Civil/Structural Engineering from Stavanger and Glasgow (1991). Has a wide background from engineering and installation of subsea pipelines, structures and submarine cables.
Was co-founder of IKM Ocean Design in 2005 where he has worked since in various management roles, where focus has been on subsea project work and technical development.
Per has been a part of the NPF Pipelines, Risers and Cables Program Committee for 18 years and Chair for the committee for 10 years.

Educated as MSc in materials technology from Norwegian University of Technology (NTNU) in 1983 and has a wide background from work in oil and gas industry, varying from research institutes, contractor companies and operator companies.
Has since 1996 worked for Equinor (previous Statoil) in various positions related to pipeline projects and marine operations and has held positions as project manager, chief engineer and for the last 17 years Manager of the Equinor operated Pipeline Repair and Subsea Intervention Pool.

Lars has an MSc in Petroleum Science from NTNU. He started his career as a subsea pipeline engineer almost 30 years ago. He has held various roles within engineering, projects and management in the oil & gas industry and lately also energy transition.

Experienced Technical Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the oil & energy industry. Strong technical and project management professional skilled in Renewable Energy and Subsea Engineering.

Dr. Erling Østby is currently a Senior Principal Specialist in the Structural Integrity Advisory Group at DNV, Høvik. He received his M.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1994 and a Ph.D. from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 2002. He has been with DNV since 2013. He has more than 25 years experience with projects concerning structural integrity and fracture issue, and has co-authored more than 100 papers on the topics in international journals and conference proceedings. Currently he is strongly involved in DNV’s activities looking into safe solutions for hydrogen and CCS pipeline transport.

Mari Skjærpe is a Project Engineer in Subsea7, focusing on pre-commissioning of pipelines. She holds an MSc within Energy- and Environmental Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, with specialization in Fluid Dynamics. She graduated in 2020, and started as a graduate in Subsea7 the same year.

Jan Fredrik Helgaker is a Principal Engineer in the Pipeline Operations section at DNV Høvik, Norway He has an M.Sc in technical physics (2010) and a PhD in Fluid Mechanics (2013), both from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He has been with DNV since 2013, working as a Flow Assurance Engineer. He is currently the project manager for the H2Pipe JIP, a joint industry project developing recommended practice for offshore hydrogen pipelines.

Leif Collberg has a master from Linkøpings University in structural mechanics from 1982 when he joined DNV. In 1993 he moved to the pipeline section where he took part in the Sintef Superb project that has been the basis for almost all further R&D on pipelines. He has participated in most of the pipeline related R&D work in DNV, reflected in various standards and RP’s. Been the main coordinator of the DNV pipeline standards since 1996.
Lately, he has been working with developing supplementary requirements for Hydrogen pipelines.

Hroar Nes has long experiences from both research and engineering within the oil and gas industry, the last 26 years with Equinor. In the current position as advisor the focus areas have been on development, qualification and implementation of new technology for pipelines and risers. During the last years this has also included the development of CCS value chain solutions.

Torfinn Ottesen is a researcher at SINTEF Ocean and a PhD-candidate at NTNU
since 2021. His PhD-project related to offshore cable installation is expected
to be completed next year, in 2025. He is here today to give us a talk titled:
"Improved simulation of subsea cable behaviour during installation and a
framework for systematic integrity check".

Torfinn Ottesen is a research scientist within the fields of structural marine
constructions: floating platforms and ships, mooring systems, pipeline systems
including risers, umbilicals and cables. His background encompasses the design,
analysis, testing, and installation of such structures, with a particular
focus on evaluating their extreme and fatigue response.

With a background in offshore oil engineering and experience at a Norwegian
manufacturer of umbilicals and cables, he has now shifted his focus to improving
cable models for the wind power industry.

His work aims to enhance the accuracy of structural integrity assessments,
particularly during the critical installation phase, ultimately contributing to
safer and more reliable offshore wind farms. His current research interests are:
1. Non-linear structural analysis of cables for the wind power industry;
2. Extreme value statistics on combination of cable loads, specifically
explicit combinations of tension (or compression), torque and bending;
3. Checks of the cable structural integrity considering such combined loads.

A key motivator for his research is a concerning statistic: nearly half of
cable failures in Great Britain related to offshore wind are due to installation
errors, as highlighted in Strang-Moran's 2020 article titled, "Subsea cable
management: Failure trending for offshore wind". He hopes that his research
will help to significantly reduce the number of cable failures in future projects.

Philippe Mainçon is a Senior Research Scientist, working at SINTEF Ocean, here in Trondheim. His research interests include the development of numerical methods for physics-based digital twins https://sintef.github.io/Muscade.jl/stable/index.html, and the study of torsion in cables, umbilicals and flexible pipelines. Since 2012, he has investigated a number of torsion-induced failures, and co-authored the Torsion handbook https://sintef.brage.unit.no/sintef-xmlui/handle/11250/3107633.

Qiang Wang is a Principal Engineer working at IKM Ocean Design in Oslo. He has been working with pipelines, cables and subsea structures in the past 10 years.
He has dual MSc in Ocean Engineering and Wind Technology from TU Delft and NTNU. He likes exploring all kinds of activities, such as kayaking, climbing, hiking, tennis, surfing, diving and skiing. In 2021, he became a father.

Camila Cézar is a Pipeline Engineer with almost 20 years of experience including Pipeline Design, Installation, Operations and Integrity Management on both shallow and ultra deep waters field in Brazil. She has been working for Equinor for over 10 years, supporting Operations and Integrity Management for the Brazilian fields. For the last 2 years she has been dedicated to support Bacalhau project on pipeline engineering and marine campaigns offshore.

Sangga is a Project Engineer Engineering Manager working at Subsea 7 Norway.
His curiosity to learn helped him to move across various subsea disciplines either in FEED, detail design or offshore installation.
This had helped him to have a better holistic understanding of subsea field development and constraints towards others (subsurface, drilling, and operation).

Principal engineer in Equinor working with pipeline tie-ins, repairs and modifications using PRS equipment for the last 12 years. Process/production engineer at Kårstø before that.

Hans Franky Panjaitan is a Principal Engineer working at Equinor (Oslo office), in the Subsea Facility Department.
With a marine technology educational background (B.Eng in Ocean Engineering from ITB, Indonesia, and an MSc in Marine Technology from NTNU, Norway), he began his career in the energy industry within jacket structures, flexible risers, umbilicals, and pipelines.
He has more than 10 years of experience in pipeline engineering and installation.
He enjoys various sports especially volleyball and tennis. He has 3-years of experience in snowboarding!

Marco Nigro is a Naval Architect and Marine Engineer with a solid experience in the Oil and Gas sector, gained in various environment around the world in the past 15+ years. He joined Allseas after a long experience matured in Saipem covering various role from Asset Management to Installation Engineering, from Technical Management to Project Management. In the last 7 years he led various pipelaying installation projects as Project Manager strengthening is offshore operations knowledge. He likes playing volleyball and beach volleyball. In 2018 he became daddy and since then he loves spending time playing with his son.

Geir Endal, jobbet med rørledninger og feltutbygginger i Equinor i 30 år, fra tidligfase konseptutvikling til driftsansvarlig.

Pipeline specialist with about 19 years of experience from companies like DNV, Nemo Engineering and now Equinor.

Educational background from NTNU in Trondheim (Master of science in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology). Have been working with Shawcor (now TenarisShawcor) for 14 years starting with quality control, moving through project management, R&D engineer and now currently as Technical Sales Manager, Orkanger. Responsible for designing customized solutions according to project specific requirements and involved in R&D development programs.

Engineering Specialist in the Pipeline Design discipline of Subsea7 in Stavanger. 21 years of experience with pipeline in-place design and related subjects. Graduated as MSc from NTNU, Institute of Marine Technology in 2003.

Torstein Øyri is currently a Senior Subsea Engineer at Aker BP. He holds a Master of Science in Marine Technology from NTNU and has accumulated nine years of experience as a pipeline engineer at TechnipFMC

Arild is 44 years old, living with his 4 kids in Mandal; a town located along the coast of Southers Norway. Mandal is also where Scanmudrings have their headquarter. Arild started his working career as a car mechanic and later finished his degree in Mechatronics. He has long experience from field work, equipment design and operations related to subsea dredging and excavation. He has previous held positions as offshore supervisor, project manager, Operational Director, and Tender director. And here is a fun fact about Arild: he was also the establisher and general manager of one of the biggest kindergartens in his local community.

Over 10 years of experience within project management, business- and technology development from Norse Cutting & Abandonment and Oceaneering. Started in Deep C in 2023 and are currently completing an MBA at UiS Business School with a focus on sustainability.

Michele Cerulli is a Principal Engineer and Technology Expert working within the Rigid Pipeline Engineering team of TechniFMC UK. In 2004 he obtained a M.Sc. Degree in mechanical engineering from the Polytechnic University of le Marche in Italy. Since 2005 he has been working in the subsea pipeline design as specialist and lead engineer for different consultancy firms including Intecsea and Genesis Oil and Gas Consultants, he moved to TechnipFMC in 2020.

Business Development Manager at TechnipFMC in Norway
25 years experience in subsea industry including 20 years with rigid pipelines EPCI in Norway .
Previously Rigid pipeline Discipline Manager.
Now working with both O&G and renewable activities including Carbon Transport and Storage, Hydrogen and Floating Wind.

As a background I’m electrical engineer with a PhD in electromagnetics.
I started my carrier in subsea telecommunication for nuclear submarine before joining TotalEnergies as an Electrical specialist in France.
I now work as Technical lead in Subsea all electric and processing.

The presenter has over seven years of experience in the development and qualification of NOV's novel Electrical Heated technology. As senior development engineer within electrical power, the main focus has been on electrical design, high voltage engineering and testing. The presenter has been one of the main drivers to advancing this technology from concept to real-world application, achieving third-party qualification.

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Power Engineering.

Margrethe Broby works as Production Chemist in OKEA and is responsible for the chemical treatment strategy of the Brage export line. She holds a PhD and MSC in Chemical Engineering, both from NTNU.

Passionate pipeline engineer with experience in leading pipeline Design & Analysis projects and discipline engineer responsible for Ormen Lange pipelines, spools and umbilicals Operations.

MSc from Materials technology & Electrochemistry at NTNU in 1999 and a PhD from 2005.
Employed in Maintech as a materials and corrosion engineer since 2008.
Assists Norske Shell with corrosion and inspection management of pipelines, static equipment and piping at Ormen Lange and Nyhamna gas plant since 2008.

Helene started her pipeline career in Equinor 18 years ago as a corrosion engineer. She has a master in metallurgy from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. In Equinor she has held several position within pipeline operation from team lead and manager to todays position as leading advisor within pipeline operation. She has contributed to and written several papers regarding technical integrity and corrosion management of pipeline systems.

Hilde Nakstad – general manager ASN Norway Worked with fibre optic sensors since graduation from NTNU. Now leading a team of appr 75 highly skilled professionals to develop, manufacture and operate fibre optic sensors and fibre optic sensors systems. ASN Norway is competence centre for fibre optic sensing systems in ASN. This includes the OptoDAS interrogator which is the focus for this presentation.

Siv.ing. fra marin teknikk NTNU, 2004
Rørledningsingeniør, DNV, 2004-