Conference Program & Presentations: Wed
7:30am - 8:45am: Registration, Networking, and Exhibitor Tables
8:45am - 9:00am: Welcome Remarks and 2017 Captain Rick Williams Ocean Energy Leader Award Presentation
Jason Busch, Executive Director, Pacific Ocean Energy Trust, Oregon Wave Energy Trust, Co-Chair, Marine Energy Council
Rick Williams , Principal, Oregon Applied Research
Recipient to be announced
9:00am - 10:15am: Looking West for Energy
The North American energy system is evolving quickly, and new parameters are guiding the development. What landscape-level shifts are happening today in the Western energy sector, and what economic, policy, and environmental drivers do we anticipate will have the greatest impact on that sector in the future?
Rebecca O'Neil, Program Manager, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Nancy Hirsh, Executive Director, Northwest Energy Coalition
Kieran Connolly, Vice-President of Generation Asset Management, Bonneville Power Administration
Brendan McCarthy, Portland General Electric
Laura Zagar, Perkins Coie LLP
10:15am - 10:45am: Networking Break
10:45am - 12:00pm: Smart Planning for Marine Renewables
Achieving the comprehensive vision of a thriving marine energy sector – one with testing infrastructure, economic development, innovation, research and commercialization – requires a long view. How should we strategically invest over time? What should we do (and what should we not worry about) in the next 3 to 5 years to achieve that greater vision? The panel will speak to strategic investment, what gateways lie ahead for all renewable energy innovation and how to prepare for them, and policy support needed today and in the future.
Rebecca O'Neil, Program Manager, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Mike Starrett, Energy Policy Analyst, Northwest Power and Conservation Council
Commissioner Megan Decker, Oregon Public Utility Commission
Alejandro Moreno, Director Water Power Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy
Ruchi Sadhir, Energy Policy Advisor, Oregon Governor Kate Brown
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Networking Lunch
12:30pm - 1:00pm: East Coast Offshore Wind - Liftoff!
Ross Tyler, Development & Strategy, Business Network for Offshore Wind
1:00pm - 2:15pm: Marine Renewables and its Implications for Coastal Resilience.
In the Pacific Northwest, the Cascadia subduction zone earthquake and resultant tsunami present serious threats to the life, infrastructure, and the economy. But ice storms, floods, forest fires, and other more regular disasters also drastically affect society. How might marine renewables reduce the risk of these types of threats, while strengthening the grid during normal conditions? How might marine renewables fare in these situations, and how might they reduce the downtime after such events?
Rick Williams, Principal, Oregon Applied Research
Ted Brekken, Associate Professor, Energy Systems, Oregon State University
Adam Schultz, Senior Policy Analyst, Oregon Department of Energy
Dr. Bryson Robertson, University of Victoria
Thomas E. McDermott, Chief Engineer, Integration, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
2:15pm - 2:30pm: Sandia Laboratory Update on Permitting Issues
Jesse Roberts, Sandia National Laboratories
Dr. Sharon Kramer, Principal, H. T. Harvey & Associates
Anna West, Kearns & West
2:30pm - 3:00pm: Networking Break
3:00pm - 4:15pm: Environmental Issue - Update and Path to Risk Retirement
Over the past several years, significant progress has been made in understanding the effects, or lack thereof, from marine renewable energy on the ocean environment. This panel will report out from the previous day’s regulatory workshop, provide a summary of the state of the science, and discuss how our improved understanding can impact the regulatory process for early testing and demonstration projects.
Cherise Gaffney, Partner, Stoel Rives
Dr. Sharon Kramer, Principal, H. T. Harvey & Associates
Dr. Andrea Copping, Senior Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Keith Kirkendall, Environmental Services, Branch Chief, NOAA Fisheries Service
David G. Ainley, PH.D, Seabird Ecologist, H.T. Harvey & Associates
Dr. Lisa Gilbane, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
4:15pm - 5:30pm: West Coast Maritime Economic Sector Initiative
Marine renewable energy is a growing sector with significant economic, social, and environmental upsides. But this sector is part of a larger cluster of marine related industries that collectively constitute the "blue economy." This panel will discuss the development of marine renewables within the context of the blue economy, and explore how marine renewables can build on this growing sector and contribute to its growth.
Duncan Wyse, President, Oregon Business Council
Rick Williams, Principal, Oregon Applied Research
Aaron Porter, Coastal Engineer, Mott MacDonald
Michael B. Jones, President, The Maritime Alliance
Joshua Berger, Governors' Maritime Sector League, State of Washington
5:30pm: Closing Remarks and Adjourn for Day
5:30pm - 7:30pm: Conference Welcome Reception
MHK Track Thursday
Marine Hydrokinetic Track
8:00am: Department of Energy’s Water Power Technology Office: MHK Program Strategy
As part of this year’s conference, we would like to invite the marine hydrokinetic energy community to participate in a special event that will feature leadership and staff of the Department of Energy’s Water Power Technology Office. Alejandro Moreno, Director for the WPTO, and his team will discuss the program’s forward thinking MHK Program Strategy, which will help guide the future of this energy sector in the years to come. This will be an excellent opportunity to connect with long-time program staff, and introduce yourself to some of the new members of the team.
9:30am - 10:45am: PMEC SETS: Making the Most of a Regional Asset
The Pacific Marine Energy Center's South Energy Test Site should be operational by 2020. Once complete, this facility will be an anchor asset for the region, attract wave energy companies to build, transport, deploy, operate, and decommission their respective technologies. The European Marine Energy Center has been operational for several years, and represents a model that PMEC SETS and the Pacific Northwest can emulate. This panel will discuss PMEC SETS and how we can make the most of this opportunity.
Brian Polagye, co-Director, Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center
Belinda A. Batten, Executive Associate Dean, College of Engineering, Oregon State University
Steven Dewitt, Technology Manager, U.S. Department of Energy
Elaine Buck, Technology Manager, EMEC
10:45am - 11:15am: Networking Break & Exhibits
11:15am - 12:30pm: Early Adopter Markets for Marine Renewables
MHK devices have the potential to provide power to a number of end markets that are characterized by high cost, high value energy needs. These early adopter markets can help to further prove the technologies, lower LCOE, and act as a stepping stone to developing MHK power for the grid-scale market. This panel will explore some of these potential markets with direct examples and applicability to the Pacific Region.
Dr. Andrea Copping, Senior Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jeremy Kasper, University of Alaska, Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center
Dana Manalang, Senior Engineer, Applied Physics Lab, University of Washington
John Moehl, Ph.D., Aquaculture Specialist, Realised Expectations/AFFIRM
Bill McShane, Water Power Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy
12:30pm - 1:30pm: Networking Lunch with Keynote Speaker: Commissioner David Hochschild - California Energy Commssion Presentation: Pt. 1, Pt. 2
1:30pm - 1:45pm: Federal Update
Paul Gay, Vice President with SMI and well-respected advocate for MHK in Washington DC, will provide a description of the federal landscape related to marine energy policy and research and development funding activities.
1:45pm - 3:00pm: The Growing Role of the Department of Defense in Marine Renewables
The Department of Defense has focused on replacing fossil fuels with renewables as part of its long term strategy to save cost, improve effectiveness, and most importantly, save the lives of soldiers. As part of that effort, the Navy, in particular, has focused on marine renewable energy. Today, several companies and researchers have received naval funding, and wave energy technology companies have deployed at the Navy's Wave Energy Test Site, located at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. This panel will discuss the growing role of the DOD, and explore how the marine renewables community can work with the DOD.
Damian Kunko, Vice President, SMI
Alexandra De Visser, Project Manager, NAVFAC EXWC
Benjamin Maurer, Ph.D, Senior Engineer, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
Lauren Moraski, Technology Manager, U.S. Department of Energy
3:00pm - 3:30pm: Networking Break
3:30pm - 4:45pm: Bringing it All Together: Next Steps to Commercialization
Opening the Pacific Ocean to renewable energy development represents an enormous opportunity and challenge. Localized opposition is inevitable, organized, and effective, while widespread generalized public support can be diffuse and ineffective. This panel will bring together labor, the environmental NGO community, and industry to discuss how a path can be paved to the responsible development of offshore projects.
Justin Klure, Partner, Pacific Energy Ventures
Sandy Aylesworth, Oceans Advocate, Natural Resources Defense Council
Dr. Stephanie McClellan, Ph.D., Director, Special Initiative on Offshore Wind, University of Delaware
Jim Lanard, CEO, Magellan Wind
Jesse Scott-Kandoll, NW Carpenters
4:45pm - 5:00pm: Closing Remarks and Announcements: Adjourn
Conference Program: OSW Track Thursday
Offshore Wind Track
9:30am - 10:45am: Preparing the Way: Potential, Status, and Process of Offshore Wind on West Coast
The west coast of the United States is almost 2000 miles long, and has some of the best wind resources in the world. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has jurisdiction over the outer continental shelf, and they have begun to plan for offshore wind development, especially in California. This panel will analyze the prospects for offshore wind, with a special focus on the planning and permitting processes, and the work that needs to be done to move this industry forward expeditiously.
Jason Bush, Executive Director, POET, Co-Chair, Marine Energy Council
Christopher Potter, Ocean Protection Council, California Natural Resources Agency
10:45am - 11:15am: Networking Break & Exhibits
11:15am - 12:30pm: Deep Water, Floating Wind, and New Opportunities
The west coast continental shelf drops precipitously within miles of shoreline. This geologic feature effectively eliminates the prospects for traditional bottom-mounted offshore wind energy, but it opens the door to the opportunities of floating offshore wind energy. This panel will review the status of the floating wind sector, and analyze the opportunities and challenges for this sector on the west coast.
Chris Elkington, Project Manager, DNV GL
Antoine Peiffer, Aero-Hydro Lead Engineer, Principle Power Inc.
Michael Olsen, Senior Director, Business Development, New Energy Solutions, Statoil
Jason Folsom, Head of Sales, Offshore Americas, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
12:30pm - 1:30pm: Networking Lunch with Keynote Speaker: Commissioner David Hochschild - California Energy Commssion Presentation: Pt. 1, Pt. 2
1:45pm - 3:00pm: Moving Forward with Floating Wind: Enabling Technologies Necessary to the Success of Floating Wind
The West Coast of the United States has extensive land-based wind development. As the wind industry looks west to ocean-based wind projects, how does it build on the existing wind sector's experience, supply chain, and capabilities. What technologies provide crossover capability and enable these new projects? And how do we maximize the economic benefits to the region?
Ross Tyler, Development and Strategy, Business Network for Offshore Wind
Julia Willmott, Normandeau Associates, Inc.
Don Bryan, General Manager, MacArtney Inc. - Pacific Northwest Operations
3:00pm - 3:30pm: Networking Break
3:30pm - 4:45pm: Bringing it All Together: Next Steps to Commercialization
Opening the Pacific Ocean to renewable energy development represents an enormous opportunity and challenge. Localized opposition is inevitable, organized, and effective, while widespread generalized public support can be diffuse and ineffective. This panel will bring together labor, the environmental NGO community, and industry to discuss how a path can be paved to the responsible development of offshore projects.
Justin Klure, Pacific Energy Ventures
Sandy Aylesworth, Oceans Advocate, Natural Resources Defense Council
Dr. Stephanie McClellan, Ph.D., Director, Special Initiative on Offshore Wind, University of Delaware
Jim Lanard, CEO, Magellan Wind
Jesse Scott-Kandoll, NW Carpenters
4:45pm - 5:00pm: Closing Remarks and Announcements: Adjourn
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