AGENDA
08:30
Registration
09:00
Opening Session
 Teresa Patrício Gouveia, Executive Director of Gulbenkian
Foundation
 António Sarmento, President of WavEC
 Robert Sherman, U.S. Ambassador to Portugal
09:20
NEW WAVEC ASSOCTIATES
Tiago Andrade e Sousa, Director of ENONDAS/Ocean Plug
09:25
PANEL I: ASSOCIATED CHALLENGES TO HARNESSING
MARINE ENERGY AND SOLUTIONS
Moderator: Miguel Marques, Economy of the Sea Partner at
PwC – PricewaterhouseCoopers Portugal
 João Manso Neto, CEO of EDP Renewables – EDP
Renewables: World Leadership and Future Plans
 Belinda Batten, Director at the Northwest National Marine
Renewable Energy - Northwest National Marine Renewable
Energy Center Support of Research, Development, and Testing
 Bill Staby, Chairman of the Board of Ocean Renewable
Energy Coalition - Seawater Desalination – A Promising
Commercial Application for Wave Energy
 Vladimiro Miranda, Diretor of INESC TEC and of OCEANUS Marine Research and Innovation- TEC4SEA - Technological
Platform for a Comprehensive Approach to the Ocean
Challenges
 Michael Bullock, Director of Renewable Risk Advisers Ltd.
representing MDS Consultores de Seguros e Risco - Reducing
Risk and Insurance Cost in Marine Renewables
11:00
Coffee-break
11:30
PANEL II: LOGISTIC REQUIREMENTS FOR MARINE
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
Moderator: Manuel Heitor, Professor and Director, Center for
Innovation, Technology and Policy Research, IN+ at IST
 António Sarmento, President of WavEC - Portuguese
Strategy for Offshore Renewable Energy
 Alberto Leão, Sales Director at Lankhorst & Ropes Offshore Renewable Energy Mooring Challenges
 George Laird, Business Development Director at
Dresser-Rand - Next Generation PTO
 Andrew Lipsky, Senior Partner at SeaPlan - Addressing
Interactions between Offshore Wind Energy Development and
Fisheries in the Northeastern U.S.
13:00
Lunch
14:00
Afternoon Session
Minister of Environment and Energy, Jorge Moreira da Silva
14:30
PANEL III: PARTNERING WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR
AND CO-FINANCING
Moderator: Vanda Cascão, Partner at VdA, Vieira de Almeida
& Associados
 Miguel Marques, Economy of the Sea Partner at PwC –
PricewaterhouseCoopers Portugal - Private Sector Financing
Challenges
 Conceição Moreno, director at Cohesion and Development
Agency - Support to R&D and Innovation in Portugal 2020
 Stephanie Thornton, CEO of Clean Reach - Crowdfunding
for Renewable Energy Project Success
 Carlos Figueiredo, Managing Director, Head of Project
Finance at Caixa - Banco de Investimento - CaixaBI Experience
in Renewables Financing
 Alla Weinstein, CEO of Principle Power - Funding in USA and
Portugal: PPI Experience
16:00
Coffee-break
16:30
PANEL IV: UNITED STATES – PORTUGAL
TECHNICAL COOPERATION
Moderator: Speaker to be confirmed
 Paulo Ferrão, National Director of the MIT-Portugal
Program – Energy Research in MIT Portugal Program
 Robert Thresher, Research Fellow at NREL - Offshore
Renewable Energy Research and Development in the U.S.
 Teresa Simas / Marco Alves, Head of the Marine
Environmental Area / Head of the Numerical Simulation Area
- WavEC Experience in Partnering with the US
18:00
Closing Remarks
 António Sarmento, President of WavEC
 Manuel Pinto de Abreu, Secretary of State of the Sea
An International B2B networking event, promoted by the Enterprise Europe
Network Portugal, through the Portuguese Innovation Agency (ADI) with the
support of the Luso-American Foundation will be held on October 10th, 2014.
It is expected to bring together several companies, clusters, universities and
R&D institutions and funding stakeholders, from Europe and the United States.
It will be an excellent opportunity for European and American research and
industry players in marine renewables to meet potential partners for future
commercial agreements, R&D cooperation projects and technology transfer.
Main B2B Topics:
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Fixed Offshore Wind
Floating Offshore Wind
Tidal and wave energy
Marine biomass in offshore installations
Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)
Logistics associated to marine energy development
Funding
Program:
09:15 h: Registration (ongoing through the day)
09:50 h: Welcome address (FLAD and ADI)
10.00 h: 13.00 h: Bilateral Meetings
13.00 h:14.00 h: Lunch break*
14.00 h: 17.00 h: Bilateral Meetings
*Lunch: Suggested nearby Restaurant: “Chef” - buffet and a la carte (paid
individually).
More information:
Pedro Ferreira
U.S. Commercial Service Portugal
[email protected]
P: +351 217 702 572 or +351 918 713 844
Janete Gonçalves
WavEC Portugal
[email protected]
P: +351 218 482 655
Rita Silva
EEN Portugal
[email protected]
P: +351214232100 or +351 935 709 886