Side Events

Conference Dinner

OEE Members’ Event

5K Run

Welcome Reception

ETIP Side Event

EuropeWave Side Event

MARINERG-i Side Event

Site Visit – FloWave

Site Visit – EMEC

Tuesday 5  November, 19:30 – 22:30

Join us for drinks and dinner: Network with your peers and colleagues, catch-up with old friends and make new connections! 

Set in the beautiful Aspects Restaurant of the Aviemore Resort, this year’s dinner will feature drinks, delicious fresh food and fun activities in a relaxed atmosphere. 

Please note that the conference dinner is a ticketed event. If you have already registered for OEE2024, you can request to add the dinner by emailing here. 

Monday 4 November, 15:00 – 17:00

Join the OEE secretariat for this exclusive members’ only event before OEE2024. We’ll discuss funding prospects, tips & tricks from previous winners and evaluators, as well as provide dedicated time to answer all your burning questions about the different funds available. Full event details coming soon!

If you have already registered you can modify your registration to add this event in your Agenda.

Monday 4 November, 17:00 – 18:00

Join our traditional 5K run, this time in the natural beauty of the Scottish Highlands! 

If you have already registered you can modify your registration to add this event in your Agenda.

Monday 4 November, 18:00 – 19:30

Join the Ocean Energy Europe team for a welcome drink the evening before the official start of the conference!

Join the other delegates at Giovanni’s Restaurant at the Aviemore resort for a drink and officially kick-off OEE2024!

If you have already registered you can modify your registration to add this event in your Agenda.

Tuesday 5  November, 13:45 – 15:15

This joint ETIP Ocean and OES-Environmental workshop will present the latest results of environmental research on ocean energy. Join the discussion about the next research priorities as the sector moves towards larger farms.

If you have already registered you can modify your registration to add this event in your Agenda.

Tuesday 5  November, 15:15 – 16:45

This side event will feature the Phase 3 projects showcasing their current project work and sharing lessons learned during the final phase of the EuropeWave programme. An open-floor discussion will focus on the next steps to reaching wave commercialisation and the ideal support mechanisms to help the wave sector.

If you have already registered you can modify your registration to add this event in your Agenda.

Wednesday 6  November, 15:15 – 17:00

MARINERG-i aims to create an integrated European Distribute Research Infrastructure (DRI) in Europe, for delivering Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) technologies to the market. It will be a long-term, sustainable partnership between the highest quality testing facilitates, providing a coordinated set of services that meet current and future end-user requirements.

Join us at this project launching event to learn more what this future world’s leading distributed infrastructure will offer to the ORE sector.

If you have already registered you can modify your registration to add this event in your Agenda.

Thursday 7  November, 14:00 – 15:00

The FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility is a unique wave and current test basin, based at The University of Edinburgh’s King’s Buildings campus. 

This tour will demonstrate the facility in operation, and allow visitors to meet the team to learn about FloWave projects from the past, present and future.

If you have already registered you can modify your registration to add this event in your Agenda.

Friday 8 November, 9:00 – 15:30

Established in 2003, the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd is the world’s first and leading facility for demonstrating and testing wave and tidal energy converters – technologies that generate electricity by harnessing the power of waves and tidal streams – in the sea.

This site visit will include a visit to the grid-connected Fall of Warness tidal test site and an onshore tour of EMEC’s tidal energy substation, green hydrogen R&D facilities and vanadium flow batteries

More info & registration soon