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
Session 1: Overview on Offshore Wind
Māori Perspective
Dion Tuuta - Chief Executive, Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa Trust
Session 2: Power to X - leveraging offshore wind
Session 3: Regulatory Regime and Infrastructure
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
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
