Keynotes

Keynote Speakers

Andy Barwise (RWE, UK)
The Engineering of Offshore Export and Inner Array Cables

This Keynote address focuses on the engineering planning and design for installation and smooth operation, covering HDD pit to pull into a substructure, including aspects of CAPEX versus OPEX strategies.

Dan McConnell (Geomarine Resources, USA)
Deep Sea Mining

The Keynote introduces the growing demand for polymetallic minerals, discuss the nodule mapping and sampling techniques and discuss the associated environmental challenges.

Dr Aggie Georgiopoulou (Ternan Energy, UK)
Seabed and Shallow Geohazards – Risks, Detection & Mitigation

Will highlight the various geohazards that pose challenges to offshore infrastructure, their detection from geophysical data and engineering mitigation strategies.

Dr Simona Caruso (BP, UK)
Qualitative Ground Modelling

Simona’s Keynote address encompasses the use of geophysical and geotechnical data in qualitative ground modelling and the impact of qualitative ground models on project risk and planning.

Dr David Taborda (Imperial College London, UK)
Artificial Intelligence in Advancing Numerical Modelling for Marine Geotechnical Engineering

Presents the latest advances in this rapidly developing field.

Mark Vardy (SAND Geophysics, UK)
State of the Art Quantitative Ground Modelling

Mark’s address highlights the latest methods of quantitative ground modelling, including data integration and statistical methods, as well as specific inclusion of the topic of synthetic CPTs.

Professor Richard Zhu (Ocean School of Zhejiang University, China)
Developments in Offshore Geotechnical Engineering for Renewable Energy in China

This Keynote address draws on the authors close involvement in this rapidly developing region. Delegates will hear about the special technical and industrial challenges faced when working offshore China and the ways in which these have been overcome in the remarkable developments that have taken place over recent years.

Professor Torsten Wichtmann (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany)
Characterising and Modelling the Cyclic Behaviour of Geomaterials

This topic is of course central to offshore geotechnical foundation engineering and will present the authors renowned expertise in this field.

Sylvie Raymackers (DEME, Belgium)
Recent Developments in Overcoming Geotechnical Challenges in Offshore Installation Engineering

This important Keynote address draws on the expertise of the author in this crucial area of offshore engineering.

Tom Langford (NGI, Norway)
Geophysics, Geoscience & Geotechnics for Energy and Resource Resilience

The Keynote gives an overview of the current challenges faced by developers, contractors and consultants working in our industry, as well as the opportunities for us to make globally significant contributions to ensuring safe, effective and responsible offshore infrastructure and energy supply.