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| Chair | 
| Company: Senvion GmbH Speaker: Norbert Giese | 
| Adwen’s 8MW platform | 
| Next generation large turbines in the offshore wind IndustryCompany: Adwen GmbH Speaker: Maite Basurto Position: Chief Technology Officer | 
| Integral Optimisation of an Offshore Wind Farm | 
| Company: Deutsche WindGuard Offshore GmbH Speaker: Nils Erdmann Position: Managing Director | 
| GE’s Offshore Turbine | 
| GE Offshore Wind - ready for commercial operationCompany: GE Renewable Germany GmbH Speaker: Markus Rieck Position: MD Commercial Operations Sales & Marketing (global) Offshore Wind | 
| Multi-megawatt offshore wind turbines | 
| Tough conditions for drive trains and rotor bearingsCompany: SKF GmbH Speaker: Dr. Philipp Schmid Position: Marketing Manager Energy | 
| Chair | 
| Company: GE Grid GmbH Speaker: Thorsten Schwarz Position: Region Commercial Director | 
| OFTO for Life | 
| Protecting the route to marketCompany: CWind Ltd. Speaker: Stefan Marschner Position: Sales Manager Germany | 
| Operational Management of Offshore Transformer Stations and the Responsibilities Involved | 
| Remote monitoring, switching operations, maintenance and much else require dealing with many interfaces and call for competency requirements: who is responsible for what?Company: Deutsche Windtechnik Offshore und Consulting GmbH Speaker: Alexander Huth Position: Projektmanager | 
| Cable protection | 
| State of art and Experiences with Cable ProtectionCompany: Seaproof Solutions Speaker: Henrik Bang-Andreasen Position: CEO | 
| New Concepts for Balance of Plant Operation and Maintenance Services | 
| A short introduction to technological advancements in the provision of Balance of Plant Operation and Maintenance Services for offshore wind farmsCompany: Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH Speaker: Alex Gauntt / Jan Holtermann Position: Business Development Manager / IMR Manager | 
| Chair | 
| Company: Offshore Windmesse und Veranstaltungs GmbH Speaker: Jens Eckhoff Position: Managing Director | 
| Optimized next generation wind farms | 
| First step Gode WindCompany: Dong Energy Speaker: Trine Borum Bojsen Position: Managing Director, DONG Energy Wind Power Germany GmbH | 
| Almost everything one notch bigger | 
| Company: EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG Speaker: Jörn Däinghaus Position: Projektleiter Offshore Windenergie / Erzeugung Neubauprojekte | 
| Wikinger in Construction Phase | 
| Status up-to-dateCompany: IBERDROLA Renovables Offshore Deutschland GmbH Speaker: Jürgen Blume Position: Managing Director | 
| Nordergründe | 
| Deepwater turbines made in Germany for a nearshore projectCompany: Senvion GmbH Speaker: Jörg Philp Position: Head of Sales Offshore | 
| Offshore Windfarm Nordergründe | 
| First-hand experience from the river Weser estuaryCompany: wpd offshore solutions GmbH Speaker: Hans-Christoph Brumberg Position: Project Manager | 
| Chair | 
| Company: wpd AG Speaker: Dr Klaus Meier Position: Chairman of the Supervisory Board | 
| TBA | 
| Company: OWIA Offshore Wind Industry Alliance Speaker: Urs Wahl Position: Project Manager for Political Communication, OWIA Berlin Office | 
| TBA | 
| Company: Becker Büttner Held (BBH) Speaker: Dr Ursula Prall Position: Lawyer and Partner | 
| TBA | 
| Company: Senator for Environment, Construction and Transport Bremen Speaker: Ronny Meyer Position: Deputy minister | 
| TBA | 
| Company: Senvion GmbH Speaker: Norbert Giese Position: Vice President Agency & Government Relations | 
| Impact of the renewable energy act on the offshore industry and the offshore base ports in Germany | 
| Practical example: “Offshore Base Cuxhaven”Company: AfW Cuxhaven Speaker: Dr Hans-Joachim Stietzel Position: Head of Department of Economic Development | 
| Chair | 
| Company: WindMW GmbH Speaker: Jens Assheuer Position: Managing Director | 
| Advantages of Outsourcing Operations and Maintenance for Offshore Operators and Manufacturers | 
| Case study BO1Company: Deutsche Offshore Consult GmbH Speaker: Jörg Engicht Position: Managing Director | 
| Optimized Maintenance Mix for miscellaneous secondary tasks | 
| How to define work packages and their mixtureCompany: Deutsche Windtechnik Offshore und Consulting GmbH Speaker: Christopher Schnake Position: Technical Controlling | 
| Fred. Olsen Windbase | 
| Long term fixed accommodation offshoreCompany: Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Speaker: David Matthews Position: General Manager UK | 
| From Planning to Realisation | 
| From Planning to Realisation – with own Vessels, Labour, Equipment and Facilities to any offshore destination in EuropeCompany: Rhenus Offshore Logistics GmbH & Co. KG Speaker: Thore Schreiber Position: Business Development | 
| Chair | 
| Company: Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology IWES Northwest Speaker: Dr Antje Wagenknecht Position: Branch Manager | 
| Current Developments in Offshore Safety Training | 
| Company: Deutsche WindGuard Offshore GmbH Speaker: Alexander Treichel Position: Head of Offshore Safety Training | 
| Offshore wind H&S across different EU member states | 
| Current standards and trends in health and safety in different EU statesCompany: SgurrEnergy Speaker: Christian Apeah Position: Team Leader – Offshore Wind Energy | 
| Field report and recommendations for safe and optimised offshore-wind-farm operation from the perspective of a testing and inspection organisation | 
| Flexible alignment of testing and inspection schemes to offshore conditionsCompany: TÜV Süd Speaker: Alexander Heitmann Position: Head of Department Offshore Windenergie | 
| Maritime Safety Partnerships among German Shipping Companies in Logistics and Comprehensive Protection and Safety Plans | 
| Company: VDR – Verband Deutscher Reeder Speaker: Wolfgang Hintzsche Position: Schiffssicherheit, Nautik und Technik, Umweltschutz | 
| Chair | 
| Company: Deutsche WindGuard Offshore GmbH Speaker: Sven Bicker Position: Managing Director | 
| Innovative Manufacturing Strategies for Offshore Wind Foundations | 
| Company: Bilfinger Mars Offshore sp. z o.o. Speaker: Dr. Stephan Brauser Position: Salzgitter AG, Sales representative, R&D Coordinator | 
| To boldly go where no fixed foundation can go | 
| Floating concrete foundations as the economic alternativeCompany: Ideol SA Speaker: Ole Stobbe Position: Business Development Manager Northern Europe | 
| Secrets of floated GBS | 
| Special techniques that enable broad applicability and low cost for float-out-and-sink gravity basedCompany: Seatower AS Speaker: Petter J. Karal Position: CEO | 
| Focus on Offshore Foundations | 
| Developments and innovationsCompany: wind:research GmbH Speaker: Dirk Briese Position: Managing Director | 
| Chair | 
| Company: EWE Offshore Service & Solutions Speaker: Irina Lucke Position: Managing Director | 
| Effective installation of high-voltage cable systems offshore | 
| Challenges to consider and lowering of risks by professional preparationCompany: ABB High Voltage Cables AB Speaker: Magnus Waldo Position: Installation Proposal Manager | 
| Cost Reduction through Flexibility | 
| Utilising vessels optimally to drive down costsCompany: Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Speaker: Even Larsen Position: Head of Commercial and Projects | 
| VIBRO | 
| Innovation as a collaborative effortCompany: RWE Innogy Speaker: Tobias Griesshaber Position: Project Manager | 
| SANDBANK SUBSTATION | 
| Transportation and Installation ChallengesCompany: Seaway Heavy Lifting Speaker: Richard van Aurich Position: Business Acquisition Manager – Renewable Energy / Germany & Denmark | 
| Chair | 
| Company: Wind Energy Agency / WAB e.V. Bremerhaven Speaker: Andreas Wellbrock Position: Managing Director | 
| How many offshore projects can be financed in a year? | 
| A new era of multiple dealsCompany: Green Giraffe Speaker: Dr. Jérôme Guillet Position: Managing Director | 
| Thinking ahead into operational periods | 
| Lessons learnt and current developmentsCompany: Nordwest Assekuranzmakler GmbH & Co. KG Speaker: Dr. Patrick Wendisch Position: Managing Partner | 
| Recent Developments in Project Financing for Offshore Wind | 
| Company: Northland Power Inc. Speaker: Boris Balan Position: Vice President Europe | 
| Contingency Sizing through Quantitative Risk Assessments | 
| Importance and benefits of detailed quantitative risk assessments to estimate the needs for contingency budgetsCompany: SgurrEnergy Ltd Speaker: Matthias Henke Position: Director of German Operations | 
| The Offshore Wind Act | 
| Remuneration and Financing of Offshore Wind ProjectsCompany: Watson Farley & Williams LLP Speaker: Dr. Christine Bader Position: Lawyer / Partner | 
| Chair | 
| Company: Ocean Breeze Energy Speaker: Jean Huby Position: Managing Director | 
| Profitability increase with WINDcenter services | 
| Selected case studiesCompany: Dahlhoff Service GmbH Speaker: Friedr.-Wilh. Dahlhoff Position: Joint Managing Director | 
| LCOE road-map for Floating Wind Turbines | 
| Using a 10MW semisubmersible FOWT without tower Speaker: Marc Guyot Position: CEO | 
| Automated Rotor Blade Inspection from the Ground | 
| The way to digital life cycle reportingCompany: Futureblades GmbH Speaker: Thorsten Zander Position: CEO | 
| Cost reduction potentials in the offshore wind sector regarding regulations, guidelines and standards | 
| Company: German Offshore Wind Energy Foundation Speaker: Bastian Abicht Position: Project Manager | 
| Monitoring of Offshore Structures | 
| Possible ways of optimizing operating costCompany: Wölfel Beratende Ingenieure GmbH &Co KG Speaker: Dr. Herbert Friedmann Position: Leiter F+E | 
| Chair | 
| Company: EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG Speaker: Dr Bernd Horstmann Position: Senior Manager | 
| New tools for efficient and optimized soil characterisation | 
| Company: Fugro Consult GmbH Speaker: Dr. Rolf Balthes Position: Regional Project Director Onshore Geotechnics, Europe & Caspian | 
| Alternating loads on offshore soils and structures – new ideas and developments | 
| Company: Marum – Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften / Center for Marine Environmental Sciences Speaker: Dr. Tobias Mörz Position: Professor for Marine Engineering Geology / Managing Director Fi. Geo-Engineering | 
| Submarine Cable Tracking | 
| New cost-effective technologyCompany: MMT Sweden AB Speaker: Philip Ljungström Position: Tender Manager | 
| Riskmitigation with Historical Investigation for the Identification of Unexploded Ordenance (UXO) in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the North Sea. | 
| Desktop Study Risk AssessmentCompany: Mull und Partner Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH Speaker: Sonja Krawczyk / Ralf Drewes Position: Deputy Head of Division of Armament Sites / Project Manager EOD Services | 
| Chair | 
| Company: Nordwest Assekuranzmakler GmbH & Co. KG Speaker: Thomas Haukje Position: Managing Partner | 
| The Offshore Terminal Bremerhaven (OTB) | 
| From planning to operation Speaker: Stefan Färber / Annette Schimmel Position: Port Development / Project Manager Green Economy | 
| Heavy-Load Logistics – from a Practical Point of View | 
| The crucial items to be consideredCompany: Dr Moeller GmbH / IMS Nord Speaker: Carsten Engel Position: Director Offshore Engineering | 
| The influence of changes in the logistic concept (e.g. harbours, offshore site and logistics) in relation to weather conditions on site | 
| Reduce offshore costs with strategical planning of weather depending time schedulesCompany: Fraunhofer-Institut für Windenergie und Energiesystemtechnik IWES Nordwest Speaker: Dirk Bendlin Position: Research Assosciate | 
| Requirements for a modern Offshore Base Port | 
| Company: SeaRenergy Offshore Holding GmbH & Cie. KG Speaker: Hendrik Drossmann Position: Manager QHSE & Project Engineer | 
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