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Day One Day Two

Day 1: Tuesday February 28
7.30: Registration Opens
Policy & Regulations
8.50 – 9.00: Chairman’s welcome and opening remarks
Nigel Crowe,
Director,
PMSS
9.00 – 9.30: Latest updates on offshore wind from the Crown Estate
Adrian Fox,
Supply Chain Manager,
THE CROWN ESTATE
9.30 – 10.00: The energy infrastructure package - permitting procedures and financing of trans-European energy infrastructure projects
Balazs Mellar,
Economic and Scientific Policy,
The EU Parliament
10.00-10.30: Open Discussion on Policies and Regulations and Q&A
Adrian, Balazs and Nigel
10.30-11.00 MORNING COFFEE BREAK
Ports and Vessels
11.00 – 11.20: UK Ports and Offshore Wind: A case of the Chicken and the Egg
Ian McQuade,
Portland Port Limited
11.20 – 11.40: Fill in the gap between increasing offshore wind projects' demands and offshore wind logistics complexity by selecting powerful heavy-lift jack-up vessels
Dr. Carsten Heymann,
Managing Director,
HGO InfraSea Solutions GmbH & Co. KG
11.40 – 12.00: The farshore vessels dream team: Farshore logistics and the type of vessels needed to deliver the next round wind farms
Chris Garrett,
Offshore Wind Consultant,
GL Garrad Hassan
12.00-12.20: Open discussion on Ports and Vessels; Q&A
Jerry, Carsten, Chris and Nigel
12.20-14.00: Networking Lunch
Procurement
14.00 – 14.20: Selection criteria, contract tendering and bidding: industry overview from an expert who has worked both sides of the supply chain
Gordon Clark,
Project Manager,
MPI
14.20 – 14.40: Supplying an offshore wind farm: partner with the manufacturers, reaching out to the Asian market or in-house testing facilities: cost- benefit analysis and forecasts
Pepijn Docter,
Senior contract manager,
ENECO
14.40-15.00: Procurement strategies and selection criteria for choosing suppliers for offshore wind projects
Björn Przygodda,
Head of Procurement, Offshore,
RWE Innogy
15.00-15.20: Open discussion on Procurement; Q&A
Bjorn, Pepijn, Gordon and Nigel
15.20-15.50: Afternoon coffee break
Investment and Finance
15.50 – 16.10: Investment and Finance in the offshore wind industry; where will finance for the build out come from?
Allan Baker,
MD- Global head of power,
Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking
16.10 – 16.30: Securing long-term non-recourse funding for an offshore wind project- the role of the supply chain
Pierre-Etienne Claveranne,
Director,
Green Girafe Energy Bankers
16.30-16.50: Financing International offshore wind projects from day one: main challenges and lessons learned
Clemetine Tassin,
Director,
Dexia
Open discussion on Investment and Finance
Allan, Pierre-Etienne, Clementine and Nigel
17.10-18.10: Round table discussions on topics selected by the delegates
17.10 onwards: Networking drinks and informal dinner

 

Day One Day Two

 
Day 2: Wednesday 29 February
Risk and Insurance
9.00-9.20: Assessing the risks associated across the whole offshore wind supply chain
Jatin Sharma,
Head of Offshore,
GCube Underwriting Ltd
9.20 – 9.40: Reducing cost and injuries in the emerging farshore wind industry by introducing standardised concepts for the turbines and the installation processes: real life Round 3 experiences and lessons learned at Siemens
Jacob Nielsen,
Head of EHS Offshore, New Markets and Technology,
SIEMENS Wind power A/S
9.40 – 10.00: Addressing the risk in the infrastructure from the perspective of the supply chain
Raul Manzanas,
Director Technical development: On/Offshore Wind and marine Renewables,
ACCIONA
10.00-10.20: Open discussion on Risk and Insurance; Q&A
Jatin, Jacob, Raul and Nigel
10.20-10.50: Morning Coffee Break
Project Development
10.50 – 11.10: Constructing multiple projects simultaneously: the RWE experience and lessons learned
Thierry Aelens,
Director Project Construction & Marine Operations,
RWE Innogy
11.10 – 11.30: From start to finish: understanding the decision making process and the design of a wind farm from the perspective of the developers
Daniel Bacon,
Wind Farm Development engineer,
RES Offshore
11.30-11.50: Open Discussion on Project Development with Q&A
Thierry, Daniel and Nigel
Cost Reduction
11.50-12.10: Reducing the cost of the offshore wind projects in deeper waters: assessing the options and their implementation
Bruce Valpy,
Director; Offshore,
BVG Associates
12.10-12.30: Lowering the cost of offshore projects by introducing standardised cable installation guidelines: lessons learned from real life experiences
Ton Geul,
Business Development Manager,
VSMC
12.30-12.50: Open discussion on Cost Reduction with Q&A
Bruce, Ton and Nigel
12.50-14.00: Networking Lunch Break
Efficiency and coping with high volume workload
14.00-14.20: Best practices for coping with high volume workload without compromising the quality of your projects and services from a sub-contractors experience
Jim Bell,
CEO,
FoundOcean
14.20-14.40: The positive impact of project certification on the supply chain
Daniel Von Wickeren,
Business development Manager,
Bureau Veritas
14.40-15.00: Foundation structure and challenges: cost reduction and efficiency in the emerging farshore wind industry
Petter Karal,
CEO,
SEATOWER
15.20-15.30: Open discussion on efficiency and coping with high volumes with Q&A
Jim, Daniel, Petter and Nigel
15.30-15.45: Closing remarks and end of the conference
 
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