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.

Implementing new coating solutions in the offshore wind industry is challenging, particularly when transitioning from smaller, one-off structures to serial production while maintaining high standards of quality and manufacturing efficiency. This presentation explores how close collaboration between end customers, fabricators, and coating suppliers, supported by targeted training and technical expertise, has accelerated this transition. The approach improved quality performance at the same time as targeting reduced cycle time. The lessons learned highlight the importance of structured requirements, competence development, and early technical engagement, while demonstrating how greater industry-wide standardization can deliver long-term benefits for both quality and manufacturing efficiency.

Electrochemical impedance measurements have become a standard method for assessing the performance of protective coatings. Embedded sensors extend this capability by enabling continuous monitoring, providing deeper insight into coating degradation processes than periodic inspections alone.

This presentation highlights examples from both laboratory testing and field applications, where coating impedance is monitored alongside environmental parameters. The resulting data support long-term evaluation of coating performance, improve assessment of corrosion under insulation (CUI) risk, and demonstrate the value of continuous coating impedance measurements for condition-based asset management.

Remote monitoring provides a continuous picture of corrosion and cathodic protection performance that cannot be obtained through periodic inspection alone. This presentation describes how corrosion probes, reference electrodes, current measurements, coupons and environmental sensors can be combined in an integrated remote monitoring system for offshore structures.

Such sensors provide detailed information at selected locations, including corrosion rate, protection potential and changes in the surrounding environment. However, local measurements do not necessarily represent the condition of the complete structure. The presentation therefore also discusses methods for assessing coating degradation at structure level through the electrical response of the structure and its cathodic protection system.

Together, sensor-based and structure-wide monitoring can support early detection, optimisation of protection and evidence-based lifetime assessment.

Laser cleaning is increasingly considered as an alternative to conventional coating removal and surface preparation methods, but industrial adoption requires more than simply increasing laser power.
Dual Core Laser (DCL®) technology introduces a new degree of process control by independently controlling the energy delivered through the core and surrounding ring of the laser beam. This enables the interaction between laser and surface to be tailored towards different objectives, from rapid coating removal to controlled modification of the underlying substrate.
The presentation will discuss the operating principles of DCL®, early industrial experience, and its potential for creating controlled and reproducible surfaces for subsequent coating applications. It will also address the remaining technical questions around process windows, thermal effects, surface topography and qualification.

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.