8.30 - 9.15 - Registration

9:15 - 10.05 Plenary Session 1

Welcome - Ronnie Bonnar, Chair - ORE Catapult

Keynote address      

Panel session: Shining the Spotlight on the UK Offshore Wind Opportunity

Chair: Dr. Stephen Wyatt, Director - Strategy and Emerging Tech, ORE Catapult

Danielle Lane - Chair, Offshore Wind Industry Council

Mike Biddle - Programme Director for the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund - UKRI

Tim Pick - Offshore Wind Champion, Chair, Offshore Wind Acceleration Task Force

10.10 -10.55 Session 2

Making the UK the natural choice for late-stage R&D investment: innovation underpinning UK supply chain growth

Creating the right business environment for innovation to take place in the UK; considering the technology, policy and process challenges

Chair: Tony Quinn, Director – Technology Development, ORE Catapult

Dave Walker - Offshore Grid Business Development Leader - Grid Solution - GE 

David Rowen, Chief Specialist Business development - Vestas

Katherine Bennett CBE, CEO - High Value Manufacturing Catapult

Dan McGrail, CEO -RenewableUK

10.55 - Break and Exhibition

11.30 -12.10 Session 3

Enabling Investment: driving UK productivity and competitiveness

Lessons learned from technology and process development and scale up; innovation driving investor confidence, attracting capital investment to improve productivity and generating growth

Chair: Andrew Macdonald, Director – Development & Operations, ORE Catapult

Andrew Elmes, Head of Business Development, UK & Ireland - Siemens Gamesa

Iain Sinclair, Executive Director, Renewables & Energy Transition - Global Energy Group

Jane Stewart, Independent Director, Non-Executive Director - ORE Catapult

Zoe Barnes, Partner - Everoze, Non-Executive Director - OWGP

John Price, Sales Director - Renewables - JDR Cable Systems

12.10pm - 12.20pm - Keynote Address - Rt. Hon Graham Stuart - Minister for Climate Change

12.20 - 12.40 Session 4

            Dr Cristina Garcia Duffy In conversation with Tim Pick - Offshore Wind Champion, Chair, Offshore Wind                        Acceleration Task Force

12.40 - Lunch and Networking

Afternoon Stream A - Ready for Investment

Ready for Investment is an opportunity to hear from some of the leading innovators in the UK supply chain being supported through the Launch Academy and OWGP growth programmes.

They will each deliver 5 minute pitches to an audience including investor groups interested in the offshore renewable energy industry.

This is a fantastic platform to both enhance the profiles of some of the most game-changing companies in front of a highly-relevant audience and to gain an insight into the next generation of offshore wind technologies.

This session is being kindly moderated by Greenbackers Investment Capital.

Session 1: 1.50pm – 2.40pm

Introduction: Steve Wyatt, Director of Strategy and Emerging Technologies

Launch Academy Cohort

1. IONATE
2. 4Ax Technologies
3. MasterFilter
4. VRAI
5. Ilosta
6. JET Connectivity Ltd

Afternoon Stream B - Ready for Market

Ready for Market allows delegates to hear from some of the game-changing companies in the UK supply chain looking for the next stage in their journey, with 5 minute pitches from each of them interested in showcasing their market ready products and services to the offshore wind industry.

Session 1: 1.50pm – 2.50pm

Introduction - Andrew McDonald - Director, Offshore Wind Development & Operations, ORE Catapult

1. PanGeo Subsea 
2. Renew Risk
3. Hydrosurv
4. Dron & Dickson Ltd 
5. Proeon Systems Ltd
6. MacLean International Group
7. DFS Composites
8. Sealand Projects Ltd
9. FMS - (First Marine Solutions)
10. Balmoral

Afternoon Stream A - Ready for Investment

Ready for Investment is an opportunity to hear from some of the leading innovators in the UK supply chain being supported through the Launch Academy and OWGP growth programmes.

They will each deliver 5 minute pitches to an audience including investor groups interested in the offshore renewable energy industry.

This is a fantastic platform to both enhance the profiles of some of the most game-changing companies in front of a highly-relevant audience and to gain an insight into the next generation of offshore wind technologies.

This session is being kindly moderated by Greenbackers Investment Capital.

Session 2: 4.05pm – 4.40pm

Welcome: Alex Louden, Senior Technology Acceleration Manager

Launch Academy Cohort (cont.)

1. MJR Power and Automation
2. Steamology
3. Future Energy Associates

OWGP Innovation Grants

1. Ocean Information Services
2. Ada Mode

Close : Steve Wyatt, Director of Strategy and Emerging Technologies

Afternoon Stream B - Ready for Market

Ready for Market allows delegates to hear from some of the game-changing companies in the UK supply chain looking for the next stage in their journey, with 5 minute pitches from each of them interested in showcasing their market ready products and services to the offshore wind industry.

Session 2: 4.05pm – 4.45pm

1. Exo Engineering Int. Ltd
2. W3G Marine Ltd
3. Zelim 
4. Apollo
5. Cognitive Business
6. RUP Limited 
7. Safinah 
8. BAR Technologies 

Close: Lynne McIntosh-Grieve

4.45pm - Close - ORE Catapult and Equinor

4.45pm - Drinks Reception sponsored by Equinor