Ara Ake and Taranaki regional development agency Venture Taranaki, hosted the Offshore Future Energy Forum on 25 and 26 November 2021.
The forum brought together national and international experts to explore new offshore energy potential and covered technologies such as offshore wind, wave and tidal, and marine energy storage.
Below is a detailed programme for the two days, including the speakers' presentations, and video recordings.
Thank you to all of our sponsors and supporters
Day One - 25 November 2021
Opening
Welcome
Justine Gilliland - Chief Executive, Venture Taranaki
New Zealand Government's vision
Hon Megan Woods - Minister of Energy & Resources
New Zealand Energy Roadmap
Chris Jewell - Co-Chair, Low Carbon Energy Roadmap, Aotearoa Circle
Session 1: Overview on Offshore Wind
International update from Global Wind Energy Council
Alastair Dutton - Chair, Global Wind Energy Council
International Regime - Best practice and environmental impacts
Katharine York - Operations & Maintenance Centre of Excellence Manager, Catapult UK
The role of the New Zealand Offshore Wind Working Group
Giacomo Caleffi - Chair, NZ Offshore Wind Working Group
Māori Perspective
Dion Tuuta - Chief Executive, Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa Trust
Session 2: Power to X - leveraging offshore wind
Power to X - Pathway to a green economy
Justine Gilliland - Chief Executive, Venture Taranaki
Toby Stevenson - Director, Sapere
International keynote speaker
Thom Cameron - Hydrogen and Chemicals Technology Director, Aurecon Australia
Session 3: Regulatory Regime and Infrastructure
MBIE's perspective on offshore wind potential for NZ and the current regulatory regime
Philippa Fox - Deputy Secretary, Building Resources and Markets (Acting), Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment
Infrastructure future - Net Zero Grid Pathways Programme update
Andrew Renton - Senior Principal Engineer, Transpower
Session 4: Panel discussion
Facilitated by Justine Gilliland
Andrew Clennett - Co-Founder and Chief Executive, Hiringa Energy
Brett Rogers - Director, Elemental Group
Jen Natoli - Team Lead, E tū
Ross Dingle - Head of Commercial, Port Taranaki
Kyle Hall - Director, School of Engineering, Energy & Infrastructure, WITT
Day Two - 26 November 2021
Session 5: Wave and Tidal
Climate Change Commission's view on oceans and marine energy in the future
Matt de Boer - Senior Analyst, Climate Change Commission
Environmental impacts, opportunities, and synergies between various approaches of marine energy
Dr Craig Stevens - Principal Scientist - Marine Physics, NIWA
Role and locations of wave energy in Aotearoa
Danielle Bertram - Civil Engineering Lecturer, School of Engineering, University of Waikato
State of technology - Global and National
Martin Knoche - CEO, The Northland Innovation Centre, and Co-Chair, Aotearoa Wave & Tidal Energy Association
Future of marine energy technology
Stephanie Thornton - Cluster Manager, Australia Ocean Energy Group
Wave and Tidal Developers
Jim Dehlsen - Executive Chairman
Session 6: Marine Energy Storage
Introduction to marine energy storage
Tim Hawkey - Co-Founder, EnergyBank
Session 7: Panel discussion
Facilitated by Justine Gilliland
Dr Craig Stevens - Principal Scientist, Marine Physics, NIWA
Martin Knoche - Co-Chair, AWATEA
Matt de Boer - Senior Analyst, Climate Change Commission
Millan Ruka - Ruka Energy
Stephanie Thornton - Cluster Manager, Australian Ocean Energy Group
Slido Q&A
Our presenters and panellists have answered the Slido questions from the Offshore Future Energy Forum. View here.