Belgian Offshore Days 2020
B2B Fair for the Offshore Industry
A lot of opportunities for Belgian companies
The sixth edition of Belgian Offshore Days (25 & 26 November 2020) will be hosted by Belgian Offshore Cluster at the historical Wellington Racetrack in Ostend.
Belgium remains a pioneer in offshore wind energy in Europe. The Belgian Offshore Days celebrates its 6th anniversary and will surprise its visitors with a fascinating program.
The fair gives the Offshore Wind industry a forum and encourages the collaboration between Belgian and International companies.
During this event, a conference will be held with focus on “Increasing value by data driven innovation in the offshore windfarm lifecycle”. Next to the conference a B2B meeting will enable participants to establish relations with new business partners across the entire offshore wind supply chain.
Belgian Offshore Days is initiated by Belgian Offshore Cluster www.belgianoffshorecluster.be.
A lot of opportunities for Belgian companies
The sixth edition of Belgian Offshore Days (25 & 26 November 2020) will be hosted by Belgian Offshore Cluster at the historical Wellington Racetrack in Ostend.
Belgium remains a pioneer in offshore wind energy in Europe. The Belgian Offshore Days celebrates its 6th anniversary and will surprise its visitors with a fascinating program.
The fair gives the Offshore Wind industry a forum and encourages the collaboration between Belgian and International companies.
During this event, a conference will be held with focus on “Increasing value by data driven innovation in the offshore windfarm lifecycle”. Next to the conference a B2B meeting will enable participants to establish relations with new business partners across the entire offshore wind supply chain.
Belgian Offshore Days is initiated by Belgian Offshore Cluster www.belgianoffshorecluster.be.
Conference Program 25 November
Conference Opening
10:15 Welcome
Caroline Verstraete (moderator)
10:25 Opening Speech
Christophe Dhaene (Belgian Offshore Cluster)
10:40 Intro technical sessions
Pieter Jan Jordaens (OWI-lab)
Part I Conference Speakers
10:50 Exploring the sub-bottom
Maarten Vandaele (GEOxyz)
11:10 Geotechnical data for offshore structures - Getting to know the unknown
Bruno Stuyts (VUB)
10:40 Intro technical sessions
Pieter Jan Jordaens (OWI-lab)
11:30 Grout and grouted connections and its applications in offshore wind
Nathalie Gunst (Thorgun)
11:50 Smart underwater noise management – go beyond compliance
Marc Huygens (DEME)
12:10 Lunch Break
12:50 Added Value of distributed acoustic sensing
Roel Vanthillo (Marlinks)
13:10 Human data meets Machine data
Ronny Dewaele (e-BO)
13:30 Design validation and data-driven life-time assessment of offshore foundations
Christof De Vriendt (24Sea)
Part II Panel Discussion
14:00 Introduction of all panel members
Tiemen Maebe (Otary)
Dirk Dewettinck (Parkwind)
Dirk Magnus (C-Power)
Thierry Aelens (Norther)
14:10 Debat: What value brings all this data to concessions owners and business developers?
Caroline Verstraete (moderator)
14:40 Conclusions
Caroline Verstraete (moderator)
Part III Special Awards
14:45 Special thanks and awarding from and to IBN Offshore Energy and Blue Bluster
Pieter Jan Jordaens & Caroline Ven
B2B Program 26 November
Seminar Opening
10:00 Welcome
Erwin Leys (Belgian Offshore Cluster)
10:05 Opening Speech
Caroline Ven (Blue Cluster)
Part I Internationalisation Seminar
10:15 Introduction
Ann Overmeire (Blue Cluster) & Erwin Leys (Belgian Offshore Cluster)
10:20 Support for doing business in the North Sea Region
Stefaan Mensaert (Blue Cluster)
10:40 Market information and business opportunities outside Europe
Marcos Suarez Garcia (Basque Energy Cluster)
11:00 Offshore wind international agenda for 2020-2021
Stefaan Mensaert (Blue Cluster) & Erwin Leys (Belgian Offshore Cluster)
11:10 Q&A and poll
Part II B2B Inn2Power Matchmaking
11:30 Face to face meetings - the way to successful business!
The B2B Matchmaking Event, organised by the Inn2POWER project partners during the Belgian Offshore Days fair, brings together companies and stakeholders of the offshore wind industry (buyers as well as suppliers, research institutions, ..) from a large number of European countries. This is a unique opportunity to generate new business contacts and contracts!
11:45 Bilateral meetings - morning session
12:45 Networking lunch
13:30 Bilateral meetings - afternoon session
15:00 Closing
Part III Inauguration Blue Accelerator
16:00 Official Launch Blue Accelerator
Jean de Bethune (POM West-Flanders)
Keynote Speech
Dirk Declerck (Port of Ostend)
Closing Speech
Christophe Dhaene (Belgian Offshore Cluster)
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