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UMERC+METS Agenda

Note: This agenda is subject to change, and will be updated regularly with the latest information.

Tuesday, September 13

8:00 a.m. Registration and Coffee

9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks

TRACK 1

TRACK 2

9:30 a.m. Session 1

Modeling: WECs, Turbines, Controls, and Debris

Powering the Blue Economy

10:00 a.m. Networking Break

11:15 a.m. Plenary Speaker – Maha Haji, Assistant Professor, Cornell University

11:45 a.m. Session 2

Materials and Modeling

Desalination and Innovative Marine Energy Harvest

1:15 p.m. Lunch

2:15 p.m. Session 3

Innovative Tools, LCOE, and Efficiencies for Marine Energy

Resource Assessment and Characterization

3:45 p.m. Networking Break

4:00 p.m. Session 4

Software and Databases for Marine Energy

INORE Workshop

5:30 p.m. UMERC+METS Reception

Wednesday, September 14

8:30 a.m. Registration and Coffee

9:00 a.m. Session 5

Laboratory and Tank Testing

Environmental

10:30 a.m. Plenary Session

11:00 a.m. Networking Break / Poster Session

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m. Session 6

Open Water and Laboratory Testing

Social Sciences

2:30 p.m. Networking Break

3:00 p.m. Session 7

Array Layout and Optimization

Novel WECs and Turbines

4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks and Prizes

5:00 p.m. OREC Reception

Thank you to our sponsors

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