Event agenda

Welcome with OEE and MRC

Join Ocean Energy Europe and Marine Renewables Canada for some networking drinks to kick-off ICOE OEE 2026! Places are limited so register now!

Flagship projects: Watts in the water

OEE’s signature showcase of the newest international ocean energy projects.

Delivering the first ocean energy arrays: Modelling and design

Mega Wave PTO Side Event

Offshore operations: installation, maintenance, decommissioning

Overcoming regulatory barriers

Delivering the pipeline: Manufacturing made in Europe

Hear from the leading developers and suppliers investing in new manufacturing capacity to deliver the projects launching the industrialisation of ocean energy.

EOMAP - DMEC Side Event: Space Hour - What's in it for Ocean Energy from Space

This session explores how earth observation data and tailored tools can support the offshore renewable energy sector.

Going off-grid: Alternative markets

The right testing methodology for your technology

Environmental monitoring: Strategies and tools

Resource assessment methodologies

What’s on the menu? Funding panorama

Public support for ocean energy has never been higher. In this session, the public funders will pitch their programmes to you!

EWA Side Event: Showcasing Dutch excellence: from research to real-world impact

A showcase of Dutch excellence in offshore energy, bringing together developers, research institutes, and supply chain partners to present innovations from research to real-world impact, and conclude with a joint call to action to accelerate deployment.

Building a competitive ocean energy supply chain

Building confidence with standards and certifications

Innovative technologies: From design to prototype

Critical components: Building stronger connections

Marinerg-i Side Event: From Preparation to Implementation: Building Europe's Offshore Renewable Energy Research Infrastructure

Through this side event, we will explore what has been achieved so far, what comes next, and how the implementation phase will shape the future of offshore renewable energy research and innovation in Europe.

Optimising maritime space: Multi-use and co-location

Scaling up from pilot projects to project finance

Developers, utilities, manufacturers, and investors will discuss the financing structures and policies needed to make the first pre-commercial farms bankable.

Marine Renewables Canada Side Event: Advancing Marine Renewables in Canada: Innovation, Research, and Real-World Progress

Measuring the socio-economic impact of ocean energy

Optimising tidal turbines with numerical modelling

Wave Tech Showcase – A new wave of innovation

This session dives into the latest advances in wave energy innovation, bringing together developers and researchers at the forefront of design, testing and device optimisation.

Building the business case: Cost reduction pathways

From global resource to global market

National and industry representatives from key markets and deployment hubs will discuss the current state of play, as well as the policy and funding support needed to bring ocean energy to the next level in their jurisdictions.

Insights from real sea demonstrations

Bluespring and Offshore For Sure Side Event: Offshore For Sure: One sea, two countries, five technologies

This session will showcase results from OE demo projects between Flanders and the Netherlands to highlight progress, address remaining barriers to scale, and deliver a joint call to action to accelerate deployment.

International test centres showcase

Power take-off: The next generation

Tidal Tech Showcase – Beyond demonstration: Scaling tidal energy

Tidal stream technologies are advancing. With a growing pipeline of projects and an increasing number of mature and proven devices, the way to industrialisation is open. What will it take to make tidal energy a mainstream source of clean power?

Use of AI in ocean energy: Digital twins and modelling

Future energy systems: Ocean energy benefits

Improving reliability with tank testing

Ocean Energy Europe Side Event

Thermal ocean energy technologies showcase: OTEC & SWAC

Captains' Conclusions

This high-level session brings together policy makers and CEOs to assess where the sector stands and define what comes next.

Closing session

Excursion to see Offshore For Sure pilots

Visiting: Dutch Wave Power, FLASC demo of hydro-pneumatic energy storage, Tocardo tidal turbines Digital Twins at Innovatiepunt De KAAP,  Water2Energy tidal turbine in operation at sluice gate in port of Vlissingen.