Timed Agenda

Day One Day Two

Day 1: Wednesday March 20
Chaired by Anders Søe-Jensen, Nordic Offshore Marine

7.30 Registration Opens

New trends in the offshore wind supply chain

8.45-9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks

9.00-9.30 Updates on offshore wind from the Crown Estate

Adrian Fox, Supply Chain Manager, The Crown Estate

9.30-10.00 Model testing for Offshore Wind

Jorrit-Jan Serraris, Project Manager Offshore, MARIN

10.00-10.45 PANEL DISCUSSION: Prototypes versus proven technologies

Chairman:

Anders Søe-Jensen, Nordic Offshore Marine

Pannelists:

Stephen Robertson, Commercial Manager, Narec
Jorrit-Jan Serraris, Project Manager Offshore, MARIN
John MacAskill, Head of Renewables, Bureau Veritas UK
Mikko Mandelin, Director or Logistics and Warehouse Management, Winwind

10.45-11.30 MORNING COFFEE BREAK

Achieving Cost Reduction in the Supply Chain

11.30-12.00 Pre Planning for Cable Lay, The Art Of Common Sense

Ton Geul, Business Development Manager, VSMC

12.00-12.30 Site-Specific Cost Modelling For Reducing The Cost Of Energy Production

David Hÿtch, Senior Associate, BVG Associates

12.30-14.00 Lunch

Contracting strategies

14.00-14.25 Contracting Strategies for Offshore Wind Farms

Paul McQuillan, Legal Director, Ard Sonas

14.25-14.50 CASE STUDY: Negotiation, contracting and procurement strategies

Roger Winmill MCIPS, Head of Supplier Market, DONG Energy

14.50-15.15 Multi-contracting risk management strategy

Tina Fuchs, Project Controls Manager, Belwind

15.15-15.30 Q&A Roundup to "Contracting Strategies" Section

Paul McQuillan, Legal Director, Ard Sonas
Tina Fuchs, Project Controls Manager, Belwind
Roger Winmill MCIPS, Head of Supplier Market, DONG Energy

15.30-16.00 Afternoon Coffee Break

Planning in the Supply Chain

16.00-16.30 Optimising the wind farm layout of a UK Round 3 Wind Farm

Marios Papelexandrou, Renewable Energy Advisor, Mott MacDonald Limited

16.30-18.00 Roundtable Discussions

18.00 Chairman's Closing Remarks

18:00 onwards Networking drinks and informal dinner

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Day 2: Thursday 21 March
Chaired by Bruce Valpy, Director, BVG Associates

8.00 Registration Opens

Project finance

8.45-9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks

9.00-9.30 Managing Cash Flow Volatility on Offshore Projects

Tiffany Mueller-Perry, Vice President, Corporate Solutions, Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd

9.30-10.00 New Trends in Contracting of the Market and what Influence it has had on the Supply Chain: Project Finance Focus in Contracting Models

Thierry Aelens, Commercial Director, RWE Innogy

10.00-10.30 CASE STUDY: C-Power 325 MW Thornton bank project

Pierre Lestienne, Chief Financial Officer, C-POWER

10.30-11:00 Morning Coffee Break

11:00-11:45 Panel Session: Project finance

Chairman:

Bruce Valpy, Director, BVG Associates

Pannelists:

Matthew Tilbrook, CFA, Mizuho Corporate Bank
Pierre Lestienne, Chief Financial Officer, C-POWER
Barbara Zuiderwijk, Green Giraffe Energy Bankers
Thierry Aelens, Commercial Director, RWE Innogy

Navigating Risk for the Construction & Installation Phase

11:45-12.15 Foundations, risk and best practices

Raul Manzanas Ochagavia, Technical Development Director - On/Offshore Wind & Marine Renewables, Acciona Energía

12.15-12:45 An EPC-contractor perspective on reducing risks and costs

Theo de Lange, Business Development Manager Offshore Wind, Van Oord

12.45-14.00 Networking Lunch Break

14.00-14.30 Avoid technical risks in the contractual stage: Lessons learned on material selection, testing and design for electrical terminations

Paul Park, Sales Director, Electricity Distribution Services

14.30-15:00 Impacts on insurability in the supply chain: Projects further offshore, larger in size and using more prototypical equipment

Matthew Rowland, Underwriter, GCube

15.00-15.30 Chairmans Closing remarks and end of the conference

Day One Day Two Top

Jon Harman
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