Speakers

Last Updated (Thursday, 22 July 2010 13:13)

Featured Speakers from the 3rd Annual Global Marine Renewable Energy Conference

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Industry Support

Moderator: Eoin Sweeney, Sustainable Energy Ireland
Jason Busch, Oregon Wave Energy Trust
Chris Campbell, Ocean Renewable Energy Group
John Miller, New England Marine Renewable Energy Center
Mark Sinclair, Clean Energy States Alliance
Tom Lamb, Scottish Development International
Michael Rosenfeld, UK Trade & Investment

Keynotes

Governor Christine O. Gregoire
Liz Birnbaum, Director, Minerals Management Service
Will Lutgen, Executive Director of NWPPA

Lunch

PJ Dougherty

Lessons From Other Industries:

Moderator: Harry Kolar, IBM Smart Bay
Sue Skemp, Florida Atlantic University
Jack Harlan, Integrated Ocean Observing System
Michael Grainey, Oregon Business Development Department
David Gibson, Oregon Ironworks
Brad Given, Renewable Energy Composites
Bob West, Ocean Energy Institute

DOE Funded Research:

Moderator: Alejandro Moreno, DOE
Bob Thresher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jose Zayas, Sandia National Laboratory
Andrea Copping, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Michael Reed, DOE

Update on FY ’08-’09 DOE Project Summaries:

Moderator: Tim Ramsey, DOE
Craig Collar, Snohomish PUD
Meleah Ashford, Oregon State University
Brian Polagye, University of Washington
Robert Blair, PG&E Wave Connect
Alan Miller, Lockheed Martin

Thursday April 15, 2010

International Cooperation Programs

Moderator: Melanie Nadeau, International Electrotechnical Committee
John Huckerby, International Energy Agency-Ocean Energy Systems
Jochen Bard, ORECA
David Ingram, Equimar
Henry Jeffrey, University of Edinburgh, SuperGen
Tony Lewis, University College, Cork
Alla Weinstein, European Ocean Energy Association

Evaluating Ecological Effects:

Moderator, Dallas Meggitt, Sound & Sea Technologies
Stephen Bowler, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Dominic Tollit, SMRU
Jim Thomson, University of Washington
George Boehlert, OSU, Hatfield Marine Sciences
Bridgette Lohrman, NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service
Gareth Davies, Aquatera

Deployments & the Stories That Go With Them:

Moderator: Michael Murphy, HDR/DTA
Richard Morris, European Marine Energy Centre
John McCarthy, Galway Bay/Mayo
James Taylor, Nova Scotia Power
David Langston, WaveGen
Frank Neumann, Wave Energy Centre-Portugal

Lunch

Matt Simmons

CEO Forum:

Moderator: Bill Holmes, Stoel Rives
Derek Robertson, WaveBob
Bill Staby, Resolute Marine Energy
John McCarthy, Ocean Energy Limited
Jim “Brent” Dehlsen, Ecomerit Technologies
Steve Klein, Snohomish PUD

CEO Forum:

Moderator: Keith Martin, Chadbourne Park
Chris Sauer, Ocean Renewable Power Company
George Taylor, OPT
Martin McAdam, Aquamarine Power
Ali Baghaei, Oceanlinx
Ron Smith, Verdant Power