2nd Annual Ocean Energy for New England Conference

Thursday September 17, 2009
Cape Codder Resort, Hyannis , Massachusetts
8:00 AM - 1:30 PM

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Agenda

8:00 - 8:05 AM: Welcome and Intro- John Miller - Director of NE MREC
8:05 - 8:30 AM: Ocean Energy Technology Overview - John Miller - Director, NE MREC Current proposals for test sites and demonstration projects in New England
8:30 - 9:00 AM: Key Note: Current Status and Potential of Offshore Energy - Robert Thresher, Pd.D/P.E. Research Fellow - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
9:00 - 9:10 AM: MREC's Stakeholder Engagement Process- Jack Wiggin, Director, Urban Harbors Institute, UMass Boston
9:10 - 10:00 AM: Panel 1: Planning and Policy Process
Moderator: Greg Watson, Vice President, Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy, MA Clean Energy Center

• MA Draft Ocean Management Plan Update - Deerin Babb-Brott, Director, MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs /Office of Coastal Zone Management
• RI's Special Area Management Plan - Grover Fugate, Executive Director, RI Coastal Resources Management Council
• MMS's Offshore Renewable Energy Planning - Robert LaBelle, Deputy Associate Director, Offshore Energy and Minerals Management, U.S. Department of Interior Minerals Management Service
• A Streamlined Permitting Process for Ocean Energy Systems - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: Timothy Konnert, Office of Ocean Energy Projects

10:00 - 10:15 AM: Networking Break
10:15 - 11:15 AM: Panel 2: Grid Integration, Community Benefit and Jobs
Moderator: Steve Barrett, Director, Clean Energy , Harris Miller Miller and Hansen, Inc .

• MA Infrastructure for Renewable Energy - Karl Jessen, Mass Clean Energy Center
• Integrating Large Scale Windpower in ISO-NE - Bill Henson, Sr. Engineer, Renewable Resource Integration, Independent System Operators of NE
• Maximizing Community Benefit for Offshore Renewables - Chris Powicki, Principal, Water Energy & Ecology Information Services & President, Cape & Islands Renewable Energy Collaborative
• Workforce Readiness for Ocean Energy in New England - David Borrus - New England Carpenters and Mass Building Trades Pile Drivers Local 56

11:15 - 12:15 PM: Panel 3: Environmental and Public Interest Group Input
Moderator: Jack Clarke, Director, Government Relations, MA Audubon Society

• Engaging Stakeholders - A Necessary, Vital and Ongoing Process - Barbara Hill, Executive Director, Clean Power Now
• Viewing Ocean Energy Development Through an Ocean Conservation Lens - Priscilla Brooks, Ph.D, Director, Ocean Conservation Programs
• Commercial and Recreational Fishing Interests - David Casoni, Secretary/Treasurer MA Lobstermen's Assoc.
• Community Based Ocean Energy Project Case Study - Kitt Johnson, Town of Edgartown

12:30 - 1:30 PM: Lunch

Panel Wrap-up and Next Steps