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Join Team Norway at the 3rd Korea-Norway Offshore Wind Business Forum

19.11.2025

Location: Seoul, Korea

Conference

The 3rd Korea-Norway Offshore Wind Business Forum is going to be held on 19 November in Seoul. You can also apply for site visits to the Jeonnam region (18 Nov) and B2B meetings (20 Nov) with relevant offshore wind companies in the Korean market in Seoul.

Since its launch in 2023, the Forum has attracted strong interest from both Norwegian businesses and Korean stakeholders, with around 80–100 participants each year, including developers, government agencies, EPC contractors, shipowners, suppliers, and power companies. Building on this success, we are delighted to continue the tradition this year. The main theme is to explore and identify cooperation opportunities between Norway and Korea in offshore wind, with a spotlight on early phase engineering, geoscience/physical engineering, seabed mooring, and marine installation and operations.

Programme

18 Nov: Site visit (Application deadline Oct 31)

- Jeonnam is the region where offshore wind projects are most actively being developed in Korea
- Covers site visit to an ongoing project, port, or production facility. (The site visit program is subject to change depending on the number of participants.)
- Min. 5 companies and max. 25 persons on a first-come first-served basis
- Expenses for travel between Seoul and Jeonnam and hotel are not covered. However rental bus and lunch on 18 Nov are inclusive

Price: NOK 5,000

19 Nov: Business forum (Application deadline Nov 7)

- Covers the Forum followed by a networking reception
- Meet with the key offshore wind players in Korea
- Focus on high potential areas of cooperation between Norway and Korea

Price: NOK 5,000

20 Nov: B2B meetings (Application deadline Oct 31)

- Covers B2B meetings with relevant stakeholders in Korea
- Max 10 companies on a first-come first-served basis
- An online interview will be carried out with each company to get aligned on relevant companies in Korea. (Maximum 2 or 3 B2B meetings per each Norwegian company will be arranged depending on situation such as profile of your company, interest/availability of counterparts in Korea, practical arrangements, etc.)

Price: NOK 7,500

Additional information

Note that participants’ travel expenses, including transportation, accommodation costs, etc., are not included in the program participation fee.

Not sure what to expect? See video from the 2nd (2024) Korea-Norway Business Forum:

Organisers

INNOVATION NORWAY

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ROYAL NORWEGIAN EMBASSY IN SEOUL

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KOREA WIND ENERGY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

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NORWEGIAN OFFSHORE WIND

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Partners

DOF GROUP ASA

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EQUINOR ASA

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FRED. OLSEN WINDCARRIER ASA

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JOTUN A/S

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KONGSBERG MARITIME AS

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Important conditions

Companies must adhere to standards for responsible business conduct, including Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria.

Participants are expected to operate in accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct. This entails conducting business responsibly, respecting human rights, ensuring decent working conditions, safeguarding environmental considerations, and actively preventing corruption.

Companies must carry out their own due diligence assessments (risk assessments) to identify, prevent, and mitigate potential adverse impacts.