Hull’s four-star Hallmark Hotel is to host the North Sea Offshore Wind conference, 10 October. The two-day residential conference, which includes a gala dinner and brokerage event, is worth an estimated £100,000 to the city, according to Hull and East Yorkshire Conferences.
Eighty delegates are expected and Danish-owned energy company Dong lines up alongside companies providing speakers including SMart Wind, Forewind, the Crown Estates, Reef Subsea Technocean, InTurbine and Fedem Technology.
The North Sea Offshore Wind conference brings together an international audience from across the offshore wind supply chain to hear from key figures and to participate in scheduled meetings.
“Hallmark Hotel’s Director of Sales Serena Walters told CN the hotel was “delighted and proud to be chosen as the host venue for the conference.
“The conference is attracting a number of international delegates into the area; the Hallmark is situated in a key location for the gateway into the Hull and Humber Region”.
Conference spokesman Tim Barraclough said: “The team at Hull and East Yorkshire Conferences proved to be a fantastic resource, supporting the sourcing of a venue for the North Sea Offshore Wind conference and mission. They identified three great venues and accompanied me to each of the venues to assist in selection and to feedback my comments.
The Yorkshire and Humber is home to over 20 wind energy projects and centrally located to Britain’s three largest Round 3 offshore wind development zones: Dogger Bank, Hornsea and Nolk.
The event will consist of a conference, brokerage event and gala dinner.
Hull and East Yorkshire Conferences’ Liz Neal, told CN: “We are delighted that the North Sea Offshore Wind conference and brokerage event is being held in our area, following the first successful event held in Norway in 2011.
“Currently Hull and the Humber region is positioning itself at the centre of the UK’s renewable surge. Already Hull and East Yorkshire has seen a rise in renewable related conferences. Early this year we welcomed delegates to the 18th International Sustainable Development Research Conference and the Sustainable Control of Offshore Wind Turbines Workshop,” she said.
Neptune Proteus will harvest the Humber Estuary’s tidal energy to help power The Deep, Hull’s visitor attraction, which is home to over 3,500 fish.
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