Confirmed invited speakers and contributors

Lidija Zdravković – Imperial College London
Bringing expertise in advanced numerical and constitutive modelling of rock behaviour, including representation of initial state, brittleness and foundation response.

Matteo Ciantia – University of Dundee / University of Milano-Bicocca
Contributing research experience in weak-rock mechanics, pile installation effects and advanced numerical modelling.

Tron Golder Kristiansen – AkerBP
Bringing extensive experience from deep-reservoir geomechanics and the characterisation, testing and modelling of rock behaviour, providing a valuable link to shallow offshore applications.

Sylvie Raymackers – DEME
Providing the offshore contractor perspective, including practical challenges encountered when foundations are installed in rock and weak-rock conditions.

Iñaki Funes Macarro – EDF Renewables France
Contributing the offshore wind developer perspective, with focus on the implications of weak rocks for project development, uncertainty and engineering decision-making.

Brendan O'Boyle – SSE
Bringing recent offshore wind experience related to the geotechnical characterisation of mudstones and the challenges of interpreting weak-rock conditions for design.

Nataša Katić – GEO
Bringing Danish experience in the laboratory testing, characterisation and interpretation of weak rocks, particularly chalk, and linking test results to practical geotechnical design.

Alessio Genco – NGI
Presenting numerical modelling perspectives from the Rock Off project, linking weak-rock behaviour to offshore foundation response and practical design.

Jack Rice/Rasmus Klinkvort – NGI
Presenting challenges and lessons learned regarding sampling, testing and characterization of mudstones.

Further contributions from NGI and other institutes/companies addressing weak-rock sampling, laboratory testing, characterisation and broader rock-engineering experience, are currently being finalised.

The present tentative programme includes approximately ten technical contributions, discussion periods and a concluding panel session.