12 & 13 MARCH 2025
12 & 13 
During the Belgian Offshore Days, Blue Cluster organises an Innovation Forum, where various members and partners of Blue Cluster take the stage to present a number of high-profile innovation projects to the public. Join the forum and learn more about fascinating innovations in the blue economy!
The planning of the Innovation Stage is as follows:
| 14:00 | Optimized prediction and decision support for rain erosion and lightning-driven degradation of blades (Rainbow) Pieter Mathys (VKI) |
| 14:12 | Vessels on hydrogen or methanol - findings from the CHyPS and FASTWATER projects Sebastian Verhelst (Ghent University) |
| 14:24 | An adaptive MArine and River Cleaner (MARC) for plastic waste Theofano Koutrouveli (IMDC) |
| 14:36 | Installation and decommissioning of screw anchors for offshore aquaculture Phara Cockaert (Jan De Nul) |
| 14:48 | LCSA, LCC, S-LCA, material pasport, decomissioning processes, BIM model in the context of Circular Transition of Offshore wind (CTO). Chris Blommaert (Parkwind) |
| 15:00 | Flume tests, installation, LCA, ecology and decommissioning research project on several NID innovations to replace scour protection (JIP SPREE) Ann Stroobandt (RWE) |
| 15:12 | North C Neutralizer, an optimisation model to optimize marine spatial planning on seabed level. Emile Lerney (ORG) |
| 15:24 | Closing Piet Opstaele |
