Nominees for Offshore Energy Public Outreach Award Announced

The three Nominees for the Offshore Energy Public Outreach Award have been announced.

The jury consisting of Saskia Tates (General Counsel, ENGIE E&P), Sander Vergroesen (Managing Director, IRO), Jo Peters (Secretary General, NOGEPA), Frederik Rijkens (Senior Project Management Consultant, Ocean Flow International), and Didi te Gussinklo Ohmann (Project Director, Van Oord Offshore Wind) found some of the submitted projects to be examples of outstanding achievements in the field of public outreach.

The three best submissions and thereby Nominees are:

  • Buccaneer Delft
  • Our Oceans Challenge
  • TransitieCoalitie

The winner will be announced during the Offshore Energy Opening Gala Dinner and Awards Show on Monday, October 9, in the National Maritime Museum (Scheepvaartmuseum) in Amsterdam.

Other submissions came from PortXL and Erasmus Energy Forum (Erasmus Centre for Future Energy Business, Rotterdam School of Management).

In addition to the awards ceremony, this black tie gala dinner at the impressive National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam will serve a culinary dinner with musical interludes by Junior Jazz Unlimited (jazz bigband) and speeches by dignitaries. The evening will be hosted by Pep Rosenfeld, Founder of Boom Chicago.

Interested in attending? The Offshore Energy Opening Gala Dinner and Awards Show is nearly sold out. Check the website for more information on the possibilities: www.offshore-energy.biz/special-events/opening-gala-dinner.


OEEC is one of Europe’s leading offshore energy events. It is unique in bringing together the oil & gas, offshore wind and marine energy industry.With the industry in transition, OEEC offers offshore energy professionals the ideal meeting place to network, discuss and learn about the future of energy. OEEC 2017 will be held at Amsterdam RAI on October 9, 10, 11, 2017.