Agenda

8.15am to 9am Registration

9.05am Welcome address

9.15am – 10am Utility Panel: Ensuring the wind energy industry fulfils its commercial potential

Peter Gedbjerg, Country Manager – UK, Dong
Keith MacLean, Policy and Public Affairs Director, SSE
Markus Wandt, Head of M&A and Corporate Development, RWE Innogy
Guy Madgwick, Country Director UK, Eneco Wind
Stephanie Merry, Head of Marine, REA

10am – 10.45am Large Wind Focus: Delivering utility-scale wind cost-effectively

Max Cairnduff, Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Timothy Foster, Head of Renewable Origination, Statkraft UK 
Richard Court, Technology Specialist, Wind Renewables, Narec
Jay Boardman, VP of Project Control and Finance, Areva Renewables

10.45am to 11.15am Networking Break

11.15am to 11.45am Presentation: Towards Round 3: Progress to date

Adrian Fox, Supply Chain Manager, Crown Estate

11.45am to 12.30pm Small Wind Focus: Seeking the best business opportunities in a maturing market

David Sharman, Managing Director, Ampair
Reinout Oussoren, Managing Director – Europe, Northern Power Systems
Johnnie Andringa, CEO, Gaia Wind
Chris Simpson, Chairman, Proven Energy
Jose Carlos Damas, Sales Director, quietrevolution

• What are the key opportunities and areas for innovation in this sector?
• How is the trend to move towards small-wind installations playing impacting the market?
• How can critical planning challenges be overcome to move projects forward as timely as possible?

12.30pm – 2pm Networking Lunch

STREAM A: Industry Perspectives

2.10pm to 3pm Grid network panel: Delivering an offshore grid network

Adam Bruce, Co-founding Chairman, Friends of the Supergrid
Matthew Knight, Business Development Manager, Siemens
Paul Glendinning, Head of Offshore Transmission and Network Studies, Atkins
Julian Leslie, Commercial Director, Transmission, National Grid
Chris Veal, Managing Director, Transmission Capital

• What are the biggest transmissions challenges the industry faces?
• How best can a North Sea offshore transmissions grid be installed
• How integral are transmission issues to bringing down the cost of offshore wind?

3pm  Presentation: The use of mesoscale models and model data to reduce investment risks in the global wind energy industry

Stephen Norman, Consultant, Met Office

3.30pm to 4pm Networking Break

4pm to 4.30pm Case Study: Improving Information Management and Health & Safety at the Greater Gabbard Wind farm

Gert Rohrmann, UK Product Portfolio Manager, Siemens

4.30 to 5.15pm Development, planning and support: Operating successful wind installations

Graham Brown, Managing Director, Burcote Wind
Robert Trahan, CEO, SeaEnergy Marine
Toby Mead, Head of Offshore Development, SeaRoc
Simon Heyes, Infinis
Mark Young, DNV

• What operation and maintenance challenges are being created by large-scale offshore wind farms?
• How can industry partnerships create supply chain certainty?
• How best can supply chain weaknesses be met and overcome?

STREAM B: Investor Perspectives

2.10pm to 3pm Private equity panel: Investment & exit opportunities in wind energy

Marc Beermann, Manager, Ventizz Capital Partners
Damian Darragh, Managing Director, Terra Firma
Peter Rossbach, Managing Director, Impax Asset Management
Christine Brockwell, Director, Global Capital Finance

• What exit opportunities are coming to the fore for private equity investors in the wind sector?
• How strong will the IPO market be for the remainder of 2011?
• Does the valuation of portfolio companies adequately reflect their market position?

3.00pm to 3.30pm Designing and consenting finance-ready projects

Neil Douglas, Technical Director, Natural Power

3.30pm to 4pm Networking Break

4.00pm to 4.40pm Banking panel: Attracting debt finance from the banking community

Nicolas Guillemont, Project Finance - Energy, Société Générale
Jamieson Thrower, Senior Director Energy & Infrastructure, Structured Finance, RBS
James Donaldson, Head of Power Team, Investec
Melchior Karigl, Finance Director, European Investment Bank
Alejandro Ciruelos, Santander

• Where are the major deals being witnessed in the wind energy sector?
• How comfortable are banks with providing debt to offshore wind?
• How can developers make their proposals attractive to lenders?

4.40pm to 5.15pm Venture capital panel: investing in technology innovation in an expanding market

Charles Vaslet, Partner, Emerald Technology Ventures
Etienne Pollard, Global Venture Capital, Good Energies
Nigel Grierson, Co-Managing Director and Co-Founder, Doughty Hanson & Co Technology Ventures
Jason Pinto, Amadeus Capital

• Where are the best opportunities for returns for venture capitalists in the sector?
• From which areas within the sector are investors seeing the most potential?
• What challenges are being faced by start-up companies looking to secure seed stage capital?

*Agenda is provisional and subject to change.