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Introduction and Welcome -

• Liz Burdock, Business Network for Offshore Wind
  Jason Busch, Pacific Ocean Energy Trust

Purpose of Symposium and Global Status of OSW—

• Kevin Banister, Principle Power

State and Federal Perspectives on California’s Plan for Offshore Wind Energy -

• Commissioner Karen Douglas, California Energy Commission
  Joan Barminski, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

The Opportunities of Floating Wind: Cost Reduction, Supply Chain, and Port Infrastructure

Moderator – Ross Tyler, Business Network for Offshore Wind

• Global Cost Reductions in OSW & How This Affects the US Market - Jason Folsom, Commercial Head of Offshore Wind, Americas Region
  Offshore Wind Workforce: Experiences from Block Island - Robert Laufenberg, Carpenters
  Port Infrastructure Needs to Support Floating OSW Facilities on The Pacific West Coast - Aaron Porter, Coastal Engineer Mott MacDonald

 The Priorities of the Floating Offshore Wind Industry

Moderator – Liz Burdock, Business Network for Offshore Wind

• Global Cost Reductions—How the price of OSW is being driven down and the Outlook for Floating Wind - Thomas Brostrom, Dong Energy
  Floating Foundations: Opening Up Deeper Waters in the U.S. - Knut Aanstad, Statoil
  Status Update on the WindFloat Project - Joao Metelo, Principle Power
  The road to cost effective offshore wind, fixed and floating - Cian Conroy, Catapult

Lunch Presentations

• Accelerating Agencies and Stakeholder Acceptance of California Offshore Wind Projects - Bill Toman, San Marino Venture Group
  Why do Offshore Wind in California? - Alla Weinstein, Trident Wind
  Supporting state policies for offshore wind - Jeff Kehne, Magellan Wind

Potential Offshore Wind Energy Areas in California: An Assessment of Locations, Technology, and Costs

• Walt Musial, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Europe’s Experience with Offshore Wind and its Lessons for the United States

• Standards for environmental impact assessment for offshore wind farms: overview of EIA work required in the EU and areas of special significance Frank Thomsen, DHI

Innovation in Addressing Environmental Concerns in Offshore Wind

Moderator: Francine Kershaw, Natural Resource Defense Council

• Floating Lidar: Resource Characterization, Wind and Marine Life Data Collection - William Shaw, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  Marine Mammal and Protected Species Environmental Assessment and Mitigation To Inform the Permitting Process - Sarah Courbis, Environmental Specialist Ecology and Environment
  How to manage adverse impacts including noise mitigation - Erik Kalapinski, Principal Acoustic Consultant, Tetra Tech
  Pelagic Sea Birds - David Ainely, HT Harvey and Associates

Open Q&A with Industry Representatives

Facilitated by - Anna West, Kearns and West

• Statoil – Knut Aanstad
  Trident – Alla Weinstein
  Magellan – Jim Lanard
  Dong Energy – Thomas Brostrom

Where Offshore Wind Can Take California: Final Thoughts

• Joao Metelo, CEO Principle Power