We are pleased to host our ninth Annual Assembly, showcasing the latest research highlights and connecting the offshore renewable energy community.
Registration open
Annual Assembly
- Wednesday 22 April 2026
- 09.00 - 17.00
- University of Warwick, Ramphal Building, Coventry CV4 7AL
Additional Activities
- Networking reception, 18.15 - 19.45, Tuesday 21 April 2026
- Early Career Forum, Tuesday 21 April 2026
The Supergen ORE Hub provides ambitious research leadership and fosters collaboration to accelerate innovation across offshore wind, wave and tidal energy, driving the clean energy transition forward.
Join us to discover the latest research and explore opportunities and challenges in the evolving offshore renewable energy sector. Open to all, this event brings together academics, industry professionals, and policymakers working across offshore wind, wave, and tidal energy.
Preliminary schedule (subject to change)
Assembly theme
Research and innovation to drive growth in the offshore renewable energy sector.
Morning Session
- Welcome – Prof. Deborah Greaves – University of Oxford
- Keynote presentations
- Panel Discussion and Q&A
- Networking Break and Research Posters
- Highlights from emerging research
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Afternoon Session
- Panel Discussion and Q&A
- Research updates: innovative projects in the offshore renewable energy community
- Networking Break and Research Posters
- Panel Discussion and Q&A
- Early Career Researcher poster awards and closing remarks.
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- 17.10 – 17.55 Tour of the University of Warwick Labs (limited places)
Panel Members from:
The Annual Assembly is kindly hosted by the University of Warwick.
The Supergen ORE Hub is a collaboration of 10 leading UK Universities, well-positioned to provide cutting-edge research updates and convene key stakeholders to discuss opportunities and key challenges across the offshore renewable energy sector.
The Assembly is an in-person event, with access to recorded materials available after the event.
The full programme will be published shortly.
Register your free place. Closes Monday 20 April 2026, 17.00, or when capacity reached.
Presenting your research at the Annual Assembly
As part of the Assembly's programme spotlighting exciting new research, the agenda will include research presentations from disciplines across the community. We invite researchers to submit an abstract telling us about their high impact research for consideration by the Senior Management Board. The Board will be looking for novel, high-impact ideas, initiatives that have translated to industry practice, and examples of innovation from early career pathways.
Complete the expression of interest form by Friday 20 March 2026, 17.00.
- General - Expression of Interest Form
- Early Career Researchers - Expression of interest Form (within Forum Registration)
Eligible presenters will be asked to provide additional resources:
- Encouraged to bring an A1 poster to the Assembly for display during the networking sessions.
- Optional to provide a recorded presentation (5 minutes, approx. 5 slides).
- All suitable posters, abstracts and recordings will be published on the website, and posters will be displayed at the event.
Early Career Forum
We invite our early career community to join us for a day designed to support career development, networking and knowledge transfer. Connect with early career professionals working in the field of offshore renewable energy, participate in sessions providing professional skills development and engage in panel discussions.
- Tuesday 21 April
- 9.30 - 17.30 (registration remains open until 11.30)
- University of Warwick
