A First for Offshore WIND Conference

This year Offshore WIND Conference will boast two chairmen who will be guiding and moderating the sessions while also offering their vision on the challenges and opportunities on the road ahead. A first for the event.

Chairman day 1: Bent Thambo Jensen, CCO, Ziton

Ziton is a specialised operations and maintenance service provider to offshore wind farm owners and turbine manufacturers. Bent Thambo Jensen will be shedding light on the challenges to be faced short term in the road up to 2023. Mr Jensen will be chairing the day which includes sessions on cannibalization of the electricity market, human capital, trial and triumph in bidding systems and upcoming talent.

Chairman day 2: Mike Blanch, Associate Director, BVG Associates

BVG Associates form renewable energy consultants focusing on wind, wave and tidal, and energy systems. Mike Blanch will guide delegates in forecasting the future up to 2050 an beyond through topics on reading the future map, oil – gas and wind: friend or foe, and space meets wind.

Other speakers during Offshore WIND Conference:

Pieter van Oord, CEO, Van Oord

Bent Christensen, Vice President, Siemens Gamesa

Rene Peters, Director Gas Technology, TNO Energy

Jan Rispens , Managing director, Renewable Energy Hamburg

David Molenaar, Country Division Head Wind Power, Siemens

Lars Kristensen, Senior Vice President Wind & Renewable Energy, Bladt Industries

Paul Boumans, Commercial Director, Falck NL

Michael van der Heijden, Founder, Amsterdam Capital Partners

Leo de Vrees, Senior Advisor, the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment

Max de Feber, Student Offshore & Dredging Engineering, Delft Technical University

Jasper Vis, Country Manager, DONG Energy Netherlands

Dr. Thor Ugelvig Petersen, Head of Department for Ports and Offshore Technology, DHI Group

Christoph Mertens, Executive Counsel pan-EU Renewable Energy Business Developments, Sumitomo Deutschland

Daiva Matoniene, Rapporteur on revised renewable energy directive and the internal electricity market, European Committee of the Regions

Rita Rinaldo, Head of Institutional Projects Section / acting Head of markets and partnerships office, European Space Agency

Davide Coppela, Downstream Business Applications Department, European Space Agency

Simon Dilks, Head of Nuclear and Renewables Innovation Department, Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), United Kingdom

For more information or to book your seats go to www.offshorewindconference.biz.