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

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

Update on the Supply Chain Capital Challenge Fund – Freda Miller, ETZ Ltd

1425 – 1435

Technology Testing Hub -Lewis Harper, NZTC

1435 – 1445

Decommissioning of an Offshore/Onshore Wind Farm – Ian House, RWE

1445 – 1455
Planning Effective Decommissioning for Offshore Renewable Energy – Nicky Richards, Frazer Nash

1455 – 1520

Break, Networking and Exhibition

1520 – Session: Getting into the Details

Chair: Richard Lind, Ashtead Technology

Facilitator: Kurt Lindley, Be More Learning & Development

1520 – 1600: Engineering Decommissioning: From Strategy to Execution

1520 – 1535

A representative of Sellafield, interviewed by Georgina Hosford, CNRI

1535 – 1550

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

1550 – 1605

Remote Intervention Solutions for Decommissioning – Mahmud Amin, Subsea7

1605 – 1630
Expert opinion – Martha Vasquez, Boston Consulting Group
Independent thinking on the state of decommissioning in the energy sector

1630 – Session: Driving Safety in Decom
Chair: Sam Long, Decom Mission

1630 – 1645

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

1645 – 1655

Safety Through Reliable AtoNs – Marielle Tvedt, ComPower AS

1655 – 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 – North Sea Futures Board and the Need for an Area Plan

Opening Presentation – David Whitehouse, OEUK

Panel:
Sam Long, Decom Mission
Pauline Innes, NSTA

0930 – 1000
Panel: Current Policy Impact, Future Trends and Bridging the Gap

Chair: Neil Gordon, CEO, GUH

• Caroline Lawford, CNRI
  Jinda Nelson, PDi
• Stuart Cameron, Boskalis Subsea Services
  Sandy Fettes, Hogarth Energy

1000 – 1030 – Session: Ensuring Capability for the Future

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

1030 – 1100

Break and Exhibition

1100 – 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
• Bryan Smith, DeepOcean
• Professor John Underhill, National Decommissioning Centre
• Jaida Teber, Tradebe Scotoil

1200 – 1300

Lunch and Exhibition

1300 – Session: Seabed to Shore, hosted by 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

1500 – 1530

Break and Exhibition

1530 – 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?

• Roseanna Allnutt, Department for Business and Trade
• Diveena Danabalan, PhD, Head of EIC Consult, EIC
• James Coggs, International Trade Specialist – Energy Transition, Scottish Development International
• Melanie Brownridge, NDA

1640 – Session: Remote Intervention and Technologies

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

1615 – 1630

Decom Joint Venture with Three60 Energy – Graeme Fergusson, AF Offshore Decom

1630 – 1645

Transforming Nuclear Decommissioning through Robotics – Melanie Brownridge, NDA

1645 – 1700

Diverless disconnect of Total Energies Gryphon – Andy Thomson, DeepOcean

1700

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 – 1045

Break and Exhibition

1045 – Knowledge Transfer Session: Why Would a Young Person Choose Decom?

Chair: Heather Barton, NDA

Facilitator: Kurt Lindley, Be More Learning & Development

Panel:

• Olakunele Thanni, Well-Safe Solutions
• Rebecca Clark, AF Decom
• Andy Butler, Boskalis Subsea Services, ELE Cohort 1
• Ewan Wright, TAQA, ELE Cohort 1

1145 – 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

1230 – 1250

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, 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.