Programme
Monday, 16 June 2025
Monday, 16 June 2025
Agenda Excursion I:
11:45 a.m.: Meeting point at the bus park and car park Schaufenster Fischereihafen, Herwigstraße, 27572 Bremerhaven
12:00 p.m. Punctual departure by bus
Stop 1: Steelwind Nordenham GmbH
Stop 2: RelyOn Nutec Germany, Bremerhaven
Stop 3: Hydrogen refuelling station, HY.City.Bremerhaven
Stop 4: 2 MW PEM electrolyser, Bremerhaven
Stop 5: ECO POWER PORT - harbour tour of the site, Bremerhaven
5:45 p.m.: Arrival at the Schaufenster Fischereihafen car park
Registration until 11.6.25 to: info@wab.net
Note:
The excursion can only take place in a group and therefore by bus.
Independent travel by car is not possible.
The buses will depart punctually at 12:00 noon from the meeting point.
Monday, 16 June 2025
Agenda Excursion II Bremerhaven and Cuxhaven:
12:15 p.m. Meeting point at the bus park and car park Schaufenster Fischereihafen, Herwigstraße, 27572 Bremerhaven
12:30 p.m. Punctual departure by bus
Stop 1: Hydrogen LAB, Fraunhofer-Institut for Windenergysystems - IWES, Bremerhaven
Stop 2: Cuxport + Siemens Energy Offshore-Wind-Logistic, Cuxhaven
Stop 3: Offshore Drone Campus Cuxhaven, Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM, Quality Assurance and Cyber-Physical Systems
4:45 p.m. Arrival at the Schaufenster Fischereihafen car park
Registration up to 11 June 25 at: info@wab.net
Note:
The excursion can only take place in a group and therefore by bus. Independent travel by car is not possible.
The buses leave the meeting point punctually at 12:30 noon.
Venue WAB - Reception:
Fischbahnhof Bremerhaven, Am Schaufenster 6, 27572 Bremerhaven
Chair: Markus Nölke, Managing Director WAB e.V.
- Jens Assheuer, Chairman of the Executive Board, WAB e.V.
- Marcus Rönner, WAB-Board / CEO, Stahlbau Nord GmbH / Heinrich Rönner Gruppe
- Melf Grantz, Lord Mayor of the City of Bremerhaven
- Aniek van den Berg, Policy Advisor Energy and Transition, Embassy of the the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Dr Christoph Ploß, Federal Government Coordinator for the Maritime Economy and Tourism, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Venue WAB Reception:
Fischbahnhof Bremerhaven, Am Schaufenster 6, 27572 Bremerhaven
Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Venue:
Stahlbau Nord GmbH
Am Lunedeich 158, 27572 Bremerhaven
Parking lots direct at the venue:
Am Lunedeich 158, 27572 Bremerhaven
Chair: Markus Nölke, Managing Director, WAB e.V.
- Jens Assheuer, Chairman of the Executive Board, WAB e.V.
- Kai Stührenberg, State Councillor for Ports at the Senator for Economics, Ports and Transformation of the State of Bremen
- Hester Somsen, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Germany
- Pierre Tardieu, Chief Policy Officer, WindEurope, Belgium
Impuls and Chair: Robert Slettenhaar, Executive Consultant | Board Advisor, Holland Home of Windenergy
Panel-Discussion: Standardization on EU-Level
Panelist:
- Dr Johannes Kammer, Associate Director 2 GW, TenneT TSO GmbH
- Jens Meyer-Holtz, Head of Projects & Permitting, Offshore Wind Development Germany, RWE Offshore Wind GmbH
- Dr Stephan Buller, Head of OF Portfolio Management & OF Floating Wind, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy GmbH & Co. KG
- Dr Andreas Liessem, CEO Steelwind Nordenham
- Felipe Montero, CEO Iberdrola Deutschland GmbH
Lecture:
Small hose big effect
Small components and their influence on entire offshore wind farms, Michael Pett, Business Development Manager, OIS Offshore Industrie Service GmbH
Location of the lecture: Conference exhibition / outdoor area
Meeting point: WINDFORCE Login counter,
Am Lunedeich 158, 27572 Bremerhaven
Please register by 13 June 2025 at info@wab.net.
Impuls:
- Joint spatial planning with neighbouring countries in the North Sea?, Dr Dennis Kruse, Managing Director Deutsche WindGuard GmbH
- Offshore wind: Netherlands spatial planning process until permitting, Ruud de Bruijne, Consultant, Netherlands Enterprise Agency – RVO
- Ruud de Bruijne, Consultant, Netherlands Enterprise Agency – RVO
- Anja Schmelz, Head of Business Development, RWE Offshore GmbH
- Sander des Tombe, Marine Energy Ambassador, DMEC - Dutch Marine Energy Center, The Netherlands
Chair: Matthias Brandt, WAB board member, Director Deutsche Windtechnik AG
- Pipes that change the world - monopile coating in a mobile solution, Stefan Schröder, Managing Director, Krebs Korrosionsschutz GmbH
- Copper‐Nickel Sheathing ‐ A more cost effective Solution for Boat Landings at Offshore Wind Power Stations, Bernd Sagebiel, Product Development Marine Applications, cunova GmbH
- Coating and Corrosion monitoring for predictive maintenance and lifetime extension, Tje Wei Hu, CEO, C-Cube International B.V., The Netherlands
Conference Exhibition- and Catering Bereich
Chair: Markus Nölke, Geschäftsführer WAB e.V.
Lina Stolz, Emergency paramedic / emergency control center offshore wind farms, Company for maritime emergency management
Cord Siedenberg, Specialist for occupational safety HSE Representative offshore, Wind Multiplikator GmbH Powered by Semco Maritime
- Dutch Rescue Organisation Offshore Wind, Erwin Roos, Global Quality Director, FMTC safety, The Netherlands
Impuls: Søren Lassen, Head of the Wind, Electricity and Renewable Energies department, Wood Mackenzie, Danmark
Chair: Janina Habethal, Senior Advisor Public Affairs & Communications Germany | Political affairs, TenneT TSO GmbH
- Lizet Ramirez, Senior Analyst, Wind Energy Supply Chain, WindEurope
- Bianca Barth, Senior Managerin Politik, Amprion GmbH
- Michel Kurstjens, Product Strategy Director, Sif Netherlands B.V.
- Søren Lassen, Head of the Wind, Electricity and Renewable Energies department, Wood Mackenzie, Danmark
Next Program: Dinner
Venue:
Fischbahnhof Bremerhaven, Am Schaufenster 6, 27572 BremerhavenVenue:
Fischbahnhof Bremerhaven, Am Schaufenster 6, 27572 Bremerhaven
Chair: Markus Nölke, Managing Director WAB e.V.
- Jens Assheuer, Chairman of the Executive Board, WAB e.V.
- Hester Somsen, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Germany
- Matthias Wunderling-Weilbier, State Secretary in the Lower Saxony Ministry of Economic Affairs, Transport and Building
- Andreas Wellbrock, Managing Partner, NORTHSEA HYDROGEN
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Welcome: Markus Nölke, Managing Director, WAB
Keynote:
Torsten von Haaren, Head of the city council Bremerhaven
Chair: Pim Reuderink, Regional Technical Manager, Bureau Veritas, The Netherlands
- Impuls: CCS & Offshore Windenergy Storage
- Subsea 7: Unlocking the potential of offshore wind energy: Can subsea storage improve economic viability and grid stability?
Impuls: Hydrogen and Offshore Wind: Same, same but different! Dr F. Maximilian Boemke, Watson Farley & Williams LLP
Panel: Hydrogen Learnings: What can the hydrogen economy learn from offshore wind development?
Chair: Andreas Wellbrock, Managing Partner, NORTHSEA Hydrogen
Panelist:
Robert Seehawer, Managing Director, AquaVentus Förderverein e.V.
Dr Elmar Friedrich, Market Director Germany & France, Copenhagen Offshore Partners A/S
Matthias Petzsch, Strategic Placement Leader Engineering, Marsh GmbH
Conference Exhibition- and Catering Bereich
Chair: Björn Wittek, WAB-Board member
Impuls: Start-up promotion, Björn Wittek, Managing Director Rhenus Offshore Logistics GmbH & Co. KG
Pitches:
- Smart solution for offshore wind: Efficient. Automated. Precise. Tethys ONE., Gallus Kaufmann, CCO & Co-Founder, Tethys Robotics GmbH, Switzerland
- Elmar Heidenescher, CEO Medical Offshore Support GmbH
- Responsible Circularity – Rethinking Rotor Blade Recycling for a Low-Carbon Hydrogen Future, Claudia Martens, CEO, Joulmine GmbH & Co. KG
- Making Offshore Operations Safer – Reducing Risk and Extending Workable Windows with Vessel Motion Prediction, Lars Hainke, Next Ocean B.V., The Netherlands
- Seekable: New cable tracker system, Martin Koelman, Commercial Director, seekable, The Netherlands
- FMTC, our unique experience!, Erwin Roos, Global Quality Director, FMTC safety, The Netherlands
- WhisperRing – technology developed by MWF, Eric van der Gun, CEO, Mega Windforce (MWF), The Netherlands
Chair: Markus Nölke, Managing Director, WAB e.V.
Pim Reuderink, Regional Technical Manager, Bureau Veritas, The Netherlands
- Developing onshore and offshore hydrogen networks in The Netherlands and Germany, Robert Evers, Business Development Manager Hydrogen, Gasunie, The Netherlands
Conference exhibition- and catering area
Chair: Jens Assheuer, Chairman of the Executive Board, WAB e.V.
- LogReview O&M logistic concept assessment based on AIS and ADSB Data, Jürgen Mackeprang, Senior Projectmanager, Deutsche Offshore Consult GmbH
- O&M logistics, far-offshore accessibility, Kris Benne, Head of Offshore Wind, JD Offshore GmbH
- How tender criteria stimulated innovation in Dutch offshore wind project, Dick van Wijngaarden, CAPE Holland, The Netherlands
Chair: Dr Dennis Kruse, Deputy Chairman of the WAB Management Board, Managing Director, Deutsche WindGuard GmbH
Offshore Wind Operations from a portfolio owners' perspective. Best practices from Asset Management that harvest asset value.
Guido van den Belt, Managing Director vdbENERGY Asset Management GmbH
Ensuring quality and safety in offshore wind power operations through inspections by TÜV NORD
Alexander Ohff, Executive Vice President Renewables, TÜV NORD EnSys GmbH & Co. KG
Morten Bülk, Senior Vice President Renewables, TÜV NORD EnSys GmbH & Co. KG
The key to securing critical infrastructure in the maritime sector
Jonas Hieber, Sales Engineer, in-innovative navigation GmbH
Conference Exhibition- and Catering Bereich
Chair: Linda Neddermann, Head of Marketing, Deutsche Windtechnik AG
- Continuous acoustic monitoring of high-voltage components for partial discharges, Jael MASURY, Project Manager Solutions, Omexom Renewable Energies Offshore GmbH
- Welding work on offshore structures, Markus Hummel, CEO, mh² offshore GmbH
- Wind Energy Projects & Football: Playing the Same Game to Improve O&M Gino van Oort, Renewable Operations Consultant, Twindo B.V., The Netherlands
Chair: Björn Wittek, WAB-Board member, Managing Director, Rhenus Offshore Logistics GmbH & Co. KG
- Hybrid threats to KRITIS - risk management and insurance cover
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
