The Offshore Wind Conference Science Meets Industry

The program will be updated continuously:

09.00-10.00 Reception/Coffee/Tea

10.00 Welcome address

• Opening by Finn Gunnar Nielsen 
• Jan Fredrik Stadaas, Equinor: Offshore wind- the past, present and the future - Learn from the past, live the present and prepare for the future

10.25 Offshore Wind Consortiums

• Niclas Forsberg, BKK: BKK – developing offshore wind
• Harald Dirdal, Norseman Wind: Offshore wind in Norway – the big picture
• Petter Sveindal, Deep Wind: Offshore Wind in Norway – a steppingstone to international success?
• Christer af Geijerstam, Vårgrønn: 50GW Norwegian Offshore Wind by 2050 

11.30-12.30 Lunch

12.30 Operations, Maintenance and Digitalization

• Morten Bjerkholt, Eelume
• Marie Bueie Holstad, SFI Smart Ocean: Sustainable operation and fact-based ocean management
• Joachim Reuder, UiB: SUMO and SAMURAI: Wind energy research with drones
• Ida Marie Solbrekke, UiB: Optimal offshore wind farm siting in Norway

13.30-13.45 Break

13.45 Experiences from the Industry

• Fredrik von der Fehr, DOF Subsea: DOF - Offshore Wind Capacities
• Torleif Lothe, NORCE: Crane Free Installation Concepts for Offshore Wind
• Andreas Opstad Strand, Kongstein: T&I Floating offshore Wind challenges and solutions

14.30 Panel Discussion  

• David Ottesen (NORWEP), Jan Fredrik Stadaas (Equinor), Petter Sveindal (Deep Wind) 

• Caroline Skaar Landsværk (Wikborg Rein), Sigrid Eskeland Schütz (UiB) 

15.30 Program ends, followed by networking

Participation: This event is free of charge. Sign up for the event here (before November 5th)

This event is an onsite event that will not be streamed

This will be an excellent opportunity for knowledge exchange, networking, and meeting “face to face”.