Workshop Ireland

Program:

4th December

14:00 – 18:oo: Market update

• Welcome
  • Else Berit Eikeland, Norwegian Ambassador to Ireland
  • Arvid Nesse, Cluster coordinator, Norwegian Offshore Wind Cluster
• Update from Irish Authorities and Research Leaders on development of offshore wind in Ireland
  • Michael Manley, Assistant Secretary Energy, Department of Communications, Climate Actions and Environment
  • Jim Gannon, CEO, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)
  • Philip Nugent, Principal Marine Spatial Planning, Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government
  • Valerie Cummins, Funded investigator, Marine Renewable Energy Institute (MaREI) – Eirwind project
  • Liam Curran, Senior Technologist, Enterprise Ireland
  • Liam Lacey, Director for Irish Maritime Development Office, Marine Institute.
• Energy companies
  • Hanne Wigum, Manager R&D Renewable Technology, Equinor
  • Kevin O’Donovan, Head of Development, Statkraft Ireland
  • Peter Lefroy, Project Director, Innogy Renewables Ireland
  • Knut Vassbotn, Head of Business Development Offshore Wind, Aker Solutions
  • Marian Troy, Head of Corporate Affairs, SSE Renewables
• Short presentations from participating companies
  • Wise Group – Automasjon og Data
  • Xylem/Aanderaa
  • Offshore Kinetics
  • Amon
  • Xocean
  • Apex Geophysics

19:00: Dinner at Norwegian Ambassadors Residence

5th December

9:00-13:00 Technical session

• Magne Bjelland, Senior Manager, Kvaerner
• Derek Robertson, CEO, Subsea Micropiles (Ireland)
• Paul McEvoy, Technical Director, TFI Marine (Ireland)
• Trond Landbø, Manager Business Area Renewable Energy, Dr. Techn Olav Olsen (Norway)
• Jørn Haugvaldstad, CEO, Green Entrans (Norway)
• Gunnar Birkeland, CEO, Unitech Offshore (Norway) – Subsea cables
• Frank Emil Moen, CEO, Energy Innovation (Norway) – training and certification
• John Fitzgerald, Technical Director and Founder, Impact9 (Ireland) – Floating offshore wind: accessing exposed atlantic sites
• Barry Kilcline, Head of Projects, SSE Renewables (Ireland)
• Charl Burger, Head of Business Development, Partnerplast (Norway)

13:00 Lunch

14:00-18:00 R&D session – possible Horizon2020 projects

• Finn Gunnar Nielsen, Professor, University of Bergen/Bergen Offshore Wind Centre
• Nguyen Dinh, Senior Reserach Fellow, Marine Renewable Energy Institute – Eirwind project
• Lin Li, Postdoctor, University of Stavanger (Norway)
• Edward Fagan, Postdoctoral Researcher and Adjunct Lecturer, NUI Galway (Ireland)
• Arvid Nesse, General Manager, Marine Energy Test Centre (Norway)
• John Breslin, General Manager, Smartbay (Ireland)

18:00-19:00 Wine reception hosted by Norwegian Embassy

Location:

Clayton Hotel Ballsbridge. We have reserved some rooms at rate 135 Euro per night.

Travel to be organized individually.

Registration no later than 20th November.