Dr. Lars Ebbesson is currently Chief Scientist and Senior Aquaculture Advisor in the Technology Division at NORCE Norwegian Research Centre and Program Director of Sustainable Ocean Harvesting at EDIH Oceanopolis. He is Board member of the recently formed Aquaculture Innovation Alliance. He has been the Director of the Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture Innovations (CSAI). Over the years he has led numerous centers, networks and projects bringing researchers and industries together with an interdisciplinary approach to solving industry challenges. His passion is to enable sustainable and digital solutions in the aquaculture sector. His research over the last 30 years has covered many basic and applied aspects of fish biology, mainly in salmon, integrating neuroscience, endocrinology, physiology and behavior to address how environment impacts development, smoltification, stress, welfare, robustness, behavior and appetite.