FEATURE SPONSOR
SPARES & REPAIRS
AN INVITATION ONLY EVENT DEDICATED TO OWNERS AND OPERATORS
When we started working in the wind industry some 8 years ago and visited all the exhibitions and conferences that were run at that time we learnt from our conversations with the utility companies and O&M providers that they were missing a conference that was solely dedicated to owners and operators and their problems and issues.
QUO VADIS CONFERENCE – A HISTORY WITH RELEVANT AND VARIED LOCATIONS
So we created the Quo Vadis Conference which is for invited guests only, and the only guests invited are owners and operators.
It was also the first time that an exhibition area was attached to the conference which provided interested companies a great opportunity to meet a substantial number of industry movers and shakers.
In 2009 the Quo Vadis Conference welcomed 68 delegates to the Crowne Plaza Gatwick Hotel in Crawley. To provide free access to the conference to a growing number of participants was again only possible with the help of sponsors and exhibitors.
METOFFICE
The following year conference followed an invitation by the MetOffice to hold the event at their facility in Exeter. The pre-event
Berlin 2013 event location in 2013: Park Inn by Radisson on the right with the TV Tower in the centre
LEEDS CASTLE
In November 2012 the delegates were invited to Leeds Castle near Maidstone in Kent which provided a spectacular backdrop for another successful convention. The number of owners and operators represented had grown to an impressive 22.
BERLIN
The seventh Quo Vadis Conference travelled to mainland Europe, namely Berlin. A large number of delegates participated in the guided bus tour of Berlin City on Wednesday afternoon. This was followed by the pre-event dinner held 207 m above ground in the rotating restaurant of the Berlin TV Tower. The conference proper
SKF FACILITY
The first Quo Vadis Conference was held in November 2007 at the SKF facility in Luton with 38 delegates.
ORBISENERGY CENTRE
The following year saw the newly built OrbisEnergy Centre in Lowestoft as the event’s location. This was the first time that a pre-event dinner was provided for the participants who had already travelled to the location the day before the conference.
dinner was given at the local Mercure Hotel where most of the delegates stayed.
BELFAST HARBOUR AND THE TITANIC QUARTER
The fifth Quo Vadis Conference saw 98 delegates convene at the splendid Harbour Commissioners Office in Belfast.
As an additional attraction a tour of Belfast Harbour and the Titanic Quarter was arranged on the afternoon before the conference. The main sponsor for this event was Invest NI.
was held at the Park Inn by Radisson on the Alexanderplatz in the centre of Berlin with 29 owners and operators represented.
2014 – HAMBURG
This year’s Quo Vadis Conference will take place on 22nd and 23rd October in Hamburg.
Invitations to eligible participants will be sent in late spring/early summer.
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