This year we will be holding the Blue Innovation Symposium from February 22-24, 2022, in-person, at the Wyndham Hotel, Middletown, RI.

Highlights from the 2020 Blue Innovation Symposium included a surprise announcement from Stefan Pryor, RI Secretary of Commerce who revealed that Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, in partnership with offshore wind developer Ørsted, would open its US Innovation Hub in Providence, RI. We also presented our inaugural Rising Tide Awards to Dr. Jim Bellingham, director of the Center for Marine Robotics (CMR) at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Boston Engineering of Waltham, Massachusetts and GeoSpectrum Technologies of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, all in recognition of their contributions to the industry.

The Blue Innovation Symposium is organized by the Marine & Oceanographic Technology Network (MOTN), the Consulate General of Canada in Boston, and TSC Strategic.

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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.)

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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

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

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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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