Submarine Power Cable and Interconnection conference will focus on the cutting edge thinking that is emerging across the world to address big issues involving Submarine Power Cable fault, Cable installation and Interconnections, Power Cable design and technology. It brings together key experts from subsea community globally to discuss the current challenges in risks, cost reduction, cable technology and life extension in order to identify best practices. It will showcase real practical examples on what the industry can do to produce optimized solution across the board with regards to survey, route, engineering, manufacturing, installation, protection, and repair. Also explore new areas of innovation & techniques for cost reduction in interconnections.
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The conference is gearing up to provide attendees with seminal insights for some of the hotspot topics centred on HVDC and submarine power cable for a successful operation within a digitally shifted landscape across different countries. The forum is scheduled to explore the innovative tools and techniques that have been developed as a result of the growing demand for subsea power cables and interconnection. These cables are most common to transfer electricity from renewable energy sources including wind, wave and tidal.
Findings has proven that the subsea cable market is currently increasing and extensively booming. Recent years have seen a significant increase in the use, length and capacity of submarine power cables in various sectors. In the offshore wind sector, for example, an important driver behind this increase is the transition to renewable energy resources. Any failure in such a submarine cable has a huge impact and repair costs are immense due to the inaccessible locations and specialised resources required.
With continuous developments in the offshore wind sector along with ground-breaking subsea cable technologies, submarine power cable market is poised to witness a remarkable growth over the coming years. Today, several power suppliers and governments are shifting their preferences toward renewable energy sources like offshore wind power and even oil & gas companies are adopting new procedures to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and exploit new fields. Growing number of renewable energy projects and escalating penetration across other submarine applications will offer considerable boost to submarine power cable industry outlook.
Submarine Power Cable and Interconnection Forum will bring together more than 70 senior practitioners and industry experts from across the sector to help identify and understand Submarine Installation processes and systems, Submarine Cable Failure reduction techniques, Recognizing smart solutions to subsea power cable needs and Identifying the major costs and risk reduction techniques in connection with submarine cables. These main market players will share their ideas and experience throughout the 2-day case studies, interactive plenaries, workshops, networking & experience exchange. The small-scale nature of the event, expert speakers and balanced spectrum of attending companies will ensure extensive networking and business opportunities as all attendees will have an opportunity for deep involvement and can actively participate in the discussions in order to overcome relevant challenges and have influence on the overall industry development.
The strategic meeting will offer the ideal space for networking with industry players; senior managers, decision-makers, practitioners and representatives from subsea community and exchange experience to successfully master submarine power cable & interconnection processes.
The submarine power cable and interconnection forum 2024 has been touted as a significant milestone in an effort to strengthen as well as streamline submarine power cable as well as interconnection related aspects. It is going to the fourth annual submarine power cable and interconnection events 2024. The event it slated to roll out for the time limit of 12th November to 13th November of 2024.
A great deal of technical stuff will be discussed in the offshore cable event 2024. For example, the discussion of the forum will revolve around interconnections, cable faults, cable designs as well as cable installation processes etc. Electricity interconnections will be a lot easier and convenient for you to avail as well as operate. Participants in the Offshore power cable conference will highlight various measures that would let you know about various aspects of the submarine power cable and interconnection facilities.
The purpose
The entire purpose of the submarine power cable and interconnection events 2024 comes to be treated as an epoch making one for sure. The focus has an impeccable role to play when it comes to the development of the clean energy resources. There is going to be another focus area of the submarine power cable and interconnection conference in London, United Kingdom. It will continue to lay stress on the problem zone of the subsea communities.
SUBMARINE POWER CABLE AND INTERCONNECTION FORUM- MEETING SUMMARY
2 days – Interactive sessions, panel discussions, networking & experience exchange
Expert speakers – Industry leading companies, thought leaders
Attendees – limited number high-level participation
Areas of responsibility:
Subsea Cable Interconnection Projects
Regulation
Maintenance
Assets
Operations
Finance
Cable Installation
Cable Routing
Survey
Geotechnics
Business Development
Underwriter
Technology
R&D
Innovation
Representatives Invited:
CIO
CDO
CTO
Presidents
Vice Presidents
Business Development Directors
Directors/Managers/Project Managers/Heads
Industry participating
Dredging
Routing
Engineering
Energy companies
Wind farms
Cable and equipment manufacturers
Vessel companies
PAST DELEGATES ( COMPANIES ONLY)
Siem Offshore Contractors UK Ltd.
Nexans Deutschland GmbH
Seaproof Solutions
OWLC
Allspeeds Ltd
HFW
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Helix Canyon Offshore
Jersey Electricity plc
Ternan Energy
TenneT TSO GmbH
Transmission Investment
Clyde & Co
CEA
Sompo Global Weather
Omnisens SA
NorthConnect
Greenpower2020
Petrofac
National Grid
OutSmart
JDR Cable Systems Ltd
Ofgem
Mocean Forecast B.V.
Aquind Ltd
NB Power
Osbit Ltd
Amprion GmbH
AP Sensing GmbH
Helvetia Insurance
HDI Global SE, Hellas Branch
Super Grid institute
Marubeni Europower Ltd
Enemalta Plc
MMT Sweden
Aon Risk Solutions
Sintef Energy Research
Mocean Forecast B.V.
NKT Photonics GmbH
CYME/EATON
NorthConnect
Kraftnät Åland AB
University of Southampton
Cathie Associates Limited
UL International France
Caldwell Marine International
Borealis GmbH
DeepOcean UK Limited
EDF Energies Nouvelles
UltraMap Limited
SeaGard
SubCableNews Ltd.
Telescure Limited
Vattenfall Europe Windkraft GMBH
Elektro Koopmann
Iris Sea Contractors
Omnisens SA
Nexans Deutschland GmbH
Tecnoambiente, S.L.
RWE Supply and Trading
WavEC Offshore Renewables
Boskalis Subsea
Transmission Investment
Codan
JDR Cable Systems Ltd
Petrofac
4C Offshore Limited
Siem Offshore Contractors
Fugro GeoConsulting
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Maritime Developments Ltd
Intertek
Newcastle University
JDR Cable Systems Ltd
HEDNO S.A.
Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects B.V.
Fugro
Munich Re
NORTHCONNECT
AXA Versicherung AG
Landsvirkjun
The Crown Estate
EnBW
RWE
Omnisens SA
Nexans
SSE
BODAC UXO Clearance
Omega Consulting Intl.
Omega Consulting Intl.
Mutual energy
Swan Hunter
Maritime Developments Ltd
MMT Sweden
KEPCO
James Fisher Marine Services
LS Cable & System
Elia Asset
Jan De Nul N.V.
Marubeni
Newcastle University
JDR Cables
HEDNO
C Power
Van Oord
Fugro
Munich Re
Northconnect
AXA Versicherung AG
The Crown Estate
Landsvirkjun
EnBW
GreenPower2020
Nexans
SSE
Omega Consulting Intl.
Omega Consulting Intl.
BODAC UXO Clearance
Mutual Energy
Swan Hunter
KEPCO (KEPRI)
James Fisher Marine Services
LS Cable & System Ltd
Jan De Nul N.V
Elia Asset
Eunice Energy Group
Rovop
Litgrid AB
Highvolt
North connect
Wirescan
H&R ChemPharm (UK) Ltd
UltraMAP Limited
Landsvirkjun
Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne S.A.
Tetratech
Diamond Transmission Corporation
Global Marine Systems ltd
Supergrid Institute
Penbridge Marine
TuNur Limited
JDR Cable Systems
Kepco
Borealis Group
The Crown Estate
VBMS
Port Of Roenne A/S
Deep BV
EMAS Chiyoda
EMAS Chiyoda
Jan De Nul
MMT
NKT Cable
Fluves
IMDC
Transelectrica
Canyon Offshore Limited
Wirescan
Nexans
Siemens
TKF
HighVolt
Nexans
Statnett
Indole/Eneco
Borealis AB
Cable Consulting International
BKK Nett AS
Enel Green Power SpA
Bohlen-Doyen
Brugg Kabel
Diamond Transmission Corp.
Global Marine Systems
Red Electrica de Espana S.A.U
Mott Macdonald
Lantor BV
Eirgrid
Elia
DNV GL
ESB International
RTE France
Heinrich Hirdes EOD Services GmbH
Poyry
DOF Subsea
Maillefer
H&R Chempharm (UK) Ltd
Global Marine Systems
Red Penguin Ltd
Svenska Kraftnat
Lantor BV
Terna SpA
Eles d.o.o.
Terna Energy
Pelagian Ltd
JDR Cables
Hexatronic Cables & Interconnect Systems AB
Wessex Archaeology
Parkburn Precision Handling System Ltd
Kepco
LS Cable
VSMC
Landisvirkjun
Coda Octupus
Van Oord Offshore Wind bv
UL-Underwriters Laboratories
TenneT TSO GmbH
LS Cable & System
Vattenfall
Oceaneering International Services Ltd
Otary RS NV
Boskalis Subsea Cables BV
Folke Sandelin AB
Uniper
ORE Catapult
SMD
European Investment Bank (EIB)
Ofgem
RPS Group
MMT Sweden AB
Agile Tek Engineering Limited
Intertek Energy & Water
VBMS
National Grid Ventures
London Offshore Consultants Limited
Holman Fenwick Willan LLP
4C Offshore Limited
Marsh GmbH
SUBMARINE POWER CABLE AND INTERCONNECTION FORUM- TOPICS AND DISCUSSIONS
Cable survey and installation techniques
Cable asset health monitoring and inspection
Next-gen subsea routes and burial
Evolution of cable tech and design
Cable installation procedures and processes
Cable protection techniques
Enhancing submarine cable security and reliability
Subsea cable engineering
Cable failure detection and repair
Gain practical insight on cable failure mitigating techniques
Give insights on ways of protecting and repairing of cables in terms of cable failures
Understand the importance of cable testing and impact on cable reliability
Give a clear picture of the new EU regulations and infrastructure developments
Gain insights on the guidance of standards and best practices for surveying, route selection and installation selection.
Learn how to define survey specifications to meet stakeholders’ requirements.
Understand how to deliver a clear overview of the cable cost and risk reduction techniques
Expand your network of top-level business contacts
Promote your business in Europe and internationally
Hear from enthusiastic speakers with powerful presentation
Use this exceptional platform for discussions and debates about then industry challenges
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Following research work in fibre optics at the ABB Corporate Research Centre (Switzerland) and at the University of Essex (UK), Etienne ROCHAT joined OMNISENS (Switzerland) in 2004, first as a product manager, then as R&D manager (2009), and finally as CTO (2013).
He is in charge of product research & development for the company monitoring solution, focusing on optical interrogators, sensing cables and novel applications.
The corresponding products are now deployed worldwide for pipeline and power cable monitoring. In 2022 Etienne became CTO of EOSS, the Prysmian business unit dedicated to sensing.
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Jakub is active in Service Product Management at NKT. In his role, Jakub is responsible for the product portfolio of NKT's Service Business Line covering both the offshore and onshore power cable segments. His primary focus is leveraging NKT's extensive HV cable experience to identify solutions for cable owners' and cable operators' needs as well as leading implementation teams to develop these solutions into products. Prior to transitioning to the Service Business Line, Jakub was a member of NKT's in-house Strategy Department where he supported numerous projects across the company's Business Lines, most notably shaping the Service Business Line's strategy. Before joining NKT, Jakub worked as a Management Consultant in Bain & Company's Brussels office and obtained a Master of Science degree in Energy Engineering from the KU Leuven and Grenoble INP.
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Sean Kelly is the founder of Transmission Excellence Ltd (“TX”), which undertakes consultancy and software development work. Its primary customers are renewable energy developers and grid companies.
Software products include TXSims (for advanced grid simulation), TXDynamic (for the dynamic rating of export cables) and TXArray (for the design of wind farm collector arrays).
While leading TX, Sean also chaired the grid group of the Offshore Wind Programme Board (OWPB), a joint body between the UK government and the UK offshore wind industry.
In this role he was involved in investigations into export cable reliability following a series of cable failures. Prior to this Sean was a founder and technical director of Transmission Capital Partners, an offshore transmission owner (OFTO) which owns the cables to multiple British offshore wind farms, and prior to that we was in charge of international interconnector development within the British TSO National Grid.
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Chas is Operations Director at Peritus International, a specialist subsea engineering consultancy. He has experience with a wide range of subsea cable projects covering both offshore wind and oil and gas. He is also experienced in subsea pipeline design, having been involved in the design of some of the world’s deepest pipelines at over 3000m. He holds a Ph.D in Materials Science and a Masters in Mechanical Engineering. He is a Fellow of the institute of Marine Engineers.
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A Chartered Marine Engineer with LOC London, Mike is a qualified Chief Engineer who has been working in the renewable sector at LOC for over thirteen years. His experience at LOC includes MWS and consultancy for high voltage export and array cables, HVDC Interconnector cable installation and repair, wind turbine and foundation installation, investigations of subsea cable damage. He is also active as MWS for cable replacement and repair campaigns on several OWF. He has also conducted equipment failure investigations for P&I and H&M interests on a variety failures such as main and auxiliary engines, steering systems and deck machinery, fire damage and vessel repair and has produced expert reports and acted as expert witness for arbitration. He is a qualified ISM/ISO 9000 lead auditor and has completed an MSc in Engineering and Management based around the ISM Code and safety management. He has advised and worked on numerous Offshore Windfarm cable installations and cable repairs as MWS and as a consultant, and has also conducted due diligence for the marine aspects for OFTO bids for transmission assets.
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In his role as Director - Energy Transition, in the Global Specialty Energy division of Sedgwick International, Andrew is responsible for their loss adjusting activities across all forms of renewable energy including offshore wind and submarine power cables. Andrew is a Chartered Engineer and Chartered Insurance Practitioner with 30 years’ experience in loss adjusting, underwriting, claims management and risk surveying. A founder and former chairman of the European Wind Turbine Committee, he also chaired the Oil, Petrochemical and Energy Risks Association (OPERA) and is a member of the Offshore Engineering Society. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and holds an Advanced Diploma in Insurance. Andrew moved to the insurance sector in 1996, and since 2000, has been managing a global portfolio of claims in the energy, mining and power sectors. His wide-ranging experience includes time with a Lloyd’s syndicate and a large reinsurance company where he established a reputation as one of the market’s leading underwriters of offshore wind and submarine cable risks.
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Colin McKinnon is the Wood Technical Director for Specialist Engineering and Consultancy based in the UK.
He has over forty years’ experience in the planning, building and operation of Marine and Subsea Systems in hostile environments.
He has been involved in the development and application of many new technologies and is currently leading a series of multi discipline R&D projects addressing floating wind.
He is a keen yachtsman and skier.
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Rene started his career in 1981 within the dredging division of HAM Dredging. After having spent several years on dredging projects worldwide, he joined the offshore division of the company. At that time the main offshore activities were the preparation of the rights-of-way, consisting mainly of the pre-sweeping, along the pipeline and cable routes.
In 1992, Rene joined Van Oord, one of the major dredging and marine contractors worldwide. Within the Offshore division Rene became responsible for all cable related activities which initially consisted of subsea rock installation for protection purposes and later evolved into the cable installation and burial services towards the telecom and later on the offshore wind industry. In his role, Rene has been responsible for the development of the cable installation and burial activities and several EPC contracts for offshore wind farms and thereby being instrumental in the present position of Van Oord in the cable installation markets.
In 2020, after almost 40 years in the dredging and offshore (wind) industry, Rene has left Van Oord and started his own consultancy (CableAbility) with the aim to use his extensive experience and knowledge within the submarine cable industries
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Richard Booth is an experienced construction lawyer with a particular interest and specialism in renewables, including offshore wind. He regularly advises on procurement strategy and all forms of construction documentation, particularly high value complex EPC contracts. Richard regularly acts in an advisory capacity on offshore wind projects and is an experienced strategist and dispute resolver. The directories say "he is a very persuasive negotiator", "excellent at tackling the issues while bearing in mind practical and commercially sensible solutions" and "his strengths are his ability to find solutions in negotiations and to get a deal done.
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Professor Justin Dix is a marine geologist and geophysicist with over thirty years’ experience in data acquisition, processing and interpretation. He has spent much of his career in the School of Ocean and Earth Science at the University of Southampton, working on a wide range of applied marine research projects covering: 3 and 4D Quaternary geological and geophysical modelling; structure-sea bed interactions (e.g. foundation, cables, pipelines and other structures) from both a geological and perspective; both marine landscape and wreck based archaeological investigations; and, over the last eight years, focusing on the environmental controls on HV cable design, operation and decommissioning. This work has been supported by both industry, and UK and overseas government funding. Throughout this period, he has utilised this knowledge for working on live civil engineering projects including multiple major offshore windfarms; two nuclear power stations; and multiple HV and telecommunication cable routes. Justin now splits his time between MarineSpace and the University of Southampton, to both deliver high quality industrial consultancy whilst continuing an active role in research and education
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John has been an Engineer within the Subsea, ROV industry for over 30 years. Initially working with the UK and overseas navies on remote control mine countermeasure ROVs and then for the past 20 years on the ROVs, Ploughs and trenchers used to support offshore oil and gas, submarine telecom and power cable installation. John has had a diverse career from working offshore, through to operations management, business development and now as director of trenching and business development for Helix Robotics Solutions. As Director Trenching & Business Development, John is responsible for working with the senior management team to support the business’s strategy in taking its assets and services; supporting all things energy. John is responsible for building relationships with current clients and strategic partners primarily in the North Sea and EMEA region - although his remit, just like the company’s equipment and services - extends worldwide. John’s expertise in the renewables sector and the trenching market merges with the core strength of Helix Robotics Solutions, which is providing services (ROV, Trenching, UXO ID, boulder clearance, construction support and vessels) in shallow to deep water marine contracting operations, and allows him to advise global energy, renewables and telecom players on the most cost-effective solution for their project needs
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Axel Barnekow Widmark / Executive Vice President Service & Installation / NKT
Axel is leading the Service & Installation Business Line of NKT – the unit responsible for all of NKT’s cable jointers deployed on service or installation projects as well as for all other cable services provided by NKT both on- and off-shore. In his role, one of Axel’s primary objectives is ensuring that NKT continues to provide world-leading services for submarine cables owned and operated by its customers in this rapidly changing and growing industry. Prior to joining NKT in 2020, he has been a Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company and held various leadership positions at ABB. Axel holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering Physics from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
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Lars-André Tobaben is the project manager at Sea Impact. He holds a M.Sc. in geography & geoinformatics from the University of Copenhagen.
Applying his specialized knowledge of spatial data, he has played a key part in the development of Sea Impact’s innovative offshore wind market intelligence offering.
Doing so he has achieved extensive insight into the offshore wind vessel market, the offshore installation phase and the operation and maintenance of offshore wind.
He has been part of Sea Impact‘s full mapping of the offshore installation gathering deep knowledge on the installation of foundations, turbines, cables and substations.
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Senior Manager and Civil Engineer with strong interest in Energy Transition and (New) Technology.
Passion for Offshore Wind and (Subsea) Cables. Extensive global track record in Dredging, Trenchless Technology (HDD), Electricity Cables, (Outfall) Pipelines and Marine Construction.
Involved since 2007 in an operational and commercial director role for the very early offshore wind cabling projects in Europe with companies like VSMC, VBMS and Boskalis Subsea Cables.
During these years VBMS became the market leader in Subsea Cable Installation in the Renewable Industry as well as the go-to contractor for Cable Repairs.
Since 2022 as Business Line Director responsible for the business line Subsea Cables within N-Sea and with a dedicated team focusing on Subsea Cable repairs and installation.
N-Sea is managing a number of large long term Service Level Agreements to repair and maintain subsea cable assets from TSO's and other asset owners and as such is growing its fleet of vessels, equipment and most important personnel.
In 2024, N-Sea launched the CURO, the first dedicated permanently mobilized shallow draft DP2 subsea cable repair vessel with a deck spread that is suitable for inter-array, export & interconnector cables (both HVAC and HVDC).
The CURO has been extremely busy for the first 1.5 years which has resulted in the investment in a second vessel the Altera which is scheduled to enter service by the end of Q2 2026.
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Alessandro oversees the Business Development and Strategy department of ASSO Group since 2020. He has more than 15 years of experience in the submarine cable business worldwide, working in various roles within Engineering, Product Management and Sales departments. Prior to joining ASSO Group in 2020, he was a Director in Prysmian Group and held various leadership positions in both Offshore Wind and Interconnectors markets. Alessandro holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Naples Federico II
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Julia is co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Meridiam, a global long-term infrastructure fund based in Paris with over $20bn of assets under management, and over 120 projects across the UK, Europe, North America and Africa. Meridiam, funded by pension funds and insurance companies, is a developer, investor and asset manager and has invested $80bn of capital. Meridiam is a major proponent of responsible and community based sustainable investment.
Julia is also Deputy Chair of the UK’s National Infrastructure Commission, and a member of the UK Government’s Investment Council. She is the Chair of the Fulcrum Infrastructure Group, and Chair of NeuConnect Limited, a company developing a major energy interconnector between the UK and Germany. She sits on the Advisory Panel of Glenmont Renewable Energy Fund; is a non-Executive Director of the International Project Finance Association; an Honorary Professor at the Bartlett School, University College London; and Deputy Chair of the Port of Tyne in the UK.
She is the co-founder of the group Women Leaders in Infrastructure. Her previous roles have included Head of European Infrastructure for the Bank of Scotland, Head of Project Advisory for Charterhouse Bank and Head of Project Finance at Hill Samuel.
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James O’Reilly is Chief Executive Officer of Greenlink Interconnector Limited, a 500MW HVDC electricity interconnector between Ireland and the UK. He has over 25 years experience delivering energy and infrastructure projects in Ireland, Europe, the US and Asia. He has previously held senior management positions with Phelan Energy, KTL Group, Rivada Networks, Accenture and ESB International.
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Anna Farley is the Director of Interconnectors at Collaborative Environmental Advisers (CEA) Ltd. She has 18 years’ marine environmental consultancy experience specialising in Environmental Impact Assessment, Habitats Regulations Assessment and stakeholder management for UK and Irish infrastructure projects. Her experience covers all aspects of the project lifecycle from site investigation and cable routeing, through to marine survey, pre-installation planning applications and licences, and management of environmental commitments during construction and operations. Over the last ten years she has focused on cable projects, working across power cables and telecoms, securing the marine consents for the Greenlink, GridLink and FAB Link interconnector projects and providing technical expertise into Viking Link, North Sea Link and telecommunication cable projects such as Havhingsten, SCOT-NI, and the Scotland Reaching 100 project. She is currently supporting the development of two UK multi-purpose interconnector projects and two submarine grid reinforcement cable projects.
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Energy infrastructure leader with 20+ years’ experience developing major electricity transmission and renewable energy projects across the UK, Europe, and global markets. Skilled in developing HVDC interconnectors, grid infrastructure, and renewable systems including offshore wind, solar, and battery storage, from concept and feasibility through to investment decision and delivery.
Combines deep technical expertise with strong commercial and strategic capability. Proven in structuring complex programmes, creating investor‑ready opportunities, and leading multidisciplinary teams across engineering, finance, legal, and regulatory functions. Experienced in planning, regulatory engagement, and partnering with investors, governments, TSOs, and global supply chains.
Recognised for building new energy ventures, turning around challenging projects, and developing scalable pipelines aligned with the energy transition. Brings strong JV structuring, investment case development, financial modelling, and risk/value optimisation skills. Passionate about enabling next‑generation energy infrastructure and open to strategic advisory and collaboration opportunities.
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John joined Balfour Beatty Investments (BBI) in December 2014. John is responsible for the operation of the three OFTO (Offshore Transmission Network Owner) projects that are part owned by BBI: Thanet, Gwynt-Y-Môr and Humber Gateway.
Before joining BBI John worked at EA Technology; BB Utility Solutions; Energy Networks Association and Southern Electric (now part of SSE).
John holds a B. Eng (Hons) degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Southampton (1993) and is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technolog
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Kevin is a Director within the Arup Energy Advisory business and is currently leading the Operational Readiness workstream within the NeuConnect project. His background is in leading large operational, commercial and specialist teams delivering energy infrastructure projects. More specifically, Kevin has led the development of National Grid’s portfolio of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects. More recently he acted as the Operations Director for BritNed, re-shaping and influencing operational, commercial and regulatory activities within this JV to maximise long term value of shareholder investment. As a Project Director for National Grid Ventures he had portfolio responsibility for early stage development of HVDC Interconnectors and Hydrogen Business Development opportunities.
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James Ombudo is the Head of Engineering for Interconnectors at National Grid Ventures in the UK, responsible for the development and assurance of new interconnectors as well as the asset maintenance of operational interconnectors. A former aeronautical engineer, James has 15 years’ experience in HV electricity transmission spanning substations, overhead lines and underground cables within National Grid UK. James has a passion for empowering teams and enabling them to flourish, particularly in the transition to a clean, fair and affordable energy future. When not working on interconnectors, James enjoys exercising and sports – particularly swimming and rugby. On occasion, James will try his hand at cooking and baking; often with mixed results though!
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Okon Enyenihi, CFA is a physicist, an investment manager, and political economist by background. He joined Ofgem in 2016 and is currently the Head of Interconnector Delivery, responsible for the regulation of new investment in electricity interconnectors. Through current regulatory frameworks (cap and floor regime and the exemption approach), he oversees regulatory arrangements – such as licensing, compliance, force majeure events for interconnector projects. Ofgem is the economic regulator of Great Britain’s energy networks
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Nastasya is a seasoned strategic, hands-on manager and marketer with almost 30 years’ experience delivering success in startup and corporate environments. Lately, Nastasya co-founded and is currently leading Seabed.AI (https://seabed.ai), which develops an AI engine for object detection on the sea floor. This service can speed up the geophysical marine surveys by a few months. She trains and tutors occasionally and writes articles for Forbes or other media. The rest of her time, love and efforts belong to her family.
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Kevin Magner FCA is a project finance adviser by background, with long experience at Deloitte and Schroders’ investment bank. He is a Senior Policy Manager in Ofgem’s Future Interconnectors team, responsible for development of the regulatory regime for Offshore Hybrid Assets. Kevin’s previous experience has included financial and procurement advice for the East-West interconnector, OFTOs, offshore wind power, solar power, carbon capture, transport and storage, and nuclear power generation.
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Peter Wellens is specialist at Deltares and professor at Delft University of Technology. His research is about extreme wave-structure interaction, studied by means of numerical methods, experiments and analysis. The research has contributions to modelling wave propagation, to the dynamics of deforming structures in waves and to assessing extreme responses. He has supervised 8 PhD candidates and 63 MSc candidates on these topics.
Enforcing active learning by focusing on feedback rather than instruction, Peter is an awarded lecturer. He designed several courses about Fluid-Structure Interaction and Wave-Structure Interaction at postgraduate level, graduate level and undergraduate level. He organises extracurricular courses on special topics ranging from signal analysis to numerical methods for multi-degree-of-freedom and continuous systems.
Peter has been trained in situational management. He was head of department, coordinated the EC funded network HYDRALAB and designed and build several experimental facilities. As a member of the Board of Examiners, Peter contributes to the quality of education at Delft University of Technology.
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Vera Hengelmolen is a researcher and advisor in hydrodynamics and offshore technology at Deltares, an independent knowledge institute focusing on water and subsurface studies. She is mainly involved in research and consultancy services for projects related to the loads experienced by offshore wind structures. Recently, her work is particularly focused on investigating hydrodynamic loads on cable protection systems. Achievements have been made on theoretical and physical model experiments on loads and motion of CPS around offshore monopile. Her involved projects are mostly in the North Sea area, like Hollandse Kust Zuid and Noord wind parks. Prior to joining Deltares, Vera obtained a Master of Science degree in Marine Technology from the Delft University of Technology.
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Bethany White (she/her) is an Associate working in the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Team. At the Carbon Trust, she focuses on the set-up and management of large-scale joint-industry projects, including the High Voltage Array Systems project, Load Reduction Devices for Offshore Wind and Prevalence of Seabird Species and Collision Events in Offshore Wind Farms, along with management of the Cables working group. Bethany has over eight years’ experience in the energy industry, with a particular background in renewable energy (including offshore wind), policy, retail markets and project management. Bethany holds a BSc in Geography from the University of Birmingham.
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Karolina Zieba (she/her) works to accelerate the transition to a decarbonized energy future, specializing in the field of submarine power cables. Currently working with the Carbon Trust, Karolina collaborates on the cables technical workstream, overseeing the successful delivery of research and development projects aimed at mitigating risks associated with offshore wind cables. With a strong educational background in both chemistry and climate change, Karolina obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of Edinburgh and a master's degree from King's College London. Prior to her work with the Carbon Trust, she gained valuable experience as part of the policy and research team at Mainstream Renewable Power, a leading offshore wind developer. Karolina's expertise lies in providing project management, advisory and strategic insights, contributing to the advancement of sustainable energy solutions. Her dedication to the industry drives her to facilitate the adoption of optimized cable technologies and promote practical solutions for the challenges faced in submarine power cable fault, installation, interconnections, design, and technology
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Adrian is the Software Development Manager of the Submarine Cable Group at Makai Ocean Engineering, where he is responsible for the development of Makai’s software for both planning (MakaiPlan), and installing submarine cables (MakaiLay). Adrian has over 25 years of software development, electrical system design and R&D experience and is a Fellow of the Institution of Analysts and Programmers. Adrian was born in the UK but now lives in sunny Oahu, Hawaii where Makai’s main office is located.
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Yann is today in charge of developing European energy transactions within the SG’s Energy Finance department. He has been most recently involved in multiple arranging and financial advisory roles for major European electricity interconnector projects as well as offshore wind transactions. He has especially acted as financial advisor to the NeuConnect UK to Germany interconnector. He has also been active in arranging and structuring a variety of European power projects.
Yann previously joined SG's asset finance team in 2006, in charge of arranging cross-border lease transactions. Before working for SG, he worked 3 years in Dexia within the infrastructure department.
Yann graduated from Ecole des Ponts ParisTech and also holds a "structured finance" Master Degree from Ecole des Ponts ParisTech / Paris X
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Ron is responsible for 4C Geoscience matters, risk assessments, GIS development and general survey/geoscience consultancy. Ron has extensive experience in the offshore survey industry having held a wide variety of both offshore and onshore management positions. Positions include marine survey manager, project manager, senior geophysicist, client representative, route engineer and consultant oceanographer. Offshore positions include survey project director, client representative and geophysicist. Ron is also lead Director for a number of current major Interconnector projects representing the Clients interest’s for route selection and installation due diligence, post installation risk mitigation advice supporting the long term capital investment for investing shareholders interest’s. Prior to this worked for 10 years as a University researcher working on a variety of geophysical, geotechnical and oceanographic projects.
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With a background in asset and risk management, construction and managing cost-benefit expenditure, for the last 8 years George has focused on operating, maintaining and building electrical interconnectors, with particular responsibility for cable design and construction. George worked for National Grid between 2006 and 2022, before joining Xlinks in 2022, with a focus on the development and delivery of the 4000km cable system. In National Grid, he spent over 10 years in Gas Distribution , before moving to National Grid Ventures as Asset Manager of all businesses, including the maintenance and construction of Interconnector assets. In 2017 he became the Cable Project Manager for the North Sea Link (NSL) Interconnector (UK to Norway), successfully tested (early) and commissioning in 2021. George then became the Cable Project Manager for the Viking Link Interconnector (UK to Denmark) through its first year of construction
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Young Cheong is an engineer specializing in the diagnosis and monitoring of underground and submarine power cables. He joined LS Cable & System in 2005 and has worked as a field engineer and quality manger on various extra high voltage power cable projects. He has designed and developed conditioning monitoring techniques based on the reflectometry in frequency domain. During his graduate studies in the late 90s, he developed a numerical method for solving inhomogeneous electromagnetic problems using compactly supported wavelets in time domain, which became one of the pioneering studies in the field. His main interests are the advanced numerical analysis and outlier detection model to evaluate the condition of cables in operation
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William Stephenson is a co-founder of Enshore Subsea specialising in mid-sized EPCI submarine cable projects. After training as a mechanical engineer William spent his early career in the build of specialised offshore and subsea equipment to support offshore installation works specialising in Subsea Vehicles and Cable Lay Equipment. Following a stint in heavy offshore logistics and marshalling, William entered the cable installation and trenching world with Enshore. William’s knowledge centre is around complex shallow water cable installation and trenching technology with a bias towards hard ground cutting
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Steven is the Subsea Business Development Manager for Polytech AS. He has over 20 years of O&G and Renewable subsea design and commercial experience focussing on umbilical, cable and riser ancillaries. Currently leading work on projects dedicated to reducing the total cost of ownership and promoting sustainability.
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Jonathan Wheatley has been involved in Offshore Wind since the early round projects in the UK. He has worked for the main large installation firms including Boskalis and more recently 7 years at DEME Offshore. He was the negotiation lead for the Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm, project sponsor for Hornsea One export, and was part of the development team of the UK – Germany Interconnector, NeuConnect. Now the Senior Risk Consultant at Primo Risk & Control. He advises insurers and lenders on construction and operational risks as well as dealing with complex subsea cable claims.
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Chris is a senior member of the commercial team at Kraken Robotics’ subsea survey services group (formerly PanGeo Subsea), focusing on business development and sales. After completing a BSc in Geological Oceanography he began his professional career as a Geophysicist working both offshore and in the office on a multitude of geophysical projects throughout the world. After reaching Senior Geophysicist Chris transferred into a commercial role, initially as a Tendering Project Manager before moving into a Business Development role. He has worked for several market-leading survey companies on a broad range of offshore site investigation and asset integrity surveys including; seismic, field development, geotechnical, UXO, deep water AUV, pipeline inspection, decommissioning and ROV services including cable/pipeline depth of burial, decommissioning and UXO surveys.
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Henrik Bang-Andreasen is a distinguished expert in offshore cable protection systems and marine technology with over 40 years of industry experience.
As the founder of Portunus Solutions Ltd and an independent consultant, he specializes in CPS and cable stabilization for offshore foundations.
His entrepreneurial journey includes founding Seaproof Solutions, where he served as Managing Director for over 30 years and developed numerous innovative cable protection solutions and patents.
Prior to his current ventures, Henrik built and managed the Norwegian division of MacArtney Underwater Technology Group, serving military, research, and ROV sectors.
His background includes significant experience with remotely operated vehicles and underwater services at Svitzer Surveys, complemented by his military service in the Royal Danish Navy (Søværnet).
Throughout his career, Henrik has been at the forefront of marine operations, equipment installation, and business development in the underwater technology sector.
His extensive expertise in cable installation and protection systems has made him a respected figure in the offshore energy industry.
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Submarine Power Cable and Interconnection conference will focus on the cutting edge thinking that is emerging across the world to address big issues involving Submarine Power Cable fault, Cable installation and Interconnections, Power Cable design and technology. It brings together key experts from subsea community globally to discuss the current challenges in risks, cost reduction, cable technology and life extension in order to identify best practices. It will showcase real practical examples on what the industry can do to produce optimized solution across the board with regards to survey, route, engineering, manufacturing, installation, protection, and repair. Also explore new areas of innovation & techniques for cost reduction in interconnections.