5th June 2024 | 1730-2030hrs BST | Arup Auditorium, 80 Charlotte Street, London, W1T4QS

This event is free to attend, but booking is essential.

ECOSIGG would like to welcome you to our in-person industry insights and networking event at the Arup offices in London.

Our two speakers, Mick Cook and Aggeliki Georgiopoulou, will share their experiences in the offshore industry.

A networking session with refreshments provided will follow the talks.

We look forward to welcoming early-career professionals and university students to join us for an evening filled with insightful presentations and networking opportunities!

Mick Cook, Director MCL Consultancy

From MSc to MD – Lessons Learned On The Way!

Presenter’s Biography: Since completing his MSc in 1979, Mick has spent 45 years working as a marine site investigation geophysicist in the energy sector. Initially working as a contractor, Mick joined the embryonic consultancy Hydrosearch, in 1984. Over the next 20 years, he assisted the company as a partner and director in building the business into one of the largest geoscience/environmental consultancies in the world. Hydrosearch was bought by RPS in 2003. Mick was appointed MD of the newly formed RPS Energy and, over the next five years helped grow the business 10-fold. In 2008 Mick semi-retired and set up his own consultancy – MCL.

Abstract: Mick has enjoyed almost every one of the 45 years spent working as an SI geophysicist in the offshore energy sector. During this time, he has seen many changes in the site investigation business from pre-computer, pre-GPS, pre-internet, etc to today’s highly sophisticated and highly valued business. Mick has been fortunate to have worked globally with exceptional ‘can-do’ people and has enjoyed a modicum of success from lowly days spent ‘in the field’ to developing, running, and, latterly, assisting businesses by sitting on a number of boards as a non-executive director during semi-retirement. Along the way, Mick has learned many lessons; one of the biggest being ‘it is not just about the science’. Before retiring fully, Mick is keen to share his learnings with young/early career geoscientists, enabling them to enjoy the success that Mick has experienced.

Dr Aggeliki Georgiopoulou, Geoscience Manager at Ternan Energy

Transferable Skills Between Academia and Industry

Presenter’s Biography: Aggie is a Marine Geologist with more than 20 years of experience in researching seabed geohazards. She gained her PhD from the University of Southampton and the National Oceanography Centre and moved on to a post-doc at Cardiff University (3DLab) as part of the CAPROCKS industry-funded consortium. She was a senior lecturer at University College Dublin and the University of Brighton. She is a Fulbright scholar alumna, having spent half a year at the US Geological Survey in Woods Hole, Massachusetts in 2018.

Aggie has published extensively on offshore geohazards and the marine record of the Quaternary offshore UK and Ireland. She has supervised and examined several graduate and postgraduate projects. She has participated in numerous offshore oceanographic expeditions and has been Chief Scientist herself on several occasions on the Irish national Research Vessel Celtic Explorer.

This webinar has been postponed.

Rescheduled date TBA – expected July/August 2024

This presentation aims to support curious questioning when undertaking geoscience and geotechnics challenges and how understanding the ‘Why’ and ‘What’s Next’ can support improved geo works in projects.

Presented by: Darren Burbury, Head of Geotechnical Design – Projects, Ørsted

Darren, a Chartered Geotechnical Engineer (CEng MICE) and APM-PMQ certified Project Manager, brings over 15 years of expertise in the offshore geotechnical sector. His experience spans from conceptual to FEED and detailed design of both Oil and Gas and offshore wind structures. Darren has spent a year on offshore vessels, conducting site investigations. Since 2017, he has been leading geotechnical and ground engineering teams at Fugro UK and Iberdrola, where he served as the Ground Engineering Lead. Currently, he holds the position of Head of Geotechnical Design – Projects at Ørsted. Darren is particularly interested in research that is value-focused, aiding in the identification of risk and value in geotechnical design.

We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming technical evening.

This event promises to be an evening of valuable connections, knowledge sharing, insightful conversations, and new opportunities.

Thank you for your continued support, and we look forward to seeing you there.

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Tuesday 14th May 2024 | This event is FREE to attend but booking is essential.

09:00 – 12:00 at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi: SAN Campus, Arzana Building, ADMA auditorium, Wing C, 3^rd Floor

With the Energy Transition serving as a primary driver, the world’s complex energy landscape is changing rapidly to support the acceleration towards Net Zero by 2050. The generation and effective utilization of clean energy sources along with the decarbonization of operations form a key element of this global transition. The SUT is pleased to bring together a program of key industry players to outline the role that HVDC electrical systems play in offshore operations, using Project Lightning as a case study for using an HVDC system in the MENA Region.

Khalifa University: Welcome speech

SUT: Introduction to the Society for Underwater Technology which strives to provide a platform for multidisciplinary interactions related to underwater technology, ocean science, and offshore engineering.

ADNOC: The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) the world’s leading diversified energy group, will present the main rationale and key drivers behind the selection of Power from Shore for Project Lightning, ADNOC & TAQA’s pioneering offshore electrification mega-project in the UAE. Furthermore, ADNOC will provide an overview of the key legal aspects associated with the Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) project delivery methodology selected for Project Lightning, a first of its kind for a subsea transmission project.

Hitachi Energy (click for presentation): Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader advancing a sustainable energy future for all by pioneering technologies and enabling the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition in the future. Hitachi will provide an overview of the architecture of the High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) systems, and outline the key characteristics and benefits of DC systems, including the primary role of HVDC Converters.

Prysmian: Prysmian is a world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, leading the energy transition and digital transformation. Prysmian will outline the role that Subsea Cables play in the transportation of electricity from generation sites to demand centres, describing the main characteristics of HVDC Subsea cables and how DC cables are key enablers to the Energy Transition.

Jan De Nul Group (click for presentation): Jan De Nul Group is a leading Marine Contractor that enhances people’s lives, connects communities, and improves infrastructure worldwide, through unique and innovative solutions. Jan De Nul will outline the key characteristics related to the installation of HVDC Subsea Cables, including protection methodologies for these key system assets and challenges associated with shallow water installation.

Moderated Q&A session with panelists from all keynote speakers. We welcome questions in advance via the SUT email: [email protected]

A networking session with light refreshments will be served.

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Wednesday 17th April  |  1230-1330hrs GMT  |  Webinar on Zoom

This webinar is FREE to attend, but registration is essential.

Based on David’s career experiences, the presentation will run through some of the main site investigation techniques, the resulting datasets and how they can be used to appraise offshore sites at a variety of stages of a project. Key topics include:

• The importance of a desktop study, to guide site selection, feasibility, engineering concepts and design of a suitable site investigation scope of work.
• Key site investigation techniques, including offshore, nearshore and intertidal geophysical and geotechnical survey methods, and some key challenges.
• Data processing and interpretation methods and how the resulting datasets are packaged and delivered.
• Data integration and analysis methods to maximise the available site investigation data.

David is a principal consultant geoscientist, predominantly focussed on multidisciplinary data interpretation and integration to support the offshore renewables and subsea cables industries. David’s career began in onshore geotechnics, with exposure to a variety of site operations, both onshore, nearshore and offshore, before transitioning to a more desk-based role analysing of a variety of geodata to characterise site conditions, hazards and constraints.