Workshop 10: Scale Matters! Multiscale Perspectives on Geohazard and Engineering Constraints across the Renewable Industry
Tracks
Side Activities
| Monday, June 8, 2026 |
| 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM |
| Room 09 |
Details
The energy transition has led to a change in scale and scope of engineering projects. Shallow geohazard risk assessments are critical for ensuring the safety and efficiency of renewable energy and infrastructure projects. This workshop will look at geohazards and engineering constraints across the project life cycle.
Speaker
Dr Simona Caruso
Geohazards Specialist
Bp - University of Aberdeen
Marine Geoscience Desktop Studies: A Geoscientist’s Approach to Integrated and Strategic Geohazard Thinking
9:05 AM - 9:20 AM
Mr Jordan Geear
Global Maritime
Anchored in Data: Effective Ground Risk Management for Floating Offshore Wind Projects
9:20 AM - 9:35 AM
Mr Peter Cox
Geophysics Director
RockWave
Better seismic, better decisions; reducing uncertainty in offshore site investigations
9:35 AM - 9:50 AM
Mr David Vaughan
Senior Geophysicist
Cathie
Implications for floating offshore wind from a geohazards perspective
9:50 AM - 10:05 AM
Catriona Macdonald
British Geological Survey
Regional variability of shallow soil conditions for offshore cable burial in the North Sea
10:40 AM - 10:55 AM
Ms Susan Rice
Principal Geophysicist
Fugro
Cable routing: optimising geophysical surveys to reduce uncertainty.
10:55 AM - 11:10 AM
Ms Hannah Smith
Lead Engineer
DeepOcean
From Risk to Route: Integrating Geohazard Analysis into Cable Installation
11:10 AM - 11:25 AM
Dr Chris Brennan
Geo-4D
Using uncrewed vehicles for data acquisition as part of integrated ground models for submarine cable landfalls
12:40 PM - 12:55 PM
Dr Claire Mcghee
Senior Geophysicist
Kent
Seabed Mobility and Its Implications for Submarine Cable Risk Within Export Corridors and Option Areas
12:55 PM - 1:10 PM
Ms Leah Arlott
Team Lead - Geophysics & Metocean
RWE Renewables UK Limited
Cable Landfalls: Where Offshore Wind Gets Complicated
1:10 PM - 1:25 PM
Dr Vanessa Monteleone
Principal Geoscientist - Geotechnics
DNV
Ground Modelling for Offshore Wind: From Current Practice to Future Challenges, Lessons Learned from GIFT JIP
1:55 PM - 2:10 PM
Mr Toby Powell
Evolv Energies
Experience Based Effects of Seabed Geohazards on Offshore Installation Campaigns
2:25 PM - 2:40 PM
