Program of the 14th Economic Forum Offshore Helgoland

August 28 - August 29, 2025

28 August 2025

10:00

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15:00

Accreditation

until 13:15

Arrival to the island

By ICE / RE or by car.

13:30

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13:45

Reception in the inner courtyard of kursaal3

followed by greetings from Kai Müller, Mayor of Wenningstedt-Braderup and Joschka Knuth, State Secretary in the Ministry of Energy Transition, Agriculture, Environment, Nature and Digitization of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, as well as welcoming remarks from Richard Sandford, Chief Development Officer, Jera Nex bp

13:45

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14:30

Maritimes Lunch at kursaal3

14:30

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15:15

Opening speech from

His Excellency Ahmed Alattar, Ambassador of United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Dr. Christoph Ploß, Federal Government Coordinator for Maritime Economy and Tourism
Dr. Alaa Alhamwi, Member of the German Parliament (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen)
Kerstin Andreae, Chairwoman of the Executive Board and Member of Presiding Board, BDEW
Dr. Anna Wallbrecht, Head of Division Offshore Wind Energy, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE)

15:15

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15:45

Keynote speech from

15:45

–

16:00

Coffee break

16:00

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17:00

“How to overcome the hurdles”

Introduction by:

Martin Neubert, COO CIP, followed by a panel discussion with:

Thomas Karst, CCDO Skyborn Renewables
Husain al Meer, Director Global Offshore Wind, MASDAR
Richard Sandford, SVP bp Offshore Wind
SvenUtermöhlen, CEO RWE Offshore Wind

17:00

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17:45

"Parliamentary Blue Hour" with politicians (members of the German Bundestag)

Dunja Kreiser, Deputy economic policy spokeswoman for the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag,
Dr. Christoph Ploß, Federal Government Coordinator for Maritime Economy and Tourism
Dr. Alaa Alhamwi, Member of the German Parliament (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen)

18:45

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23:00

Evening reception at Strandhafer Sylt and networking

Evening reception with welcoming speeches by Husain al Meer, MASDAR and subsequent "Captain's Dinner" and networking at Strandhafer Sylt.

29 August 2025

09:30

–

10:00

“Offshore Wind in the USA: Status & Perspectives”

Liz Burdock, President & CEO at Oceantic Network, USA

10:30

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11:00

Coffee break

11:00

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12:10

Monopile production around the globe: trends and challenges

with an introduction by Dr. Falk Lüddecke, Managing Director of JBO GmbH Panel discussion with:

Jarosław Łasiński, Managing Director, Dajin Heavy Industry Europe Wind
Jost Backhaus, Managing Director, Steelwind Nordenham GmbH
Heiko Mützelburg, Managing Director, Titan Wind Energy GmbH
Esben Strandgaard, EVP Commercial Business Development, EEW Group

12:10

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12:30

Dr. Dennis Kruse Managing Director Deutsche WindGuard

"Best offshore wind power plant in operation 2024" award ceremony

12:45

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13:45

Lunch at the golf club

from 13:45

Post conference activities on Sylt (optional) with:

• Express learning course at the Putting Green (requested)
• Cornhole Competition

16:00

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18:00

Return journey to the mainland

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