Marine Energy Wales Conference 2022
Venue cymru, llandudno, MARCH 22ND – 23RD
The Marine Energy Wales conference is the largest conference in the UK dedicated to marine energy.
Join an audience of professionals in this showcase of Welsh industry and find out more about current projects and future plans.
Due to popular demand the conference has been extended, maximising networking time and introducing floating offshore wind to the programme.
If you are interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at our 2022 Annual Conference check out our packages here.
Why Attend?
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Hear the latest progress – Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in Wales, alongside future opportunities.
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Join the discussion – The event provides a forum to discuss key challenges and opportunities and to encourage collaboration and business networking.
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Network – At our last in person conference in 2019, we welcomed 200+ professionals representing 120 different organisations from across Europe, including supply chain, technology developers, academia and government.
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A growing audience – Despite the challenges faced across the industry during the past year and the constraints of moving our annual conference online, our audience, number of attendees and spectrum of topics and discussions covered has continued to grow in 2020 and 2021.
We look forward to further expanding our conference, audience and network in 2022 with a welcome return to a real life event!
Full details of our 2022 conference programme, sponsorship and exhibition packages will be available soon.
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Further Reasons to Attend:
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Wales has seen investment totalling £149.4million from the European Union for the EU Structural Funds programming round, which is concluding in 2023. Marine Energy is a priority area and has attracted funding of €100.4 million, with an intervention rate of 69.43%.
- The Swansea Bay City Deal has been signed off with eleven major projects underway including the £76 million Pembroke Dock Marine, which aims to develop a world class centre for marine energy development, fabrication, testing and deployment in Pembrokeshire.
- There are 16 marine energy developers actively progressing projects in Wales with seabed agreements in place for over 362MW of marine energy.
- A number of test and demonstration sites are under development in Wales including the Pembrokeshire and Anglesey array scale Demonstration Zones, Marine Energy Test Area and Ramsey Sound. These projects will provide test beds for innovative wave, tidal stream and floating wind technologies, enabling valuable learning across the sector and adding to the UK’s world-leading test centre network.
- This conference is a platform to learn about existing projects in Wales, alongside sector developments and opportunities. It also provides a forum to discuss key challenges and opportunities and to encourage collaboration and business networking.
- Since 2010, the Marine Energy Pembrokeshire/Marine Energy Wales annual conferences have been fully booked. The number of supply chain companies, supporting organisations and technology developers has increased year on year, demonstrating the advancement of the sector and a growing interest in Wales. In 2019 we welcomed 200+ delegates who represented 120 global organisations, and for our 2021 virtual conference we welcomed over 300 representatives from across our membership, dialling in from Europe, Taiwan, Canada, and the USA.