Standards related to coatings, surface preparation, corrosion evaluations, and cathodic protection continue to evolve. Appointed national experts propose new technical recommendations, technical guidelines and standards, which is then evaluated within the appropriate technical committees.

The presentation will provide information on the procedure on how standards are developed, and which standards that are currently being proposed and developed within the coating, corrosion and cathodic protection area within ISO. The presentation will also reflect on the quality of standards and the limitations of the system as well as – more importantly – the strength of standards.

The offshore wind industry is under increasing pressure to reduce costs while extending asset lifetimes. This creates new challenges for corrosion protection systems, which must ensure long-term structural integrity while supporting increasingly demanding economic targets.

This presentation discusses key challenges and emerging trends in coating and cathodic protection systems for offshore wind foundations, including fabrication, lifetime extension, corrosion monitoring, and optimization of corrosion protection strategies. Based on practical experience from recent projects and operating assets, the presentation provides insights into how corrosion protection systems are evolving to balance the demands of future offshore wind developments.

Coating failure is invisible until it isn’t — cracks, voids and corrosion build up beneath the surface long before they show. In this talk, I share the journey behind Applied Material Intelligence (AMI), a DTU spin-out built to finally make terahertz light a reliable industrial tool rather than a lab curiosity. I’ll cover why we chose to spin the technology out of DTU, how our terahertz cross-correlation approach works, and why it’s the first inspection method that is contactless, non-destructive, safe and scalable at once. Through concrete coatings examples — including work with Hempel — you’ll see how this changes the speed and confidence with which coating performance can be developed and verified. My talk sets the stage for Behnam, who follows immediately after with the underlying research and measurement results in depth.

Terahertz spectroscopy is an emerging non-destructive technique for the inspection and quality control of protective coatings. It enables non-contact measurement of coating thickness, assessment of coating uniformity, monitoring of curing and drying processes, and detection of hidden defects or subsurface corrosion. This presentation demonstrates how terahertz measurements can be applied to marine coating systems, supported by experimental results and data-analysis methods. The method offers a rapid, non-contact approach with potential use in quality control, maintenance planning, and evaluation of coating performance.