royal highland centre, edinburgh, thursday 11^th December

Co-hosted by ORE Catapult (with Launch Academy, F4OR and TIGGOR) and the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP)

08:00 – Registration

09:15 – Welcome and Opening Remarks: Steve Foxley, Chief Executive, ORE Catapult

09:30 – Fireside Chat: Tim Pick MBE, Clean Power 2030 Commissioner and Chair, OWGP, in conversation with Rob Gilbert, Great British Energy and Zoe Barnes, Partner at Everoze and OWGP board member

10:00 – Keynote Address: Kate Forbes MSP, Deputy First Minister, Scottish Government; 
(Introduced by Steve Foxley, Chief Executive, ORE Catapult)

Panel Session:

Chair: Steve Foxley, CEO, ORE Catapult 
Kate Forbes MSP, Deputy First Minister, Scottish Government;
Adam Morrison, Co-Chair, Offshore Wind Industry Council
Dan McGrail, Chief Executive, Great British Energy

10:40 – Exhibition, Networking and Breakout Sessions

11:00 – Breakout Session “Innovation in Action”, Sponsored by Orsted

11:40 – Breakout Session: Ocean Winds Innovation Roadmap: Obstacles and Opportunities. Sponsored by Caledonia Wind Farm, featuring presentations from Ocean Winds, Kraken Robotics and Ocean Ecology.

12:10 – Empowering the Future Generation Networking Lunch Sponsored by Scottish Power Renewables

12:30 – Announcement from The Crown Estate about the Supply Chain Accelerator 2

12:45 – Investor Panel Session: Chair: Jonathan Bryers, Investments Manager, OWGP. Rob Logue, Head of Energy Services & Infrastructure, Gneiss Energy. Andrew Wordsworth, CEO & Co-founder, Sustainable Ventures. Verdeep Dost, Infrastructure Investment Director, The Crown Estate.

13:25 – Breakout Session: From Tender to Turbine: Your Route into the Offshore Wind Supply Chain. Sponsored by Caledonia Wind Farm, this breakout session is designed to give suppliers direct insight into the Caledonia Wind Farm project and practical routes into the offshore wind supply chain. The final 40 minutes will run as an interactive “Meet the Specialist” session gives suppliers the chance to meet 1:1 with Ocean Winds’ development team.

14:25 – Breakout Session “Our Supply Chain – Innovation Spotlight”, Sponsored by Orsted

15:25 – Exhibition and Networking

15:45 – Keynote Address: Anas Sarwar MSP, Leader Scottish Labour; (Introduced by Ronnie Bonnar, Chair of the Board, ORE Catapult)

In conversation with:

Chair: Ronnie Bonnar 
Anas Sarwar MSP; Claire Mack, Chief Executive, Scottish Renewables, Co-Chair, SOWEC. 

16:00 – Panel Session: Connected Pathways: Securing meaningful supply chain growth at pace

What progress has been made over the past year and what now is the direction of travel for supply chain growth in the UK offshore wind market? 

Chair: Iain Sinclair, Exec Director, Global Energy Service Holding, Non-Exec Director, OWGP 
Andy Macdonald, Director, Development and Operations Director, ORE Catapult;
Chris Courtney, Chief Executive – NMIS, HVM Catapult;
Ajai Ahluwalia , Head of Supply Chain Renewable UK;  Isla Robb, Offshore Renewables Director, ETZ Ltd.

16:45 – Conference Close and Drinks Reception: Steve Foxley, Chief Executive, ORE Catapult and Richard Britton, Global Head of Offshore, Nadara