Matís turned 10 years old yesterday, the 1st of January, but that day in 2007 Matís officially started working. The Environment Agency's laboratory, MATRA, RF and the biotechnology company Prokaria merged to form one strong unit where research on food and biotechnology took place, with an emphasis on increasing value creation in Icelandic food production, food safety and public health.
In light of this, we decided to compile an annual report that would look back and outline Matís' operations. This year's report, which is usually published on the first working day in January, covers a wide range and it can be said that this year's report is composed of different short stories, what we call success stories, and shows its contents so as not to be mistaken. that the establishment of Matís was logical and a great step forward in its time. This year, the annual report is in English in its entirety, but Icelandic abstracts, which focus on what happened in our operations in Iceland, will be published in the next few days.
We look back with pride and optimism on the road. A lot of interesting, fun and challenging things will take place this year and it is safe to say that one of the biggest events that Matís has undertaken will be this year when we take care of World Seafood Congress (WSC). The event is one of the largest forum for value creation in the world in the field of value creation in the fisheries and food security, and brings people from all parts of the seafood value chain to the table. The conference will be attended by employees of fishing and fish processing, investors and people from the institutional and educational environment around the world, not least from developing countries. It is a real honor for us to have the opportunity to hold this conference and the role is a great encouragement to us.
Matís' growth has been considerable over the past 10 years, but this will not happen without strong employees.