BiodeepHack
How can we unlock new value from the ocean’s resources—beyond the fillet, beyond the fishery—by thinking as designers, scientists, and entrepreneurs together?
That was the challenge at Arctic BIOHACK, a program financed by NORA with VIS as project owner and Bioregion Institute as partner.
Over three dynamic days in Bergen, participants from across the North Atlantic explored how every part of the fish—from skin to scale to bone—can become the foundation for high-value, regenerative products. Through collaborative workshops, pitch training, and strategic design tools such as the Flourishing Business Canvas and bioregion mapping, new interdisciplinary ideas emerged that rethink the marine value chain as a living ecosystem.
For Bioregion Institute, BIOHACK aligns closely with our mission to design regionally grounded bio-industries that connect science, design, and technology for a circular and resilient future. Our contribution focused on bioregional innovation design—transforming value chains into regenerative systems that create shared economic, social, and environmental value.
The hackathon fostered strong partnerships and set the stage for continued collaboration across the North Atlantic region. It demonstrated that the future of marine value creation lies not in extraction, but in circular systems of care, creativity, and collaboration—an approach at the heart of Bioregion Institute’s work.
Influencer Qupanuk Olsen from Greenland was one of the participants at the hackathon in Bergen.
