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Day 1, 1st December, Le Royal Meridien Hotel, Hamburg
	Registration	07:30-09:30hrs
	Conference	09:30-18:15hrs
	Networking Reception	18:15-19:30hrs

Day 2, 2nd December, Le Royal Meridien Hotel, Hamburg
	Registration	08:00-09:30hrs
	Conference	09:30-14:30hrs

Day 1 | Day 2

Day 1 – 1st December 2009
07:30hrs	Registration Opens
09:30hrs	Conference Begins – Chairman’s Welcoming Address
SECTION: Market assessment: opportunities, business models and emerging trends across the global wind turbine supply chain
09:30hrs	Latest wind market update: Identifying current and new global opportunities for wind turbine and components suppliers Hear how the global wind turbine supply chain is becoming deeper and how to position your company to make the biggest gains Get the latest on international growth and market opportunities and review where you should be channelling your resources Realise new strategies to scale up production and prepare for the next wave of wind turbine growth Assess easy to develop techniques to accurately forecast orders to minimise your risk Caitlin Pollack, Senior Analyst - Asia Pacific Wind Energy Advisory, Emerging Energy Research
10:00hrs	Understand the “g-localisation” effect on the wind turbine supply chain and your business Learn about the challenges, issues and opportunities being created from the local, regional and international movement of components Hear how Siemens Wind Power A/S balances the dynamics between local and regional supplier sourcing Discuss the international ‘logistics’ challenge, how significant the proximity from production location to installation is, and how to reduce further stress on the supply chain Leendert Matheus Schot, Head of Global Supply Chain, Siemens Wind Power A/S
10:30hrs	COFFEE BREAK
SECTION: Overcoming challenges and seizing opportunities across the International wind market
11:00hrs	TURBINE OEM POWER PANEL SESSION: Discover what turbine manufacturers are looking for from their ideal supply chain partners Secure your position as a favourable component supplier with leading manufacturers. Find out how to present your company risks and work with turbine manufacturers to develop flexible and sustainable relationships Hear what OEMs are doing to make turbine manufacturing more cost-effective and to scale up production Learn how turbine manufacturers are actively working with component suppliers to minimise negative impacts of the economic downturn Panellists: Mogens Nyborg Pedersen, Global Procurement, Siemens Wind Power A/S Andrew Bellamy, Head of Blade Production, REpower Systems AG Rainer Broering, Managing Director - GE Wind Energy GmbH & Supply Chain Leader – Europe, GE Wind Energy GmbH Ian Cluderay, Vice President, Supply Chain Management, Clipper Turbine Works Moderator: Carlo Reeker, Membership Relations, German Wind Energy Association
11:45hrs	Working Group Discussion - Offshore Wind Turbine Supply Chain - US Wind Turbine Supply Chain - Cost reduction techniques across the supply chain
13:00hrs – 14:30hrs	NETWORKING LUNCH
SECTION: Realise how to maximise your potential of Chinese and North American market potential
14:30hrs	Striking the balance between new opportunities and threats of the Chinese Wind Energy market With Chinese legislation stipulating that 70% of installed wind turbines in China must source local components, this presents new opportunities, obstacles and threats for established turbine manufactures and suppliers. Hear the latest on new product development projects in China and how you can tap into this rapidly emerging market Hear how you can align your company to make the most of the massive opportunities available Discuss the impact of new Chinese component and turbine manufacturers on the global wind energy market and how you need to differentiate your company to withstand this competitive threat Morten Keller, Managing Director, Make Consulting
15:00hrs	Realise how to export and expand into the North American market Get an update on the latest facts, stats and info on North American wind turbine growth and forecasts Review the current supply base situation in North America and understand what challenges, hurdles and opportunities this market presents to turbine manufacturers and new market entrants Learn about the key requirements that turbine manufacturers are looking for from components and their supply base Realise how to overcome the challenges of sourcing troublesome components in the US marketplace Find out how to work within the existing infrastructure while building up a more robust supply base for the future Dan McDevitt, Vice President Supply Management, Nordex USA
15:40hrs	How to meet supplier challenges in the North American wind market Get an in-depth analysis of key challenges facing suppliers in the North American market including: high customer expectations economic constraints growing competition Find out how turbine OEMs are addressing the challenges of establishing a new wind supply chain in North America Realise what your company can do to fulfil your North American market potential Hear how new players from automotive manufacturing have the potential to shake up the wind turbine manufacturing sector going forward Ian Cluderay, Vice President, Supply Chain Management, Clipper Turbine Works
16:15hrs	COFFEE BREAK
16:45hrs	How to optimise your wind turbine supply chain to exploit North American and Emerging Markets Find out how to plan your distribution strategies for the North American market, to cut costs and gain advantage over your competitors Discover techniques to break into the emerging South American markets, how to mitigate your logistics costs and pre-empt distribution challenges Realise the multi-modal distribution methods available to your company for global distribution – and how to streamline your supply chain Chris Ball, Director of Business Development, TMO Global Logistics
SECTION: How offshore and larger turbines are changing the wind supply chain
17.15hrs	Defeat the offshore logistics and project delivery dilemma Find out how to successfully assess your crane and shipping requirements to ease stresses on offshore installation Hear how to overcome component sequencing and delivery challenges for offshore projects to prevent bottlenecks and delays Identify end-to-end solutions to eliminate your transportation, vessel and port selection issues for offshore projects Kaj Lindvig, CSO, A2SEA A/S Offshore Installation
17.45hrs	Working Group discussion feedback
18:15hrs	End of Day 1
18:15hrs – 19:30hrs	NETWORKING RECEPTION

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Day 2 – 2nd December 2009
08:00hrs	Registration Opens
09:30hrs	Conference Begins – Chairman’s Welcoming Address
SECTION: How to adopt better leaner manufacturing, risk mitigation and materials selection for your business
09:30hrs	Next generation turbine manufacturing and supply chain developments Find out how to incorporate lean manufacturing techniques for better supply chain efficiency Discover how you can apply assembly line production processes that will compress lead times Learn why turbine manufacturers wish to partner up with their supply base to deliver better future product development Hear how to develop your strategic partnerships during the R&D phase for quicker market delivery and cooperation between suppliers and turbine manufactures Rainer Broering, Managing Director - GE Wind Energy GmbH & Supply Chain Leader – Europe, GE Wind Energy GmbH
10:00hrs	How to minimise your risks throughout the wind turbine supply chain Understand how the shifting global wind market has affected the wind turbine supply chain and generated new risk factors across the chain Realise how to define and explain risk better with a Risk Assessment System that can be applied to your business Take away tips on a risk mitigation mechanism that will help you develop closer relationships with your buyers and better supply chain flexibility Raffaele Muscetta, Global Sourcing and Supply Chain, LM Glasfiber
10:30hrs	Latest turbine blade material developments: How to increase productivity and maintain high blade integrity Get the latest on how material selection can reduce production cycle times and help prevent future supply chain bottlenecks Learn how you can reduce production costs without compromising blade integrity Review case histories from blade manufacturers in Asia that are applying this technology today Kevin Lambrych, Global Wind Energy Technology Leader, Ashland Performance Materials
11:00hrs	Coffee Break
SECTION: Assessing new challenges & opportunities for cost reduction and wind turbine component suppliers
11:30hrs	CASE STUDY: How to reduce costs with effective logistics coordination Hear how wind farm investors, owners and developers can reduce risks and site costs through careful management of supply chain logistics and installation How to reduce the transportation and crane costs for wind farm installation, without a negative impact on the installation of your wind farm Realise how to forecast sequencing of component delivery better to prevent bottlenecks and delays Get an update on the latest end-to-end logistics solutions that can help manufacturers and developers streamline the logistics process Jan Hinrich Glahr, Managing Partner, Glahr & Co
12:00hrs	Component standardisation: Moving towards standardised products for easier wind turbine development Discover how to understand the requirements of your customers better to eliminate extensive production lead times Find out what is being done to streamline the wind turbine standards minefield Understand how to achieve mid-term improvements for wind turbines with standardised components and increase both product quality and capacity levels Discuss the difference between off-the-shelf and bespoke component products and realise how you can adapt products to different turbines to improve your channels to market Realise how to best prepare for offshore turbine specifications as well requirements your customers are looking for Christian Nath, Vice President, Germanischer Lloyd Industrial Services GmbH
12:30hrs	PANEL SESSION: New supply chain strategies for component suppliers Wind turbine component suppliers are currently facing similar challenges. Get insight from different component representatives on strategies, ideas and tactics they have adopted to overcome critical issues they are currently facing, including: Preparing for future growth post recession Logistics and location issues The intensifying offshore and larger onshore market Threats from new competitors Panellists: Andrew Bellamy, Technical Manager - Rotor Blade Production, REpower Systems AG David Jones, Segment Manager - Wind Energy, Siemens Industry Jan Declercq, Director of Business Development Sales & Marketing, Hansen Transmissions Raffaele Muscetta, VP Global Sourcing & Logistics, LM Glasfiber Moderator: Johannes Dimas, Senior Manager - Renewable Energies & Resources, Germany Trade and Investment
13:15hrs	Chairman’s closing remarks
13.15hrs – 14:30hrs	Networking Lunch
14.30hrs	Close of conference

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