Note that the purpose of the workshop is to showcase the value of integrated site characterization and to stimulate robust discussion on where the offshore renewable energy industry wants better data, lower costs, and where improvements are required.

• Regulatory Considerations for Site Characterization

• Industry Updates (market conditions, supply chain, project pipeline)

• Government Permitting (data requirements, site assessment, environmental impacts)

• Opportunities for Better Industry and Government Collaboration

• Project Challenges and Lessons Learned

• Scheduling and Timeframes

• Financing and Investment Models (including higher initial investment in Metocean and Site Characterization)

• Understanding the Relevance of Site Characterization to the Feasibility, Development, Maintenance and Decommissioning Stages

• Design Codes and National Standards

• Environmental Permitting and Approvals

• Australian Project Settings and Challenges

• Climate and Metocean Insights Required

• Lessons from Legacy Oil & Gas Developments

• Geophysical, Geological, and Geotechnical Data Necessary to Derisk Project Investments

• Technology Updates

• Best-practice Geotechnical Solutions and Methods

• Best-practice Geophysical Solutions and Methods

• Fixed and Floating Wind Turbine Innovation

• Opportunities for Collaboration

• Integrated Site Characterization Case Studies

• Project Feasibility Studies

• Project Development: Where Can We improve?

• Ground Models: Quantifying Uncertainty and Risk

• Value of 3D and 3D Seismic Data: How and When

• Disruptive Thinking on Collaboration and Integration

• Innovation: Breaking the Mold

• Disruptive solutions to make site characterization accessible and practical

• What constitutes “Enough data” for subsurface insights?

• Leadership in geotechnical innovation: Lessons for the geoscience community