{"id":8946,"date":"2024-08-29T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldfishing.nfdtesting.uk\/icefish-conference\/2024\/08\/29\/exciting-opportunities-for-emerging-companies\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T16:06:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T15:06:00","slug":"exciting-opportunities-for-emerging-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/news\/news-ifc\/exciting-opportunities-for-emerging-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Exciting opportunities for emerging companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Session Four of Fish Waste for Profit, features fascinating presentations by start-up or developing companies in the sector.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Executive of 3F Recovery, Ben Wiper, is passionate about his company which is dedicated to reviving rural communities by matching fish, farm, and forest waste with clean, circular technologies with the most valuable markets in pet and human health &amp; wellness.<\/p>\n<p>The company guides food processors through seamless execution and successful implementation of innovative solutions for their food by-products. With an extensive network of suppliers, distributors, and health technology owners, 3F Recovery offers the platform to connect the right partners and foster collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>Broni Hornsby will represent Bythos Biotech, a high-tech startup specialising in marine biotechnolgies. It transforms side streams from the fisheries sector in Italy into high-added value products for the cosmeceutical, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and biomedical industries to increase well-being. It also provides consultancy services to fish processing industries looking for a more sustainable use for the residues they produce.<\/p>\n<p>Aurora Abolone combines pure Icelandic resources with innovative vertical technology to farm premium abalone of exceptional quality.<\/p>\n<p>Vala Val\u00fe\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir will represent the company who are revolutionizing abalone farming by creating and implementing a sustainable production cycle and therefore becoming \u201cnet positive\u201d; deploying the company\u2019s state-of-the-art farming technology, \u201cSustainCycle\u2122 and the fascinating vertical BLUEHOUSE\u2122.<\/p>\n<p>With a background in business development at Landsvirkjun, the National Power Company of Iceland and retail leadership at 66\u00b0NORTH, Iceland\u2019s most iconic outerwear brand, Vala brings extensive experience in strategic planning, sustainability and innovation. Vala also mentors at KLAK &#8211; Venture Mentoring Service, helping to guide the next generation of entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>The Aurora Abalone farm is located in Grindav\u00edk (close to the Blue Lagoon) and uses the same source of geothermal energy as the Blue Lagoon. The Aurora Abalone are farmed in crystal clear, naturally lava-filtered seawater pumped from the ground right next to the farm; between the Atlantic Ocean, active volcanoes, and geothermal areas.<\/p>\n<p>View the full conference programme to find out which industry leading companies will be speaking at the event next month&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a id=\"OWA21b90196-8c99-a5bc-ca5f-9243c1e2507f\" class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/the-conference\/conference-programme\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">conference programme.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t miss the opportunity to learn about all the latest developments in the sector &#8211; simply book online to attend&nbsp;<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a id=\"OWAb1aad5d9-54a4-3dfd-ba67-3222ab07f58f\" class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/buy\/2024-delegate-bookings\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">BOOK NOW<\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fascinating presentations from developing and start-up companies!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,28],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-8946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-icefish-conference","category-news-ifc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8946"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=8946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}