8:00 - 9:00 AM

Registration/ Breakfast/ Networking

Columbia West

9:00 - 9:40 AM

Opening Remarks

Dr. Jennifer Gerbi

Dr. Mario Garcia-Sanz

Dr. Simon Freeman

ARPA-E

Introduction to ARPA-E and Ocean Week

Columbia 1-2-5

9:40 - 9:55 AM

Coffee Break/ Transition

Columbia West

9:55 - 10:25 AM

Keynote

Dr. James Battensby

ORE Catapult

The UK's interests in offshore wind R&D

Columbia 1-2-5

9:55 - 10:25 AM

Keynote

Noah Deich

DOE, FECM

Regulatory status of CO2 removal

Columbia 7-9-10

10:25 - 10:40 AM

Coffee Break/ Transition

Columbia West

10:40 - 11:10 AM

Keynote

Alexia Aubault

Ocergy

Development and commercialization of a wind turbine hull

Columbia 1-2-5

10:40 - 11:10 AM

Keynote

Alissa Peterson

SeaAhead

Investment group on marine-related energy

Columbia 7-9-10

11:10 - 11:25 AM

Coffee Break/ Transition

Columbia West

11:25 - 11:55 AM

Keynote

Dr. Lysel Garavelli

PNNL

Co-locating offshore aquaculture with marine energy

Columbia 7-9-10

11:25 - 11:40 AM

Keynote

Oliver Wragg

Orbital

Development and commercialization of a tidal turbine

Columbia 1-2-5

11:40 - 11:55 AM

Keynote

Dr. James Morris

NOAA

Spatial planning for in-water developments

Columbia 1-2-5

11:55 - 2:50 PM

Lunch and Poster Session

Columbia West

2:50 - 4:45 PM

PI Panels - details below

4:45 PM

Adjourn for the day

8:00 - 9:00 AM

Breakfast/ Networking 

Columbia West

9:00 - 9:35 AM

Opening

Daniel Rogers

ARPA-E

DOE and the U.S. Blue Economy

Columbia 1-2-5

9:35 - 9:40 AM

Coffee Break/ Transition

Columbia West

9:40 - 10:10 AM

Keynote

Jocelyn Brown-Saracino

DOE

The DOE Floating Offshore Wind Shot

Columbia 1-2-5

9:40 - 10:10 AM

Keynote

Dr. Jang K. Kim

INU, Korea

Seaweed Aquaculture in Korea

Columbia 7-9-10

10:10 - 10:25 AM

Coffee Break/ Transition

Columbia West

10:25 - 10:55 AM

Keynote

Dr. Greg Thiel

Energy Impact Partners

The ABCs of Securing VC Funding

Columbia 1-2-5

10:25 - 10:55 AM

Keynote

Dr. Tim Janssen

Sofar Ocean

ARPA-E Success Story:  Ocean Related Technology

Columbia 7-9-10

10:55 - 11:10 AM

Coffee Break/ Transition 

Columbia West

11:10 - 11:40 AM

Keynote

Jonathan Kennedy

NJ Economic Development Agency

The New Jersey Wind Port

Columbia 1-2-5

11:10 - 11:40 AM

Keynote

Dr. Drew Carey

INSPIRE Environmental

Environmental effects of offshore renewables

Columbia 7-9-10

11:40 - 2:30 PM

Lunch/ Poster Session

Columbia West

2:30 - 4:25 PM

PI Panels

4:25 – 4:30 PM

TRANSITION BREAK (ALL RETURN TO Columbia 1-2-5)

4:30 - 5:00 PM

Closing Remarks

Dr. Mario Garcia-Sanz

Dr. Simon Freeman

Columbia 1-2-5

5:00 PM

Ocean Week Adjourns