WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT: EUROPEAN OFFSHORE 2015

London, United Kingdom

LEADERS IN CONFERENCE PLANNING & PRODUCTION

www.wplgroup.com/aci

ACI’s 5th annual Wind Farm Development: European Offshore 2015 is the ultimate meeting platform for senior representatives to ex-plore the opportunities within the offshore wind industry and dis-cuss latest technology advancements to support recent industry growth.

Join us in London on 2-3 of September 2015 to hear about the latest success stories and case studies of established technologies utilisation and on-going progress in building an efficient supply chain to achieve an improved return on investment in the long term.

The two day conference is comprised of a series of informative presentations, interactive Q&A sessions and panel discussions which will further highlight the approaches and strategies taken

Key Areas for Discussion:

Market update and recent developments

Investors impact on project development time scale

Identifying opportunities in the emerging markets

Using IT to identify suitable sites for new projects

Update on technology advancements in turbines

Establishing & managing on-going risk principles of new pro-jects

Meeting demand in deep water

Managing supply chain effectively

Working with maritime industry effectively

Maximising accuracy of data collected and its interpretation

Controlling the costs for the duration of the project

Connection to the grid

Who Will Be Attending?

Wind Farm Development: European Offshore 2015 attracts senior management within the industry: utility companies, wind farm opera-tors, engineers, wind farm developers, consultants, port and harbours, offshore shipping companies, energy analysts, lawyers, HSE consult-ants and policy advisors.

Commercial & Sponsorship Opportunities

Jean-Jacques Hermans

+44 (0) 203 141 0608/ jhermans@acieu.net

Call For Papers

If you would like to be considered as a speaker at the event for a 30-45 minute presentation, please submit an abstract to:

Karina Pomeranceva: +44 (0) 203 141 0625

kpomeranceva@acieu.net

The Summit

Companies That Have Participated Previously Include:

ABB Switzerland Ltd. * Allen & Overy*Alstom Wind * Areva * Atkins * AWS Truepower *Baker & McKenzie LLP * Bernard Energy Advocacy *

Blue H Technologies * BPP-TECH * BVG Associates * Canadian High Commission * Chemtura Europe Limited * Claxton Engineering Services *

Consolidated Contractors Company * CPW Finance * Croda * Danish Energy Agency * Dutch Offshore Innovators * Deutsche Windguard

*DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability * Ecofys * E.ON Climate & Renewables UK * ECN - Energy Research Centre Of The Netherlands * EDF

Energies Nouvelles * EDT Shipmanagement * Elia Group System Oper tor * EMEA Energy, WestLB A * EolicCat * Energa Elektrownie

Wiatrowe Sp. Z O.o. * ENVIRON UK Ltd * EOLE-RES*ESI - Group * Finanz Und Wirtschaft * EUFER (Madrid)* Foundocean Ltd * European Envi-

ronment Agency * Fluor * Gamesa *Gardline Caledonia Ltd * Gas Natural Fenosa * Gas Natural Fenosa Renovables * Global Wind Power *

Green Giraffe Energy Bankers * Gulf Offshore N.S. Ltd * Hansen Transmissions International * IHS Emerging Energy Research * JI Group *

MAKE Consulting * Mitsui & Co. Deutschland GmbH * Mott Macdonald * MPI Offshore Ltd * NASS Et WIND * Nordex * PKN ORLEN S.A. *

Principle Power * REpower UK Ltd. * RPS * RWE Innogy * SeaEnergy Renewables * Seafox Contractors * Schneider Electric * SgurrEnergy Ltd

* Siemens Energy Service * Sinclair Knight Merz * StormGEO * Swedbank AB * Vulkan Espanola S.A * Vulkan Germany * Wind:Research

and many more...

Registration is Simple:

To find out more information and to register, please contact Dimitri Pavlyk using any of the following methods:

+44 (0) 203 141 0627

dpavlyk@acieu.net

http://www.acieu.net

2nd-3rd September

2015

WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT: EUROPEAN OFFSHORE 2015

London, United Kingdom

LEADERS IN CONFERENCE PLANNING & PRODUCTION

www.wplgroup.com/aci

2nd-3rd September

2015

DAY 1Wednesday 2nd September 2015

08:00

09:00

09:15

▪ Market review of the las t 12 months

▪ Meeting pol icies and regulations to

support recent industry growth

▪ Achieving EU targets related to the growth

of renewables

10:30

11:00

▪ Probabi l i s tic forecasting and the use of

uncerta inties in weather forecasts

▪ Window of opportunity for operation

planning purposes

▪ Cost/loss analys is and the economic va lue

of a weather forecast

11:45

▪ The equity market: new financia l players

are changing the game

▪ The debt market: a sol id and wel l -

understood market becoming more mature:

i ts requirements , cha l lenges and key terms

▪ Trends for 2015 and beyond: wi l l the capita l

market replace the traditiona l project

12:30

13:30

▪ Comparing di fferent types of turbines ’

rel iabi l i ty

▪ Technologica l advancements in turbine

construction

▪ Turbines in R & D stage - loooking to the

future

SESSION TWO

REGISTRATION & COFFEE

CHAIRMAN'S OPENING ADDRESS

SESSION ONE

An Update on Industry Trends

Turbines Technology and Recent Advances

NETWORKING LUNCH

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION

MORNING REFRESHMENTS

Weather Window Planning

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION

Financing offshore wind: a renewed challenge

Barry Worthington

Clement WeberDirectorGreen Giraffe

TBCSenior RepresenatativeBlade Dynamics

Dr Mark WhiteBusiness Unit Director MarineMeteoGroup

Jul ian BrownDirectorAarufield

James BealCEO, Offshore Wind Investment OrganisationUK Trade and Investment

14:45

▪ Risk identi fication & reduction s trategies

▪ Reaching performance benchmarks

▪ Compl iance with HSE requirements

15:30

16:00

▪ Identi fying the exis ting opportunities

▪ Can deeper water demand be satis fied with

establ ished technologies?

▪ Implementation chal lenges of innovative

foundation technologies

▪ Discuss ing R&D results in floating

foundation

17:50

PANEL DISCUSSION

Meeting Demand in Deeper Water

Senior representatives from the offshore

wind industry wi l l dicuss the risks involved in

new project development

Establishing & Managing On-going Risk

Principles of New Projects

SESSION THREE

CLOSE OF DAY ONE

AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS

Paul DohertyManaging DirectorGavin and Doherty Geosolutions

David HytchLead TechnologistInnovate UK

Paul DohertyManaging DirectorGavin and Doherty Geosolutions

Jesus BusturiaManaging DirectorNAUTILIUS

Annemie VermeylenRegulatory ConsultantHeathcliff/C-Power

WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT: EUROPEAN OFFSHORE 2015

London, United Kingdom

LEADERS IN CONFERENCE PLANNING & PRODUCTION

www.wplgroup.com/aci

2nd-3rd September

2015

DAY 2Thursday 3rd September 2015

08:30

09:00

09:05

▪ Managing the supply cha in effectively

▪ Project development in a competi tive

market

▪ Best practices for s trategic col laboration

09:35 Policy & regulatory risks for offshore wind farm

developers: lessons learned in Belgium

▪ Pol icy & pol i tics

▪ Regulatory & market environment

▪ Stakeholders & pressure groups

▪ SWOT-analys is of s tranded and operationa l

offshore wind farms

10:20

10:50

▪ Working effectively with mari time industry

▪ Vessels support to del iver projects on time

▪ Condition monitoring of offshore wind

turbines

▪ Maximis ing accuracy of data col lected and

its interpretation

12:05

13:15

▪ Developer prospective: control l ing the cost

during the development s tage

▪ Operators prospective: control l ing the cost

once operationa l

▪ Best practices indicative of success ful wind

farms

14:30

15:00

▪ Chal lenges of connection to the grid

▪ Using HVDC cables to support the

integration of renewable resources

▪ Gaining ins ights into technologica l

advances

16:15 CLOSE OF DAY TWO

Operational Efficiency

MORNING REFRESHMENTS

Case Studies

SESSION SIX

NETWORKING LUNCH

SESSION FIVE

Installation and Maintenance

AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS

SESSION SEVEN

Connection to the Grid

SESSION FOUR

REGISTRATION & COFFEE

CHAIRMAN'S OPENING ADDRESS

Cian ConroyBusiness Development ManagerORE Catapult

Annemie VermeylenRegulatory ConsultantHeathcliff/C-Power

WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT: EUROPEAN OFFSHORE 2015

London, United Kingdom

LEADERS IN CONFERENCE PLANNING & PRODUCTION

www.wplgroup.com/aci

If you would like to register for this event or wish to find out more information,

you can contact Dimitri Pavlyk using any of the following methods:

+44 (0) 20 3 141 0627

dpavlyk@acieu.net

http://www.acieu.net

Postal Address: ACI Europe, 5/13 Great Suffolk Street, London, SE1 0NS

Registration Is Simple

Registration Is Simple

£1,495.00

(ex.Vat)

Documentation Packet Only £420.00

Conference Pass (Includes Documentation Packet) 2nd -3rd September, 2015

Please Note. Members and customers of all supporting organizations are entitled to a dis-count off their conference package. For more information please call Dimitri Pavlyk on +44 (0) 20 3 141 0627

Documentation Packet Available

We are selling the Wind Farm Development: European Offshore papers at just £395 (+£25 P&P). Simply tick the box on the booking form, send it with pay-ment and your copy will be on its way to you after the meeting. This important manual will be a source of invaluable reference for the future.

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About ACI

ACI, a UK owned company, have been running successful conferences for the last 15 years in the USA. Headquartered in Chicago with offices all around the States,

they run forums in varied fields and are market leaders in healthcare business conferences. Opening their European head offic e at the end of 2005, they have ex-

panded rapidly and are launching a series of events covering the maritime, energy, oil and gas industries.

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