Please fill out the form below to register for the The Future of Offshore Wind in Iceland – Climate Change Solutions.
Those who wish to attend online will be sent a Teams link to attend.
Please see The Agenda below the registration form.
Agenda
12.30-13.00 Registration and Networking
Harpa Conference Center
Kaldalón 1st floor (ground floor)
13.00 – Introduction
Dr Bryony Mathew
British Ambassador to Iceland
Welcome Remarks
Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir
Minister of Energy, Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Innovation of Iceland
13.10 – Panel 1: Powering Forward and Delivering on Sustainability
Dr Paul Turner
Managing Director of Hecate Independent Power
Overview of Seminar
Mark Preece
Managing Director of Marine Low Carbon Power Company
Technology of Offshore Wind
Francoise Schorosch
Senior Marketing Manager – Offshore Wind at General Electric Renewable Energy
Large Wind Turbines Offshore – History and Evolution
Peter Earl
Managing Director of Hecate Independent Power
Exporting Energy from Iceland
Panel – Q&A
Moderated by:
Friðjón R Friðjónsson
Managing Partner, KOM
14.30 – Coffee break
14.45 – Panel 2: Wind Future for Iceland
(Tom Burke CBE)
Visiting Professor at both Imperial and University Colleges, London and Former Executive Director of Friends of the Earth. Co-founder of the E3G Climate Change think-tank.The Contribution of Wind Energy to Climate Change Solutions
Due to the pandemic, Tom Burke cannot make his presentation.
Harold Fairfull
Founder of Consilium, an independent financial advisory firm in the infrastructure and utilities sector
Project Financing of Offshore Wind
Matt Beeton
CEO, Port of Tyne, the new Offshore Wind for northeast England
Wind as a Source of Economic Revival and Local Job Creation
Rich Simon
Founder of Simon Wind, a leading US satellite wind data analysis firm
Iceland Energy Potential based on Wind Data Analysis
Rt Hon Sir Tony Baldry
Former Minister at the Department of Energy of the United Kingdom
International Energy Cooperation – Economic Benefits to Iceland
Panel – Q&A
Moderated by:
Friðjón R Friðjónsson
Managing Partner, KOM
16.15 – 18.00 Networking Reception
Hosted by the British Embassy, British-Icelandic Chamber of Commerce and Hecate Independent Power