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Keen to hear about the latest experiences from design, fabrication and installation projects?

Do you want to understand how you can optimise your supply chain and reduce costs?

Are you intrigued about the future direction of offshore foundation designs?

Interested in knowing what measures you can take to ensure the lifetime longevity of your structures?

Then look no further.

What’s in store for 2016?• A new and exciting location!

• An engaging and professional environment to share ideas and bump shoulders with industry influencers

• New case studies from Fistuca, Seatower and Universal Foundation

• In depth presentations of advancements in foundation design, fabrication and structural monitoring

• 2 half-day workshops focusing on supply chain and cost optimisation of the Design, Fabrication and Installation processes

Book Before 7th October To Save £250!

Speaker line-up includes:

Marc Seidel Design Manager Offshore

Foundations Siemens Wind Power

Jesper Skov GretlundHead of R&D Project

Management Dong Energy

Jasper WinkesFounder And Director

Fistuca

Danny BonnettManaging Director

LIC Energy UK

Dr David CathiePrincipal

Cathie Associates

Prof. Dr Christof DevriendtRD&I Coordinator

OWI-Lab

Luca VitaSenior Engineer

DNV.GL

Signe Nielsen Environmental Consents Lead

Innogy SE

Offshore Foundations and Supporting Structures Understanding techniques for optimising the latest foundation designs within the supply chain to lower the cost of energy

7 - 9 November 2016 Scandic Copenhagen, Denmark

www.windoffshorefoundations.com


Who should attend?The event has been specifically aimed at professionals within the offshore foundations space who may have the following job titles, (although this list is not exhaustive).

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g Foundationsg Civil Engineeringg Structures and Marineg Design g Offshore Installation and Logistics

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AFTERNOON WORKSHOP Monday 7 November 2016

13:00 Optimisation Of The Supply Chain

g Designing with installation in mind

g Logistical issues and supply chain synergies between different designs

g How to relate efficiency between each stage

g Lessons learnt from various project experiences Charlotta Noren, Supply Chain Manager and Area Manager,

Parkwind NV and Himec Solutions

15:00 Afternoon Refreshments & Networking Opportunity

15:30 Lowering the cost of offshore foundation installation

g Key cost drivers in offshore foundations installations

g How to bring down the cost of offshore foundation installation?

g Examples of successful solutions

g Business case: The Telescopic Tower technology

g Impact of telescopic technologies in the installation costs:

- Bottom Fixed solutions: ELISA/ELICAN GBS

- Floating solutions: TELWIND Bernardino Couñago Lorenzo , Principal Naval Architect /

TELWIND Project Manager, ESTEYCO

OPTIMISATION OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND FOUNDATION INSTALLATION PROCESS

“As expected, perfectly organised, relevant presentations” Head Of Tendering, Offshore Wind Foundations

“Once again it was excellent: my technical recharge”Lead Structural Engineer

“If you can only attend one foundation event per year- make it this one. Different topics by recurrent speakers provide you with the whole picture and highlight the continuous progress achieved” Offshore Wind Stakeholder Relations

16:30 END OF WORKSHOP


Day 1 – Tuesday 8th November 2016

08:30 Registration And Morning Refreshments

09:15 Chair’s Opening Remarks Danny Bonnett, Managing Director, LIC Energy UK

09:30 Findings from the PISA Project on geotechnical pile design g Review and update of the PISA Project g How do the findings transfer into lowering CAPEX? g What this means for foundation design and concept selection g What further research can be done to bring down the cost of wind farms Jesper Skov Gretlund, Head of R&D Project Management, Dong Energy Wind

Power A/S

Installation Project Experience And Cost Optimisation Of The Supply Chain

10:00 CASE STUDY The World’s Largest Hammer: Driving Down Costs In Offshore

Foundations g How the hammer works g Potential benefits for noise mitigation, flange fatigue and installation time g The development and testing schedule for the hammer: when will it become

available to the market? Jasper Winkes, Founder And Director, Fistuca

10:30 Networking Break And Morning Refreshments

11:00 Reducing The Levelised Cost Of Energy Through Design Embedment Optimisation

g Case Study of Dudgeon offshore wind farm foundation design with 67 -Siemens 6MW turbines on monopile foundations installed in challenging ground conditions

g Monopile foundation penetration optimisation to reduce cost and drivability risks

g Beyond code analysis of geotechnical utilisation and natural frequency g Client and verification body engagement to balance programme, design

reliability and cost constraints Colin Emmett, Principal Engineer, Atkins Knut Nordheim, Principal Engineer, Statoil

11:30 Update On Beatrice Offshore Wind farm: The Jacket Supply Chain g Background on the challenges faced since the projects inception g Reasons for choice of jacket structures g How steel has been used more efficiently g Logistical issues, dividing up the supply chain and managing risk between the

contingents Alan MacLeay, Engineering Director, Seaway Heavy Lifting

12:00 Optimising Across The Supply Chain To Reduce Costs g How does cost pressure reflect the sinking KPIs? g How much are KPIs depending on turbine size and distance from shore?

Looking at contract volume using a formula g Considerations on cost and logistics for different design types g Benefits of Fabricating in low cost countries g How to turn cost optimisation within the supply chain into a competitive bid for

wind farm tenders Edwin van de Brug, Regional Manager, Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects bv



12:30 Networking Lunch

Innovation Within Foundation Designs And The Logistical Considerations

13:30 How Will We Design, Fabricate, Transport And Install Foundations For

10MW Turbines? g Where will the foundations for this turbine size be fabricated? What capabilities

will yards have to handle the additional weight? g Dealing with limited vessel availability g Innovative options for the installation equipment requirements to reduce CAPEX Henk van Vessem, Technical Account Manager, IHC IQIP

14:00 Loads On Gravity Foundations Considering 3-Dimensional Flow g Walkthrough of methods and results from research program g How to reduce design loads on GBS g Novel approach using CFD analyses to create practical calculation tool Hans-Kristian Alveberg, Principal Engineer, Seatower

14:30 Noise Free Installations Set To Change The Offshore Industry g The Mono Bucket history – 16 years of state-of-the-art development g US market status: how Mono Buckets played an instrumental role in securing

40mUSD for the Icebreaker project g How competitive tendering increases the demand for Mono Buckets g Reducing the Environmental Footprint g Industrialization of the Mono Bucket that will lead to further competitive

advantages Participants include: Kristian Ravn, Managing Director, Universal Foundation Kristian Ascanius Jacobsen, Head of Business Development, Universal

Foundation

15:00 Networking Break And Afternoon Refreshments

15:30 Progress Report On Aberdeen Offshore Wind farm g Challenges faced within the planning conditions g Planning processes and risk mitigation g Reasons for choice of suction buckets g Logistical issues for installation Mark Reimers, Managing Director, SPT Offshore

New Solutions For Compliance With Noise Regulations During Foundation Installation

16:00 Cost implications Of Noise Reduction Requirements And The Other Design Options Available

g How do the latest foundation designs stack up against the noise regulations that affect the use of larger monopile foundations?

g Hammers and piles continue to increase in size, is there a limit to their potential? g How realistic it is to implement non-standard foundation methods? g Which methods are available on the market and what are the challenges

involved regarding certification and permitting? g Where have these methods been implemented and what were the lessons

learned from the experience? g How can noise reduction techniques be used efficiently without over spending? Signe Nielsen, Environmental Consents Lead, Innogy SE

16:30 Chair’s Closing Remarks

17:00 Drinks Reception

19:00 Networking Dinner



Day 2 – Wednesday 9th November 2016

08:30 Registration And Morning Refreshments

09:00 Chair’s Opening Remarks Danny Bonnett, Managing Director, LIC Energy UK

Advancements In Geotechnical Modelling And Design

09:15 DESIGNER KEYNOTE Geotechnical Design Items Decisive For Monopile Viability g The influence of foundation stiffness and damping on natural frequency and

fatigue load levels g Design criteria: a critical review g Do we need to change the scope of soil investigation campaigns? Marc Seidel, Design Manager Offshore Foundations, Siemens Wind Power

09:45 Advanced Soil Modelling: An Overview of Applications to Suction Bucket and Monopile Design

g What is advanced soil modelling and how does it work? g Comparison of methods for suction bucket and monopile design g Impacts and issues for site investigation and laboratory testing g Impacts and issues for project schedule g Practical examples of industry applications Dr. David Cathie, Principal, Cathie Associates

10:15 SLS Design Method of Mono- Bucket Foundation During Storm And Lifetime Excitation.

g Why is a new design is required? g Extensiveness of lifetime and storm effects and ways of Mitigating them g Comparison to other foundation performance Prof. Lars Bo Ibsen, Head of Offshore Foundation - Department of Civil

Engineering, Aalborg University

10:45 Networking Break And Morning Refreshments

Optimisation Of The Fabrication and Installation Process

11:15 Advanced Fabrication And Design To Further Decrease The LCOE g How the MonobaseWind Gravity Base Structure can reduce the cost of overall

field development by accommodating the scaling up of turbines over 10MW g Possibilities for pre-assembling the complete unit, and overcoming the usual

installation-stability issue with conventional GBF structures g Results from model tests of the GBS at the MARIN Institute in Wageningen and

plans for future development Herm Bussemaker, Director Technology, MonobaseWind Bert van Dijk, Director BD, MonobaseWind

11:45 The Future Of Fabrication: How Can We Use Robotics And Automation To Reduce CAPEX? How Can It Be Used For Jacket Structures?

Robotized welding of nodes for standardized components / jackets g Nodes preassembly and the quality of welding g Inside welding and automatic adjustment of welding parameters g Future developments André Machatzky, Project Director Borkum Riffgrund 02, ST³ Offshore Jacek Wenta, Head of Sales, ST³ Offshore

Update On Floating Wind: What Are The Possibilities

12:15 Scale-Up Of Wind Turbine Sizes And Their Impact On Key Floating Offshore Wind Technologies

Following several pre-commercial arrays, the deployment of commercial size floating wind farms will reach an initial cruising altitude by the years 2023 – 2025.

Assuming that turbines of 10MW enter the offshore landscape in this timeframe, the industry must review the key floating technology architectures and the impact such large wind turbines might have on their sizes, including their:



g Constructability and their mass manufacturing g Launching at sea and offshore installation g O&M operations with an eye on the inevitable race for cost reductions and

further drops in the LCOE of floating wind Bruno Geschier, Executive Board Member, ideol

12:45 Networking Lunch

13:45 Certification Of Floating Wind Structures g Certification process for floating wind turbines - How to reduce the risk with third party involvement - Stepwise approach towards certification g Technical requirements for floating wind turbines - Status of the standards for designing floating wind turbines - Possible improvements and gaps g New joint industry project to develop a new Recommended Practice for coupled

analysis - Reasons and objectives of the Recommended Practice - Presentation of the joint project and status of the work - Link to the other certification documents Luca Vita, Senior Engineer, DNV.GL

R&D Considerations For Extending Lifetime Longevity of the Foundation Structures

14:15 CASE STUDY Study Lifetime Extension Of Offshore Foundations g R&D advances in wind farm wide foundation lifetime assessment tested on in-

situ measurements on operational wind turbines g Results of the long-term measurement campaigns within the Belwind, Northwind

and C-power wind farms g Hotspot stress estimation using the virtual sensing concept and results from

validation trials on instrumented monopiles

g How linking consumed life time to the operational and environmental parameters allows us to determine the park-wide consumed life time with only a limited number of instrumented turbines

Prof. Dr Christof Devriendt, RD&I Coordinator, OWI-lab

14:45 Networking Break And Afternoon Refreshments

15:15 Large-scale testing of foundations for offshore wind turbines g Importance of large-scale testing g Examples of successful experimental campaigns g Implications of large-scale testing on foundation design Aligi Foglia, Senior Scientist, Fraunhofer IWES

15:45 Keeping It Simple: Coating Strategies For Offshore Structures g Offshore environments that require protective coatings g The perfect specification – it’s all in the detail g Cost reduction through specification simplification g Impact of specification on lifetime maintenance costs g Testing versus track record Clare McDermott, Business Development Manager - Renewables, AkzoNobel

16:15 Chair’s Closing Remarks Danny Bonnett , Managing Director, LIC Energy UK

16:30 Close Of Forum


“Technically stimulating, broadened my knowledge in foundation-related fields and renewed my optimism in meeting the cost reduction challenge.”

Senior Structural Engineer

Pricing Information:

Early Bird until 7th October Standard Rate

2 Day Conference £1400 / €1679 £1650 / €1979

2 Day Conference + Workshop £1749 / €2099 £1999 / €2399

Accommodation

Accommodation is not included in the cost of your booking. If you wish to make a booking directly to the hotel, please contact: [email protected]

Book Today: Online: www.windoffshorefoundations.com • Call: +44 (0)20 8267 4011

Email: [email protected] Bring your team, contact us to discuss group discounts

Meet the International Team

Dominic Coyne, Event Producer Dom is your Event Producer who is currently developing and researching the content and speakers for the event programme. To discuss any new ideas for content or to put yourself forward as a speaker please send an email to: [email protected]

Susie Price, Marketing Executive Susie is your Marketing Manager and is responsible for marketing and promoting our events. If you have any questions or queries or would like to be involved as a media partner please contact Susie on: [email protected]

Gemma Wilkinson, Senior Event Operations Coordinator Gemma is your Operations Manager and is responsible for all logistical details in the run up to and on the days of the event. If you have any queries as to how the event will be co-ordinated please contact Gemma on: [email protected]

Raihan Chowdhury, Business Development Director Raihan is your Business Development Director and is responsible for developing commercial partnerships at our events. To discuss any new potential partnerships please send an email to: [email protected]

Heather Lynn, Business Development Manager Heather is your Business Development Manager and is responsible for developing commercial partnerships at our events. To discuss any new potential partnerships please send an email to: [email protected]

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