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\r\n\"MHI<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

WindEurope 2019 welcomes a new exciting feature:
the Thought Leaders Forum.<\/h2>\r\n\r\n

Where:<\/strong> Hall 1
\r\nWhen:<\/strong>
\r\nTue 2 April, 11:00-17:00
\r\nWed 3 April, 9:30-16:30
\r\nThu 4 April, 9:45-15:45
\r\nEvery 30 mins<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Brought to you by MHI Vestas and located in the exhibition area, it will create a bridge to the conference and offer exhibition visitors the possibility to listen to industry leaders, startups and policymakers about the future of technology, markets and the great transformations at work through the energy transition.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Over the three days of the event, through a series of short talks, discussions, interviews and panels, we will cover the challenges of the energy transition, the role of offshore wind in accelerating the decarbonisation of Europe\u2019s economies, innovative advances in wind-based electrification, turbine and offshore technology, resource assessment, system integration and sustainability, as well as finance and global markets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n Day one<\/a>\r\n Day two<\/a>\r\n Day three<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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11:00<\/td>\r\n Introduction<\/td>\r\n Stewart Mullin<\/strong>, Director of Public Affairs, Communications and Marketing, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
11:05<\/td>\r\n Offshore wind as an enabler of delivering the energy transition for all Europeans<\/td>\r\n Philippe Kavafyan<\/strong> CEO, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
11:30<\/td>\r\n Facilitating the integration of offshore wind: storage solutions<\/td>\r\n

Connecting floating wind to storage: the BATWIND project<\/em>
\r\n Sebastian Bringsv\u00e6rd<\/strong>, Head of Hywind Development in New Energy Solutions, Equinor<\/p>\r\n

Increasing the Value of Offshore Wind by Integrating On-board Energy Storage<\/em>
\r\n Dr Daniel Buhagiar<\/strong>, Senior Research Engineer, FLASC \/ University of Malta\r\n
\r\n See presentation<\/a><\/p><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n

12:00<\/td>\r\n Smart turbines in a connected environment<\/td>\r\n Enabling large-scale low CoE offshore wind grid integration<\/em>
\r\n Tusitha Abeyasekera<\/strong>, MHI Vestas\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
12:30<\/td>\r\n Taking offshore wind to the next level<\/td>\r\n Interview with:<\/em>
\r\n Christina Aabo<\/strong>, Director R&D Wind Power, \u00d8rsted
\r\nconducted by David Weston, News Editor, Windpower Monthly
\r\n<\/em>See presentation<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr> \r\n
13:00<\/td>\r\n Wind goes digital<\/td>\r\n Working together on the digital transformation of wind<\/em>
\r\n Vasiliki Klonari<\/strong>, Senior system integration & digitalisation analyst, WindEurope
\r\n See presentation<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr> \r\n
13:30<\/td>\r\n Hydrogen: a natural companion for offshore wind?<\/td>\r\n <\/em>
\r\n Denis Thomas<\/strong>, EU regulatory affairs & business development manager renewable hydrogen, Hydrogenics\r\n
\r\n See presentation<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr> \r\n
14:00<\/td>\r\n Electrification of industrial processes: what role for offshore wind?<\/td>\r\n Decarbonising offshore oil and gas operations with floating offshore wind<\/em>
\r\n Sebastian Bringsv\u00e6rd<\/strong>, Head of Hywind Development in New Energy Solutions, Equinor\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
14:30<\/td>\r\n Offshore wind powering future mobility<\/td>\r\n Electrification of transport: new demand for wind and renewables<\/em>
\r\nJochen Kreusel<\/strong>, Market Innovation Manager, Power Grids Division, ABB
\r\nSee presentation<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
15:00<\/td>\r\n Keeping your offshore wind farms secure<\/td>\r\n Cyber Security \u2013 Key Tests<\/em>
\r\nSteve Ross<\/strong>, Data and Digital – Business Lead, ORE Catapult
\r\nSee presentation<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr> \r\n\r\n
15:30<\/td>\r\n Automating offshore wind farm inspections<\/td>\r\n \r\nUsing autonomous drones to inspect turbines<\/em>
\r\n Andr\u00e9 Moura<\/strong>, Founder and CEO, ProDrone\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
16:00<\/td>\r\n Using Artificial Intelligence to improve operations<\/td>\r\n An AI approach to control and monitor wind farm assets using satellite images<\/em>
\r\nEnrique Iriarte<\/strong>, Acciona Energia
\r\nEduardo Cuesta<\/strong>, Data Scientist, Pervasive Technologies
\r\nSee presentation<\/a>
\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
16:30<\/td>\r\n Using Advanced Analytics to improve Asset Management<\/td>\r\n From Data to Action: Advanced Analytics Applied to Asset Management<\/em>
\r\n Dave Roberts<\/strong>, Power Factor <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n
9:30<\/td>\r\n Conference debrief: highlights of 2 April<\/td>\r\n Stewart Mullin<\/stong>, Director of Public Affairs, Communications and Marketing, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind
\r\nPierre Tardieu<\/strong>, Chief Policy Officer, WindEurope<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
10:00<\/td>\r\n Europe’s offshore wind potential<\/td>\r\n 400GW of offshore wind by 2050: are we on track?<\/em>
\r\n Giles Hundleby<\/strong>, Director, BVG Associates\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr> \r\n
10:30<\/td>\r\n The role of ports in the expansion of offshore wind<\/td>\r\n The role of ports in the expansion of offshore wind<\/em>
\r\n Jesper Bank<\/strong>, CCO, Port of Esbjerg\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
11:00<\/td>\r\n Innovation in subsea cables<\/td>\r\n Interview with:<\/em>
\r\n Raul Gil<\/strong>, VP Submarine Business Unit, Prysmian Group
\r\nconducted by Shaun Campbell, Editor, Windpower Monthly<\/em>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
11:30<\/td>\r\n Floating wind solutions<\/td>\r\n Perspectives for floating offshore wind<\/em>
\r\n Jo\u00e3o Metelo<\/strong>, CEO, Principle Power\r\n
\r\n See presentation<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
12:00<\/td>\r\n Multi-use of offshore wind farms<\/td>\r\n Pilot projects on multiuse of offshore wind farms<\/em>
\r\n Mattia Cecchinato<\/strong>, Offshore and Sustainability analyst, WindEurope\r\n
\r\n See presentation<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
12:30<\/td>\r\n Developments in offshore wind foundations<\/td>\r\n Serial fabrication – Large Scale Floating Wind Farms<\/em>
\r\n Antonio S\u00e1nchez P\u00e9rez<\/strong>, Offshore Wind Programme Manager, NAVANTIA\r\n
\r\n See presentation<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
13:00<\/td>\r\n Prespectives on offshore wind<\/td>\r\n Interview with<\/em>
\r\nHenrik Stiesdal<\/strong>
\r\nconducted by Darius Snieckus, Editor in Chief, REcharge<\/em><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
13:30<\/td>\r\n Meshed offshore grids<\/td>\r\n Update on the PROMOTioN project<\/em>
\r\nNicolaos Cutululis <\/strong>Professor, DTU Wind Energy
\r\n See presentation<\/a><\/tr> \r\n
14:00<\/td>\r\n Artificial Islands connecting offshore wind farms<\/td>\r\n <\/em>
\r\n Javier Abanades<\/strong>, Head of Hydrodynamic Modelling, Wind Energy Division, TYPSA\r\n
\r\n See presentation<\/a><\/td>\r\n
15:00<\/td>\r\n Local acceptance<\/td>\r\n Co-creation as basic principle for creating local acceptance<\/em>
\r\n Ruth Schmitt<\/strong>, Head of the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, FHNW
\r\nUrsula Dubois<\/strong>, Head, Sociolutions GmbH\r\n
\r\n See presentation<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
15:30<\/td>\r\n Wind Resource Assessment<\/td>\r\n The New European Wind Atlas: how it will impact wind resource assessments in the future<\/em>
\r\n Jakob Mann<\/strong>, Professor, DTU Wind Energy
\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
16:00<\/td>\r\n Sustainability<\/td>\r\n Decommissioning: challenges and solutions<\/em>
\r\n Lida Barekzai<\/strong>, Project Manager,Veolia Environmental Services Germany
\r\n See presentation<\/a>
\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
16:30<\/td>\r\n Closing session<\/td>\r\n Recap of the day<\/em>
\r\n Monica Lambert<\/strong>, WindEurope
\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n
9:45<\/td>\r\n Conference debrief: highlights of 3 April<\/td>\r\n MHI Vestas<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
10:15<\/td>\r\n Financing the energy transition<\/td>\r\n Interview with:<\/em>
\r\n David Gonzalez<\/strong>, Senior Energy Engineer, European Investment Bank
\r\nconducted by Iv\u00e1n Pineda, Director of Public Affairs, WindEurope<\/em><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
10:45<\/td>\r\n The Clean Energy Package and impacts on energy trading<\/td>\r\n <\/em>
\r\n Viviana Ciancibello<\/strong>, Senior Business Developer, EEX
\r\n See presentation<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
11:15<\/td>\r\n Global offshore wind markets: Asia<\/td>\r\n Interview with:<\/em>
\r\n Lars Hammersh\u00f8j<\/strong>, Chief Strategy Officer, K2 Management
\r\nconducted by Bernd Radowitz, Editor Europe, REcharge<\/em><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
11:45<\/td>\r\n Auctions: finding the right design<\/td>\r\n The impact of auction design: findings from the AURES II project<\/em>
\r\n Lena Kitzing<\/strong>, Senior Researcher, DTU Wind Energy<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
12:15<\/td>\r\n The UK offshore wind market<\/td>\r\n Brexit: perceptions from continental investors on the UK market<\/em>
\r\n Marcel Janssen<\/strong>, Partner, Dentons
\r\n See presentation<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
12:45<\/td>\r\n Global offshore wind markets: North America<\/td>\r\n <\/em>
\r\n Shashi Barla<\/strong>, Principal Analyst, Global Wind Supply Chain & Technology, Wood McKenzie
\r\n See presentation<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
13:15<\/td>\r\n Financing Floating Wind<\/td>\r\n Closing the risk-gap with bottom fix: experience from Windfloat Atlantic
\r\n <\/em>Pablo Lucas<\/strong>, Project Finance Senior Manager, EDP Renewables<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
13:45<\/td>\r\n Using PPAs to lower market risk in offshore wind<\/td>\r\n Offshore wind PPAs: optimisation of offtake
\r\n <\/em>Sophie Dingenen<\/strong>, Partner Corporate & Projects | Energy & Utilities, Bird & Bird
\r\n See presentation<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
14:15<\/td>\r\n Financing offshore wind<\/td>\r\n Trends in offshore wind finance<\/em>
\r\n J\u00e9r\u00f4me Guillet<\/strong> Managing Director, Green Giraffe\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr> \r\n
14:45<\/td>\r\n Hedging risks in offshore wind projects<\/td>\r\n De-risking offshore wind projects<\/em>
\r\nRonny Bendlin Sp\u00fcr<\/strong>, Project Manager, Munich RE
\r\nSee presentation<\/a><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
15:15<\/td>\r\nDay recap in the Thought Leaders Forum and see you in Copenhagen!<\/em>
\r\nMonica Lambert<\/strong>, WindEurope<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n<\/section>
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