Belgian Offshore Days 2025
The Belgian Offshore Days is an annual two-day happening that provides a forum for the offshore wind sector and promotes cooperation between Belgian and international companies.
The event includes a trade fair, a conference, various roundtable discussions, inspiring pitches, networking possibilities and the Offshore Oscars award ceremony.
The event focuses on the Belgian offshore wind value chain, but foreign companies are kindly invited to attend and participate in the event.
The Belgian Offshore Days are an initiative of the Belgian Offshore Cluster with the cooperation of the Pronvicial Development Agency of West Flanders and Blue Cluster.
Pomeranian Offshore Platform together with Blue Cluster (our partner in ELBE EUROCLSUTERS project) invites you to participate in the Belgian Offshore Days is a free event on March 12 and 13 in Ostend (at the Belgian coast), bringing together the entire offshore wind ecosystem in Belgium with international outreach. At this moment, there is a tender for 700 MW in the Prinses Elisabethzone in the Belgian North Sea on the market, so we expect plenty of interest. Two more tenders are underway in the next years.
Programme
The general structure of the Belgian Offshore Days 2024 is as follows:
- 12 March: trade fair, BOC conference, Innovation Forum and VIP dinner
- 13 March: fair, workshops and internationalisation
A more detailed programme will be published shortly.
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Practical information
On March 12, Blue Cluster hosts the innovation stage where 6 collaborative innovation projects will show their results. Details of these projects and presenters can be found on our website: https://www.bluecluster.be/calendar/belgian-offshore-days-2025
March 13 is the international day with confirmed delegations from Brazil, Greece, Bulgaria and Norway. This is an organization of Flanders Investment & Trade with Blue Cluster and the economic development agency (POM) West-Flanders. You can find the program in attachment.
On Friday 14 March, the day after the main event, we organize an offshore tour either in Ostend (including a presentation of the Prinses Elisabeth energy island) or in Antwerp (including a site visit to the headquarters of DEME and the manufacturing site of Smulders).
Costs:
The trade show and conference are free.
The VIP diner on Wednesday evening is 250 € per person.
The offshore tour to Antwerp is 200 €.
The Belgian Offshore Days take place in Ostend Sea P’lace, Kon. Astridlaan 10, 8400 Oostende (Ostend) (former Wellington racecourse).
The language of communication during the event is English. Participation is free of charge, but you are required to register in advance.
Would you like to attend the Belgian Offshore Days as a visitor? Check out the official website and register for 2025.
Would you like to have your own stand at the event? Check out the information brochure for exhibitioners and reserve your stand for 2025.
Do you have specific questions or want more detailed information about the Belgian Offshore Days? Then contact Belgian Offshore Cluster.