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  • Tuesday, October 18, 2022
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    Welcome & Opening General Session
    Location: Hall A

    Co-Chair: Jennifer Daniels – Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind

    Co-Chair: Steven Dayney – Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

    Speaker: JC Sandberg – American Clean Power Association

    Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Dan McKee – Governor | State of Rhode Island

    Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse – U.S. Senator | State of Rhode Island

    Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Jack Reed – U.S. Senator | State of Rhode Island

    Keynote Speaker: Amanda Lefton – Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

    Keynote Speaker: David Hardy – Ørsted Americas

    Speaker: Amanda Dasch, PhD (she/her/hers) – Shell Renewables and Energy Solutions

    Speaker: Doreen Harris – NYSERDA

    Speaker: Molly Morris – Equinor

    Speaker: Paula Major – Mainstream Renewable Power


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  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Global Supply Chain Challenges
    Location: Ballroom B/C

    Moderator: Jennifer Palestrant – Fugro

    Speaker: Robert Golden (he/him/his) – The White House

    Speaker: Amy McGinty – Vestas

    Speaker: Mark D. Mitchell – Dominion Energy

    Speaker: Joris Veldhoven – Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind

    Speaker: Xizhou Zhou – S&P Global

    Supply Chain, Construction & Technology

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Offshore Wind and Union Labor: Training the Offshore Wind Workforce
    Location: Ballroom D/E

    Moderator: Doug Copeland – Atlantic Shores

    Speaker: Paul Smith – Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

    Speaker: Jennifer Cullen – Vineyard Offshore

    Speaker: Allison Ziogas (she/her/hers) – Ørsted

    Speaker: Tom Kriger, PhD (he/him/his) – North America’s Building Trades Unions

    Workforce & Public Engagement

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Offshore Wind Permitting Reform
    Location: Hall A

    Moderator: Tyler S. Johnson, Juris Doctorate – Bracewell

    Speaker: Patrick Bond – Senator Angus King (U.S. Senator | Maine)

    Speaker: Nathanael Greene – Natural Resources Defense Council

    Speaker: Bryan Stockton – Orsted Wind Power North America LLC

    Speaker: Ben Pendergrass (he/him/his) – Citizens' Climate Lobby

    Speaker: Madeline Vey – Equinor

    Permitting & Interconnection

  • 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM ET
    BOEM - BSEE Listening Session
    Location: Session Room 557

    Speaker: Amanda Lefton – Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

    Speaker: Kevin Sligh, Sr., MBA, CEM – Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    California Permitting Challenges
    Location: Hall A

    Moderator: Whitney Fiore, M.S. – SWCA Environmental Consultants

    Speaker: Steve Black, JD – Steve Black Strategies, Inc.

    Speaker: Sarah Courbis, PhD – Advisian Worley Group

    Speaker: Liz Klebaner, JD (she/her/hers) – Nossaman LLP

    Speaker: Jennifer Miller – Bureau Of Ocean Energy Management, Pacific Region

    Speaker: Stephanie Wilson – Avangrid

    Permitting & Interconnection

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Offshore Safety and Standards
    Location: Ballroom D/E

    Moderator: Tom Vinson – American Clean Power Association (ACP)

    Speaker: Beate Hildenbrand – G+ Global Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation

    Speaker: Cheri Hunter – Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Department of the Interior

    Speaker: Geoff Neild – Vineyard Wind

    Speaker: Yniel Sandberg, CSP – Dominion Energy Services, Inc.

    Speaker: David Yang (he/him/his) – Ørsted

    Workforce & Public Engagement

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Remote Technologies for Surveys and O&M: Reducing Costs, Improving Outcomes, Solving Regulatory Challenges
    Location: Ballroom B/C

    Moderator: Mary Coyne – GE Renewable Energy - Offshore Wind

    Speaker: Matthew DePetro – Anduril Industries

    Speaker: Anthony DiMare – Bedrock Ocean Exploration

    Speaker: Jonathan Fraser, CSP – Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

    Speaker: Ruth H. Marsh, MS, PMP – DNV

    Supply Chain, Construction & Technology

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Telling Our Story: Collaboration for Coexistence Amongst All Ocean Users
    Location: Ballroom D/E

    Moderator: Julia Lewis, MEM (she/her/hers) – Equinor

    Speaker: Jake Kritzer, PhD (he/him/his) – NERACOOS

    Speaker: Dave Monti

    Speaker: Edward G. LeBlanc – Ørsted

    Speaker: Lyndie Hice-Dunton, PhD – Responsible Offshore Science Alliance (ROSA)

    Speaker: Maureen Kallgren, MPA (she/her/hers) – United States Coast Guard

    Workforce & Public Engagement

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Improving BOEM Marine Spatial Planning: From Open Ocean to Lease Sales
    Location: Hall A

    Moderator: Laura Smith Morton, J.D. – Perkins Coie LLP

    Speaker: Deerin Babb-Brott – White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

    Speaker: Megan Carr, PhD, CPG (she/her/hers) – Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

    Speaker: Ruth Perry – Shell Renewables and Energy Solutions

    Speaker: Shannon Stewart – Invenergy

    Speaker: Amy Trice – Ocean Conservancy

    Permitting & Interconnection

  • 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    Financing the Full Fleet: Offshore Wind Vessel Financing Challenges and Solutions
    Location: Ballroom B/C

    Moderator: Claire Richer – American Clean Power Association

    Speaker: Maeve Bartlett – U.S. Department of Transportation

    Speaker: Jocelyn Brown-Saracino – U.S. Department of Energy

    Speaker: Jan M. Flores, P.E. – NETSCo

    Speaker: Aaron Guidry, JD, MBA (he/him/his) – Sea O.G. Offshore

    Speaker: Ward Gommeren (he/him/his) – GE Renewable Energy

    Speaker: Gretchen Kittel

    Speaker: Amy Leung – Ørsted

    Speaker: Rachel Zinkosky – Citizens Commercial Banking

    Speaker: Jeff Andreini – Crowley Wind Services

    Supply Chain, Construction & Technology

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Environmental Justice: Offshore Wind, Onshore Impacts
    Location: Hall A

    Moderator: Crystal Pruitt – Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind

    Speaker: Eddie Ahn, Esq. – Brightline

    Speaker: Hilary T. Jacobs, Environmental Attorney – Beveridge & Diamond PC

    Speaker: Sara Parkison – Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

    Speaker: Liz Valsamidis – ERM

    Permitting & Interconnection

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Regional Fisheries Compensation Funds: Improving the Process for Coexistence
    Location: Session Room 557

    Moderator: Kris Ohleth – Special Initiative on Offshore Wind

    Speaker: Geri Edens, JD – Vineyard Offshore

    Speaker: Lisa Engler, MEM (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management

    Speaker: Brian Hooker – Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

    Speaker: Greg Lampman (he/him/his) – NYSERDA

    Speaker: Rick Robins, MBA – RWE

    Workforce & Public Engagement

  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    States Drive Demand for OSW: The MA & RI State Legislators Who Catalyzed the Industry
    Location: Ballroom D/E

    Moderator: Seth L. Kaplan – Ocean Winds NA

    Speaker: Dawn Euer, JD (she/her/hers) – Rhode Island General Assembly

    Speaker: Jeffrey Roy, BA, JD – Massachusetts House of Representatives

    Speaker: Senator Michael Rodrigues – Massachusetts State Senate

    Speaker: Representative Joseph J. Solomon, Jr. – Rhode Island House of Representatives

    Workforce & Public Engagement

  • Wednesday, October 19, 2022
  • 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    General Session
    Location: Hall A

    Keynote Speaker: Vice Admiral Peter W. Gautier – United States Coast Guard | U.S. Department of Homeland Security

    Keynote Speaker: Kevin Sligh, Sr., MBA, CEM – Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)

    Speaker: Daniel Hubbard – Deputy General Counsel Ocean Winds North America and General Counsel & Director of External Affairs, Mayflower Wind Energy LLC, (Lieutenant Commander, USCGR)

    Speaker: Heather Zichal – American Clean Power Association


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  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    How to Train up a Maritime Workforce
    Location: Ballroom D/E

    Moderator: Brigitte Hagen-Peter – Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Inc.

    Speaker: Michael Burns, Jr., MSEM (he/him/his) – Massachusetts Maritime Academy

    Speaker: Tamika Jacques, EdD (she/her/hers) – Avangrid Renewables

    Speaker: Josh Diedrich – WindServe Marine, LLC

    Speaker: John Berry – Crowley Wind Services

    Workforce & Public Engagement

  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    Offshore Wind Science: How Industry is Supporting Today's Research Priorities
    Location: Hall A

    Moderator: Emily Shumchenia, PhD – Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind (RWSC)

    Speaker: Lyndie Hice-Dunton, PhD – Responsible Offshore Science Alliance (ROSA)

    Speaker: Scott Lundin (he/him/his) – Equinor

    Speaker: Chris Orphanides, PhD (he/him/his) – NOAA Fisheries

    Speaker: Joy S. Page, MS, JD (she/her/hers) – U.S. Department of Energy

    Speaker: Stephanie Watson, MS, MS (she/her/hers) – Governor's Energy Office, State of Maine

    Permitting & Interconnection

  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    The WTG Manufacturing Dilemma: Where & When to Invest in Facilities
    Location: Ballroom B/C

    Moderator: Elizabeth Noll – Holland & Knight LLP

    Speaker: Bruce Carlisle – Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC).

    Speaker: Steven Dayney – Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

    Speaker: Jonah Margulis (he/him/his) – Mainstream Renewable Power

    Speaker: Tim Sullivan

    Supply Chain, Construction & Technology

  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Analyzing Wildlife & Fisheries Impacts from Offshore Wind: Demystifying the Regulatory Process
    Location: Hall A

    Moderator: Amber Hewett (she/her/hers) – National Wildlife Federation

    Speaker: Kyle Baker – Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior

    Speaker: Laurie Jodziewicz (she/her/hers) – US Wind, Inc.

    Speaker: Andy Lipsky, n/a – NOAA Fisheries

    Permitting & Interconnection

  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice in Hiring, Training, and Procurement
    Location: Ballroom D/E

    Moderator: Glenn O. Vickers, II – MRV Group / The National Supplier Diversity Institute ™

    Speaker: Kelsey Owens – GE Renewable Energy

    Speaker: Monica St Claire – US Offshore Inc

    Speaker: Damian Bednarz (he/him/his) – Attentive Energy

    Speaker: Jane Cohen – NJ Governor’s Office of Climate Action and Green Economy

    Workforce & Public Engagement

  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Floating Wind Ports
    Location: Ballroom B/C

    Moderator: Monica Maher, PE (she/her/hers) – GDIT in support of U.S. DOE WETO

    Speaker: Joshua Singer – Moffatt & Nichol

    Speaker: Adrienne Downey, BEng, MSc (she/her/hers) – Hexicon

    Speaker: Alla Weinstein – Castle Winds

    Speaker: Jason Folsom – Aker Solutions

    Supply Chain, Construction & Technology

  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    Interagency Coordination: The All-of-Government Approach to Permitting
    Location: Hall A

    Moderator: Edward (Ted) A. Boling, J.D. – Perkins Coie LLP

    Speaker: Karen J. Baker (she/her/hers) – Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

    Speaker: Dr. David Cash – Environmental Protection Agency

    Speaker: John Cossa – Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (FPISC)

    Speaker: Jennifer Daniels – Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind

    Speaker: Adena N. Leibman, M.S., J.D. (she/her/hers) – Office of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    Permitting & Interconnection

  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    Not Just Electricity: Offshore Wind and the Production of Green Hydrogen, Energy Storage, Clean Water
    Location: Ballroom B/C

    Moderator: Chuck Feinberg, JD – Greener by Design

    Speaker: Georgia Beyersdorfer (she/her/hers) – Black & Veatch

    Speaker: Kelly Sarber, Developer & Vice Chair of NY-BEST, Energy Storage Trade Group – Strategic Management Group

    Speaker: Andrew W. Balser, Ph.D – AECOM Technical Services, Inc.

    Supply Chain, Construction & Technology

  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    Tribal Nations and Offshore Wind: Building Collaborative Partnerships
    Location: Ballroom D/E

    Speaker: Art Sasse – Lost Coast Wind & The Ovation Group

    Speaker: John Morseau (he/him/his) – Ørsted

    Speaker: Varner Seaman

    Speaker: Justin J. Bedard, MA – SEARCH Maryland - Frederick Station

    Workforce & Public Engagement

  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    The New Geopolitical Reality: Offshore Wind & Energy Security
    Location: Ballroom B/C

    Moderator: Kevin A. Ewing, JD – Bracewell

    Speaker: Beth Treseder – Equinor Wind US

    Speaker: Deputy Secretary David Turk (he/him/his) – United States Department of Energy

    Speaker: Ladislas Paskiewicz – TotalEnergies

    Supply Chain, Construction & Technology

  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    Wired for Wind: The New Landscape for Transmission and Interconnection
    Location: Hall A

    Moderator: Jane Rueger, J.D./M.B.A. – Perkins Coie LLP

    Speaker: John Dempsey – Bluepoint Wind

    Speaker: Miles Farmer – Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

    Speaker: Al McBride – ISO-NE

    Speaker: Maria Robinson – U.S. Department of Energy

    Speaker: Georges Sassine – NYSERDA

    Permitting & Interconnection

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM ET
    Closing General Session: A Pulse Check on our Progress Toward 30GW by 2030
    Location: Hall A

    Moderator: Hilary Tompkins, JD (she/her/hers) – Hogan Lovells | Former Solicitor for the U.S. Department of the Interior (2009-2017)

    Speaker: Laura Beane – Vestas North America

    Speaker: Michael J. Brown (he/him/his) – Country Manager US at Ocean Winds North America and CEO at Mayflower Wind

    Speaker: Steven Dayney – Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

    Speaker: Sam Eaton – RWE Renewables Offshore

    Speaker: Jan Kjaersgaard – GE Renewable Energy


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    The Mayflower Model: Economic and Community Development Supporting an Offshore Wind Project
    Location: On-Demand Presentation

    Moderator: Kelsey Perry (she/her/hers) – Mayflower Wind Energy

    Virtual Speaker: Jennifer Menard – National Offshore Wind Institute/Bristol Community College

    Virtual Speaker: Leonard M. Lee (he/him/his) – SouthCoast Community Foundation

  • On-Demand
    Advantages of Offshore Wind Development in the Gulf of Mexico
    Location: On-Demand Presentation

    Virtual Presenter: Sarah Courbis, PhD – Advisian Worley Group

  • On-Demand
    Cable Routing Driven by Geospatial Science: Optimizing Cable Routing through a Joint Marine & Terrestrial Approach
    Location: On-Demand Presentation

    Virtual Presenter: Onni Irish – AECOM

  • On-Demand
    Data-driven Sustainability in Floating Offshore Wind

    Virtual Presenter: Kamil H. Siddiqi – Mainstream Renewable Power

    Virtual Presenter: Lau Skovgaard – Cognite

    Other

  • On-Demand
    Driving North Carolina's Offshore Wind Opportunity: Strengths in Supply Chain and Workforce Development
    Location: On-Demand Presentation

    Virtual Presenter: Jennifer Mundt – North Carolina Department of Commerce

  • On-Demand
    Energy Permitting and Environmental Issues – Lessons Learned from UK Offshore Wind
    Location: On-Demand Presentation

    Virtual Presenter: Peter Cole – Norton Rose Fulbright

  • On-Demand
    How to deal with the personnel shortage, in an already challenging market, how do you find the right and experienced personnel within the legal framework, unions, costs and availability
    Location: On-Demand Presentation

    Virtual Presenter: Guido van der Zwet, NA – iPS Powerful People

  • On-Demand
    Incorporating non-price criteria in offshore wind auctions
    Location: On-Demand Presentation

    Virtual Presenter: Ruud de Bruijne, n/a – Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)

  • On-Demand
    Maritime navigation simulations to measure captain’s perceived operational limits for wind turbine feeder barges
    Location: On-Demand Presentation

    Virtual Presenter: Melissa Hertel, BSE, PE, MBA (she/her/hers) – Crowley Engineering Services

  • On-Demand
    Modeling Offshore Wind Construction with Feeder Vessels: A Multi-Agent Discrete Event Simulation using Rapid Spectral RAO-based Hindcast Vessel Motions in a 2D Wave Environment

    Virtual Presenter: Christopher Hooper, BSE, PE – Crowley Engineering Services

  • On-Demand
    Opportunities and Challenges with Data Standardization, Management, and Sharing to Maximize Value of Offshore Wind Environmental Studies and Monitoring
    Location: On-Demand Presentation

    Virtual Presenter: Sarah Courbis, PhD – Advisian Worley Group

  • On-Demand
    Permitting -- state and federal consistency
    Location: On-Demand Presentation

    Virtual Presenter: Robin Main, Law – Law

  • On-Demand
    State Pier Offshore Wind Port Infrastructure Improvements New London, Connecticut
    Location: On-Demand Presentation

    Virtual Presenter: David Carchedi, Ph.D., P.E. – GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.

  • On-Demand
    The challenges to siting renewable developments
    Location: On-Demand Presentation

    Virtual Presenter: Juliana Butler, PhD (she/her/hers) – ODE / DORIS Group

  • On-Demand
    The value of artificial intelligence: Lessons learned from an Irish offshore windfarm metocean assessment
    Location: On-Demand Presentation

    Virtual Presenter: Gohar Shoukat, n/a – Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions

  • On-Demand
    TurbineHub, Planet Labs and L3 Harris Geospatial OffshorePro allows for tracking of offshore wind energy development from pre-construction to COD.

    Presenter: Dylan Gust – TurbineHub

    Ports, Vessels, and Infrastructure

  • On-Demand
    Using navigation simulators to gain experience operating vessels in offshore wind farms

    Presenter: Chris Sarro – Orsted Offshore North America

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