Offshore wind conference, Bristol UK, 10 May 2022
Foundation Ex 2022
Explore innovation. Exchange ideas. Expand minds.
A focus on how to scale, optimise and deliver in offshore windfarm foundations
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
XXL monopile storage on sand berms: worth a rethink?
David Short
Empire Engineering
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
Corrosion management of pin-piles: challenges for offshore wind
Amy Johnstone
Kent
Jacket pile grippers versus stoppers: what's right for your project?
Alfonso Estepa Palacios
Ramboll
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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