Agenda 2nd Offshore Summit -
September 1.-4. 2010 in Rostock, Germany
Wednesday, September 1 2010
| 08:00 & 14:00 | Transfer, All Aboard to Visit Windpark Baltic I Departure from CTV “CarboClyde” Warnemünde, old port, in front of the Scandlines building. Stay at the Wind Park approximately 1 hour (boat will not anchor) |
| 19:00 – 21:30 | Get-together Location: Radisson Blu • Lange Straße 40, 18055 Rostock, Germany |
Thursday, September 2 2010
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Welcome: Michael Sturm, Managing Director, Invest in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Annette Nüsslein, GADORE Center USA, Germany/USA |
| 09:15 – 10:30 | Opening: “Thoughts on Offshore” Jürgen Seidel, Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Welcome remarks Philip D. Murphy, U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany Welcome remarks Dr. Terrie Romano, Consul, Economic Affairs Ontario/Canada in Germany “Future Success Factors for the German Offshore Industry” Andreas Wagner, Managing Director, OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY FOUNDATION, Germany “Current Initiatives of the U.S. Department of Energy” Laura Smith Morton, Senior Advisor Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, USA “Current U.S. Offshore Trends – Programs of the U.S. Department of the Interior” Maureen Bornholdt, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE), USA |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | “Offshore-Strategies in Germany, Europe and North America” Andree Iffländer, Chairman, Wind Energy Network Rostock e.V., Germany “Baltic I – The First Commercial Wind Park” Dr. Werner Götz, Managing Director Renewable Energies, EnBW, Germany “Offshore in Europe – An Overview” Thomas Karst, Director and Partner, MAKE Consulting, Denmark “Initiatives of the U.S. Offshore States” Greg Watson, President for Sustainable Development & Renewable Energy, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Vice Chairman U.S. Offshore Wind Collaborative, USA “Current Developments in Canada” Uwe Roeper, President, ORTECH, Canada “Welcome by Rostock Business” Christian Weiss, Managing Director, Rostock Business and Technology Development |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | „Offshore Technology – On The Way To The 10 MW Turbine? – Offshore Financing Concepts“ Panel discussion with Siemens Wind Power Denmark (Jason Folsom), Gamesa Spain (Juan Garcia Moya), Nordex Germany (Thomas Richterich, CEO), Thomas Karst, Director and Partner, MAKE Consulting, Denmark |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | „U.S. Research Efforts“ with Fort Felker, Direktor, NREL, USA with Walt Musial, NREL, USA |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Break |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | “European Offshore Suppliers and Service Providers – Solutions for the International Market?” with Manfred Hader, Partner, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, Germany with Paul Williamson, Director and Industry Coordinator, Maine Wind Industry Initiative, USA with Jeff Freeman, Plarad. Maschinenfabrik Wagner, USA Panel discussion incl. representatives of the Wind Energy Network Rostock e.V., Germany, with Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jochen Großmann, GICON – Großmann Ingenieur Consult, Germany with Stefan Müller, WIND-consult, Germany with Rüdiger Wedow, Sales Manager, SeaCom, Germany with Peter Christian Weilguni, Managing Director, Eisengießerei Torgelow, Germany |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Final Discussion and Conclusion |
| 19:00 – 22:30 | Reception |
Friday, September 3 2010
| 14:30 | Transfer, All Aboard to Visit Windpark Baltic I Departure from CTV "CarboClyde" Warnemünde, old port, in front of the Scandlines building. Stay at the Wind Park. approximately 1 hour (boat will not anchor) |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Opening |
| 09:10 – 09:15 | Welcome: Barbara Gaspard, Center Manager, GADORE Center USA, USA |
| 09:15 – 10:30 | „Worldwide Offshore Initiatives – Moving Towards a Global Offshore Wind Industry“ with Dr. Silvia Pestke, Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany (BSH), Germany with Laura Smith Morton, Senior Advisor Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, USA with Maureen Bornholdt, U.S Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE), USA with Walt Musial, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL, USA with Tom Cronin, Special Advisor, Wind Energy Division, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Break |
| 11:15 – 13:00 | „European Expertise – Transfer to North America?” with Joachim Binotsch, Managing Director, BBB Umwelttechnik, Germany with Barbara Gaspard, GADORE Center USA, USA with Daniel Feldkamp, GET A Head, Germany/USA and others |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | „Offshore-(Project-)Management – Facing the Challenges of Cost Reduction and Service Optimization“ with Andree Iffländer, wpd offshore solutions, Germany with Marc Mühlenbach, Emerging Energy Research, USA with Mark Rodgers, Communications Director, Cape Wind, USA with Dirk Briese, Managing Director, trend:research, Germany with Joachim Kolb, Transporter Industry International Sales, Germany |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Conclusion |
Saturday, September 4 2010
| 08:00 | Transfer, All Aboard to Visit Windpark Baltic I Departure from CTV "CarboClyde" Warnemünde, old port, in front of the Scandlines building. Stay at the Wind Park. approximately 1 hour (boat will not anchor) |

















