Offshore Foundations | Advances in Rotor Blades
Wind Turbine Towers | Wind Turbine Bearings
26 - 28 August 2025
| Dorint City Hotel Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Wind Turbine Towers: Day 1 - 27/08/2025
Offshore Foundations: Focus Day - 26/08/2025
Offshore Foundations: Day 1 - 27/08/2025
Offshore Foundations: Day 2 - 28/08/2025
Advances in Rotor Blades: Day 1 - 27/08/2025
Advances in Rotor Blades: Day 2 - 28/08/2025
Wind Turbine Bearings: Day 1 - 27/08/2025
Wind Turbine Bearings: Day 2 - 28/08/2025
Wind Turbine Towers: Day 1 - 27/08/2025
Wind Turbine Towers: Day 2 - 28/08/2025
8:30 - 9:00
Registration and Welcome Coffee
9:00 - 9:10
Opening Remarks
9:10 - 9:40
Opening Keynote: Opportunities and Challenges of Next- Generation Towers >200 m, >10 MW
Prof. Dr. Holger Lange -
Geschäftsführer / Managing Director,
P.E. Concepts GmbH
-Structural and logistical constraints beyond current standards
-New turbine generations and the pressure on tower design
-The balancing act between height, cost, and manufacturability
9:40 - 10:10
Structural challenges in internals of larger and more flexible towers
Jakob Simon Schmidt -
Chief Specialist, Mechanical Structural Analysis,
CREADIS
-With increasing turbine sizes, tower diameters and heights have increased significantly in the recent years.
-Larger towers lead to larger deformations and to different vibrational behaviour, impacting the tower internals
-New failure modes in tower internals have been observed in the field and ask thus for changes in the design methods for these, up to now often overlooked, components.
-This presentation will provide an overview on these new challenges and propose approaches for improved structural design of tower internals.
10:10 - 10:40
Implementation of Onshore Hybrid Tower Prototype Project for Large Megawatt Wind Turbines
Wu Han -
Senior Hybrid Tower Engineer,
Goldwind Co. Ltd.
• Brief Introduction to Project Background
• Design-Related Information
• Prefabrication, Production and Assembly
• Hoisting Technology
• Key Structural Technologies
• Picture Display + Prototype Monitoring
10:40 - 11:10
Pushing the Boundaries of Modular and Sustainable Design with Engineered Wood
Leo Anderson -
Technical Sales Manager,
Modvion AB
• A glimpse into the manufacturing process.
• Jointing techniques and onsite assembly.
• The challenges and benefits of modular towers made from wood.
11:10 - 11:40
Coffee Break and Networking
11:40 - 12:10
Pushing L-Flange FLS Capacity
Peter Mortensen -
Senior Specialist, Offshore Structures, Tower R&D,
Vestas Wind Systems A/s
Experience from Working with AMD1
Planned Machining implemented
Overview of information from Sites
12:10 - 12:40
Maintenance-Free Slip-Resistant Joints in Hybrid Steel Towers
Wayne White -
Senior Structural Engineer,
WRD GmbH / Wobben Research and Development
• Advances in ENERCON’s hybrid steel tower design
• Test-assisted joint development under IEC 61400-6
• Creep and sliding resistance at ultimate limit states
12:40 - 13:10
Panel: Material vs. Modularity – Making the Right Trade-offs
Prof. Dr. Holger Lange -
Geschäftsführer / Managing Director,
P.E. Concepts GmbH
Leo Anderson - Technical Sales Manager, Modvion AB
Wayne White - Senior Structural Engineer, WRD GmbH / Wobben Research and Development
• Navigating design trade-offs: structural integrity, manufacturability, and transport
constraints
• Cost, availability, and adaptability across geographies
• Evaluating new material systems versus modular hybrid configurations for next-gen towers
13:10 - 14:30
Networking luncheon
14:40 - 15:20
Designing Towers for High Seismic Activity
Markus Starr -
Senior Engineer,
DNV SE
• Latest finding from DNV´s ACE 2 Joint Industry Project
• Impact of growing turbine size
• Simpified vs. sophisticated approaches
• Upcoming revisions of rules and standards
15:20 - 15:30
Short Break to Change Rooms: move to Room Zürich 3
15:30 - 16:00
Room Zürich 3: Rosenxt Smart Polyurethane (PU) Slip-Joint for Submerged Segmentation: A Case Study on 3XL TP-less Monopile Foundations Addressing Technical and Supply Chain Challenges
Hartmut Dujardin-Schneider -
Global New Business Manager Offshore Wind,
Rosenxt
Alexander Lindner - Senior Simulation Engineer and Functional Lead, Rosenxt Group
• Introduction to Smart PU Slip-Joint Technology
• 3XL Monopile Case Study: Addressing Future Challenges of Large Fixed-Bottom
Foundations
• Submerged Segmentation: Design Optimization from Technical and Cost Perspectives
• Technical Feasibility and Process Integration at Monopile Manufacturer
Benefits for the Supply Chain
16:00 - 16:30
Room Zürich 3: High-Capacity Wind Tower Connector for Large Wind Turbine Applications
Ole Gjerstad -
Principal Engineer,
SubseaDesign
Anastasia Malafey - Project Leader, SubseaDesign
• Superior fatigue resistance
• Reduced inspection and engineered for zero maintenance
• High structural capacity and low sensitivity to bolt preload
• Time efficient installation
• The connector enables further increase in turbine size and allows for keeping tower
diameters down
16:30 - 17:00
Refreshment Break and Networking
19:00 - 19:00
Evening Get-Together
Join us for an informal evening get together at Emma am See where some refreshing drinks and a nice barbecue buffet will be waiting for you! You are not only visiting an architecturally awardwinning monument, but meeting your peers in a relaxed atmosphere, exchanging business cards. and reviewing the first conference day.
