PROGRAMME OF THE 12TH ECONOMIC FORUM OFFSHORE BINZ

August 31 - September 01 2023

10:00

–

15:00

Admission and accreditation at Hotel Binz

until 13:00

Arrival to the island

By ICE / RE or by car.

13:30

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14:00

Reception at the Kurhaus by Mayor Karsten Schneider

14:00

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14:50

Maritime lunch at the conference hotel

15:10

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16:10

"The ideal auction design -

"Implications for the expansion of offshore wind energy"

Keynote speech by Prof. Dr. Karl-Martin Ehrhart, KIT/ECON

followed by a panel discussion with:

Sven Utermöhlen, CEO Offshore Wind, RWE

Matthias Bausenwein, SVP Offshore Wind, BP

Morten Melin, COO Skyborn Renewables

Felipe Montero, CEO Iberdrola Germany

16:10

–

16:45

Coffee break

16:45

–

17:00

Keynote by

Reinhard Meyer, Minister for Economics, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour at
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

17:00

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18:00

Supply Chains - challenges and measures for acceleration

Keynote speech from Tim Fischer, Global Senior Director Wind, Ramboll

Panel discussion with:

Bengt Bergt, Member of the Bundestag

Martin Gerhardt,Head of Offshore Product Development, Siemens Gamesa

Dr. Wei Chen, General Manager Ming Yang Europe

Nils de Baar, Group Senior Vice President Vestas

19:30

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23:00

Evening Reception with a dinner speech from Peter Kærgaard Jensen (Vestas)

followed by an exclusive sky dinner on the roof terrace of Arkona Strandhotel Binz

09:15

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09:45

Keynote by Stefan Kapferer, CEO 50Hertz

09:45

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10:45

Offshore Wind at the Baltic States and Poland

Panel discussion with:

Stefan Kapferer, Chairman of the Management Board of 50Hertz

Thierry Aelens, CEO Ignitis Renewables

Karolina Pietrzak, Chief Development Officer, Simply Blue Group

Magnus Brogaard Larsen, Associate Partner, CIP

10:45

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11:15

Coffee break

11:15

–

11:45

14 x 2GW: Implementation of the largest grid connection program for the "Nordsee" power plant

Dr. Johannes Kammer, Tennet T

11:45

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12:00

Prof. Dr. Martin Skiba, Vice Chairman World Forum Offshore Wind,

"What's new at WFO?"

12:00

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12:30

Andrew Yardley (Benchmarking Analyst Ore Catapult)

Best Offshore Wind Power Plant in Operation 2022" Award Ceremony

12:30

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13:35

Lunch

from 13:45

Post conference program on Rügen (optional) with:

Transfer to the Sky Walk Rügen

Tour through the port of Mukran

15:00

–

17:00

Return journey to the mainland