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Seminar 2019
Portugal and Norway: Marine renewable energy and offshore aquaculture

4th December 2019, Lisbon, Museu do Oriente, Auditório
WavEC Seminar 2019
5th December 2019, Lisbon, Museu do Oriente, Sala Nova Deli
B2B Meetings
WavEC Offshore Renewables organised its annual Seminar 2019 in collaboration with the Norwegian Embassy in Portugal and Innovation Norway. The event took place on the 4th of December in Museu do Oriente, Lisbon.
OPENING SESSION
09:00-09:30
. António Sarmento, President of the Board, WavEC, Speech
. Anders Erdal, Norwegian Ambassador to Lisbon
. Ricardo Serrão Santos, Minister of the Sea
. Manuel Heitor, Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education
SESSION I - Floating offshore wind: Norway and Portugal in a leading position
09:30-11:00
Chair: Ricardo Morgado, Commercial Director, ASM Industries
. Pedro Valverde, Manager of Cleaner Energy Group, EDP Inovação, EDP's offshore energy activities and new opportunities in Hydrogen
. Paulo Chainho, Project Engineer, Electrical Components and Instrumentation, WavEC experience on Offshore Wind
. Clara Santos, Commercial and Strategy Manager, Principle Power, Commercial Floating Wind – The WindFloat Role
. Michael Bullock, Director, Renewable Risk Advisers, Floating Wind – what Insurers care about
. Knut Erik Steen, Director for wind, NORWEP, Floating wind - A booming opportunity
SESSION II - Wave Energy: building a new industry
11:30-13:00
Chair: João Gonçalo Maciel, Board Member EDP NEW Centre for New Energy Technologies
. Elaine Buck, Technical Manager, EMEC The European Marine Energy Centre, Blue-GIFT and Innovation Fast-Tracked
. Francisco Correia da Fonseca, Offshore Operations Specialist, WavEC, DTOceanPlus – Developing advanced design tools for Ocean Energy Systems
. Patrik Möller, CEO, Corpower, High efficiency wave energy – enabling a deeply decarbonized future
. Jussi Åkerberg, CTO AW Energy, Waveroller present and future developments
. José Varandas, CEO, Kymaner, Air turbines in wave energy – the efficiency challenge
SESSION III - Offshore aquaculture and other ocean market opportunities
14:00-15:30
Chair: Joaquin Hernandez Brito, CEO, AIR CENTRE
. Pål Bakken, Founder, SES-Seaweed Energy Solutions and SeaForester, Seaweed Cultivation and Restoration - Hand in Hand
. Pedro Encarnação, Director Aquaculture, Jeronimo Martins, Offshore aquaculture pilot project
. Karl C. Strømsem, COB, Nørd AS & Nørd Portugal Ltd, Open Ocean Salmon farming in Portugal, vision, perspectives for Portuguese industry and threats
. Harald Bjorn Hansen, Manager Ocean Venture | Subsea Commercial – Norway & Russia, TechnipFMC, Ocean Ventures in TechnipFMC
. Ricardo Conde, Member of the Board of the Portuguese Space Agency, Portuguese Space Agency
SSESSION IV - Finance and Investment (Roundtable)
16:00-17:00
Chair: Luísa Carrilho da Graça, Senior associate in the Corporate Finance and Energy departments of Gómez-Acebo & Pombo Abogados
. Tina Sølvberg, Senior Sector Officer - Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Low Carbon Economy, Financial Mechanism Office
. Rui Ferreira, Executive Vice President, Portugal Ventures
. Ruben Eiras, Director General of Maritime Policy of the Ministry of the Sea, DGPM, Portugal’s Blue Ecosystem of Innovation
5th December - B2B MEETINGS
09:30-12:30
Entities:
EDP
ASM Industries
AW Energy
Jerónimo Martins
WavEC
Principle Power
Nørd AS, Norway & Nord Portugal Lda
NORWEP
TechnipFMC
5th December - MARINERGI WORKSHOP
14:00-16:00
Closed Session.