North Sea Offshore Summit: Europe’s Future Powerhouse

08:00-09:00

Registration

09:00 - 09:15

Welcome 

• Dr. Volker Treier, Chief Executive of Foreign Trade, Member of the Executive Board DIHK
• Michael Kern, Managing Director German-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce 
• Andreas Wenzel, Managing Director German-Danish Chamber of Commerce 
• Günter Gülker, Managing Director German-Dutch Chamber of Commerce   

09:15 - 09:30

Fireside Chat

Moderator: Hanne Marit Grønning Strand, Head of Stakeholder Relations and Energy, German-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce

• H.E. Ambassador Ronald van Roeden, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Susanne Hyldelund, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to Germany
• H.E. Laila Stenseng, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to Germany

09:30 - 10:15

Panel 1: Setting the Scene

Moderator: Hanne Marit Grønning Strand, Head of Stakeholder Relations and Energy, German-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce

• Trine Borum Bojsen, SVP North Sea Renewables, Equinor 
• Britta van Boven, CEO, Gasunie Deutschland 
• Joana Stirnberg, Coordinator EU Affairs, TenneT
• Matthias Bausenwein, SVP Offshore Wind, bp plc 

10:15 - 11:00

Panel 2: Supply Chains 

Moderator and expert introduction: Heike Winkler, Independent Communications Consultant, Offshore Wind Kommunikation

• Albert Winnemullers, Head of Offshore Product Market Strategy Global Commercial Operations, Vestas
• Lois Isa Frahm, Market Intelligence Analyst, Sif
• Hugo Buis, VP Offshore EMEA, Shell
• Ruud de Bruijne, programme manager Energy Systems & Offshore Wind, Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break 

11:30 – 11:45

Keynote  
Parl. State Secretary Stefan Wenzel, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

11:45 - 12:30

Panel 3: Regulations - Tender and Market Design 

Moderator: Ben Mouelhi, Energy Analyst, German-Danish Chamber of Commerce
Expert introduction: Matthias Janssen, Frontier Economics 

Panel

• Parl. State Secretary Stefan Wenzel, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action 
• Dr. Tim Fischer, Global Executive Director, Rambøll 
• Wim Verrept, Project Director Sørlige Nordsjø II Offshore Windfarm, ParkWind
• Ulrik Stridbæk, Vice President, Head of Global Regulatory and Public Affairs, Ørsted

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch Break 

13:30-14:25

Break-Out Sessions 

Grid Infrastructure

Moderator: Cornelius Drücker, Energy Advisor, Norwegian Energy Partners

• Olivier Feix, Director of Strategy and Corporate Development, 50Hertz
• Janina Habethal, Senior Advisor Political Affairs, TenneT
• Holger Matthiesen, Project Director, Luxcara
• Bert van der Lingen, Vice-President, NedZero  

Offshore Hydrogen

Moderator: Meiko Neumann, Managing Director, cruh21

• Dennis Wehmeyer, Head of Hydrogen & Sustainability, Gascade
• Thomas Koopmann, Director, CIP
• David Hanel, Head of Public Affairs Germany, Lhyfe

14:25 - 14:45

Conclusion of Sessions and Final Remarks (Plenary room) 

• Cornelius Drücker, Norwegian Energy Partners 
• Meiko Neumann, Cruh21 

• Michael Kern, Managing Director, German-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce 
• Andreas Wenzel, Managing Director, German-Danish Chamber of Commerce 
• Günter Gülker, Managing Director, German-Dutch Chamber of Commerce 

14:45 - 16:00

Networking, coffee, and snacks