Global Offshore Wind 2023 | Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult | 13 June 2023 | ExCeL London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London E16 1XL, UK

This event is back and it's bigger than ever before! Don’t miss out on the UK’s largest meeting place for the global offshore wind industry...

2023 Speakers

Claire Canning
Programme Manager, OWGP

Laura Fairly
Innovation Manager, ORE Catapult

Stephen Caraher
Senior Digital Energy Consultant, ARUP

Yannick Kramm
External Communication Specialist, Vestas

Kasper Roed Jensen
Vice President, Ideation & Partnering, Vestas

Henry Tanner
Product Manager Advanced Sensing, Onyx Insight

Matthew Knight
Head of Government Affairs, Siemens Energy

Mads Damgaard
Lead Specialist, Support Structure Solutions, Vestas

Christie Paterson
Senior Sustainability Manager, Scottish, Power Renewables

Craig Brown
Principal Consultant - Market Studies Lead, OWC

Rebecca Sedler
Managing Director for Interconnectors, National Grid Ventures

Matei Negrescu
Vice President Renewables Strategy, Equinor

Paige Fox
Business Development Manager, Virginia Beach Economic Development

Jamie MacDonald
Head of Offshore Renewables, Xodus

Jing Ma
General Manager of International Business, Mingyang Smart Energy

James Theobalds
Associate Director, Arup

Madeline McCreanor
Strategic Resourcing Manager, ScottishPower Renewables

Shareiss Smith
Junior Policy Analyst, Offshore Wind Industry Council

Louise Smith
Director, Aura

Rob Jewkes
CEO, Venterra Group

Vegard Tvedt
Contracts and Procurement 7 Seas Med, Copenhagen Offshore Partners

Virginia Ruiz Albacete
Senior Director, New Markets, Copenhagen Offshore Partners

Katy Heidenreich
Supply Chain & People Director, OEUK

James Bradford
CTO, Northstar Renewables

Andrew B. Harwell
Senior Sustainability Specialist, Vestas

Guillermo Martinez-Navas
Head of our Strategy & Origination in Management, Corio Generation

Philip S. Bassil
Managing Director and Head of Global Offshore Wind M&A, NORTHGREEN CAPITAL

John Robson
Technical Director, Upstream Sales, APAC & EMEA, S&P Global Commodity Insights

Stephen Kennedy
Procurement Manager for Muir Mhor, Fred Olsen

Victoria Sinclair
Head of Supply Chain Development, Copenhagen Offshore Partners

Sharon Cousins
Client Manager, Invest Northern Ireland

Yaroslav Petrov
Legal Expert, Ukrainian Wind Energy Association

Stephen Guthrie
Head of Section - Renewable Projects, DNV

Tom Byrne
Sales & Business Development Director Offshore, NOV

Martin Sweeney
Lead Project Manager, SSE Renewables

Amy Ferguson
Programme Directors – Offshore Wind Enabling Actions Programme, DEFRA

Laura Flemming
CEO, Hitachi Energy

Andrew Stormonth-Darling
Innovation Workstream Lead, OWIC

Emma Botfield
Managing Director UK and Ireland, RS Group

Sunjung Kim
Country Manager, Offshore Wind Consultants

Gillian Martin MSP
The Minister for Energy, Scottish Government

Andrew Jamieson
Chief Executive Officer, ORE Catapult

Luke Eatough
Project Engineer, ORE Catapult

Greg Hammond
Digital Lead, UTEC

Stuart Borland
Deputy Director of Networks, OFGEM

Iain Grainger
CEO, IMCA

Dr Henna Bains
Senior R&D and Consultant Engineer, Kinewell Energy

Barry MacLeod
General Manager, Floatation Energy

Ivan Harnett
Director, US Renewables, Acteon

Justine Burg
VP Business Development, Europe Offshore Wind, Equinor

Matei Negrescu
VP Area Development, North Sea Renewables, Equinor

Colin Maciver
Head of Offshore Wind Development, Crown Estate Scotland

Nicholas Creswell
Head of Global Culture & Talent, Ørsted

Kunal Patel
SVP, Portfolio Development & Strategy, Orsted

Lisa Ekstrand
VP, Head of Sustainability, Vestas

Sven Utermöhlen
CEO Offshore Wind, RWE Renewables

Graham Stuart MP
Minister for Energy and Climate,, UK Government

Jan Schoolmeesters
EVP Digital Energy Solutions, TGS

Bart De Poorter
General Manager, DEME Offshore

Mie Prehn Nygaard
Decarbonisation Manager, Orsted

Dermot Kerrigan
Director, Active Training Team

Julia Roope
Global Business Development Manager Offshore Wind, Fugro

Tony Quinn
Operations Director, ORE Catapult

Nick Stapley
Business Development Manager UK Offshore Hydrogen, RWE Renewables

Nathalie Stevenson
Director, Shoney (Seonaidh) Wind Ltd

Cai Ferguson
Senior Marine Geoscientist, Atkins

David Tarrant
Principal Consultant, Royal HaskoningDHV

Marja Aberson
Principal Marine Consultant, MarineSpace Ltd

Julian Brown
Board Chair, SENSEWind

Thomas Balder
Development Lead, Heerema Engineering Solutions

Andrew Rella
Technical Director of Business Development, ECOncrete Tech Ltd.

William Cleverly
Chief Executive Officer, Offshore Wind Consultants Ltd.

David Melo
Researcher, Creation Research Group

Nathan Mooney
GIS Manager, Cathie

Sam Long
Chief Executive Officer, Decom North Sea

Robert Clayton
Senior Consultant, OWC

Helen Elphick
Senior Development Manager (Sustainability), The Crown Estate

James Young
Chief Strategy and Compliance Officer, JDR Cables

Andy Reay
Head of Offshore Wind, ABP

Mike Palmer
Deputy Director for Marine Planning and Policy, Marine Scotland

Cristina Garcia-Duffy
Director - Research and Technical Capabilities, ORE Catapult

Stine Vethe
Vice President Floating Wind, Aker Solutions

Miriam Bardolet Pou
Vice President, Energy Transition Fund, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners

Sony Kapoor
Managing Director, Nordic Institute for Finance, Technology, Sustainability and Society

Liz Burdock
President & CEO, Business Network for Offshore Wind

Lorna Bennet
Project Engineer – Development and Operations, ORE Catapult

Elliott Shilling
Commercial Manager, New Energy Solutions, TGS

Niamh Kenny
Project Director, North Channel Wind & RNI Offshore Working Group Chair

Lauren McIntosh
Industry Development Lead, Xodus

Julian Rickards
Business Development Manager - Ocean Science, Sonardyne

Sandra Li
Senior Policy Advisor, Department of Business & Trade

Albert Clark
Head of Offshore Wind, Department for Business and Trade

Richard Copeland
Senior Director, Copenhagen Offshore Partners

Daniel Marshall
Director, Green Giraffe

Mario Orestes Aguirre González
Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

Alexandra Evans
Associate Waste Management Consultant, Atkins

Ana Chaverra Valencia
Marine Consultant, MarineSpace Ltd

Igor Martin
CEO, Hydromea

Carlo Procaccini
Chief Technical Officer, North Sea Transition Authority

Anil Sayhan
OWGP Programme Director, ORE Catapult

Katherine Phillips
Managing Director, OWC

Ivan Harnett
Director, US Renewables, Acteon

Chris Streatfeild
Director, Renewable Safety

Nils De Baar
President Of Vestas Northern & Central Europe, Vestas

Jason Brown
Senior Vice President, Aker Solutions

Jon Dugstad
Director Wind, Norwegain Energy Partners

Michael Ellis
Business Development Manager - Offshore Renewable Energy, Sonardyne

Johannes Bruun
Director for Electricity Markets, Energinet

Adrian Griffiths
Business Development, Gazelle Wind Power

Yannis Dragotis
Head of Renewable Energy Innovation Delivery, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Jeff Andreini
VP of Marine Operations, Crowley Wind Services

Barbara Geelen
Chief Financial Officer, Fugro

Rebecca Sedler
Managing Director for Interconnectors, National Grid Ventures

Alice Delahunty
President of Electricity Transmission, National Grid

Andressa Medeiros Santiso
Researcher, UFRN - Creation Research Group

Ignacio Romero
Global Technical Practice Lead – Wind Engineering, Bureau Veritas

Helen Snodin
Grid and regulatory manager, Fred Olsen Seawind

Callum Maxwell
Business Development Manager Renewables, Proserv

Paul Doherty
VP Engineering, Venterra Group

Brian Boye
Senior Manager - Telecom Systems, Semco Maritime A/S

Sonia Lalli
UK & Ireland Renewables Lead, Accenture

Marco Vanin
Vice President, Global Marketing & ComEx, RelyOn Nutec

Juan Pablo Del Rio
Head of Digitalization, Mainstream Renewable Power

Tim Eyles
Vice President, Acteon Group Limited

Sakshi Sircar
RAS Project Engineer, Net Zero Technology Centre

Jan-Willem van Bloois
Manager Business Development, KenzFigee

Stephen Thomson
Business Development Manager IRM, Fugro

Peter Lloyd-Williams
Senior Analyst - Offshore Wind, Westwood Global Energy Group

Mocca Gong
Market Analyst | Floating Offshore Wind, Xodus

George Sleath
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, Swift Anchors Limited

Felipe Moreno
Senior Engineer, Cathie

Marcus Peters
Global Head of Offshore HSE Development, Construction, New Markets & Technologies, RWE

Dries Poelman
Project Engineer, Jan De Nul NV.

Bethany White
Associate, Carbon Trust

Kostas Karachalios
CEO and Founder of Perceptual Robotics, Perceptual Robotics

Jon Collins
Lead Data Scientist, Wood Thilsted

Richard Ball
Technical Sales Manager, Fibron B.X. Limited

Greg Campbell-Smith
Senior Business Development Manager, Principle Power

Ben Child
Floating Wind Business Manager, DNV

Pilar Olivieri
Graduate Renewables Consultant, Xodus

Megan Smith
Head of Offshore Wind Advisory, Carbon Trust

Graeme Rogerson
Senior Project Manager, Net Zero Technology Centre

Aneel Gill
Product R & D Manger, Balmoral

Nigel Robinson
Sustainable Energy Director, Apollo

Noureddine Hamri
Project engineer - Subsea Cables Package Lead, Subsea7

Nguyen Dinh
Head of Hydrogen, OWC, ABL Group

Max Peel
Alumnus, Imperial College London

Steinar Halsne
Senior Power System Design Engineer, ABB

Simon Waldman
Lecturer in Renewable Energy, University of Hull

Sam Cranston
Director of Energy, Copper Consultancy

Dan McGrail
Chief Executive, RenewableUK

Elena Moral
Marketing & Communication Specialist, Vestas

Rob Fradley
Offshore Commercial Director, EMEA

Kathleen Sterckx
Event Coördinator Jan De Nul, Jan De Nul Group

Kate Wallace Lockhart
Head of Sustainability, SSE Renewables

Alexandra Malone
Director of Corporate Affairs, SSE Renewables

Alex Meredith
Project Director, Berwick Bank Offshore Windfarm, SSE Renewables

Paul Cooley
Director of Offshore, SSE Renewables

Katie-Jo Luxton
Director of Global Conservation, RSPB

Kat Route-Stephens
Programme Manager, Offshore Wind Industry Council

Richard Sandford
Co-Chair, Vice President Offshore Wind UK, OWIC, bp

Sarah Redwood
Director Renewable Energy Deployment, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Tim Pick
Outgoing Offshore Wind Champion, Offshore Wind Acceleration Taskforce

Rebecca Williams
Global Head of Offshore Wind, GWEC

Ben Backwell
CEO, GWEC

Ana Musat
Executive Director of Policy & Engagement, RenewableUK

Ralph Torr
Head of Floating Wind, ORE Catapult

Jane Cooper
Director of Offshore Wind, Offshore Wind Industry Council

Rebecca Barnett
Director of Networks, OFGEM

Matt Coyne
Head of Future Offshore Transmission, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Paul Wakeley
Head of Strategic Network Development, National Grid ESO

Nicola Crawford-Percival
Head of Regulatory Affairs UK & Ireland, RWE Renewables

Lisa McDermott
Managing Director - Renewables and Energy Transition Project Financing, ABN AMRO

Barnaby Wharton
Director of Future Electricity Systems, RenewableUK

Giles Dickson
CEO, WindEurope

Ajai Ahluwalia
Head of Supply Chain, RenewableUK

Nils de Baar
President of Northern & Central Europe, Vestas

Ed Miliband
Shadow Secretary of State of Climate Change and Net Zero

Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE
Space Scientist, LL

Lucas Lowe-houghton
Director of Business Strategy, Tugdock Limited

Ed Burns
CCO, Mafic

Rob Sunderland
Director, Digital Engineering

Richard Knox
CEO, Verlume

Tim Danson
Technical Director, Lifecycle Sustainability in the Built Environment, WSP

Luiza Sampayo
Sustainability Manager, ScottishPower Renewables

Mike Armitage
Senior Environment Manager, ScottishPower Renewables

Ryan Calvert
Head of Product Development, James Fisher Renewables

Robert Clark
Engineering Lead, Bureau Veritas

Dorothy Shepherd
Renewable Energy Advisor UK & Ireland, Norwegian Energy Partners

James Cameron
Chief Executive Officer, Mission Renewable

Gillian Noble
Managing Director – Offshore, Development & Operations, ScottishPower Renewables

Mr. Jing Ma Zhang
General Manager of International Business, Mingyang Smart Energy

Patrice Brown
SP Renewables HR Business Partner, ScottishPower Renewables

Julian Leslie
Head of Networks and Chief Engineer, Networks, National Grid ESO

Jess Hooper
Director, RenewableUK Cymru

Donna Ellcock
Managing Director, Taylor Hopkinson

Alan Thomson
Director, Global Energy Business Leader, Arup

James Bradley
Head of Corporate Affairs and Marketing, Venterra

Phillipa Slater
Director of Engineering, RWE Renewables

John Payne
Director of Lifesaving Operations, RNLI

Rassim Hariz
Global Leader – Partnerships & Projects Development, WindGrid

Cian Conroy
Head of Project Development, UK and Ireland, SBM Offshore

Richard Haydock
Project Director, BP

Anne-Marie Coyle
Sales Director UK - Offshore Wind, GE Renewable Energy

Brendon Hayward
Managing Director, Osbit (Venterra Group)

Rhys Wyn Jones
Director, Regulation, Policy and Communications, Copenhagen Offshore Partners

Audrey Jones
Team Leader – Offshore Wind Enabling Actions Programme, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Carl Heiremans
Senior Business Development Manger - Offshore Department, Jan De Nul

William Apps
Head of Marine Development, The Crown Estate

Steven Agnew
Director, RenewableNI

Louise Lewis
Executive Assistant, Hitachi Energy

David Rowen
Chief Specialist, Business Development, Vestas

2023 Sponsors and Partners

EVENT PARTNERS:
• Equinor
• Orsted
• RWE
• Siemens Energy
• SSE Renewables
• Vestas

INNOVATION PARTNER:
• 10 Catapult

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• BP
• Corio
• Scottish Power

EVENT SPONSORS:
• Mainstream Renewable Power
• Mingyang
• National Grid
• NOY
• Ocean Winds
• RS
• Seatrium
• SSE Renewable
• S&P Global
• TGS
• Venterra
• WindGrid
• Acteon
• Copenhagen Offshore Partners
• Crown Estate Scotland
• Crown Estate
• CSSC CWHI
• Deme Offshore
• DNV
• Great
• Great Britain Northern Ireland
• Fred Olsen Seawind
• GWEC
• Hitachi Energy
• IMCA
• James Fisher Renewables