Cluster Meeting 2024

January 9, 08:00 – January 10, 12:30

Stavanger

Stavanger Forum Hotel

Price

3900 NOK

We invite all of our 400 member companies to kickstart the year with our annual Cluster Meeting in Stavanger.

FOR NOW MEMBERS ONLY

We are delighted to invite you to the Norwegian Offshore Wind 2024 Cluster Meeting in Stavanger January 9th-10th!

2024 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 2024. 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.

Program details will be published, but please save the dates and sign up.

Hotel must be booked separately.

Book you hotel here:

Thon Partner Stavanger Forum Hotel (www.thonhotels.no)

Standard room: 1495 kr - Upgraded room 1795 kr

Use bookingcode: 30246391

Would you like a stand at the Cluster Meeting? The expo area is an excellent way to showcase your company. Please book here!

We look forward to seeing you in Stavanger!

Program 9th January

Time	Event	Speakers	Location
08:30	Registration, coffee and networking		Main stage
10:00	Welcome	Arne Vatnøy Communication Manager, Norwegian Offshore Wind	Main stage
10:05	Updates from the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy	Ola Hermansen Senior advisor, Departement of Energy	Main stage
10:20	DNV Energy Transition 2023	Anna Kringlen Ervik DNV	Main stage
10:35	Global offshore wind trends and the national export initiative	Eli W. Rognerud Managing Director, RES Group	Main stage
10:45	Short presentation of workgroups and their leaders		Main stage
11:05	NOW Activities	Arvid Nesse Cluster Manager, Norwegian Offshore Wind	Main stage
11:20	Floating Wind Days 2024	Caroline Whittle Director, Floating Wind Days	Main stage
11:30	LUNCH		Main hall
12:30	Parallel sessions in 3 different meeting rooms, see below for details
13:30	BREAK
14:00	Parallel sessions in 4 different meeting rooms, see below for details
15:30	Membership meeting and Board election	Arvid Nesse Cluster Manager, Norwegian Offshore Wind	Main stage
19:00	Dinner and entertainment Jon Ensor is a successful international entertainer and award-winning magician and mind-reader. His exclusive client list includes Royalty and International stars around the world. Ensor is also known for his dry British humour.	Jon Ensor Entertainer	Main hall

Parallel sessions

Time	Event	Speakers	Location
12:30	Intelligent Operations with AI & Emerging Technology	Tom Einar Nyberg Partner, KPMG	Meeting room 1
13:00	Early and lower-cost site characterization data: the Utsira Nord multi-client experience	Ivar Slengesol VP New Energy Solutions, TGS	Meeting room 1
12:30	Development of floating offshore substations	Ole Angell BD New Business/Management support Norway, Semco Maritime	Meeting room 2
13:00	Anchoring solutions and alternative configurations on floating wind farms	Jon Tore Lieng Managing Director, Deep Sea Anchors	Meeting room 2
12:30	C/SOV Market Update – still in balance?	Jesper Skodje Skjong Senior Market Analyst, Fearnley Offshore Supply	Meeting room 3
13:00	Global market analysis for 2024	Susanne Starheim-Grøtter CCO and Co-Founder, Vestervind Contractors	Meeting room 3
13:30	BREAK
14:00	Skills & Education In this session we will cover evaluations of the skills needs for industry, together with ongoing relevant projects, and initiatives by the university and college sector to meet them.	Christopher Harman Innovation Manager, Norwegian Offshore Wind Rune Klausen CEO, The Norwegian Competence Centre for Offshore Wind Frank Emil Moen CEO, Energy Innovation Atle Blomgren Seniorforsker, NORCE Lene Jørgensen Førsteamanuensis, HVL Geir Grasmo Professor, UiA Paulo Cesar Ribas Førsteamanuensis, Høgskolen i Molde	Meeting room 1
14:00	Ports & Infrastructure Norwegian Ports on track to solve capacity issues for offshore wind development in Europe	Astrid Green Business development manager, Norwegian Offshore Wind Leon Lammers Project Manager Port development and offshore wind, Royal HaskoningDHV Tommy Sandtorv Kommersiell direktør, Karmsund Havn Patrick Berger Business Development Director, Norwegian Promotion Group Pierre Major VP Business development, OCS	Meeting room 2
14:00	IP Advisory Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Intellectual Property (But Were Afraid to Ask)	Håkon Tysnes Kaasin Attorney-at-law (MNA), Partner, Bryn Aarflot Eirik Goksøyr Christensen European Patent Attorney, M.Sc., Bryn Aarflot	Meeting room 3
14:30	Insurability for Bankability	Jon Arne Nesgård Senior broker, Gallagher Michael J. Andrew Senior broker, Gallagher	Meeting room 3
14:00	Cost reduction - A practical approach for cost saving initiatives	Jørgen Jorde Avdelingsleder grønn- og bærekraftig teknologi, Westcon group Bjørg Mathisen Døving VP Reach Remote, Reach Subsea Bjørn Simonsen CEO, World Wide Wind	Meeting room 4

Program 10th January

Time	Event	Speakers	Location
09:30	Panel debate: How to secure Norwegian supply chain in projects abroad	Siri Espedal Kindem Head of Equinor Renewables Norway Erik Dugstad SVP, Vårgrønn Kjetil Jacobsen Deep Wind Offshore	Main stage
09:50	METCentre update and how can test projects develop supply chain?	Cecilia Girard-Vika Director, METCentre	Main stage
10:00	Industrializing supply chain Port development in the North Sea: Great potensial for building supply chain	Patrick Walison Royal Haskoning DHV	Main stage
10:10	NOW Accelerator - Start-ups and Scale-ups	Narve Hansen Accelerator Manager, Norwegian Offshore Wind	Main stage
10:30	B2B meetings		Main hall
12:30	Lunch and end of meeting		Main hall