Registration, coffee and networking

Welcome address from Riviera Maritime Media

Platinum Sponsor welcome address

Opening address The offshore wind farm support vessel market: where are we now?

• Where are the opportunities for vessel owners?
• Where are the vessel shortages and what vessels need to be built?
• Realities of the offshore floating wind sector and commercial challenges in offshore wind

Panel: The project economics of offshore wind in Europe

• Developers’ perspectives on how the industry can move forward with offshore wind projects despite cost overruns 
• What will happen with the cost of financing for renewable energy projects? What are the financing options for new offshore wind farms? 
• Moving forward after AR5: how can the UK get back on track with its offshore wind targets? 
• How can we make the project economics work as the industry moves toward more costly operations?  

John MacAskill, Group Managing Director Renewables, ABL Group 

Clément Weber, Managing Director, Green Giraffe Advisory

Ajai Ahluwalia, Head of Supply Chain, Offshore Wind Industry Council, Renewable UK

Session Q&A 

Networking coffee break in the exhibition area

Europe: shifting markets and new entrants

• Developments and pipelines in Ireland, Mediterranean, the Baltic and the Nordic countries
• Floating wind markets in Europe: pipelines and timeframes for development 
• Five year forecast for vessel supply, demand and day rates

APAC project pipelines, timeframes and vessel requirements

• A description of APAC in relation to offshore wind
• The size of individual markets that make up the APAC region 
• Development timelines for the major countries planning an offshore wind build-out
• The differences between APAC and Europe 
• The supply chain to support APAC development of offshore wind

David Matthews, Head of Strategy, Offshore Renewables, Clarksons Platou

US offshore wind: the opportunities and challenges

• How US offshore wind works: the drivers and the roles of the federal and the state governments 
• The developers and the long-term project pipeline 
• State procurement actions and aspirations
• Vessels, local and overseas supply

Philip Lewis, Director of Research, Intelatus Global Partners

Opportunities in the South and Central America

• Plans for offshore wind leasing rounds in the region
• Permitting processes and challenges
• Supply chain maturity 
• Project pipelines, timeframes and vessel requirements

 Sergio Garcia, Business Development Manager, DNV

Session Q&A 

Networking lunch in the exhibition area

Damien Lhors, Group Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain & Transport, Vestas

Enhydra floating wind installation vessel: how and why we designed a uniquely flexible vessel to install commercial scale floating wind farms 

• Challenges in installation and commissioning of offshore floating wind farms on a commercial scale
• Installation and development campaign strategies for offshore floating windfarms
• Introducing the Enhydra Floating Wind Installation Vessel design, specifically developed to address the needs for these strategies
• Design aspects and equipment solutions specifically developed to enable efficient installation and hook-up of mooring system and power cables

Alain Wassink, Commercial Director, GustoMSC

Q&A 

Panel: Marine operations for floating wind: how will this market evolve?

• What can we expect from the installation of floating wind turbines at scale? Could conditions at the site or the port dictate a different approach to turbine integration? 
• Timeframes for installation of large-scale floating wind: could it require more than one season and what are the cost implications? 
• Requirements for installation vessel flexibility and key equipment capacities to support floating wind farm development 
• Major component replacement concepts for floating wind: will quayside, tow-to-port or  onsite maintenance become the norm? Will the industry need specialist vessels to perform maintenance offshore?

Johan Sandberg, CEO, Seatwirl 

PierPaolo Ricci, Floating Wind TA, SSE

Alex Dawson, Floating and Mooring Lead MarramWind/ CampionWind, Shell

Marios Papalexandrou, Floating Wind Technical Lead, Pentland Offshore Wind Farm, Copenhagen Offshore Partners 

Roddy James, Chief Commercial Officer, Port of Aberdeen

Networking coffee in the exhibition area

Case study: Damen SOV E: fulfilling the zero emission wind farm dream

Together with industry partners, Damen developed a full-electric SOV concept along with an efficient infield charging solution. This solution enables full electric SOV operations in windfarms, both from a technical and an economical perspective. This informative presentation will cover: 

• What performance and cost outcomes could wind farm developers expect from using a fully electric SOV for upcoming windfarms?
• What kind of collaboration is needed between windfarm developers, vessel owners and yards/designers to realise the electrification of SOV fleets?  

Case study: Decarbonising an offshore wind vessel fleet: pathways and challenges 

• Energy efficiency: lessons learnt from utilising batteries onboard the SOV fleet
• The Ocean Charger offshore charging project 
• Rem’s plans for achieving zero GHG emissions 
  

Q&A

Panel: How to future-proof an offshore wind fleet amid market uncertainty

• Net zero pathways for new builds: the viability and readiness of alternative fuels, batteries and other emissions reduction solutions for CTVs, SOVs and WTIVs 
• How long will a vessel be suitable for offshore wind installation as turbines get bigger and floating wind scales up?
• How to future proof a vessel throughout its entire life, considering issues such as the design, crane capacity and flexibility of use  
• Is it time the industry considered different contract terms between developer and vessel owner to avoid post-contract vessel redundancy?   

Leo Hambro, Director, Tidal Transit 

Enora Pichon, Deputy Project Director, Bibby Marine  

David Cooper, Regional Partnership Manager: Clean Maritime, ORE Catapult  

Marcel Roelofs, CEO, Chevalier Floatels

Aditya Grover, Global Marine Strategy Manager – Offshore and Dredge, Caterpillar Marine

Chairman’s closing remarks

Edwin Lampert, Executive Editor & Head of Business Relations, Riviera Maritime Media 

From 17:00 - 20.00

Preregistration for the Annual Offshore Support Journal Conference, Awards & Exhibition

Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge

From 18:00 - late

Welcome drinks reception

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12th Floor, Doubletree by Hilton Hotel London, Tower of London, 7 Pepys Street, London EC3N 4AF

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