To strengthen the cluster we have established nine working groups. If your organization is a member of the cluster, you can show your interest by registrer for one or more working groups. If you have input for further groups, please notify us. If you have requests regarding a specific working group, feel free to contact the leader of the group, or the cluster administration. The working Groups are arranging meetings, workshops and other activities.
WORKING GROUPS:
- Home market (Leader: Knut Vassbotn, Deep Wind Offshore)
- Market Irland/Scotland (Leader: Alfred Risan, MRC Global Norway)
- Market Spain/Portugal (Leader: Einar Tollaksvik, Saga Subsea)
- Market Italy/Greece (Leader: Gunnar Birkeland, Source Galileo Norway)
- Market France (Leader: Tore Hafte Staalelsen, RTS)
- Market Japan (Leader: Carl-Petter Halvorsen, Seasystems AS)
- Market Sweden (Leader: TBA)
- Market South Korea (Leader: TBA)
- Market Polen/Baltics (Leader: TBA)
- Market US (Leader: TBA)
- Port & Infrastructure (Leader: Turid Storhaug, Windport AS)
- Contracts (Leader: Jørn Uggerud, Advokatfirmaet Hjort)
- Health, Safety and Environment (Leader: Jesper Jonø, RelyOn Nutec)
- R&D (Leader: Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa, Universitetet i Stavanger)
- Financing (Leader: Ivar Slengesol, Eksportkreditt)
- Maritime Operations, Installation, O & M (Leader: Joacim Buch Andreassen, Aker Solutions)
- Simulation and Digitalization (Leader: Magne Berg, PAS)
It is possible to registrer for more than one working group.

Knut Vassbotn
Working Group Leader - Home market
mobile: +47 959 39 400
email: knut.vassbotn@dwo.no
Knut is CEO of the company Deep Wind Offshore. Knut is member of the steering committee in Norwegian Offshore Wind.

Alfred Risan
Working Group Leader - Market Ireland / Scotland
mobile: +47 977 49 760
email: alfred.risan@mrcglobal.com
Alfred has a position as Business Development Manager at MRC Global Norway.

Einar Tollaksvik
Working Group Leader - Market Spain / Portugal
mobile: +47 906 94 490
email: einar@tollaksvik.no
Einar is Managing Director at Saga Subsea in Haugesund and member of the steering committee in Norwegian Offshore Wind.

Gunnar Birkeland
Working Group Leader - Market Italy / Greece
mobile: +47 909 81 029
email: gunnar.birkeland@sourcegalileo.com
Gunnar is CEO at Source Galileo Norway and chairman of the steering committee in Norwegian Offshore Wind.

Tore Hafte Staalelsen
Working Group Leader - Market France
mobile: +47 928 65 656
email: tst@rts.as
Tore has a position as Managing Director at RTS.

Carl-Petter Halvorsen
Working Group Leader - Market Japan
mobile: +47 96501922
email: cph@seasystems.no
Carl-Petter has the position as Business Development Director at Seasystems AS.

TBA
Working Group Leader - Market Sweden
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TBA
Working Group Leader - Market South Korea
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TBA
Working Group Leader - Market Polen / Baltics
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TBA
Working Group Leader - Market US
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Turid Storhaug
Working Group Leader - Port & Infrastructure
mobile: +47 95 94 75 83
email: tust@gotnorway.com
Turid has the position of Chief Technology Officer at Windport AS. Turid’s main responsibility is port development wrt efficient logistics, sustainability and safe operations.

Jørn Uggerud
Working Group Leader - Contracts
mobile: +47 975 40 185
email: jau@hjort.no
Jørn A. Uggerud is a lawyer and partner in the law firm Hjort DA in Oslo, and has three decades of experience with contract law, company law and transaction-related assistance to clients in Norway and abroad, both privately owned companies and publicly owned companies and agencies.

Jesper Jonø
Working Group Leader - Health, Safety and Environment
mobile: +45 29 13 39 36
email: jj@dk.relyonnutec.com
Jesper is working as HSEQ and Product Manager at RelyOn Nutec.

Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa
Working Group Leader - R&D
mobile: +47 480 22 045
email: kristin.froysa@uib.no
Kristin is Energy Director at the University in Bergen, and she is also member of the steering committee at Norwegian Offshore Wind.

Ivar Slengesol
Working Group Leader - Financing
mobile: +47 991 14 110
email: ivar.slengesol@tgs.com
Ivar is VP New Energy Solutions - Eastern Hemisphere at TGS, and he is also member of the steering committee of Norwegian Offshore Wind.

Joacim Buch Andreassen
Working Group Leader - Maritime operations, installation, operations & maintenance
mobile: +47 907 90 443
email: joacim.buch.andreassen@akersolutions.com
Marine Operation Manager at Aker Solutions. He has a long experience in marine operations also from positions as Operational Director Subsea at Solstad Offshore and Master on Construction Vessels.

Magne Berg
Working Group Leader - Simulation & Digitalization
mobile: +47 913 04 702
email: magne.berg@dnv.com
Magne Berg is Head of Assurance Solutions in PAS (Performance and Assurance Solutions)
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