Offshore Wind Conference, Exhibition & Dinner 2019 Programme

In both UK and Scottish spheres, industrial, inclusive growth has risen up the political agenda, spurring the offshore wind sector to spell out the vast swathe of benefits it will deliver to communities across the length and breadth of the country if backed by government locally and nationally. This session will explore what needs to happen next to turn the vision into reality over the coming months and years, and what the Scottish sector is doing to ensure Scotland’s businesses, consumers and communities see those benefits on the ground.

Chair
Claire Mack, Chief Executive, Scottish Renewables

Speakers
Matthew Taylor, Deputy Deputy Director – Carbon Capture and Renewables Sector, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, UK Government
Kersti Berge, Director of Energy and Climate Change, Scottish Government

Panellists
Guy Madgwick, Chief Executive Officer, Red Rock Power
David Walker, Offshore Development Director, ScottishPower Renewables
Dr Stephen Wyatt, Research and Disruptive Innovation Director, ORE Catapult
Steve Chisholm, Operations Director, Global Energy Group
Andrew McCallum, Managing Director, Aspect Reputation Management and Strategic Advisor, Global Underwater Hub

Q & A

Quick-fire round of updates from the developers of offshore wind projects in the planning and development phase around Scotland, giving an insight into the upcoming development pipeline for the Scottish sector.

Chair
Colin Maciver, Development Manager, Crown Estate Scotland

Speakers
Mark Timmons, Offshore Bid Manager, SSE
Ian Johnson, Project Manager, Red Rock Power - Inch Cape
Carlos Cerezo, Project Director, EDP Renewables - Moray West
Alan MacAskill, Director, MacAskill Associates

Q & A

The Scottish offshore wind sector isn’t just about what projects are under development or in operation around Scotland’s coastline. This session will hear from those involved in projects further afield, from the wider British Isles to Europe and rest of the world, and identify the scale of the international opportunity for the Scottish supply chain.

Chair
Jenny Hogan, Deputy Chief Executive, Scottish Renewables

Panellists
Alastair Dutton, Managing Director, Advent.re & Chair of GWEC Global Wind Task Force
Alan Duncan, Business Development Consultant, Windhoist
Dr Mark Leybourne, Associate Director,  ITPEnergised
Jo de Montgros, Partner, Everoze
Paul O’Brien, Specialist - Energy & Low Carbon, Scottish Development International
Séamus McCabe, Vice President, Green Investment Group

Q & A

Closing remarks
Jenny Hogan, Deputy Chief Executive, Scottish Renewables

All delegates, exhibitors and speakers are invited to join the Conference Dinner at the Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow, following the close of Day 1. 

As Scotland sees more offshore wind farms built and operating off our shores, with plans for more to come, what does that progress mean for Scotland’s global market position, and what opportunities does it present to Scotland’s supply chain? With the biggest UK project development hub outside London in the central belt, our world-leading subsea services expertise in the north east, project centres in the Firths of Forth, Tay and Moray, and a growing wealth of capacity across the length and breadth of the country, how should Scotland capitalise on its strengths to grasp this great opportunity?

Chair
Claire Mack, Chief Executive, Scottish Renewables

Speakers
Paul Wheelhouse MSP, Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands, Scottish Government
Jim Smith, Managing Director, SSE Renewables
Jason Fudge, Chief Operating Officer, DF Barnes

Q & A

With new and optimised proposals being pursued, and a new Sectoral Marine Plan and leasing round in their early stages, this session debates the priorities for projects, policy makers and stakeholders navigating the planning process towards deployment and monitoring in order to ensure development is sustainable environmentally, socially and economically within an evermore competitive marketplace.

Chair
Patricia Hawthorn, Partner, Shepherd+Wedderburn

Speakers
Helena Gray, Deputy Director, Marine Scotland
John Robertson, Senior Manager, Crown Estate Scotland
Neil Douglas, Director, BVG Associates
Nancy McLean, Offshore Development Manager, EDF Renewables

Q & A

This session will look at how newly emerging technologies and influences from other sectors are driving reliability, productivity and safety, whilst realising substantial UK and international opportunities in an increasingly global market hungry for both UK experience and innovation.

Chair
Andy Macdonald, Senior Innovation Manager, ORE Catapult

Speakers
Jo de Montgros, Partner, Everoze
Professor Helen Hastie, ORCA hub – Heriot Watt University
Saul Matthews, Head of Business Development, Synaptec
Gunnar Prytz , CTO, Miros Group

Q & A

Creating the right business environment in Scotland to take advantage of this huge global opportunity is key. This session will discuss questions around supply chain investment, new market entrants, cost reduction and export opportunities, as well as synergies with and mutual benefits for other sectors.

Chair
David Stevenson, Head of Energy Supply Chain, Scottish Government

Panellists
Claire Canning, Project Development Manager, ORE Catapult
Lesley Black, Sales and Marketing Function Leader, CSWind
Robin Presswood, Executive Director - City Development, Dundee City Council and Spokesperson for Forth & Tay Offshore 
Philip Taylor, Director, Limpet Technology
Simon Miller, Business Development Manager, Renewables and Subsea Projects, Oceaneering

Q & A

With decades of experience from oil and gas and a growing supply chain in the critical enabling technologies that are revolutionising how we maintain and operate existing and future plant, Scotland is well placed to capture a global leading position in offshore wind.

This session will look at both direct experience of improving plant performance and some of the emerging technologies set to revolutionise operating methodologies.

Chair
Hazel Gulliver, Director of Policy & Regulation, ScottishPower Renewables

Speakers
Andy Kay, Head of Project Development, ORE Catapult
Cian Conroy, Principle Power
Thomas Humphries, Co-Founder, Cognitive.Business
Phil Buchan, Commercial Director, CyberHawk

Q & A

Quick-fire updates from developers of projects in advanced stages of planning and those under construction and operational.

Chair
Jenny Hogan, Deputy Chief Executive, Scottish Renewables

Speakers
Steve Wilson, Project Director, SSE – Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm
David Sweenie, Development Manager, EDF Renewables - Neart Na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm
Oscar Diaz, Project Director, EDP Renewables – Moray East Wind Farm
Bjørn Johansen, Project Manager for Scotland, Equinor - Hywind
​Kevin Metcalfe, Project Director, Vattenfall – European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre

Q & A

Andrew Jamieson, Chief Executive, ORE Catapult