Ministerial session - Getting offshore wind back on track

When: Thursday, 10 April 2025, 9:15 - 11:00
Where: Auditorium 15
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Session chair

Giles Dickson

CEO, WindEurope

Part 1 – Regional cooperation and system planning

Dan Jørgensen

European Commissioner for Energy and Housing, European Commission

Kerry McCarthy

Parliamentary Undersecretary of State, Minister of Climate , United Kingdom

Volker Oschmann

Director General for Electricity, BMWK - Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Germany

Nancy Mahieu

Director General for Energy, Federal Public Service for the Economy, Belgium

Rasmus Errboe

Group President and CEO, Ørsted

Manon van Beek

CEO, TenneT

Part 2 - Grids build-out, auctions and wind scale-up

Lars Aagaard

Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities, Denmark

Timmy Dooley

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, with special responsibility for the Marine, Ireland

Bernard Gustin

CEO, Elia Group

Álvaro Martínez Palacio

Managing Director, Offshore Wind Business, Iberdrola

Anders Nielsen

Chief Technology & Operations Officer and Executive Vice President, Vestas

Ben Wilson

President, National Grid Ventures

Part 3 – Supply chain, delivery and execution

Astrid Bergmål

State Secretary in the Ministry of Energy , Norway

Sven Utermöhlen

CEO, RWE Offshore

Anders Hangeland

SVP Renewables Engineering, Procurement, Construction & Digital (EPCD), Equinor

Marc Becker

CEO Offshore, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

Régis Boigegrain

Executive Vice President Offshore grids and Interconnections, RTE

Niklas Persson

Executive Vice President at Hitachi Energy, Managing Director Business Unit Grid Integration, Hitachi Energy

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Manon van Beek

CEO, TenneT

Ben Wilson

President, National Grid Ventures

Kerry McCarthy

Parliamentary Undersecretary of State, Minister of Climate , United Kingdom

Nienke Trooster

Ambassador to Denmark, The Netherlands