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From powering remote communities to decarbonising offshore activities, ocean energy offers novel opportunities and alternative business models. It can help islands replace fossil fuels with renewable energy and increase access to power with off-grid applications. These can become a springboard towards the main market. Explore the newest developments with leading players in the field.

Chair: Ewa Spiesz, Senior Energy Sustainability Advisor, DMEC

Choosing a test site for real-sea demonstration is a crucial decision in device development. This session will take you on a tour of test sites in five different countries. Join the session to find out which test site is the perfect home for your device. 

Chair: Peter Scheijgrond , Chairman, EWA

The last 2 years have seen significant technological progress at the same time as unprecedented levels of public funding allocated to OE projects. This has sparked interest from private investors, power utilities and oil&gas majors. The partially funded pipeline stands at 167 MW for now, with more to come.

This session will attempt to understand the consequences of this progress: is this the start of industrialisation or are we waiting for more signals? Can those projects reach financial close? What does it mean for the sector if they do or don’t? What is the impact of national elections on this development – UK, US, EU Commission?

Chair: Rémi Gruet, CEO, Ocean Energy Europe

This session presents an array of national and regional funding schemes available for ocean energy R&I. Get a high-level overview of the most interesting opportunities as well as the key points if you consider applying.

Chair: Sue Bartlett Reed, Chair, Marine Energy Council

European regions are long time supporters of ocean energy development, and in turn the industrialisation of the sector creates new local jobs and markets. In this session, regional actors will present what they’re doing for ocean energy and discuss what ocean energy can do for them.

Chair: Elaine Hanton, Director Of Energy and Low Carbon, Highlands and Islands Enterprise

A “made in Europe” ocean energy supply chain is a strategic imperative. Discover how the sector is creating market opportunities for the engineering and maritime industries while boosting Europe’s competitiveness.

Chair: Claire Mack, CEO, Scottish Renewables

Tidal is moving to the next generation of farms. Developers will present the progress of their latest array projects and technological improvements.

Chair: Matthijs Soede, Senior Policy Officer, DG RTD, European Commission

One of our programme mainstays, the Flagship session showcases year after year what projects have hit the water. Check our 2024’s edition!

Chair: Valentin Dupont, Senior Policy Officer, Ocean Energy Europe

Neil Gray was born and brought up in Orkney and was educated at Kirkwall Grammar School. He graduated from the University of Stirling in 2008 with a first-class Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in politics and journalism. He was elected to represent Airdrie and Shotts Constituency at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.

He had previously won the Airdrie and Shotts Westminster seat in 2015 and held it on two subsequent occasions before resigning to stand for the same area in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. Prior to becoming an MP, Mr Gray worked for former Scottish Government Health Secretary Alex Neil MSP as his Airdrie and Shotts constituency office manager.

Neil Gray was appointed Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development in January 2022. In March 2022 he additionally became Minister with special responsibility for Refugees from Ukraine.

Arjen Kapteijns, Deputy Mayor of the Hague, will welcome OEE2023 attendees before we have a drink in the Exhibition hall to wind down and network after a busy first day.