Programma

9.00 | Walk in & welcome coffee
9.30 | Welcome speech - Geert Dangreau, Bluebridge
9.40 | Offshore decommissioning in Europe: state of play, challenges and opportunities - Gian Marco Gioffrè, WindEurope
9.50 | Overview of the Belgian decommissioning plan - Rebecca Verhaeghe, POM West-Vlaanderen
10.00 | Winds of change: charting a course through decommissioning possibilities and innovations - Bert Conings, SIRRIS
11.00 | Coffee break
11.10 | Processing of decom materials - Gwen Dons, OVAM
11.20 | Accounting for biodiversity when decommissioning offshore wind farms - Thomas Kerkhove, Institute of Natural Sciences
11.30 | Bridging the Gap - POM West-Vlaanderen
11.40 | Conclusions and next steps - Rebecca Verhaeghe, POM West-Vlaanderen & Sue Ellen Taelman, Ghent University
12.00 | Lunch & Partner plaza (mini exhibition)

End-of-Life Alignment: Decommissioning for Sustainable Recycling – success stories
13.30 | Panel debate: the importance of decommissioning and recycling of wind farms - Bérénice Crabs, BOP - Maarten Dedeyne, VWEA - Fawaz Al Bitar, EDORA led by moderator Luc Pauwels
13.45 | Reprocover’s journey: transforming composite wind turbine blades into sustainable solutions - Charles Göbbels, Reprocover
14.00 | Recycle cables for a sustainable electrification - Carlos Barbosa, Nexans
14.15 | Machine engineering in the recycling value chain - Frank Andries, Sicoplan+ & Christopher Kaub, Pallmann GmbH
14.30 | Onshore wind turbines decommissioning and valorisation - Oxana Danilevich, Antro Group
14.45 | Multimodal transport, the obvious choice for decommissioning, now & in the future - Shauny Ammeloot & Ilse Verdonck, Multimodaal.Vlaanderen
15.15 | How to become part of wind farm decommissioning as a company? - Philippe Martens, Blue Cluster
15.35 | Innovating for Impact: Unlocking the Circular Advantage - Jonas Burm, Made
16.00 | Conclusions & next steps - Luc Pauwels
16.15 | Partner Plaza & networking reception - Exclusive walking dinner by La Muse de Marcel