How to maintain Europe’s global leadership in wind energy

The digital economy and Wind 

This session will look at the digitisation of the wind energy sector and ask the following questions: What are the challenges and bottlenecks? Which success stories look promising? What can be learned from other, more advanced, industries? Where should R&I efforts focus and in which area should the collaboration be encouraged?

Thomas Pump

E.ON Climate and Renewables, Germany
DIGITALIZATION@WINDENERGY HOW TO HARVEST THE FULL POTENTIAL?

Peter Thorsted

Envision Energy, Denmark
TOWARDS AN ENERGY INTERNET: WHAT IS COMING?

Ward Thomas

Sentient Science, United States
USING COMPUTATIONAL PROGNOSTICS TO EXTEND MACHINE LIFE

Tom Richardson

University of Bristol, United Kingdom
AUTONOMOUS DRONES & PERSPECTIVES FROM THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY

 Networking break & poster viewing

Making the most of EU R&D spending

This session will provide participants with an overview of the challenges ahead for the wind industry in Europe, and present the R&I EU funding opportunities, with concrete examples of successful initiatives.

Charles Dugue

8.2 Consulting AG, Germany
WIND TECHNOLOGY: AN R&I PERSPECTIVE

Matthijs Soede

DG RTD — Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission,
OVERVIEW OF EXISTING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN EUROPE

Stephan Wachtel

GE Power & Water, Germany
RESERVICES – A PAN EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROJECT SUCCESS STORY

Gustavo Quiñonez Varela

ACCIONA S.A., Spain
TOWARDS GRID SUPPORT SERVICES: THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF RESERVICES

Drinks and networking