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Welcoming Isabella McHardie to our team
This summer, Isabella is joining the Iceland Ocean Cluster as an innovation community assistant for three months. She will be helping with ecosystem engagement and member relations across all the different groups within the cluster. Isabella is from New...
Team visit to North Marine Ingredient and Breið
Last week, our team was kindly invited by North Marine Ingredients to visit their facilities in Akranes and learn about their work and new products. North Marine Ingredients is a biotech company embracing 100% utilisation by using cod side streams to create cold...
Joined forces with the Algae Association of Iceland
BIG NEWS!!! We have signed an MoU with the Algae Association of Iceland (AAI). We believe both micro and macro algae have enormous potential in Iceland. The value creation opportunities are real, they are intense, and we are barely seeing the tip of the iceberg. There...
Welcoming Lulu Louchheim to the Team
This summer, Lulu is joining the Iceland Ocean Cluster and Blue Nova Ventures for a three-month project focused on investment readiness mapping for Blue Economy ventures. Lulu grew up in Vermont and fell in love with the ocean at Bowdoin College in Maine, where she...
Blue Open House 2026
On the 30th of April, as part of Iceland Innovation Week, we threw open the doors of the Iceland Ocean Cluster House for our Blue Open House, welcoming guests up to the second floor to explore, connect and engage with our community in one of our favourite formats:...
Iceland Innovation Week: The Blue Table
On Thursday last week, as part of Iceland Innovation Week, the Iceland Ocean Cluster hosted The Blue Table, an intimate ocean-themed lunch at one of our events spaces. Bringing together innovators, investors, thought leaders and industry around a shared table and a...
Blue Open House at the Iceland Ocean Cluster
There is a lot happening in the blue economy, and you can see it all in one place. The Iceland Ocean Cluster is opening its doors during Iceland Innovation Week, for our annual Blue Open House on Thursday 30 April, starting at 14:00. Come meet founders, startups and...
Oregon Ocean Cluster visits Iceland Ocean Cluster
The Oregon Ocean Cluster (one of the Iceland Ocean Cluster’s sister clusters) is visiting the Iceland Ocean Cluster during Iceland Innovation Week. During the visit, the delegation will meet a range of Icelandic companies, including cluster members and partners across...
Introducing Emilie Nicholls
Emilie holds both a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Marine Biology from universities above the Arctic Circle in Norway. Growing up across several continents, she developed an early love for the ocean, though it was the colder, less-charted waters of the Arctic that...
FFA and IOC sign MoU
The Iceland Ocean Cluster has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA). The collaboration focuses on a simple question: how to create more value from the seafood side streams. In Iceland, this has meant working towards...
Iceland Innovation Week program is out!
Iceland Innovation Week program is out! This city-wide festival organised by Iceland Innovation Week running from April 27th to 30th, celebrates innovation and forward-thinking across industries. As a proud community partner, we are looking forward to this eventful...
Blue Economy Summit at Duke Oceans Week
The last week of March, our CEO, Dr. Alexandra Leeper, was invited to Duke Oceans Week, an annual event to bring experts, entrepreneurs, students, and community members together to explore ocean sustainability and innovation. This year’s theme was “Advancing Ocean...