The Offshore Renewable Energy Conference (OREC2013), which will take place in Singapore from 29th to 31st October 2013, will bring together academic and professional researchers and engineers, government policy makers, and business professionals from the Offshore Renewable Energy domain. The aim of the conference is to share the latest developments in policy, fundamental research, and readily-commercialized technologies involved in offshore energy generation, transmission, and distribution. This will be a forum for leading energy professionals to meet to discuss their contributions to the challenges faced in Offshore Renewable Energy and to discover the opportunities that await them.