Ara Ake and Taranaki regional development agency Venture Taranaki, are hosting the Offshore Future Energy Forum on 25 and 26 November 2021.
The forum will bring together national and international experts to explore new offshore energy potential and will cover technologies such as offshore wind, wave and tidal, and marine energy storage.
Below is a detailed programme for the two days. For more information about the forum, please contact [email protected].
Join the conversation either in person, or online, and hear from a range of national and international speakers and experts over two days.
Thank you to all of our sponsors and supporters
Day One - 25 November 2021
Opening: 9.00am - 9.50am
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
9.50am - 12.40pm
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
Update since Offshore Wind Forum 2020
Nick Jackson - Director, Elemental Group
The role of the New Zealand Offshore Wind Working Group
Giacomo Caleffi - Chair, NZ Offshore Wind Working Group
Iwi perspective
Jamie Tuuta
Offshore Wind Developers
Pieterjan Vanbuggenhout - Senior Origination Officer, Parkwind EU
Andy Evans - Co-Founder/Director, Oceanex AU
Jarek Pole - Director, BlueFloat
Session 2: Power to X - leveraging offshore wind
1.40pm - 2.30pm
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
2.30pm - 3.30pm
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
Afternoon tea
Session 4: Panel discussion and wrap up
3.30pm - 4.30pm
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
Wrap up
Jonathan Young - Head of Policy, Research & Insights, Ara Ake
Networking event
Dinner
Guest speaker: Simon Craddock - Chief Executive, Port Taranaki
Day Two - 26 November 2021
Opening: 9.00am - 9.25am
Welcome
Cristiano Marantes - Chief Executive, Ara Ake
Session 5: Wave and Tidal
9.25am - 12.15pm
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
Martin Knoche - CEO, The Northland Innovation Centre, and Co-Chair, Aotearoa Wave & Tidal Energy Association
State of technology - National
Martin Knoche, Dr Vladislav Sorokin, and Dr Craig Stevens
Future of marine energy technology
Stephanie Thornton - Cluster Manager, Australia Ocean Energy Group
Morning tea
Developers
Armin Howard - Group Operations Manager, Azura Wave
Dr Vladislav Sorokin - Aotea Environmental Monitoring
Millan Ruka - Ruka Energy
Session 6: Marine Energy Storage
12.15pm - 12.35pm
Introduction to marine energy storage
Tim Hawkey - Co-Founder, EnergyBank
Session 7: Panel discussion and wrap up
12.35pm - 1.20pm
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
Wrap up
Jonathan Young - Head of Policy, Research & Insights, Ara Ake
1.20pm onwards Lunch and networking