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 and refreshments | Exhibition

1245 – 1300

Opening Remarks, Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission

The here and now of decom in the Energy Transition

Sector Pulse Check

Trends, forecasts, work volumes, timelines

Framing the Challenge

Capacity, cost, pressure, Iran and global markets, what’s happening in this decade (2026 -2035)

1300 – 1315

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

1315

What lies ahead – Competing or Complementary? – Chair: Callum Falconer, Decom Mission

Is forward demand in decom competing or complementary? Can we predict the future market?

1315 – 1320

Introduction – Callum Falconer, Decom Mission

1320 – 1335

Current Activity in the UKCS

1335 – 1345

Nuclear Decommissioning Update

Problem statements and priority challenges for Sellafield, Dounreay and other sites.

1345 – 1355

Renewables Decommissioning Update – Friederike Andres, Renewables UK

Problem statements for renewables community as it starts to understand decommissioning liability better and begin execution

1355 – 1410

How will decommissioning be enacted in coming years? – Chair: Kurt Lindley, Be More Learning & Development

1410 – 1425

Aberdeen Test Hub –  Lewis Harper, NZTC

NZTC are looking to establish a new well abandonment test site at former Weatherford/Bridge of Don rig, and a possible Aberdeen South Harbour test site for subsea operations.

1425 – 1440

Renewables Developments

1440 – 1455

Effective Decommissioning for Offshore Renewable Energy: Technical Requirements, Constraints and Future Impacts – Nicky Richards, Frazer Nash

1455 – 1525

Networking and Exhibition

1525 – 1535

Nuclear Decom in Action

1535 – 1540

Getting Into the Details – Chair: Richard Lind, Ashtead Technology

Facilitator: Kurt Lindley, Be More Learning & Development

1540 – 1555

Let’s Talk Technical: Nuclear

Representative from Sellafield interviewed by Georgina Horsford, CNRI. 

1555 – 1615

Let’s Talk Technical: Oil and Gas

Speakers from Decom Engineering and Subsea 7. 

1615 – 16.30

Expert Opinion – Martha Vasquez, Boston Consulting Group

Independent thinking on the state of decommissioning in the energy sector

1630 – 1650

Driving Safety in Decommissioning

Safety in Decom Network update

Safety Through Reliable AtoNs – Marielle Tvedt, ComPower AS

1650 – 17.10

Panel and Closing Remarks

1900 – 2130

Marine Hotel Dinner, Stonehaven

Bus at 1800 from Ardoe House Hotel, returning from the Marine Hotel at 2130

0800 – 0900

Registration, Refreshments and Exhibition

0900 – 0915

SESSION

Why and How: Planning for Decom – Chair: Sam Long, Decom Mission

Keynote Address

0915 – 0930

A Plan for the Future of Offshore Energy and Decommissioning

NSTA Activity Plan

0930 – 1000

Panel Session

1000 – 1035

The Who and How of Decommissioning – Chair: Paul De Leeuw, RGU

The impact of the energy transition on skills

Panel Session

1035 – 1100

Break and Exhibition

1100 – 1200

From OPEX to CAPEX via ABEX. Skills and Workforce Needs of the Future – Chair: Kurt Lindley, Be More Learning & Development

We need to prepare our workforce for the future, where the emphasis in on ABEX and CAPEX. What skills are needed, how do we entice people to be retained or join? How do we enable appropriate reskilling and add direction to careers?

1200 – 1300

Lunch and Exhibition

1300 – 1500

Session: Seabed to Shore – Chair: NSTA

1500 – 1520

Break and Exhibition

1520 – 1620

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 to maximise this without compromising capability at home?

• Roseanna Allnutt or Shozey Jafferi, DBT
• Diveena Danabalan, PhD, Head of EIC Consult, EIC
• James Coggs, International Trade Specialist – Energy Transition, Scottish Development International

1400 – 1700

Priority Access Sessions

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

Running Parallel
1430 – 1515

Break and Exhibition

1515 – 1610

Technical Execution: Remote Intervention and Technologies

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

• NRS Dounreay and Sellafield: Glovebox Paper
• DeepOcean: Diverless disconnect of Total Energies Gryphon

1610 – 1655

Leadership Interview and Reflection, Chair: Sam Long, Decom Mission

1655 – 1700

Closing Remarks, Sam Long, Decom Mission

 

0800 – 0845

Registration, Refreshments and Exhibition

0845 – 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 – 1145

Knowledge Transfer Session – Chair: Heather Barton, NDA, Facilitator: Kurt Lindley, Be More Learning & Development

1145 – 1230

Calls from the Community: Priorities and Who? – Chair: Calum Falconer, Decom Mission

What are we hearing, what is this making us think? Focussed input from members and attendees.

1230 – 1250

Closing Plenary
Theme: Commitments for the Future

Closing Remarks – Sam Long, CEO, Decom Mission

1730 – 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.