BWEA Offshore Wind 09

Day Two: Thursday 25th June 2009 - Supply Chain, Technology & Engineering Deployment

Time	Session	Content
8.30	Registration & Coffee & Exhibition
9.30	Opening Session	Chair: Adam Bruce, BWEA Chairman Georg Adamowitsch, EU Commission Jeremy Sainsbury, Natural Power: Sponsor Address
10.00	Coffee Break & Exhibition
10.30	Technology and Grid	R&D/Technology *Chair: Neil Douglas, Technical Director, Natural Power* Benjamin Sykes, Senior Technology Accelerator Manager, The Carbon Trust Richard Court, Technology Specialist - Wind Renewables, NaREC: Ensuring Reliability for Offshore Wind – Large Testing Facilities Mike Hay, Offshore Wind Delivery Manager, Mainstream Renewable Power: Mainstream’s Innovation Strategy	Grid Chair: Nigel Fox, Charging & Revenue Manager, National Grid Phil Manley, Senior Project Manager, Siemens Transmission and Distribution Ltd: What a Difference a Year Makes - Delivering a Round 2 Grid Connection Project in Interesting Times John Sinclair, Managing Director, Subocean Group: Cable Lay Supply Chain to meet UK Targets Ronan McDermott, Garrad Hassan and Partners Ltd: High voltage AC Distribution Networks for Offshore Wind Farms - Breaking the 33 kV Barrier Grid Questions and Answers
11.30	BWEA Rebranding Debate
12.00	Lunch & Exhibition
13.15	Keynote Speaker, introduced by Maria McCaffery, BWEA	Sir Michael Pitt, Chair-Designate of the Infrastructure Planning Commission: Infrastructure Planning Commission: faster, fairer and more transparent decision-making for national infrastructure in England and Wales
13.45	Supply Chain and Ports	Supply Chain Chair: Dr. Rainer Mohr, REpower Systems AG Mike Prowse, UK Sales Manager, A2SEA: Installation logistics for UK Round 3 offshore wind farms Paul Drabwell, BERR & David Curran, DECC: Low Carbon Industry Strategy Jesper Ferløv Greth, Senior Advisor, MAKE Consulting: Offshore Wind Supply Chain Supply Chain Question and Answers	Ports Chair: Ray Thompson, One North East Julian Brown, BVG Associates: UK Ports - the developers perspective Chris Elhers, Managing Director Renewable Energy Division, Siemens plc: UK Ports & Offshore Wind, Siemens Perspective Capt Stephen Gobbi, Group Marine Director, Peel Ports Charlie Field, Head of Operations, Searoc: Meeting the Vessel Owner’s Needs Ports Questions and Answers
15.00	Coffee Break & Exhibition
15.30	Skills and Operations	Operations Chair: Capt. Peter Hodgetts, Chief Executive, SeaRoc Group Bo Mørup, Senior Vice President Sales & Projects, Vestas Offshore A/S: Improvements to WTG reliability - future perspectives on offshore operation and maintenance Jeremy Carnell, PMSS: BWEA Guidance on Safe Operation of Jack-up Vessels in Offshore Wind Construction and O&M Rob Cox, Partner, EC Harris: Realising Significant Costs Savings and Efficiency in Offshore Wind Operations Questions and Answers	Sector Skills - why we may miss UK renewable energy targets Chair: Andrew Jamieson, Renewables Business Development Director, ScottishPower Renewables Steve Clarke, Mainstream Renewable Power: Developing the Human Capital for Offshore Renewables Bob Windmill, Head of Research and Performance, Energy and Utility Skills: Securing Future Skills Rosy Jones, Red Ensign Ltd: Securing bottom-line value from skills development Gary Robinson, Group Head of HR, RES Group: BWEA/Hay Reward Survey Sector Skills Questions and Answers
16.30	Closing Remarks	Adam Bruce, BWEA Chairman

BWEA Offshore 2009 - Gallery
Time	Session	Content
08.30	Registration & Coffee & Exhibition
09.30	Opening Session	Chair: Adam Bruce, BWEA Chairman Maria McCaffery, Chief Executive, BWEA: Welcome and introduction Alistair Buchanan CBE, Chief Executive, Ofgem Captain Peter Hodgetts, Chief Executive, SeaRoc Group: Sponsor Address Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE, Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change Opening Session Questions And Answers
10.30	Coffee Break & Exhibition
11.15	RES and Round 3 Panel Debate	Chair: Adam Bruce, BWEA Chairman Play Audio - Listen to the whole debate Panellists: Katherine MacNeill, Deputy Head, Renewables Deployment, DECC Dermot Grimson, Head of External Affairs, The Crown Estate Andreas Nauen, CEO, Siemens Wind Power A/S Murray Brit, Senior Policy Adviser, CBI Georg R. Barton Head of Offshore Wind Development, RWE Innogy GmbH
12.30	Lunch & Exhibition
14.00	Economics	Chair: Chris Hill, Mainstream Renewable Power & Chair of BWEA Offshore Wind Strategy Group Dr Andrew Garrad, Managing Director, Garrad Hassan and Partners Ltd: UK Offshore Wind - Near-term capital costs and delivery Chris Knowles, Head of Energy, Environment and Investment Funds, Structured Finance, AGI-EU, European Investment Bank: EIB - Offshore Wind and Economic Recovery Arnaud Bouille, Assistant Director, Ernst & Young: An Analysis of the Key Economic Drivers for Offshore Wind - Implications for the UK Programme Economics Questions and Answers
15.15	Coffee Break & Exhibition
16.00	Future Consenting	Chair: Richard Mellish, DECC Andrew Wood, Natural England, Executive Director of Evidence and Policy: Consenting, the Now and the Future Diana Linskey, DEFRA, Deputy Director: The Role of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) Tim Norman, The Crown Estate: Planning and Consenting Issues for Marine Renewables Steven Freeman, Technical Director, EMU Ltd: Regional Environmental Assessment: A Blueprint for Managing the Round 3 Challenges under the Marine and Coastal Access Bill Future Consenting Questions and Answers
17.15-22.00	Networking reception sponsored by E.ON Climate & Renewables