Louise Efthimiou is WFO’s Floating Offshore Wind Manager where she coordinates andsupports the fruitful knowledge exchanges of WFO’s Floating Offshore Wind Committee.
Energy industry executive with 25 years experience in EU (Italy, France, Ireland) and UK Power Markets, he is passionate about bringing energy projects and new technologies from development to bankability and execution.
Jérôme Hilt is a Project Director with more than twenty years of experience leadinglarge‑scale industrial projects across the energy andinfrastructure sectors.JérômeHilt is a Project Director with more than twenty years of experience leadinglarge‑scale industrial projects across the energy andinfrastructure sectors
Victoria Peyroutas is a Vice President at Voltiq (Amsterdam), with 7 years of experience across debt financing, M&A and tender advisory in the energy sector, with a strong focus on offshore wind.
Phil leads Reflex Marine’s strategic and technical direction, bringing over 30 years of experience in offshore innovation. He is the innovator behind the JAVELIN anchoring solution and several other technologies focused on offshore safety,mooring, and access.
Bruno Geschier serves as Chairman of the World Forum Offshore Wind (WFO) Floating Offshore Wind Committee and recently concluded a decade as Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at BW IDEOL.
Hans Kerstens is the Chief Executive Officer of the port of Port-La Nouvelle (South Of France). Since 2021, the port has undergone significant extension works to establish itself as a key actor in the energy transition with a focus on the floating offshore wind industry.
Dr.Anthony Viselli, PE is the Vice President of Engineering at DeepCWind, where he leads the technical development anddelivery of next-generation floating offshore wind technologies. With 17 years of experience focused on floating concrete foundation systems for offshore windturbines, Dr. Viselli is widely recognized for his contributions to advancing floating wind deployment in challenging marine environments.
Sjoerd Butter has over eight years of experience in the offshore wind industry. Today, Sjoerd focuses on the commercialisation and implementation of up-tower crane technology for major component exchanges, supporting offshore wind operators in reducing downtime,improving safety, and increasing operational efficiency.
Niclas Jacob holds a M.Sc. in Mechatronic System Engineering. In his role as Technical Product Owner Digital Twins at sowento, his professional expertise lies inadvanced monitoring and numerical simulation studies.
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Jon is anR&D engineer who has been at CENER for over 2 years developinghigh-efficiency hydrodynamic-structural calculation tools and creatingsolutions based on physics-informed AI models.
Lloyd Inglis has worked in the offshore energy sector for 18 years, with significant experience dedicated to the design, installation and maintenance of mooring system and anchors.
Dr. Oscar Festa is a researcher from the University of Southampton, specialising in thefields of machine learning and fully-coupled dynamic analysis of offshoresystems. Oscar is the founder and lead developer of Xmoor, a novel machine learning-driven software for concept design screening of FOWTs.
Simon is a naval architect and leads Solis Marine’s work in the energy transition, he is responsible for the engineering division within Solis Marine Group, providing engineering design and analysis services to complex challenges. He is committed to supporting a sustainable future through work in clean shipping and marine renewable energy.
Gilles Lecaillon is a Marine Biologist and an internationally recognized Expert on Marine Ecological Restoration with more than 25 years of experience from the field, pioneering the fish restocking technology in both tropical and temperate marine waters. Gilles is also the Founder and President of Ecocean, a leading French Ecological Engineering Company which specializes in developing and implementing radical new technologies for the sustainable use and management of the marine environment.
Olivier Herlory is the head of environmental programs within the OPEN-C Foundation. He leads the development of environmental monitoring actions related to the potential pressures generated by demonstrators.
Bertrand Wendling is the Chief Executive Officer of SATHOAN, a Mediterranean Fisheries Producers’ Organisation based in Sète (France), a position he has held since 2005. SATHOAN represents the largest and oldest fleet of bluefin tuna fisheries, both in volume and landed value, and leads the first French and worldwide fishery to be certified under both the “Sustainable Fishing Ministry Agriculture” ecolabel and the MSC standard.
Matthew Geraghty is the CEO and founder of ReWind, an innovative SaaS spin-out fromDNV, dedicated to revolutionizing end-of-life management and decommissioning strategies in the wind industry. With a mission to enhance circularity and minimize decommissioning costs, ReWind leverages over 30 years of DNV’s turbine design expertise and proprietary modelling to offer developers, owners, and operators a comprehensive decision-making platform.
Alistair is an Offshore Wind Manager at the Carbon Trust, where he leads the Floating Wind Joint Industry Programme (FLW JIP) and oversees its strategic and technical coordination. He manages a portfolio of R&D projects within the programme, working closely with industry partners to drive innovation in floating offshore wind.
Sayuri began her renewable energy career in Tokyo in 2013 as a Legal and commerciaL manager for developers and a wind turbine manufacturer. Prior to this, she spent seven years in the transaction legal team within the investment banking division of a Japanese commercial bank. She brings strong commercial and legal expertise across the renewable energy and finance sectors.
As General Manager, he participates the development of offshore wind projects while also working through industry associations and other bodies to advance offshore wind power industry in Japan.
Will is an offshore energy specialist of almost 30 years standing, and a recognised authority on industrial scale offshore service development & delivery. As founder and CEO of Offshore Solutions Group, he has been the architect of the FLOW-Park development programme to provide critical wet storage infrastructure for floating wind.
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Kohki Uemura is the President and CEO of DENZAI K.K., the holding company of the DENZAI Group. Founded in Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan, DENZAI has grown into aglobal provider of heavy lifting, transportation, and construction services,supported by expert engineering.
Clément is a founding partner of Green Giraffe Advisory. He is a recognised thought leader in the renewable energy sector and a regular speaker at industry conferences. His insights often focus on bankability, strategic market mapping, and commercial positioning for clients in the energy transition.
A seasoned chief executive with over 25 years of varied and extensive experience in spearheading large-scale renewable and infrastructure projects worldwide, Craig Windram’s expertise spans all aspects of the energy transition, from development and financing to operation and optimisation.
Clare Lavelle is the Project Director for Buchan Offshore Wind, leading the development of one of the UK’s most innovative floating offshore wind projects, which will deliver clean and secure electricity to over 1.4m homes. She brings over two decades of experience in energy infrastructure, with a strong track record of delivering complex, low-carbon projects and influencing policy across the public and private sectors.
Luca Barbetti is a senior offshore energy expert with 16+ years in blue energy,contributing to over 40 GW of offshore wind and 4,000 km of subsea power cables worldwide. He has supported major developers, grid operators, and governments from early feasibility to decommissioning.
Owen is a Technical Manager in Offshore Wind at 2H, responsible for projects involvingthe design and numerical analysis of fixed and floating structures.
Hans-Erik Berge is Business Lead for Mooring Systems and Offshore Wind at DNV Technology Centres. He is working to support the international energy industry in leading multidisciplinary teams of experts and utilizing industry acknowledged testing facilities.
Sander van Helvoort has 12+ years experience in the Offshore Wind Sector.He holds volunteer positions as a Board Member of Northern Netherlands Offshore Wind and as Chairman Moi Offshore Energy Start-up community.
Dr.Pierpaolo Ricci is Director of Mooring and Floating Systems at Tadek and a Chartered Engineer passionate about sustainable technologies with twenty yearsof experience in the marine and offshore industry. His technical background is built on a combination of cutting-edge research in the offshore renewables andhands-on industry experience of design, construction, and installation of floating structures.
Ryan is a Principal Environmental Consultant and Marine Consents Team Lead at ERM. He has 9 years' experience as an environmental specialist and has worked with multiple floating offshore wind developers, supporting their consent applications,environmental mitigation and monitoring commitments.
PhD in Engineering. Over 13 years’ experience in the offshore industry, worked on various offshore wind farm projects worldwide as an engineer, including offshore Europe, Taiwan, mainland China, Japan and USA.
Cem Ergunay is a Senior High Voltage Engineer at ABS, where he leads the design,review, and analysis of complex engineering projects with a strong focus on innovation and reliability in marine and offshore structures. With over a decade of experience in energy transmission, he specializes in subsea powercables, covering the full lifecycle from concept and design through implementation and verification.
Dr Marie-Lise Schlaeppy is a marine and benthic ecologist with more than two decades of expertise in the structure and function of marine benthic invertebrate communities and small tropical fishes across Australia, SoutheastvAsia, Europe, the Pacific, and temperate regions.
Tanguy Coquio is an R&D Engineer in Hydrodynamics at France Energies Marines, with over five years of experience in offshore engineering. His work focuses on the design of floating wind turbine systems, from global system behaviour to seakeeping, mooring and dynamic cable analysis, and operations & maintenance strategies.
Magnus Ebbesen, Director in Entr's Advisory team, is a highly motivated professionalwith 14 years of experience in the offshore wind industry. His primary role involves supporting clients' ambitions in offshore wind by merging technical and commercial insights. He has a deep passion for advancing floating offshore wind and possesses expertise in strategy, market assessment, investment analysis, technical due diligence, project management, and business development.