A unique meeting place for players in the oil and energy industry

Offshore Technology Days (OTD) started in 1999 with a seminar at AGR in Straume, outside Bergen to which 7 companies were invited. Since then, OTD has become Norway’s largest annual oil & energy industry exhibition, and only exceeded by ONS. In 2006 Offshore Media Group (OMG) took over responsibility for organising the event and that year the exhibition had 120 exhibitors and 3,000 visitors.

In 2007, OMG decided to move OTD to the Arenum Exhibition Centre in Bergen. With more than 200 stands and over 8,000 visitors, 2007 was regarded as a breakthrough for OTD. The accompanying Octoberfest event was also a huge success with 1,200 participants from among the exhibiting companies. The success continued and in the three following years the exhibition has been a sell-out with 220 stands and more than 10,000 visitors.

But it is not only size that makes OTD a unique meeting place for suppliers and operators in the oil and energy sector. The reason so many companies return year after year and why so many new players are applying is because OTD offers the perfect venue for forging new contacts and cultivating existing ones. In short, all feedback shows that OTD in its dense and concentrated form gives concrete results, also for smaller companies.

OTD is dimensioned so that all exhibiting companies have a chance to participate in our famous Octoberfest social event on the evening of the opening day of the exhibition. The social framework around OTD is designed to give “value added interaction” and provide participants with an opportunity to meet in less formal surroundings.

OTD is a meeting place where a convivial atmosphere provides the right conditions for discussing future cooperation plans and business projects.

In combination with OTD, we at OMG also organise a variety of co-events such as conferences, seminars and student arrangements.

Welcome to OTD in Bergen!