Programme 2026 - Belgian Offshore Days

Belgian Offshore Days - Programme 2025

09:30

Registration

09:30 - 10:00

10:00

Conference by Belgian Offshore Cluster

10:00 - 13:00

Turning Belgian Offshore Know-How into Global Value

10:00

Welcome

Ward Gommeren — BOC

10:05

Opening Speech

Mathieu Bihet — Federal Minister of Energy

Industry Statement

BOC & Partners

10:20

Speech

Jean de Bethune — Deputy West-Flanders

10:30

Thema Speech

Stefaan Kerger — Moderator

10:35

From construction to decommissioning full offshore lifecycle solutions

Kristof Van Loon — DEME

10:50

From Belgian shores to global seas: offshore site investigation to power the world

Emmanuel Van Damme — GeoXYZ

11:05

Belgian expertise in offshore interconnector projects

Filip Olde Bijvank — Jan De Nul

11:20

Optimizing O&M for global offshore partnerships

Kristof Verlinden — Jera Nex BP

11:35

Digitalization and monitoring for global offshore projects

Alexis Malchair — e-BO Enterprises

11:40

Panel Discussion

Stefaan Kerger — Moderator
Kristof Verlinden — Parkwind
Carl Heiremans — Jan De Nul
Kristof Van Loon — DEME
Eric Finé — Smulders
Peter Libert — Sarens

12:25

Q&A with the audience

12:45

Conclusions

16:45

Speaker's Corner

16:45 - 17:00

16:45

Company Pitches

Stefaan Kerger — Moderator
Marlene Baats — Freudenberg

17:00

End of Speaker's Corner

Belgian Offshore Night

17:00

Reception & Offshore Oscars

17:00 - 19:00 | Bagatelle, conference building

17:00

Welcome

Stefaan Kerger — Moderator
Tinne Van der Straeten — CEO WindEurope
Piet Demunter — CEO FIT
John Crombez — Stad Oostende

Offshore Oscars

Belgian Offshore Business Developer Award
Innovation Award
Health And Safety Award
Best Offshore Supplier Award
Alliance partner award
Most loyal BOC member

18:30

End of Reception

19:00

Belgian Offshore Night - Dinner

19:00 - 22:30 | Kursaal Oostende

Dinner is invitation only!

Fair

10:00

Fair Visit

10:00 - 17:00

Fair is free for every professional, but registration is required.