Øyvind Fiksen is professor in biological oceanography and Vice-dean for oceans at University of Bergen. His research covers a range of themes in fisheries science, fish- and plankton ecology and marine ecosystem functioning. He is also the leader of IAU’s Global Cluster on Higher Education and research for Sustainable Development for SDG14 – Life below water.

Dr. Murat V. Ardelan, professor at the Dept. of Chemistry at NTNU. Studying marine biogeochemistry in the seven seas of the world namely.
The Southern Ocean, Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans; Mediterranean and Black Sea.

Gabriella is an economist and a senior adviser at Norad, Section for Oceans. Gabriella works with international development cooperation, focusing on ocean related development to combat poverty and achieve the SDGs. She is a member of the Norwegian UN Ocean Decade National Committee and the Africa Ocean Decade Task Force.

PhD in Marine Geophysics, Imperial College, London. Associate Professor in Marine Geology and Geophysics and Researcher at the Center for Marine and Environmental Studies, University of Aveiro, Portugal. Chairman of the Portuguese Committee to the IOC/UNESCO, and National Delegate to the IOC Executive Council. National Sherpa for the Ocean Decade Alliance. Coordinator of the All-Atlantic Floating University Network. Chair of the Marine Geosciences Committee of the Science Commission for the Mediterranean (CIESM). Participated in 50 Research Cruises. Author/co-author of a large number of scientific publications. Research interests: Marine Geology and Geophysics; structure and evolution of continental passive margins; mud volcanism, shallow gas and gas hydrates; Seismic Oceanography.

Martin Hassellöv is a professor in analytical environmental chemistry at the interdisciplinary department of marine sciences at university of Gothenburg, where he is also vice head of department with responsibility for research. He has a long track record on inter- and transdisciplinary research and is coordinating the university wide profile area UGOT OCEAN. Martin is leading research projects on microplastics and ocean observation sensor development and is together with NTNU co-founder of the UN oceandecade project Sailing4Science.

Patrick Gorringe is Manager of International Ocean Relations at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI).
Patrick has devoted a lot of his work in bringing together diverse ocean observing communities and building partnerships in order to enhance the cooperation and by this increase the accessibility of oceanographic data.
He is coordinating EMODnet (European Marine Observation and Data Network) Physics and involved in marine data initiatives on local, regional and global level.

Jo is the Head of Platform at HUB Ocean, a non-profit foundation dedicated to becoming the world’s ocean data collaboration hub. Jo is an accomplished expert in data, technology, and collaboration, and has a strong passion for improving the management of the earth vast ocean resources. Jo holds an MSc in Marine Engineering from the Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Dr Emlyn Davies, is a senior researcher who specialises in underwater optics and in-situ particle measurement, and has developed several novel sensing solutions. He joined the Department of Climate and Environment at SINTEF Ocean in 2013, having completed a PhD from Plymouth University and National Oceanography Centre (UK). At SINTEF, Emlyn has worked extensively on projects related to improving in-situ measurements of oil droplets, gas bubbles, suspended particulate matter, zooplankton, phytoplankton, and particulate pollutants in seawater. This has resulted in the development of novel in-situ imaging technology, combined with underwater robots, that has extended monitoring capabilities for marine environmental monitoring. Today, Emlyn is co-ordinating the establishment of a new marine observatory that extends from Trondheimsfjord to offshore of Mid-Norway’s coast, which is part of OceanLab (national research infrastructure) and FjordLab (The Norwegian Ocean Technology Centre).

Thomas Brandt is a professor of history at NTNU, specializing in the history of science, technology, and knowledge. Currently, his research interests concern the history of ocean engineering and ocean energy systems. Brandt is part of the research projects ” The high seas and the deep oceans: Representations, resources and regulatory governance (3ROceans)”, and “Maritime Modernities: Formats of Oceanic Knowledge (MaMo)”.

Jens Røyrvik works as Associate Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology, specializing in the anthropology of technology and the anthropology of sustainability – and a Senior Researcher at NTNU Social Research. He started working as an operator at N-USOC, the Norwegian control room that performed plant experiments at the International Space Station (ISS), in 2016, and then began to simultaneously incorporate experience from control rooms and semi-autonomous systems also in research and teaching.

Professor Asgeir J. Sørensen er direktør for NTNU AMOS. Han har vært tilsatt som professor ved Institutt for marin teknikk, NTNU siden 1999. Han er opptatt av forsknings- og forskerdrevet innovasjon og er tett på næringsutvikling. Han har også vært med i selskapene Ecotone AS , Eelume AS, SESx Marine Technologies AS og Zeabuz AS. Professor Asgeir J. Sørensen har en rekke vitenskapelige publikasjoner og utdannet mer enn 100 mastergrader og 32 doktorander. Han tok mastergrad i marin teknologi i 1988 ved NTNU, og doktorgrad i teknisk kybernetikk ved NTNU i 1993. Asgeir var ansatt hos MARINTEK (SINTEF Ocean) i 1989-1992. I årene 1993-2002 var han ansatt i ulike stillinger i ABB-konsernet. I desember 2002 ble Asgeir medgründer av selskapet Marine Cybernetics AS, hvor han fungerte som administrerende direktør (CEO) frem til juni 2010. Asgeir har vært med i to Sentre for fremragende forskning (SFF) som nøkkelforsker, CeSOS (2003-2012) og NTNU AMOS (2013-2023).

PhD-researcher in the interdisciplinary TripleDeep project. My contribution to this project is the investigation into the history of deep sea mining – specifically looking at how environmental concerns around it have changed over time.

Øyvind Ødegård is a senior researcher in marine robotics and archaeology in the Department of Archaeology and Cultural History at NTNU University Museum and is affiliated with the Centre of Excellence “Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems” (NTNU AMOS). With a background in marine archaeology and marine cybernetics, he has focused much of his work on developing methods for using advanced underwater technology to study cultural heritage. Ødegård leads scientific campaigns with the Applied Underwater Robotics Laboratory (AUR-Lab), as well as more theoretical work on how to integrate machine intelligence and autonomy into archaeological practices.