new global organization Biomarine International Clusters Association (BICA)

1415- 1435 OLE JØRGEN MARVIK, Sector Head, Health and Life Sciences, Innovation Norway: Initiative within Life Science by Innovation Norway

INNOVATION AWARD CEREMONY

THE MARINE INNOVATION WINNER!1435- 1455 MERETE BJØRGAN SCHRÖDER, Ph.D. Research Director Fish Health/ Seafood & Human health, Norwegian Seafood Research Fund- FHF: Innovation Award Ceremony, Marine Innovation Day Award 2014

MARINE ROUND TABLE

SPEAK OUT!1455- 1555 JOSTEIN REFSNES, Chairman Nordlaks, moderator Marine Round Table. He will challenge the keynote speakers in a dynamic session also inter-acting with the audience.

OPEN INNOVATION BAR

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES “LIVE”1555-1700 ONE-2-ONE MEETINGS: Delegates will be given the opportunity to arrange one2one-meetings at any time they prefer during the conference. Digital tools & advice on how to connect will be available for the delegates.

MEDIA PARTNER

Carl SeipHanevold

PierreErwes

Ole JørgenMarvik

Nils ChristianStenseth

MereteBjørgan Scrhöder

JosteinRefsnes

ArneFredheim

KlaraStensvåg

Odd MagneRødseth

RagnarTveteraas

ORGNAIZER

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A closer look at solutions for the next generation marine sector.

The marine agenda is one of the most import-ant agendas, and the question is how to initiate new blue innovations to feed the world.- This is also the main slogan on the Marine Innovation Day in Bergen Tuesday March 4, says professor Øystein Lie.

The conference gathers the marine world’s top scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs as well as the trend setting producers, solutions providers and investors.

The keynote speakers will cover the following main topics under the headline Blue Innovations to Feed the World:

- Next generation aquaculture- Sustainable exploitation of marine resources- New blue innovation “climate”

- Visions and ideas to be shared. Entrepreneurs will present projects for the betterment of the sector, says Lie. He and Tanja Hoel, manager at Fiskeriforum Vest, welcome to the most import-ant marine innovation conference.

Dilek Ayhan, deputy minister at the Norwe-gian Ministry of trade, industry and fisheries, opens the conference. She will especially appeal to young talents to mobilize solutions for next generation marine sector.

New twistHoel and Lie informs that Marine Innovation Day this year will have a new twist, with a Round Table debate where speakers and audience will be challenged. In addition the conference offers support for connecting between interested par-ties searching for business partner opportunities during the conference day. An open Innovation Bar supported by different media, apps and chan-nels, from the conference facebook page, twitter,

virtual anonymous chat room to sms-service.- We offer support for using the different

technologies available for communication, in the comfort of the conference, as tools for setting up one-2-one meetings, says Øystein Lie.

Conference partnersThe Marine Innovation Day is an important part of the annual North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF), 4th -6th of March 2014. Last year, Marine Innovation Day was by far the largest single ses-sion of NASF. Marine Innovation Day is organized by Marlife in cooperation with The Norwegian Seafood Research Fund (FHF), Fiskeriforum Vest (FFV), Biomarine and NASF.

NOK 100.000 The best innovation case will cash-in NOK 100.000 as the winner of Marine Innovation Day Award 2014. The innovative cases will play a central role on the conference, where a short-list of the award tenders will be presented from the scene.

Round TableThe conference moderator Jostein Refsnes will finally challenge a Marine Round Table of the conference keynote speakers, in a debate about future marine innovations.

Register for the conference and innovative case submission at:

http://www.marlife.org We look forward to meeting you in Bergen!

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Exchange ideas

and talk busi-

ness at Marine

Innovation Day

in Bergen.

Øystein Lie

Tanja Hoel

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Marine Innovation Day collaborates with the North

Atlantic Seafood Forum. NASF manager Jørgen

Lund and Cermaq CEO Jon Hindar.

Photo: Gorm K. Gaare

Jon Aulie

Erik Fedde

Pål Myhre

THE BLUECHALLENGE!