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.