UMass Dartmouth Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
151 Martine St, Fall River, MA 02723
USA
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Conference topic: Testing the Waters for Ocean Wind, Wave, Tidal Energy Development in New England
Final Agenda May 10, 2018
Conference Date: Wednesday May 16, 2018
Location: Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship 151 Martine Street, Fall River, MA
Purpose: The purpose of this conference is to bring together representatives of industry, government and research to share updates on the progress, opportunities and challenges of commercializing ocean energy in the US. Ocean energy is seen as a large, untapped frontier with initial successes demonstrated in Europe in the form of large offshore wind farms, with more modest testing and demonstrations of more nascent wave and tidal technologies. There are many risks and high costs to developing devices that can survive in the harsh ocean environment. One fundamental solution to de-risk the development of new technologies is to provide developers with a place to test their devices in the ocean waters, close to shore near infrastructure, a ready supply chain and a capable workforce, to facilitate commercialization.
With recent investments by MACEC and others in the Wind Technology Test Center; the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal (designed to serve as an assembly area for offshore wind operations) and the newly installed Bourne Tidal Test Site, MA is looking more and more attractive as place for ocean energy device developers to test equipment and manufacture it here for the US and export markets.
Sponsored by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Massachusetts Clean Energy Center with assistance from the Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative. Additional organizational sponsors include: Marine and Oceanographic Technology Network, Marine Technology Society’s Marine Renewable Energy Committee, others.
Who should attend? This conference will provide attendees (device developers, supply chain participants, workforce planners, investors and interested citizens) with a snap shot of what is going on in ocean energy in MA and New England. There will be plenty of time for networking and information exchange. Technical posters will be displayed by students and faculty.
AGENDA (Visit https://www.umassd.edu/innovate/events/
marinerenewableenergyconference/ for updates.)
10:30 Registration and coffee
University Research Posters on Display throughout conference. See Call for Poster Abstracts below)
11:00 Intros and Overview: Roger Race-Boston Engineering
11:05: Dr. Steven Lorenz, Dean, UMass Dartmouth’s School for Marine Science and Technology
Galen Nelson, Sr. Director Innovation & Industry Support, MassCEC
11:15: Keynote Address: Galen Nelson, Sr. Director Innovation & Industry Support, MassCEC Overview of what the State of MA is thinking with regards to creating a business environment for clean energy technology development. Specifically, Ocean Energy (wind, tides, waves)
12:00-1:15 Lunch and Networking University Research Posters on Display throughout conference
1:15-2:15 Panel 1: State of the Ocean Energy Playing field in New England: Session Chair: Maggie Merrill, Marine Marketing Services and MRECo
- Offshore Wind: Richard Andre, President – Vineyard Wind
- Ocean Waves: William Staby, President and CEO, Resolute Marine
- Tidal Energy: David Duquette, President Littoral Systems
2:15-2:30: Coffee and Networking University Research Posters on Display throughout conference
Elise Korejwa, UMD Public Policy
2:30-3:30 Panel 2: NE Assets to Support Ocean Energy Development Session Chair: Elise Korejwa, UMD Public Policy
- Supply Chain: Elise Korejwa, Sr. Research Associate, UMD Public Policy Center
- Training: Megan Amsler: Self Reliance, Inc.
- Tech and Maritime support (Cables, Instrumentation, Sensors): Rhonda Moniz,Hydroid, MOTN/MTS
- Structural design and manufacturing: Carl Horstmann, MassTank
John R. Miller, Executive Director, MRECo
3:30-4:30: Panel 3: Testing Infrastructure for Ocean Energy: Session Chair: John Miller, MRECo
- MA Wind Technology Test Center: George Blagdon, Technical Manager MA Wind Technology Test Center
- MRECo Bourne Tidal Test Site (BTTS), Eben Franks, MRECo Operations and Site manager
- Massachusetts Maritime Academy; Hung “Tom” Pham, Dir. Ctr. For Renewable and Responsible Energy (CRRE)
Hung “Tom” Pham, Dir. Ctr. For Renewable and Responsible Energy (CRRE)
John Ferland, President & COO, ORPC, Inc.
4:30-5:00 PM Regional incubator to global market: Regional incubator to global market: Lessons along the path to commercialization: John Ferland, President & COO, ORPC, Inc.
5-6PM: Refreshments and Networking University Research Posters on Display throughout conference
Call for Technical Poster Abstracts
This one day conference aims to bring together ocean energy businesses, developers , government folks to look at what testing facilities and infrastructure are available and needed to bring ocean energy systems to commercial levels right here in the Commonwealth. A Preliminary Agenda for the conference is available at: https://www.umassd.edu/innovate/events/
marinerenewableenergyconference/.
Wednesday May 16, 2018 Conference : Testing the Waters for Ocean Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy Development in New England
Time: 10:30 AM – 6:00PM
Location: Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship; 151 Martine Street, Fall River, MA
Due Date: Submit Poster Abstract no Later than Monday April 30, 2018 to Conference manager, maggielmerrill@gmail.com
Format: 300 word description with figures and/or entire proposed poster is acceptable as an abstract if one exists already. Please include author name (s), research/poster title, university affiliation, email address and tel/text.
Topics to include:
Test and evaluation of ocean wind, wave and tidal parameters
Ocean wind, wave, tidal energy device innovations
Small scale ocean wind, wave, tidal devices in need of testing prior to commercialization
Other related topics will be considered.
The posters will be displayed in reception area all day at the conference. Poster authors are expected to stand by their posters during the registration, coffee breaks, part of lunch (you can certainly eat lunch!) and during the reception. Student and faculty poster authors are provided free admission to the conference which includes free parking, refreshments and lunch.
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STUDENT AND FACULTY POSTERS DEADLINE FOR THIS EVENT EXTENDED TO FRIDAY MAY 11.
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