Energy & Sustainability

6th Annual Floating Wind Europe

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6th Annual Floating Wind Europe 2026 ran Jun 23–24, 2026 in London, United Kingdom. It is an Energy & Sustainability conference. ConferenceGrid lists 28 speakers, 12 sponsors and 32 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Jun 16, 2026 · dates verified May 4, 2026

Floating offshore wind energy is an emerging technology that provides access to new wind generation sites allowing for a diversified wind supply in future low carbon electricity systems. The technology allows power generators to tap into areas with much higher wind speeds since it can be deployed in deep waters far away from the coast where winds are stronge…

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28Speakers
12Sponsors
32Sessions
40Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at 6th, in alphabetical order.

Antoine Ecochard
Deputy General Manager & CFO · Oxan Energy
Benoit Chasse
Project Director Offshore Renewable Energy · Principia
Berna Meric Pekkaya
Senior Director Project & Infrastructure Finance · ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Bill Esterson
Energy Security and Net Zero Select Committee Chair · House of Commons
Charlotte Kantelhardt
Vice President · KfW IPEX-Bank
Christos Kolliatsas
Technical Director - Clean Energy EMEA · Wood
Clément Weber
Managing Director · Green Giraffe
Craig Duffy
Commercial & Finance Director · Buchan Offshore Wind
David Carrascosa
COO · Saitec Offshore
Denis Matha
Head of Floating Wind · Ramboll Deutschland GmbH
Elspeth Macdonald
Chief Executive Officer · Scottish Fishermen’s Federation
Erik M. Dugstad
SVP Market Analysis and Public Affairs · Vårgrønn AS
Georgios Kalpias
Vice President | Power & Renewables | CIB | EMEA · HSBC
Jean-François Filipot
Scientific Director & Research scientist in offshore wind · France Énergies Marines
John Chaplin
Director of External Affairs & Special Projects · The Bristol Port Company
Karim Raed Hussein
Senior R&D Engineer · ORE Catapult
Kenneth Fossøy
EVP Business and Project Development · Odfjell Oceanwind
Magnus Ebbesen
Director - Advisory Services · Aker Solutions
Marc Vanderschueren
Head of Business Development R&D Partnerships · OCAS NV
Matt Hodson
Chief Operations Officer · Celtic Sea Power
Michelle Quinn
Director of Offshore Wind · The Scottish Government
Miles Carden
CEO · Falmouth Harbour

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

ABB
Bekaert
Coloplast
Danone
EDF
Heerema Engineering Solutions
ISIGENERE
Profloating
Qair
Saipem
Seavolt
Tesco Stores CR as

Agenda

Selected from 32 sessions.

  • 02:10PM - 02:35PM

    Floating Offshore Wind - Design and Fabrication

    New floating wind turbine foundation design - Standards for the design and fabrication of floating wind installations - Future foundation design - challenges and solutions

  • 02:10PM - 02:35PM

    Positive Environmental Outcomes Plan

  • 02:10PM - 03:00PM

    Improved Fatigue of Welded Joints in Offshore Wind Foundations: A Design Driver Towards Lower CAPEX or Increased Lifetime.

    Can robot welding of critical joints help to reduce cost? - Can single sided welds help to reduce cost? - Can increased fatigue performance assist towards life extension?

  • 02:35PM - 03:00PM

    Floating Offshore Wind

    Floating offshore wind in Scottish waters – implications for and impacts on fishing - How the regulatory landscape needs to catch up - Public attitudes - Fishing as part of the rou…

  • 03:00PM - 03:25PM

    De-risking Concrete Floating Substructures Through Advanced Simulation

    Design advancements enabling large-scale concrete floating foundations - Key structural and fatigue challenges in concrete floating wind foundations - Efficient simulation framewor…

  • 03:00PM - 03:25PM

    Floating Offshore Wind: Managing Innovation & Standardisation

    Accelerating floating offshore wind standardisation through collaboration - Successful industrialisation of floating offshore wind at a global scale - Cost reduction via standardiz…

  • 03:25PM - 03:50PM

    Design Optimization and Reliability Analysis of Floating Offshore Wind

    Current state of the art in floating wind turbine design tools - Benefit of optimization - CAPEX vs OPEX trade -offs in design layout - Risk reduction and cost optimization

  • 03:25PM - 03:50PM

    Developing Innovative Mooring and Anchoring Solutions for Floating Offshore Wind

    The state of the art of mooring and anchoring system - What are the best mooring options for floating wind? - Innovative mooring solutions for deep water and reduction of the LCoE …

  • 04:20PM - 04:45PM

    Contracts for Growth

    The need to increase regional private sector capacity ahead of emerging sectors for deliverability and competitiveness. - Maximising private sector opportunity as the engine for ge…

Quick answers

When is 6th Annual Floating Wind Europe 2026?
6th Annual Floating Wind Europe 2026 ran Jun 23–24, 2026 in London, United Kingdom.
Where is 6th Annual Floating Wind Europe 2026 held?
6th Annual Floating Wind Europe 2026 was held in London, United Kingdom.
Who is speaking at 6th Annual Floating Wind Europe 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 28 speakers, including Antoine Ecochard (Deputy General Manager & CFO, Oxan Energy), Benoit Chasse (Project Director Offshore Renewable Energy, Principia) and Berna Meric Pekkaya (Senior Director Project & Infrastructure Finance, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.).
Who sponsors 6th Annual Floating Wind Europe 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 12 sponsors, including ABB, Bekaert, Coloplast, Danone and EDF.
Company intelligence

An audience of 40 companies, parsed from the program.

40 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
12Sponsoringsponsor only
28Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

86% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite518%
  • VP-level518%
  • Director / Head of1450%
  • Manager / Lead14%
  • Engineer · IC27%
  • Other roles14%

Of 28 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1ABBSponsor-
2BekaertSponsor-
3ColoplastSponsor-
4DanoneSponsor-
5EDFSponsor-
6Heerema Engineering SolutionsSponsor-
7ISIGENERESponsor-
8ProfloatingSponsor-
9QairSponsor-
10SaipemSponsor-
11SeavoltSponsor-
12Tesco Stores CR asSponsor-
13ABN AMRO Bank1
14Aker Solutions1
Sponsors by tier
unspecified12
100% of 12

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