Registration

Opening Session

• U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, Robert Sherman

• António Sarmento, President of WavEC

• Teresa Patrício Gouveia, Executive Director of Gulbenkian Foundation 

Presentation of the new WavEC Associate Members

9:30

Panel I: Associated challenges to harnessing marine energy and solutions
Moderator: Tiago Pitta e Cunha

• João Manso Neto, CEO of EDP Renewables 

• Belinda Batten, Director at the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy

• Bill Staby, Chairman of the Board of Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition

• Vladimiro Miranda,Director of INESC TEC (to be confirmed)

• Michael Bullock, Director of Renewable Risk Advisers Ltd. representing MDS Consultores de Seguros e Risco - Reducing Risk and Insurance Cost in Marine Renewables

Coffee Break

Panel II: Logistic requirements for marine energy development
Moderator: Manuel Heitor

• Ana Brito e Melo, Executive Director of WavEC – Portuguese Strategy for Offshore Renewable Energy

• Alberto Leão, Sales Director at Lankhorst & Ropes 

• George Laird, Business Development Director at Dresser-Rand

• Andrew Lipsky, Senior Partner at SeaPlan

Lunch

Afternoon Session

• Minister of Environment and Energy, Jorge Moreira da Silva

Panel III: Partnering with the private sector and co-financing
Moderator: Vanda Cascão

• Miguel Marques, Economy of the Sea Partner at PwC – PricewaterhouseCoopers Portugal - Private Sector Financing Challenges 

• Alla Weinstein, CEO of Principle Power – Funding in USA and Portugal: PPI Experience 

• Stephanie Thornton, CEO of Clean Reach

• Inês Borreicho, Caixa - Banco de Investimento

• EEN - DG Mare or DGE Representative (to be confirmed)

• Conceição Moreno, director at Cohesion and Development Agency

16:00

Coffee Break

Panel IV: United States – Portugal technical cooperation
Moderator: Journalist (to be determined)

• Paulo Ferrão, MIT Portugal

• Luso-American Foundation (to be confirmed)

• Robert Thresher, Research Fellow at NREL - Offshore Renewable Energy Research and Development in the U.S. 

• António Sarmento, President of WavEC

Closing Remarks

• António Sarmento, President of WavEC

• Secretary of State of the Sea, Manuel Pinto de Abreu

The above agenda is subject to change without notice.