Decom Week Golf Day – Banchory Golf Course

This event is kindly supported by our Decom Week Principal Golf Partner

Whether you’re strengthening existing relationships or making new connections across the decommissioning community, this is a great opportunity to do business differently.

Format: Shotgun start, Texas Scramble
Entry: Individual places or teams of four available

Golfers to arrive from 11.30

1200 – 1245

Registration, Refreshments and Exhibition

1245 – 1300

Opening Remarks, Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission

The here and now of decom in the Energy Transition

1300 – 1315

Headline Partner Address – Alan McLean, Head of Mechanical Solutions, Ashtead Technology

1315 – 1335

Keynote Address – Phil Milton, Well-Safe Solutions

1335 – Session: What Lies Ahead – Competing or Complementary?

Chair: Callum Falconer, Decom Mission

1340 – 1355

Subsea Decommissioning – Technical Challenges – Jonathan Hoare, CNRI

1355 – 1405

Nuclear Decommissioning Update – Phoebe Lynch, NRS

From Magnox to AGR: Scaling Up Nuclear Decommissioning

1405 – 1415

Renewables Decommissioning Update – Friederike Andres, RUK

1415 – Session: How will Decommissioning be Enacted in Coming Years?

Chair: Kurt Lindley, Be More Learning & Development

1415 – 1425

ETZ Ltd Supply Chain Programmes – Freda Miller, ETZ Ltd

1425 – 1435

Thing’s are Looking Up – The IDDTC Re-born  -Lewis Harper, NZTC

1435 – 1445

Decommissioning of an Offshore/Onshore Wind Farm – Patrick Rainey, RWE

1445 – 1530

Break, Networking and Exhibition

1530 – Session: Getting into the Details

Chair: Richard Lind, Ashtead Technology

Facilitator: Kurt Lindley, Be More Learning & Development

1530 – 1615: Engineering Decommissioning: From Strategy to Execution

1530 – 1615
Planning Effective Decommissioning for Offshore Renewable Energy – Nicky Richards, Frazer Nash

1540 – 1550

Cutting Under Tension: A Practical Methodology for Mooring Chain Severance,
Nick McNally, Decom Engineering

1550 – 1600

Remote Intervention Solutions for Decommissioning – Mahmud Amin, Subsea7

1600 – 1620
Expert opinion – Martha Vasquez, Boston Consulting Group
Independent thinking on the state of decommissioning in the energy sector

1620 – Session: Driving Safety in Decom

Chair: Sam Long, Decom Mission

1625 – 1640

Safety in Decom Network Update – Alan McIntyre, Step Change in Safety

1640 – 1650

Safety Through Reliable AtoNs – Marielle Tvedt, ComPower AS

1650 – 1700
Closing Remarks
Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission

1900 – 2130
Marine Hotel Dinner, Stonehaven
Bus will depart from Ardoe House Hotel at 18.00, and return from the Marine Hotel to Ardoe House Hotel at 2130

0800 – 0900

Registration, Refreshments and Exhibition

09.00 – 0930 – The North Sea at a Crossroads: Production vs Decom

Opening Presentation – David Whitehouse, OEUK

Panel:
Sam Long, Decom Mission
Pauline Innes, NSTA

0930 – 1000 – Session: Disrupting the New Normal

Paul de Leeuw, Director, Energy Transition Institute, Robert Gordon University

1000 – 1030 – Panel: Current Policy Impact, Future Trends and Bridging the Gap

Chair: Neil Gordon, CEO, GUH

Panel:

Caroline Lawford, CNRI

Jinda Nelson, PDi

Stuart Cameron, Boskalis Subsea Services

Sandy Fettes, Hogarth Energy

1030 – 1115

Break and Exhibition

1115 – 1200 – Session: From OPEX to CAPEX via ABEX. Skills and Workforce Needs of the Future

Chair: Kurt Lindley, Be More Learning & Development

Overview: Sam Long, Decom Mission

Panel:

Gareth Jones, Xodus

Matthew Coull, DeepOcean

Jaida Teber, Tradebe Scotoil

Brian Hermiston, Skills Development Scotland

1200 – 1300

Lunch and Exhibition

1300 – 1500 Session: Seabed to Shore, hosted by NSTA

Chair: Kirsty Lal, NSTA

This session will explore how to enable cost‑effective decommissioning for vessel workscopes related to the removal of subsea infrastructure and fixed installations, with the NSTA presenting the latest data on current and forecast activity levels and supply‑chain capacity. Attendees will then take part in table‑based breakout discussions and a panel session to identify challenges, opportunities, and practical actions to improve ways of working, scope definition, and execution efficiency.

Panel:

Vikki Thom, Boskalis Subsea Service

Callum Falconer, Decom Mission

Kurt Lindley, Be More Learning and Development

Stephen Brown, Apache

Alasdair Thomas, NSTA

Kieran Morton, Port of Aberdeen

1500 – 1545

Break and Exhibition

1545 – 1630 – Session: International Opportunities – A Balance of Needs

Chair: Callum Falconer, Decom Mission

The UK and Europe have world leading expertise in energy sector decommissioning. How do we maximise this without compromising capability at home?

Panel:

Roseanna Allnutt, Department for Business and Trade

Diveena Danabalan, PhD, Head of EIC Consult, EIC

James Coggs, International Trade Specialist – Energy Transition, Scottish Enterprise

Melanie Brownridge, NDA

1630 – 1655 – Session: Remote Intervention and Technologies

Remote operations are of increasing interest, removing people from hazardous environments

1630 – 1645

Beyond Collaboration – A Fully Integrated Model – Graeme Fergusson, AF Offshore Decom

1645 – 1700

Transforming Nuclear Decommissioning through Robotics – Melanie Brownridge, NDA

1700 – 1715

Diverless disconnect of Total Energies Gryphon – Andy Thomson, DeepOcean

1715

Closing Remarks

Sam Long, Decom Mission

Note: Priority Access Session run in parallel to the afternoon’s agenda

1400 – 1700
Priority Access Sessions in Ogston Suite

• Adura
• Aroeira Salles
• Boskalis Subsea Services
• CNOOC International
• CNRI
• DeepOcean
• EnQuest
• RWE
• Subsea7
• NRS

 

0800 – 0845

Registration, Refreshments and Exhibition

0900 – 1015

“Empty Chair” Workshop: Let’s be Honest – A Moment to Contribute

Facilitator: Kurt Lindley, Be More Learning & Development

We are a community, it’s important that we have open dialogue. Anyone can voice or express an opinion in this session. Grab a chair to make your point and someone else will vacate the table for you.

1015 – 1100

Break and Exhibition

1100 – 1200 – Knowledge Transfer Session: Why Would a Young Person Choose Decom?

Chair: Heather Barton, NDA

Facilitator: Kurt Lindley, Be More Learning & Development

Panel:

Olakunle Thanni, Well-Safe Solutions

Rebecca Clark, AF Decom

Andy Butler, Boskalis Subsea Services, ELE Cohort 1

Ewan Wright, TAQA, ELE Cohort 1

1200 – 1245 – Session: Calls from the Community: Priorities and Who?

Chair: John Allan, Independent

Panel:

Alasdair Thomas, NSTA

Drew Bond, DESNZ

Will Black, EnQuest

Emma Amato, Vattenfall

Steve Andrew, RVA group

Olive Ezike, Halliburton

1245 – 1315

Closing Plenary: Commitments for the Future

Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission

Callum Falconer, Operations Director, Decom Mission

Gareth Jones, Xodus and Decom Mission Board Chair

Jinda Nelson, PDi and Decom Mission Board Member

1250 – 1300

Vote of Thanks – Gareth Jones, Xodus and Decom Mission Board Chair

1800 – 2300
Decom Mission Awards Dinner 2026, The Chester Hotel, Aberdeen

Held at The Chester Hotel, Aberdeen, join us for an evening of celebration.

Cycling on Deeside

Join us on the final day of Decom Week – Friday 29 May – for a road cycling networking event on Deeside led by our own Sam Long.

Take on some of Deeside’s best routes while networking with fellow industry professionals who enjoy pushing the pace as much as the conversation. A standout way to close the week, combining performance, scenery and strong connections.

This event is open to all Decom Mission members and Decom Week ticketholders.