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Opening by Minister Kyne and addresses by SEAI and DP Energy (sponsors). Chaired by Peter Coyle, Chairman of MRIA
Session 1: 'What is happening on the development front?'. Chaired by Dr Peter Heffernan, CEO of the Marine Institute
Progress of OPIN - Diane Tangney
European Developments - Remi Gruet, Chief Executive of Ocean Energy Europe
Scottish Developments - Jan Reid, Scottish Enterprise
Perspectives on Offshore Renewable Energy Consenting - Danielle Conaghan, Partner, Arthur Cox
Session 2: 'Technology and support progress'. Chaired by Sam McCloskey, DIrector of Centre for Advanced Sustainable Energy, QUB
Tidal Flyer - Theo Devanney, Open Ocean Energy
GKinetic - Vincent McCormack, CEO
Hywind - Jill Tully, Statoil (Equinor)
Carnegie Wavepower - Kieran O' Brien, Director
5 Minute Snapshots:
Optiwave: Aengus Connolly, Wood PLC
Wave Force Energy - John Miller
Marine Spatial Planning Underway - Phillip Nugent, DHPLG
IEC Standards - John Fitzgerald, IEC TC 114 Ireland
An Environmental Viewpoint - Brian Burke, BirdWatch Ireland
Infrastucture Gap Analysis - Paul Doherty, CEO, Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions
Perspectives on Emerging Technology Options - Brendan Barry, ESB
SmartBay is back! - John Breslin, General Manager
Bombora Wavepower - Sam Leighton, Managing Director
Wave Energy Resource Assessment - Charlotte O'Kelly, Managing Director, Techworks Marine
Tribute Eoin Sweeney RIP, a pioneer - Professor Tony Lewis
LUNCH
Session 3 'A selection of projects under the MaREI programme'. Chair: Jimmy Murphy MaREI
Introduction to benchmark WEC project- Brian Flannery, UCC and Matthew Ancellin, UCD
MaREI future research in MRE- Jimmy Murphy, UCC
Numerical modelling of the ocean energy wave energy convertor- Wanen Sheng, MaREI
Testing of hybrid wind and wave platform- M Shanley, F Thieubaut, J Murphy and C Wright: UCC