Thorsten Vammen is the general manager of FREA Solutions, based in Denmark. FREA A/S is fully recirculated facility raising rainbow trout in Felding, Denmark. Located just a few metres from FREA Solutions’ headquarters, the facility has been operating since 2014, producing over 2,800 tonnes of fish annually across two 4,000 m² buildings.

Sara Rademaker is the founder and CEO of American Unagi, a glass eel recirculating aquaculture farm in Waldoboro, Maine. American Unagi is the only producer and processor in the U.S. of locally sourced and harvested American glass eel. The RAS farm in Waldoboro, Maine is built to produce 240 tonnes annually and plans to double its capacity within the year.

Yosuke Kurihara is the co-founder and CEO of ARK Inc. based in London, U.K. and Tokyo, Japan. Established in 2020, the company developed a small-scale, 10-square-metre Closed Recirculating Aquaculture System (CRAS) known as "ARK" that supports off-the-grid aquaculture with solar power generation and a solar hot water supply. There are currently six units installed and in operation in cities across Japan.