
Foundation Ex is different. Properly technical. Radically innovative.
Foundation Ex offshore wind conference took place on 10 May 2022.
Thank you to everyone who took part and enjoyed a series of dynamic keynote talks and workshops.
What went down
A day sharing knowledge and celebrating success in the offshore wind
The 2022 Foundation Ex offshore wind conference took a closer look at how this is the decade that will see acceleration in our industry.
The theme of the day
It’s time to scale, optimise and deliver
Now is the time to look to scale, optimise and deliver projects with lasting impact. On the day we had a high level of technical content from this niche specialism.
What made this special
Learning from the experts
Our delegates heard from expert speakers who shared their specialist knowledge. We promoted discussion and debate around the upcoming challenges in the industry with the view to enabling collaborative problem solving.
Download the slide decks
Our speakers have kindly shared their slides decks and made them available to download.

Z-Flange bolted connection

Gillian Pollard
Wood Thilsted

Challenges in floating development

Richard Eakin
ScottishPower Renewables

Key findings from the UMACK anchor development

Matt Dickson
UMACK

Unlocking seabed insights: the BGS-Crown estate data creation project for offshore wind development

Hassan Moharram
Crown Estate

Wind sea and swell waves: getting it right, and the impact on fatigue design

Christian Mørch
C2Wind

Modelling weather downtime effects on the installation of offshore wind farms in deeper water sites

Beth Dickens
Quoceant

How realtime metocean data can reduce cost and improve safety

Adrian Black
MarineLabs

Recent development of the FRP monopile

Jon Høvik
Entrion Wind

Corrosion protection for deep water monopiles

Nick Terry
SLPE

Managing asset life: challenges for offshore wind
Dr John Edwards
Kent

HSE and fabrication

Henk de Pater
dP Project Management
Who was on stage?
Speakers and Moderators

Karl Davis
Empire Engineering

Carol Johnston
TWI

Eric Finé
Smulders

Fran Pitkin
OWC

Julian Garnsey
Triton Knoll

Alan Marson
Empire Engineering

Ana Vega Kurson
Arup

Alice Maynard
DNV GL

Pete Andrews
EchoBolt

Martin Kilsgaard Østergaard
COWI

Colin Schroder
ITH Bolting Technology

Søren Kellenberger
CNC Onsite

Mark Finch
Ternan Energy

Nick Howard
Empire Engineering

Simone Schmieder
Wood Thilsted

Dr Eleni Minga
Empire Engineering

Josu Ortego
Euskal Forging Group

Miguel Mananes Negro
Ramboll

Florent Guinot
Wood Thilsted

Jasper Winkes
C1 Connections

Kevin Black
Partrac

Nick Elderfield
DHI Water Environments UK

Eivind Johnsen
Entrion

Hieu Le
Worley

Aaron Du
Empire Engineering

Jack Giles
RWE

Thor Ugelvig Petersen
DHI

Eric Degand
Parkwind

Dick van Wijngaarden
CAPE Holland

Stuart Pringle
Make the Break

Beccie Drake
Arup

Richard Pike
Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions

Nicolás Moscoso
Allnamics

Martijn Schols
Dieseko

David Lambkin
ABPmer

Ursula Smolka
Ramboll

Wei-Ting Hsu
Empire Engineering
The environment on the day
Networking and collaboration
The 2022 Foundation Ex offshore wind conference harnessed cross-disciplinary understanding, networking and collaboration in an energetic environment, promoting the sharing of new ideas, all with the aim to facilitate the smooth transition to renewable energy.
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