Programme

• Heike Winkler, Managing Director WAB e.V.

• Stefan Wenzel, Parlamentary State Secretary Federal Ministry of Economic and Climate Protection

• Jon Hansen, Business Envoy, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Berlin

• Ulrik Stridbæk, Head of Regulatory and Public Affairs,  Ørsted

• Markus Lesser, WAB-Board,  CEO PNE AG

• Jens Meyer-Holtz, Head of Projects & Permitting Offshore Wind Development Germany, RWE Renewables GmbH

Venue:

• TOP Seven GmbH & Co. KG, Head of Operations, Florian Zimmer

• Marine data platform: Effective data management and seamless collaboration through digitization and automation, Chief Revenue Officer, Philippe Take, TrueOcean GmbH

• morEnergy GmbH, Managing Director Dr Than Trung Do

• Hynamics Deutschland GmbH, Business Developer, Federico Alcalde Burella

• Technica Nova GmbH, Managing Director, Dr Florian Biehl

• Reventos – energy consulting, Roman Boos

• greentech.training, Founder and Head of Operations, Jerome Goerke

• Con4Mare GmbH, Managing Director Andreas Puls

• FreedomGRESS GmbH, Managing Director Evgeny Eliseev

• Sabik Offshore GmbH, Business Development Markus Barner

• Broetje-Automation GmbH, Head of Communication and Marketing, Norbert Steinkemper

• Marcus Rönner, Managing Director, Stahlbau Nord GmbH

• Dr Astrid Wirnhier, Offshore Wind Unit, Head of Unit, Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection

• Jon Hansen, Business Envoy, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Berlin

• Torsten Neuhoff, Mayer City of Bremerhaven

• Jens Assheuer, Chairman of the WAB-Board

• Klaus Udesen, Director Wind Denmark, Germany, UK, Ireland, Norwegian Energy Partners

• Dr Astrid Wirnhier, Offshore Wind Unit, Head of Unit, Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection

• Iris Franco Fratini, Authorized signatory Member of the Executive Board, Head of Corporate Affairs, Ørsted Germany

• Jan Vollrath, Vice President Offshore Sales, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

• Dr Andreas Liessem, Managing Director Steelwind Nordenham

• Dr Reinhard Lüken, Chief Executive Verband für Schiffbau und Meerestechnik VSM

• Tim Meyerjürgens, COO, Member of the Executive Board, TenneT

• Development of Offshore Wind and related technologies in Norway and Europe, Senior Vice President Business Development Europe Aker Horizons, Senior Vice President / Managing Director Offshore Wind Development Europe & Global New Markets, Mainstream Renewable Power, Holger Matthiesen

• Mission critical connectivity for the offshore industry, Tampnet, Head of Sales – Offshore Wind, Tom Løwehr

• Data and Insight. Sustainable Change. A supply chain perspective, Esgian, Director Business Development Susanne Starheim-Grøtter

• The Norwegian hydrogen ecosystem, value chain and projects, H2Cluster - The Norwegian Hydrogen Cluster and Ocean Hyway Cluster, Export Manager, Martin Hennum

• Hydrogen optimizing offshore windfarm value, HydePoint, CEO Elin Steinsland

• Cable failures – Challenges to growth in offshore wind, Senior Advisor, Jan Muren, 4Subsea, Norway

• MCE/MCR Turnkey Solutions, Technical Manager, Richard Schmidt-Obermöller, OWS Off-Shore Wind Solutions GmbH

• Application of Predictive Maintenance on Generators of Offshore Wind Turbines, Performance Managerin Sophie Janssen, Omexom Renewable Energies Offshore

• LogReview: Logistic Optimization by Means of AIS Data, a comprehensive Analysis of AIS Data to optimize OWF Logistic processes, Senior projectmanager Jürgen Mackeprang, Tractebel DOC Offshore / Dr David Baumgärtner, Fraunhofer Institute for Windenergysystems IWES

• Automation of the USP BARD1: From manned operation to autonomous efficiency, Department Manager Medium and High Voltage, Jan Neumayr, Ocean Breeze Energy GmbH & Co. KG

• Training and continuing education as a key task for the future - soft skills become hard skills, Kai Stührenberg, State Councillor for Labor and Europe, at the Senator for Economic Affairs, Labor and Europe Free Hanseatic City of Bremen

• Qualification initiatives for Offshore Wind in Germany, Vietnam and Taiwan, Heike Winkler, Managing Director WAB, Dr. Than Trung Do, Geschäftsführer morEnergy Vietnam, Director international Projects, Manuel Zehr, Formosan Business Support, Taiwan

• Deutsche Windtechnik Akademie: Innovative ways to recruit skilled workers, Head of Human Resource Christina Schäfer, Deutsche Windtechnik, Project Manager Deutsche Windtechnik Akademie, Hanna Trayser

• Are they allowed to do that? Practical examples of operational planning, basics - processes - optimization: Consideration of all necessary skills & qualifications of the technicians. Sales Engineer for national and international project acquisitions in the field of software implementati, Thomas Zapp, GreenGate AG

• Demand for skilled professionals and qualification for offshore wind, Prof Dr Wolfgang Lukas, Offshore Wind MBA

• Value creation potentials of hydrogen production and offshore wind energy in Northern Germany, employment, market participants and revenues: Status Quo and Forecast Activities of the Hydrogen Industry, Managing Director Dirk Briese, trend:research

• Pitfalls and disputes in supply chain decarbonization, Specialist lawyer for international business law, Dr Martin Lögering, Lebuhn & Puchta

• Floating Offshore Wind – Does it cost more to minimize carbon footprint? Manufacturing, Transport and Installation of a floating foundation? Country Manager, Thore Schreiber, Kongstein

• Experience from the offshore wind installation joint industry project on carbon emission tracking (EMRED JIP), Segment Lead Offshore Wind, Region Northern Europe, Peter Frohboese, DNV Energy Systems

Opening and Chair: Heike Winkler, Managing Director WAB e.V.

• Christian Meyer, Lower Saxony Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection, 

• Philippe Kavafyan, Executive Director, Aker Horizons

• Matthias Brandt, WAB-Board, Board member Deutsche Windtechnik

Venue (same place as the conference venue):

• Detecting activity using fibreoptic cable, Strategic competence and research manager, Steinar Bjørnstad, Tampnet, Norway

• Maritime surveillance and protection of critical infrastructure, Sales Manager, Morten Wilfred Persen, Kongsberg Norcontrol, Norway

• Cyber and physical security of Offshore Windfarms, DLR German Aerospace Center, Institute Director, Dr Frank Sill Torres, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Dr Thomas Kemmerich

• IT security in KRITIS companies - liability and protection of management, Nordwest Assekuranzmakler, Managing Partner NW Assekuranzmakler ProRisk, Achim Fischer-Erdsiek

• Achieving Sustainable Market Leadership - The National Ports Strategy from the Seaport Operators' Perspective - German Seaport Association ZDS, Chief Executive Daniel Hosseus

• Ports and logistics: requirements for the 2GW offshore systems of the future, TenneT Offshore, Programm Manager 2 GW, Dr Sven-Brian Müller

• Energy Port Bremerhaven, bremenports, Member of the management, Stefan Färber

• Offshore wind expansion targets require cooperation among ports and port stakeholders. An outlook on the practical implementation. Agency for business development Cuxhaven, Director Marc Itgen

• Malte Lembrecht, Offshore Product and Portfolio Management, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

• Albert Winnemuller, Head of Global Offshore Product Market Strategy, Vestas Wind Systems A/S

• Wei Zhaowei, Deputy director of R&D Center, Dongfang Electric Wind Power Co., Ltd

• Hydrogen - Legal Framework and Relevance in EEG, WindSee Act and the EU Legal Context, Lawyer Lisa Jakob, Lawyer Paul Philipp Breunig, Blanke Meier Evers, Lawyers in partnership

• Offshore electrolysis with ship transport is the fastest solution, Managing Partner Andreas Wellbrock, NorthH2 Project Company

• System integration North Sea, The optimal use of the energy system and start with introduction of GREEN molecules offshore. Two energy carriers could speed up the energy transition and bridge (onshore) HV infrastructure or storage hurdles as an interbellum, Regional BENELUX and NORDIC technical manager Pim Reuderink, Bureau Veritas Denmark

• A realistic look at hydrogen production offshore - status, challenge and recommendations for action, Prof Dr Joerg Buddenberg, German Offshore Test Site and Infrastructure Company (DOTI), Dr Dennis Kruse, Managing Director Deutsche WindGuard

• Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen: An Extract of Studies on Different Concepts and Business Case Analysis, Senior Engineer Jagdishkumar Ghinaiya, Energy systems department, Ramboll

• Production of green hydrogen to support the massive expansion of offshore wind energy production, Head of Central & Eastern Europe, Luc Graré, Lhyfe

• Windanker Foundations, anchored to a greener future, Foundations Package Manager Windanker Project, Eugenio Álvarez Román, Iberdrola, Spain

• Commercial-scale Floating: Highly promising, experience required!, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Bruno Geschier, BW Ideol, France

• Fixed Bottom Foundations and Floating Wind Anchoring Solutions, Regional Manager Americas, Kai Fiand, Cape Holland, USA

• Redefining Floating Wind with an Offshore Wind Foundation for Intermediate Water Depths, Renewables Manager, Zander McDougall, OSI Renewables, UK

• Visit to Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy production site for offshore wind turbines

We ask for registrations until June 9, 2023 to info@wab.net.