Oceantic Network is excited to welcome back KidWind® to 2024 IPF! KidWind® is a national non-profit organization that helps educators and students explore renewable energy. Fifty local high school students will attend IPF to compete in a turbine-building contest and meet with companies to learn about career opportunities in offshore wind. 

Students will learn about offshore wind development, engineering, business development, workforce entry, and more. This unique opportunity provides students with an engaging and exciting pathway into offshore wind while also using creativity and critical thinking to build their own turbines. 

Oceantic Network is no longer accepting applications for our scholarship program to attend the 2024 International Partnering Forum (IPF). We appreciate the strong interest and thank everyone who applied. If you have any questions or would like to learn more about future opportunities, please contact us.

Oceantic Network is pleased to announce that we are now taking scholarship applications to attend the 2024 International Partnering Forum (IPF). Scholarship recipients receive one (1) complimentary ticket to IPF, which gives you full access to all IPF week activities including education sessions, training, networking events, technical workshops, and special events. 

The scholarship program is an opportunity for diverse organizations looking to establish or expand their offshore wind presence. To be considered, applicants will need to meet certain classification standards (see below), be (relatively) new to the offshore wind industry, and are looking to establish or expand their offshore wind presence.  

Note: Scholarships are limited. All applications are reviewed by a committee and preference will be given to those who best fit the considerations outlined above.  

Classification standards include: 

• Disadvantaged business (DBE) 
• Disability-owned business (DOBE)
• Disabled-veteran-owned business (DVBE) 
• Lesbian-, gay-, bisexual-, transgender- and queer-owned business (LGBTQ+) 
• Minority-owned business (MBE) 
• Service-disabled-veteran-owned business (SDVBE) 
• Small disadvantaged business (SDIS) 
• Tribal-owned/Native American-owned business 
• Veteran-owned business (VBE) 
• Woman-owned business (WBE)  

Questions? Email [email protected]. 

The success of the U.S. floating offshore wind industry is dependent on its ability to establish robust port infrastructure and deploy the many specialized vessels needed to construct and maintain floating wind farms. Oceantic Network’s Floating OSW Port & Vessel Summit convenes key decision makers and innovators for a day-long West Coast event to set goals, identify challenges, and propose pathways to success for critical port infrastructure and supporting the sector’s vessel demands. Join the Network and the California Association of Port Authorities on February 22, 2024, in Sacramento, to discuss and identify how industry leaders can work together to unlock the many port & vessel business opportunities on the West Coast.

The annual Leadership100 Summit gathers U.S. offshore wind leaders for an intimate working meeting to identify the industry’s pressing, shared challenges and develop action plans to continue growing a robust U.S. offshore wind industry and supply chain. This event is for invited Oceantic Network members only. Invitations are non-transferrable. 

Oceantic Network’s Ventus Gala brings together the global offshore wind community to celebrate our collective accomplishments as well as honor the leaders and innovators that inspire the industry with ingenuity and confidence. Join your peers and colleagues at the annual event, taking place April 29, 2025, in Virginia Beach and enjoy an evening of coming together to share in the growth, achievements, and excellence in our industry.  Meet the 2025 Ventus Award Finalists.

The Ventus Awards are Oceantic Network’s highest level of professional recognition, celebrating the trailblazing people, companies, organizations, and work worldwide ushering in the global adoption of offshore wind and other ocean renewables.   

New in 2025, Oceantic Network has broadened nominations for select Ventus Award categories to reflect the evolution of Oceantic Network’s mission, vision, and membership. The Ventus Awards will continue to shine a spotlight on those who are making a difference in the world through their talent, drive, and commitment to advance offshore wind and, now, other ocean renewables as well as improve the environment.  

Presented in eleven categories designed to honor all contributions and facets of the ocean renewables industry on a global scale, the awards now fall under two groups:   

Open to all Ocean Renewables  

• Advancement in Project Siting and Development  
• HSE Program of the Year 
• Innovation of the Year 
• Next Wave Leadership 
• Talent Management Leadership 
• Viterna Award for Engineering Excellence 

Awards Specific to Offshore Wind  

• Offshore Wind Leadership 
• Offshore Wind Trailblazer 
• Supply Chain Advancement – Private Sector  
• Supply Chain Advancement – Public Sector