Sesam User Conference 2026

Get a high-level overview of the latest developments in Sesam and Bladed. Learn how recent improvements in compliance, integration, automation, and workflow efficiency are helping engineers address evolving challenges across offshore wind and offshore structures.

Presenter(s) soon to be announced.

Track A: 

Engineering floating structures faster, with confidence 

See how recent developments in Sesam and Bladed support more efficient design and analysis of floating offshore structures. The session covers improved compliance checks, analysis methods, coupled workflows with OrcaFlex and SIMA, and automation through HydroD, helping engineers reduce uncertainty and streamline floating wind and fatigue assessments.

Track B:  

Continuous advancement of Sesam and Bladed for fixed-bottom offshore wind turbine structures 

See how recent developments in Sesam and Bladed support more efficient engineering of fixed-bottom offshore wind structures. The session covers improvements in modelling, meshing, seismic loading and large-model analysis, as well as closer integration between turbine, foundation and structural design workflows.

Track A: 

Better-informed floating wind design with coupled analysis 

This session covers integrated floating wind workflows, including SIMA-Bladed coupling, Bladed concept models, floater flexibility, workflow integration in HydroD and the DPT approach.

Track B: 

Code checking and fatigue of beams and plates 

This session covers recent improvements in fatigue assessment and code checking for beams and plates, including weld-root fatigue checks, closer GeniE and Sesam Core integration, and updated support for NORSOK N-004:2022 and ISO 19902:2020. It also introduces improved monopile buckling assessments and new Xtract visualization capabilities for more efficient model screening.

Odfjell Technology

Børge Linde, Principal Engineer, Structural & Analysis P&E 

Espen Engebretsen, Discipline Lead Marine Analysis P&E 

Topic: From coupled analysis to structural verification: Lessons from a multi-location floating wind pre-FEED 

Aker Solutions

Fengwei Guo, Specialist Structural Engineer

Topic: GeniE/Sestra to analyze deck structure's vibration by multiple steady-state excitations 

Recent developments in offshore wind standards, certification, and joint Industry Projects, with perspectives on future industry requirements.

Track A:  

Distributed Hydrodynamic Loading: Enhancing FOWT Analysis Fidelity 

As floating wind structures continue to grow in size and flexibility, traditional rigid-body assumptions need to be checked are becoming increasingly limiting. This session presents significant enhancements to the HydroD-Wadam-SIMA workflow, enabling distributed hydrodynamic loading to be incorporated into coupled analyses. This development makes it easier to evaluate the impact of floater flexibility within the coupled analyses. 

Track B: 

Advanced nonlinear and accidental load assessment 

See how the latest USFOS capabilities improve nonlinear structural assessment, including visualization, imperfection modelling, solution control, strain assessment and boat-impact analysis. Practical examples will show how these developments provide better insight, greater simulation control and more efficient ultimate-strength and accidental-load assessments.

Track A:  

What offshore code comparison projects mean for Sesam and Bladed users 

See how Sesam and Bladed’s participation in Offshore Code Comparison projects helps validate modelling approaches, verify key capabilities and improve offshore wind simulations.

Technical session:

Sintef Ocean 

Sigve Søråsen, Management Consultant 

Pål Levold, Senior Software Developer 

A new chapter - recent developments and the road ahead. An introduction to SINTEF Ocean Software, the recent developments in SIMA, and the direction of the product in close collaboration with DNV and the research environment in Trondheim.

Track B:  

End-to-end monopile design with Sesam and Bladed

Follow a complete monopile design workflow from efficient PISA curve development to turbine performance assessment using F2AT, Sesam and Bladed. Through a practical demonstration, you'll see how key inputs, analyses and results come together to support design decisions, faster iterations and greater confidence in monopile design.

See what’s next for Sesam and Bladed, including improved code checking, CAD and SACS integration, superelement analysis, floating wind modelling, automation and AI-assisted engineering, supporting more compliant, efficient and trusted offshore structural engineering.

Summary of key takeaways, Q&A and final remarks.  

An opportunity to continue discussions with industry peers, customers, and DNV experts in an informal setting. Sign up will be sent out shortly.