Conference agenda

• Learn why contract managers are planning to increase their involvement with the supply chain and maximize your chance of becoming their next partners
• Understand the main problems of the contract managers to ensure you offer them solutions they need urgently
  
• Hear developers’ perspective on new market entrants to claim your share of the industry overtaking the already established players Speaker: Pepijn Docter- Senior contract manager ENECO

ENECO - Senior contract manager
Pepijn Docter

• Get an unique insight on the procurement practices at one of the world’s leading offshore wind developers
• Make sure you are up to date with the most important factors affecting purchase decisions
• Gain vital understanding of the industry by hearing the point of view of this leading decision maker and ensure your company is able to meet their standards

RWE Innology - Head of Procurement, Offshore
Björn Przygodda

Building an offshore wind farm: developers’ know how

• Hear this en-depth analysis of the stages of the offshore wind farm construction and identify the best opportunities for your business to step in

  Learn how to meet industry standards by early identification of gaps between the developers expectations and your business capacity

  Find out the main factors in play in the decision-making process for the design of an offshore wind farm and
  make sure you allocate sufficient resources to the right places

RES Offshore - Wind farm development engineer
Daniel Bacon

Get the latest updates on the offshore wind supply chain industry available in the event's brochure

• Be the first to hear this unique case study describing the dynamics of the offshore wind industry from all angles
• Get exclusive analysis of the client-supplier relation and ensure you are able to offer what your business partners are excepting from you
• Take your business the next level by seeing all sides of the industry and the specific aspects they have

Vattenfall (previous company); MPI Offshore - Project Manager
Gordon Clark

• Lessons learned during Acciona’s 3 years of experience in the field
• Possible solutions provided by the foundation for more efficient wind farm construction
• The role of the foundation in the construction and installation process: assessing the risk and focus on the benefits

Acciona - Technical Director
Raul Manzanas

• Gain exclusive understanding of what an ''in house supply chain'' means and make sure you are not missing crucial business opportunities
• Assess the challenges of having four projects under construction at the same time and avoid preventable costs
• Hear forecasts on the upcoming market trends: the largest customer for the supply chain and one of the largest developers on what to expect from the offshore and from the farshore wind industry in the next 5 to 10 years

RWE- Head of projects and marine operations

Thierry Aelens

• Gain vital understanding on how to identify risk at an early stage and save precious time and resources
• Hear the insurers’ viewpoint on the main risks associated with the offshore wind industry and avoid
  preventable losses
• Turn challenges into profit by investing in the right places at the right times as advised by experts
  with long term experience in the risk aspect of the industry
  

GCube- Head of offshore

Jatin Sharma

• Gain a comprehensive overview of the offshore market and the growing demands, which are reflected within the future project characteristics.
• Understand the impact of changing project characteristics on the installation components
• Learn how high performance installation vessels move the industrialization of offshore logistics forward
• Learn what customized solutions for are available and what is the connection between ports and future installation vessels

HGO InfraSea Solutions GmbH & Co. KG -MD
Dr. Carsten Heymann

• Learn the options for copying with high volume workload as seen by the CEO of FounOcean and implement the most applicable ones to your business strategy
• Hear the lessons learned from real life experiences on working in large scale offshore wind projects and understand how to claim your share of this quickly evolving industry
• Take a shortcut to cost reduction and save your business time and money by replicating the success of one of the world’s leading sub-contractors

FoundOcean- CEO
Jim Bell

Ensure you have all the information you need to cut cost in 2012: get your hands on the conference brochure now

• Hear the results of a research and development project worth 3 million euros and apply the effective solutions to your business for free
• Learn why buoyancy-installed, no-crane-no-dredging foundations are the answer to the current challenges
  and solve numerous problems with one solution
• Understand how leverage of bigger size turbines can turn into opportunity for your business in the offshore
  wind industry

Seatower - CEO
Peter Karal

• Examine the connection between mitigating of risk and standardisation of the cable installation procedures to build robust risk averse strategy
• Get the latest news form the cable industry to ensure you make the right choice when selecting the supply for your next project
• Hear the top three challenges which occur during the cable installation process and avoid pricey errors
  
  

Visser & Smit Contracting - Business Development Manager
Ton Geul

• Lear from the all-encompassing experience of Siemens wind power A/S and increase the efficiency of your business
• Keep up on top of the issue with risk by assessing it from the perspective of one of the leading experts
  in the field
• Understand why standardisation is becoming the new hot topic in the offshore wind industry when it comes
  to cost reducing strategies and make sure you don’t miss your chance to adapt your business accordingly
  
  

Siemens Wind Power A/S - Head of EHS Offshore, New Markets and Technology
Jacob Nielsen

Get the full list of the 2012 event speakers for better understanding of the who is who in the industry right now

• Learn all about the ports and their role in the offshore wind industry and maximize your benefit from them
• Assess all the risks and challenges associated with using ports as a base for your offshore projects and avoid preventable erros
• Gain a better understanding of the industry as a whole and get in front of the line of competitors

PD Ports - Managing Director, Bulks, Ports and Logistics
Jerry Hopkinson

• Assess the impact of building up the wrong vessels and translate uncertainties into numbers
• Hear real life cases of efficient versus inefficient vessels and learn how to overcome the shortage
  in the market
• Discover what should be prioritised and what is of less significance for the new concept vessels and make sure you enter the market at the right place
  
  

GL Garrad Hassan - Offshore Wind Consultant
Chris Garrett

• Discover what has been financed to date in the sector and what is expected to be required in the next 5-10 years
• Learn what are the challenges for debt and equity players in funding the massive roll out of offshore wind around Europe
• Hear how do Société Générale expect the European offshore sector to evolve
• Understand if financing will ultimately be a constraint on building out the industry, particularly given the current stress in the banking sector
  
  

Société Générale- Managing director, Global head of power
Allan Baker

• Discover what works and what doesn’t in the offshore wind industry financial sector and maximize your chance of getting funding when you need it
• Get all the information you need to obtain finance from an expert with long and successful track record
  in the industry across Europe
• Understand the cross-country and cross- sector dynamics of the financial procedures and locate your
  business at the right place of the industry
  

Green Giraffe - Director
Pierre-Etienne Claveranne

• Be the first to hear all about the latest framework for the next generation of innovative financial instruments – the EU equity and debt platforms
• Get a unique update on the EU Parliament’s plans for reducing the administrative burden for offshore wind projects and ensure you take advantage from the available options
• Gain unique knowledge about the pilot for the Europe 2020 Project Bond Initiative starting in 2012
  
  

The EU Parliament - DG Internal Policies of the Union
Balazs Mellar

• Hear the news from the Crown Estate and avoid undesirable surprises with space allocation and permitting processes
• Become an expert on Round 3 specific features and prepare to claim your share of the market when the time comes
• Learn directly from the Crown Estate’s supply chain manager Mr Adrian Fox on what is most likely to happen in the industry in the next several years and prepare for the challenge
  

The Crown Estate - Supply Chain Manager
Adrian Fox