WINDFORCE 2015 Conference takes place in Bremerhaven at the ATLANTIC Sail City Hotel.
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| New International Offshore markets | 
| Focus on Asia (China, Japan) and USCompany: DNV GL – Energy Speaker: Dr Helmut Klug Position: Business Development Director | 
| Business development – Emerging Markets | 
| How long until new markets really bite?Company: MHI Vestas Offshore Wind Speaker: Joerg Kubitza, Denmark Position: Head of Strategy and Business Development, Sr. Director | 
| Offshore wind farms in Chinese waters | 
| The Hong Kong Electric Lamma Island Offshore wind monitoring projectCompany: SgurrEnergy Speaker: Matthias Henke Position: Director of German Operations | 
| Experiences from the Chinese offshore wind market – and how to cooperate both ways | 
| Company: Ming Yang Wind Power Group Speaker: Per Bull Haugsoen | 
| Maintaining the stability of offshore grid connection systems | 
| Assessment of the stability margin based on frequency dependent impedancesCompany: TenneT Offshore Speaker: Andreas Menze Position: Leader Grid Planning Offshore | 
| Hochspannungskabel für Offshore- und Onshore-Anwendungen | 
| Technologie und InstallationCompany: ABB Speaker: Sebastian Ebert Position: Head of Cable Projects | 
| Status and lessons learned from the project 900 MW HVDC off-shore grid connection DolWin3 | 
| Company: ALSTOM Power Speaker: Dr Cederick Allwardt Position: Technical Project Director | 
| Lessons learned from HVDC offshore connections in Germany | 
| Company: Siemens Grid Speaker: Roland Walz Position: Sales Manager Grid Access | 
| Offshore Auctions – post 2020 | 
| Update and OutlookCompany: Windenergy Agency WAB Speaker: Ronny Meyer Position: CEO | 
| TBA | 
| Company: Ministry for Economics and Energy (BMWI) Speaker: Thorsten Falk | 
| TBA | 
| Company: Fraunhofer ISI Speaker: Mario Ragwitz | 
| TBA | 
| Company: Dong Energy Speaker: Trine Borum Bojsen Position: Managing Consultant | 
| A call for tenders system for EEG remuneration | 
| Implications for offshore windCompany: Watson Farley & Williams Speaker: Dr Christine Bader Position: Lawyer and Partner | 
| Offshore Wind Energy Development in Germany – Status Quo & Current Trends | 
| New installations, projects under construction, outlookCompany: Deutsche WindGuard GmbH Speaker: Anna-Kathrin Wallasch Position: Head of Markets & Politics | 
| Nordergründe – Tiny Challenge | 
| Company: wpd offshore solutions Speaker: Alexander Klemt | 
| Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm – From fictous readiness to fully operational wind farm | 
| Nordsee Ost Offshore Wind Farm: progress over one year and its experiences getting the park connected to the grid and fully operationalCompany: RWE Innogy Speaker: Marcel Sunier Position: Project Director | 
| Offshore Windfarm Amrumbank West | 
| Status Report and ChallengesCompany: E.ON Climate & Renewables Speaker: Dominik Schwegmann Position: General Project Manager Amrumbank West | 
| Sandbank: Lessons learned in practice | 
| Company: Vattenfall Europe Windkraft Speaker: Niels Bjaert Position: Certified Project Director | 
| EnBW Baltic 2 | 
| Experience from implementation of Baltic 2 Speaker: Stefan Kansy Position: Leiter Neubauprojekte, Erzeugung Portfolioentwicklung | 
| The financing of the Nordsee 1 project | 
| A project financed by commercial banks onlyCompany: Green Giraffe Energy Bankers Speaker: Dr Jerome Guillett Position: Managing Director | 
| Challenge to the offshore Sumitomo’s experiences in Belgium | 
| Company: Sumitomo Deutschland Speaker: Koji Wakabayashi Position: General Manager | 
| Guarantee and Insurance cover | 
| Guarantees of Turbine-, Cable-, and Foundation Manufacturers and Subcontractors and it`s insurability. Speaker: Dr Patrick Wendisch Position: Managing Partner | 
| Disputes? Avoid them or win them! | 
| Company: CORVEL, Lawyer and Partner Speaker: Dr Nicoletta Kröger Position: Partner | 
| Managing Weather Risk | 
| Weather delay insurance in offshore construction and maintenanceCompany: Endurance Global Weather Speaker: Ralph Renner, UK Position: Head of European Origination | 
| Electrifying the German North Sea | 
| Planning, Building and Operating Grid Connections and Interconnectors Speaker: Dr Benjamin Hühnerbein Position: Head of Project Management Office Offshore | 
| Ensuring Access to Compensation Funds for Loss of Revenue From Grid Connection Delays | 
| Company: CARNEADES Project Services Speaker: Alexander Kruse Position: Managing Director | 
| Offshore Substations / Erfahrungen & Perspektiven | 
| Company: Siemens Energy Management Division Speaker: Joerg Findeisen Position: Head of Mechanical Development | 
| Security of supply and system operation | 
| Interaction between electrical grid and power plantsCompany: Tennet TSO Speaker: Volker Weinreich Position: Head of Control Centre Lehrte | 
| Haliade 150-6MW from Demo to Series Production | 
| Company: ALSTOM Power Speaker: Markus Rieck Position: CEO | 
| How the V164-8.0 MW turbine will help reducing cost of energy for offshore wind | 
| Company: MHI Vestas Offshore Wind Speaker: Anders Bach Andersen, Denmark Position: Senior Product Manager | 
| Turbine drivetrains for offshore wind | 
| Tradeoffs, key success factors and return of experienceCompany: Ocean Breeze Energy Speaker: Joachim Arndt Position: Chief Engineer | 
| The Senvion 6.2M152 | 
| A 20% yield improvement for the 6.xM platform Speaker: Harry Pim Position: Program Manager 6.XM | 
| HVAC Booster Turbines | 
| How to eliminate the need for an HVAC offshore substationCompany: Siemens Wind Power Speaker: Jesper Møller, Denmark Position: Head of Offshore Concepts and Solutions | 
| New Construction & Safety Standards for Offshore Wind Service-Crafts | 
| Company: German Shipowners’ Association (VDR) Speaker: Capt. Wolfgang Hintzsche Position: Marine Director | 
| Offshore Vessels: A Flexible Approach | 
| Lessons learned from German Offshore Wind InstallationCompany: Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Speaker: Martin Degen, Norway Position: Commercial Manager | 
| Offshore Logistics Shuttle (OLS) | 
| Feeder Concept for the Installation of Offshore Wind FarmsCompany: BLG Logistics Solutions Speaker: Annette Schimmel Position: Manager Strategic Projects | 
| Offshore-Windfarm Emergency Rescue & Response Vessel (OWF-ERRV) | 
| Company: Bugsier-, Reederei- und Bergungs-Gesellschaft Speaker: Carsten-S. Wibel Position: Project Head | 
| The new SWATH@A&R Crew Base & Transfer Vessel | 
| Accomodation and means of transfer for service techniciansCompany: Abeking & Rasmussen Schiffs- und Yachtwerft Speaker: Nils P. Olschner Position: Sales Director Special Vessels | 
| TBA | 
| Company: European Commission Directorate Speaker: Brendan Devlin, Belgium | 
| Development of Borssele Wind Farm Zone | 
| The Netherlands Status of development of Borssele Wind Farm Zone will be presentedCompany: Ministry of Economic Affairs Netherland Speaker: Ruud de Bruijne, Netherlands Position: Project manager Off Shore Wind | 
| Offshore Wind in France | 
| Situation and PerspectivesCompany: France Energie Eolienne Speaker: Matthieu Monnier, France Position: Industry and Offshore Wind Advisor | 
| The SEASTAR Alliance | 
| A European Offshore Wind Industry Alliance fostering cross-border collaboration on cost-reduction, knowledge management and offshore grid developmentCompany: Stiftung Offshore Windenergie Speaker: Andreas Wagner Position: CEO | 
| Offshore Wind Projects In Scotland & The UK | 
| The Challenge of DeliveryCompany: EDPR Speaker: Dan Finch, UK Position: Managing Director EDPR UK & Director Of Offshore Business EDPR | 
| Lessons learned in German offshore wind industry | 
| A good foundation to further develop European offshore projectsCompany: Adwen Speaker: Paulo Pereira Position: Head of Sales Germany, Benelux | 
| VGB S-831 – the new Guideline for the Provision of Technical Documentation (Technical Plant Data, Documents) for Plants in the Energy Industry | 
| Company: RWE Technology International Speaker: Jörg Richnow Position: Head of Documentation Management | 
| Survey of welding seams of offshore foundations | 
| Company: Fraunhofer-Institut für Keramische Technologien und Systeme, Institutsteil Materialdiagnostik IKTS-MD /  Baltic Taucherei- und Bergungsbetrieb Rostock GmbH Speaker: Dr. rer. nat. Bianca Weihnacht / Jens Eppler Position: Project coordinator / Projectmanager | 
| Fast, Safe and Easy Access | 
| Maintenance and Modification of Offshore SubstationsCompany: AAK Speaker: Torgeir Nærø, Norway Position: CEO | 
| Required HSE documentation for an OWF in Germany | 
| Company: DNV GL Speaker: Andreas Beeken and Vivien Taillebois | 
| Introduction of O&M manual transition piece | 
| The challenge to reduce service frequency in respect to logistic cost reduction. Speaker: Carl Rasmus Richardsen / Alexander Huth Position: CEO / Project Management Service | 
| Leading offshore experience through strategic partnerships | 
| Development of one common offshore service Hub in Emden Speaker: Michael Munder-Oschimek Position: Managing Director | 
| Experience of Suction Bucket Jacket Borkum Riffgrund 1 | 
| Company: DONG Energy Speaker: Henrik Carsten Position: Jacket Product Line Manager & Senior Lead Structual Specialist | 
| Revolutionising productivity and safety in offshore grouting | 
| A new material, the result of a joint initiative between BASF and FoundOcean, is set to deliver significant and quantifiable improvements in productivity when grouting offshore wind turbine structures Speaker: Carsten Michels Position: Business Development Manager | 
| 50 x 8 > 80 x 5? | 
| Tripod supports MHI Vestas V164-8.0Company: OWT Offshore Wind Technologie Speaker: Dr Sigurd Weise | 
| GBS – the “new normal” | 
| Why bigger turbines and deeper waters will fundamentally change foundation choiceCompany: Seatower Speaker: Petter J. Karal, Norway Position: CEO | 
| Supply Chain Concept for Industrial Assembling of Offshore-Wind-Jackets | 
| Company: Salzgitter / Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung Speaker: Georg Michels / Dr. Stephan Brauser Position: Director / Research Engineer Department Joining and Heat Technology | 
| The impact of innovation in the LCOE of offshore wind energy | 
| The role of KIC InnoEnergyCompany: KIC InnoEnergy Speaker: Antoni Martínez, Spain Position: CTO Renewable Energies | 
| Siemens New Offshore Wind Turbine Concept: leveraging reliability | 
| Company: Siemens Wind Power Speaker: Lars Hedemann | 
| TBA | 
| Company: CPNL Engineering Speaker: Ton Tuk Position: Director | 
| selected Aspects for increasing of cost efficiency From Fabrication Inspection to maintenance | 
| Company: JÖRSS BLUNCK ORDEMANN / Nordic Yards Wismar Speaker: Dr Falk Lüddecke / Sven Höpfner Position: CEO / Head of Offshore Substations Systems Design | 
| The cheaper the better? | 
| Evaluation of Logistics Concepts for the Installation of Offshore Wind Farms Speaker: Prof Dr Kerstin Lange Position: Internationale Wirtschaft und Logistik | 
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