Ulla is the Communications Director for OX2 in Finland, where she leads strategic communication initiatives to promote renewable energy solutions. With extensive experience in public relations and corporate communications, Ulla has been instrumental in advancing OX2’s mission to drive the transition to sustainable energy in Finland. She holds degrees in Humanities and Environmental Law, and has a strong background in managing high-profile projects and stakeholder engagement. As a communications expert, Ulla types herself as a storyteller, exemplified in her free-time fiction writing.

Veera works as the Advocacy Manager for the Renewables Finland. Her primary focus is on advocacy issues of offshore wind power and grid connections.  

Veera is a passionate advocate for green transition and renewable energies. She is dedicated to bringing positive change in the energy industry through lobbying, policy engagement, and strategic cooperation. Her goal is to connect and collaborate towards a greener, more sustainable future.

Michel Rademaker, as the deputy executive Director and co-founder of HCSS, brings extensive expertise from his fifteen-year tenure in The Royal Netherlands Army, including diverse operational and staff roles and service in former Yugoslavia. Holding a master’s degree from the University of Tilburg, TIAS Nimbas, he later spent a decade at TNO as a program manager and senior policy advisor, contributing notably as NATO RTO project leader, spearheading serious gaming assessment methodologies for disruptive technologies.

In his role at HCSS, Rademaker spearheads product and project development, specializing in (inter)national multi-stakeholder initiatives addressing emerging strategic security and geo-economic issues such as cyber threats and resource scarcity. His proficiencies span security strategy, policy formulation, technology assessments, and the geopolitical ramifications of climate change, resource scarcity, and energy supply. Notably, he has overseen the integration of big data analytics into projects, creating interactive monitoring tools, and has co-organized Cyber Security Schools with partners like NATO and Europol, India and South-Africa.

A key figure in security collaboration, Rademaker played a pivotal role in establishing The Hague Security Delta (HSD) and supported the formation of the Hyderabad Security Cluster (HSC) in India. He serves on the board of the Institute for Accountability in the Digital Age (I4ADA) and the Executive Committee of the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS). He is a board member of The Hague Chapter of the CyberPeace Institute (CPI) in Geneva.

Beyond his organizational contributions, Rademaker is a prolific author, having penned book chapters, research reports, and articles. He is also sought after as a workshop moderator, trainer, guest lecturer at universities, conference speaker, and media commentator.

Scott Urquhart is the CEO and founder of Aegir Insights, the market leader in commercial intelligence for offshore wind developers, supply chain and governments. Scott has more than two decades of experience across utility scale renewable investments and energy corporate finance.  Scott’s wind industry experience spans Orsted, Vattenfall and Stiesdal, where he has been part of development and construction of major offshore wind farms including West of Duddon Sands and Race Bank offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom.  

Description of the presentation: As Europe navigates shifting geopolitical priorities, and uncertain outlooks on power demand and prices, the offshore wind sector faces both unprecedented challenges and transformative opportunities. This presentation explores this interplay, offering outlook scenarios for European offshore wind the coming decade.

Ella is a Legal Advisor at the Finnish Energy Authority, where she translates Finland’s renewable energy ambitions into concrete results. She’s developing the framework for the upcoming offshore wind tender, ensuring the process is transparent, efficient, and tailored to attract high-quality projects. By collaborating closely with policymakers, developers and other stakeholders, Ella mitigates risks, streamlines procedures, and safeguards compliance—playing a pivotal role in bringing Finland’s next generation of clean power installations online.

In addition, Ella works with the renewable energy and transport infrastructure subsidies and draws on her background in real estate transactions and M&A. She’s passionate about the legal dimensions of the green transition and dedicates her expertise to shaping regulatory frameworks and processes that underpin a sustainable future for all.

Outside of work, Ella enjoys hiking Finland’s woodland trails and exploring its archipelago shores—a constant reminder of why clean energy matters.

Adam joined Skyborn in June 2023 with a focus on project development in the Nordics. 12 years of project experience working with both onshore wind, solar and offshore wind.

Nina is a generalist in the field of sustainability and circularity with passion for details, smart processes and innovation. She is a true believer in sustainable future, which can be achieved through collaboration and system change. She enjoys building bridges between industry, academia and policy makers. She has worked in EU projects, coordinated award winning stakeholder process for improved circularity in offshore wind and actively supports industry and governments in shaping their circular strategies.

Anders Wiklund is the Regional Manager for OX2 on the Åland Islands, in which they are together with Ålandsbanken developing two offshore wind projects of 5 GW each. One has got defence force approval, the other not.

Max is the Head of Market Development for offshore wind at Vattenfall. In this role, Max is responsible for identifying new project opportunities, delivering bids on offshore wind tenders, and formulating policy proposal to enhance the offshore wind framework. Thru this role, Max has been personally involved with the acquisition and start-up of the Korsnäs project and still holds a board position to the project. Max has been with Vattenfall offshore wind for more than 7 years.

Prior to stepping into offshore wind, Max was a consultant in the maritime industry, focusing on the creation of public-private partnerships to deliver large port infrastructure projects.

Dr. Marco D’Ignazio is a Geotechnical Specialist at Ramboll Finland Oy and a part-time Lecturer at Tampere University. He specializes in foundation design and numerical modeling for offshore wind, with experience spanning from early project phases to detailed design. He has worked on offshore wind projects worldwide, including in the Baltic Sea, facing a wide range of geotechnical challenges in diverse seabed conditions.

Outi Vilén works as chief specialist at the renewable energy group of the energy department of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. Her tasks include the implementation of the renewable energy directive and the promotion of offshore wind power. Outi holds the degree of Master of Science in Technology and has over ten years of experience in official duties in the energy sector.

Laurens has been active in the maritime industry since the beginning of his career. He worked around the world with his previous employer Jan De Nul in various dredging/port expansion projects and offshore wind construction works, he was also responsible for introducing the first edible Belgian mussel in Belgian supermarkets, his passion for the sea and technology have led him to been involved in various technology development projects. Currently, Laurens is responsible for the development of unmanned surface vessels within GEOxyz and integration of sensor technologies with its various sister companies: dotOcean & Marlinks.

Pekka has 20 years’ broad experience in strategy consulting in technology industries, renewables, international sales and R&D. Pekka is Ex-Partner at Gaia Consulting Oy (Sweco Finland Oy) in which he has been a director in various sustainable business development projects. Today, he is an independent strategy consultant.

In collaboration with companies, he has initiated in 2013 a business consortium which is at present called Team Renewable Arctic Finland, consisting of 21 companies in the area of offshore wind engineering and solutions, marine services and operation, special vessels, and port logistics. He has been the Project Director ever since.

At present Pekka is also a Professor of Practice at Aalto University Design Factory (product development). He is a member at the Finnish Academy of Technology and has been a Member of the Board in several institutions, companies and foundations. He is a member of the National Defence Courses’ Association.

He received his master’s and doctoral degrees at Aalto University with a major in material science (electronics) and a minor in management. He has been working at Finlux, California Institute of Technology, Planar International, Helvar, Technology Industries of Finland, Confederation of Finnish Industries, Eera Finland, and Gaia Consulting.

Nikita is a management consulting professional with a focus in power markets and renewable generation. He works extensively with market analysis, due diligence and strategy projects, helping clients covering all parts of the value chain. Examples of recent focus topics are: Reserve markets and revenue potential for BESS and renewables, hybridization of renewables and BESS, portfolio strategy and commercial due diligence.

Jussi`s over 30 years experiences consist fishing industry, marine construction business like fairway dredging and harbour infra building as well as seafaring, ice breaking, oil & gas offshore and marine pilotage.

He`s task is Managing Director of Alfons Hakans Group which is specialized for harbour towage, sea towage, ice breaking, sea salvage, guard vessel service in the special projects at sea and marine construction in the Baltic Sea.

Manu Grönlund has over 15 years’ experience in EPC deliveries of complex offshore structures for Oil&Gas and Renewable Energy industry. He has been working with the Finnish supply chain for many years with the target to increase local expertise and local supply to support offshore wind construction in the Baltic Sea conditions.