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SUBSEA UTC 2023 “In Norway and Europe you have a lot of incentives and focus on how we can have a more sustainable energy production. But for it to be sustainable, it's important that we address the topics that we have of the trilemma; where you have energy security, energy affordability and energy sustainability, and see that it's also a profitable business.” – Rune Vesterkjær, Vice President,

Subsea Energy Transition & Low Carbon Solutions, Aker Solutions he scenic west coast of Norway is the place erator, at UTC.” for the Underwater Technology Conference “Networking is the main thing,” said Rune Vesterkjær, (UTC) 2023, scheduled for June 13-15, 2023, VP – S ubsea Energy Transition & Low Carbon Solutions,

Grieghallen in Bergen, Norway. Aker Solutions, who serves as UTC’s Program Committee T

UTC 2023 is estimated to attract 500 to 800 attendees Chair, agrees. UTC allows those who have developed the and nearly 40 technical papers. But what the UTC lacks in technology to meet and collaborate with colleagues and size it compensates for in stature, as the event regularly at- clients; “this is the magic happening, where you fnd even tracts a broad array of leading executives from global com- better solutions and you discuss other areas of application.” panies working in the offshore energy and subsea space, As the world emerges from the effects of the Covid shut- including a dozen keynote speakers from key operators like down, Vesterkjær argues that the social aspects of business

Petrobras, Equinor and Shell, as well as the main suppliers are more important than ever, particularly to connect the in the subsea space. younger people in the industry with the senior members “Many of us have been around for a lot of conferences of the industry, so each can gain from the others insight, over the years, and I would say that UTC is one of the few experience and expertise.

conferences where you see that the operators are taking a big part of the conference, both as presenters but also as

Te UTC Conference Program regular delegates,” said Stig Instanes, BD & Sales Man-

While the UTC maintains its strong commitment to ager, TechnipFMC, who serves as the Board Chairman of traditional oil and gas, it too sees the writing on the wall the Underwater Technology Foundation. “There is a very regarding energy transition, and the conference program is high probability that you’ll meet your end client, the op- a repository of knowledge and insight on how companies

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