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Norwegian Offshore Wind 2023 Cluster Meeting
January 24 @ 10:00 - January 25 @ 13:00

We are delighted to invite you to the Norwegian Offshore Wind 2023 Cluster Meeting in Stavanger January 24th-25th!2023 will be a year packed with exciting export opportunitues and important milestones for the home market in Norway. During these days in Stavanger, we will inform you on the recent developments and present to you the offshore wind activities planned in 2023. We will give you market insights and relevant speakers on the stage. You will be able to meet and network with other members, both supply chain and developers. We are also planning for physical meetings in the working groups and social activities in the evening.Hotel booking is available through the registration link.We look forward to seeing you in Stavanger!Place: Thon Partner Stavanger Forum Hotel
PROGRAM
Day 1
10.00 – 10.15 Welcome and interview with Arvid Nesse
10.15 – 10.30 NOW’s activites in 2023
Arne Vatnøy, Norwegian Offshore Wind
10.30 – 10.35 Nor-Shipping
Hanne Tvedt from Norwegian Offshore Wind
10.35 – 10.40 New projects at the METCentre
Hanne Tvedt and Cecilia Girard-Vika
10.40 – 10.45 Ports and Infrastructure working group
Turid Storhaug from Windport and Astrid Green from Norwegian Offshore Wind.
10.45 – 10.55 Working Group for Home Market
Knut Vassbotn from Deep Wind Offshore
10.55 – 11.00 Presentation of Member Survey
John Atle Rasmussen from Norwegian Offshore Wind
11.00 – 11.05 Floating Wind Days 2023
Caroline Whittle from Norwegian Offshore Wind
11.05 – 11.30 BREAK
11.30 – 11.45 The government’s export strategi on offshore wind
Eli Wærum Rognerud, Head of strategic export initiatives in Innovation Norway
11.45 – 11.55 Export financing for offshore wind SMEs
Bodil Sannes – Vardenær, Eksfin
11.55 – 12.40 The strategic export markets for 2023
Astrid Green, Caroline Whittle, Carl Petter Halvorsen, Tore Staalesen, Einar Tollaksvik, Alfred Risan, Tor Arne Johnsen, Gunnar Birkeland
12.40 – 12.45 Collaboration in Team Norway
Eirik Ellingsen, Director of offshore wind in Norwegian Energy Partners (NORWEP)
12.45 – 14.00 LUNCH
14.00 – 14.15 New technology to reduce cost
Harald Dirdal from Ny Energi
14.15 – 14.30 Financing of new cost reducing projects
Christopher Harman, Innovation manager in Norwegian Offshore Wind
14.30 – 14.40 Opportunities in EU
Martine Farstad and Tor Arne Johnsen, Norwegian Offshore Wind
14.40 – 14.45 Technology Pitch
Trond Lutdal, CEO World Wide Wind
14.45 – 15.00 BREAK
15.00 – 15.30 Developers pitching: How will they involve supply chain?
15.30 – Meet the developers
Erik Dugstad – Vårgrønn/Å/Corio Generation, Harald Dirdal – Norseman, Ketil Brydøy – Seagust/Vattenfall, Torsten Frost – Deep Wind Offshore/EDF Renewables, Sten Magne Eng Jakobsen – RWE/Havfram/NTE, Christian Sjødin – Blåvinge, Grete Hexeberg – Equinor/Vårgrønn, Fredrik Celius -Shell/Lyse/Eviny, Arne Eik – Equinor/Hydro/RWE, Espen Bygdevoll – Mainstream/Statkraft/Ocean Winds, Knut Magne Johannesen – Norsea Group/Parkwind, Peder Sortland– Skjoldblad, Antonio Silva – Magnora Offshore Wind, Jarle Dyrdal – Å Energi/Corio Generation, Gunnar Birkeland – Source Galileo/Odfjell Oceanwind.
Working group meetings at meeting room Bynuten:
15.30 – 16.30 Home Market
16.45- 17.15 Italy
17.30 – 18.00 Japan
19.00 Dinner & Socializing
Day 2
09.00 – 09.20 The road ahead for offshore wind in Norway
Andreas Bjelland Eriksen, State secretary of Petroleum and Energy
09.20 – 09.40 PST gives an overview of the risks in offshore wind
Geir Inge Davidsen, PST
09.40 – 09.55 Status on HSE and regulations in the Norwegian home market
Hilda Kjeldstad, The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway
09.55 – 10.00 New working group on HSE and regulations
Cecilia Girard-Vika, Norwegian Offshore Wind