Subsea Expo, the world’s
leading exhibition and conference dedicated to the underwater industry, returns
to Aberdeen this week featuring a packed conference programme.
Organised by Global
Underwater Hub, Subsea Expo gets underway on Tuesday morning (20
February). Alongside an arena with more than 150 exhibiting companies and
organisations, over 80 speakers will present across 13 conference
sessions. The free-to-attend event at P&J Live in Aberdeen runs until
Thursday afternoon and is expected to welcome around 6,000 visitors.
The three-day event will
open with a plenary session that will include an address from Vicky Dawe,
director of energy development at the UK Government’s Department for Energy
Security and Net Zero. Chaired by Global Underwater Hub chief executive Neil
Gordon, the plenary session will explore the market challenges, cross-sector
innovations and opportunities that exist in the blue economy.
Joining Mr Gordon on Tuesday
morning will be four leaders from across the underwater industry, including
Jenny Shaw, chief executive officer of cable system manufacturer Scientific
Management International and Beena Sharma, chief executive officer and co-founder
of carbon capture technology firm CCU International. Also on the panel
will be Sean Wolpert, president of DEEP, which aims to build an aquatic world
habitable by humans and Ian Douglas, chief executive officer of XLCC that plans
to build a subsea cable manufacturing facility at Hunterston in North Ayrshire.
Conference sessions on
Tuesday afternoon will explore market demand in the energy transition, the
application of digital technology in the subsea sector and the development and
commercialisation of new technologies.
Wednesday’s conference
programme commences with sessions on hydrogen and carbon capture, utilisation
and storage, decommissioning and the circular economy and surveying the
seabed. In the afternoon, the focus turns to the subsea opportunities in
floating offshore wind, the life cycle of underwater pipelines from design to
decommissioning, and the defence and security of critical underwater
infrastructure.
Three sessions on Thursday
morning will conclude conference proceedings. These will focus on ROV
technology and handling, the challenges and opportunities that exist in the
underwater market, and inspection technologies and processes for maintaining
the integrity of subsea infrastructure.
The exhibition arena will
showcase the latest technologies and innovative products from across the
underwater industry. New for 2024 is the offshore wind developer zone
featuring companies that are building wind farms off the UK coast.
Neil Gordon, chief executive
of Global Underwater Hub, said: “We have a very strong conference programme for
Subsea Expo 2024 with a broad range of subjects being discussed, and delivered
by a knowledgeable and respected line-up of speakers. Combined with the
busy exhibition arena, this week’s Subsea Expo will offer visitors lots of
learning and networking opportunities.
“This year’s theme,
Navigating the Blue Frontier, runs through the entire conference
programme. From exploring new technologies, developments in CCUS and
hydrogen, and discussions around decommissioning, floating offshore wind,
subsea inspection technologies and defence, the multi-stream conference
illustrates the breadth of underwater opportunity available in the blue
economy.”
Subsea Expo 2024 gets
underway at 09:30 on Tuesday, 20 February, with the exhibition remaining open
until 17:30. Pre-registration online is advised at www.subseaexpo.com, where full event information can be found.