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July 29-30, 2014 BOEM-NREL Offshore Renewable Energy Workshop In Sacramento, California

Agenda

Day 1 Presentations
- DOI-DOE Collaboration on Offshore Wind Introduction - Walt Musial
- BOEM Overview - Jean Thurston
- Offshore Wind and Marine Hydrokinetic Overview - Alana Duerr
- Overview of Current Offshore Wind Technologies - Ian Baring Gold
- Offshore Wind Plant Electrical Systems - Ian Baring Gold
- Offshore Renewable Energy & the California State Lands Commission - Jennifer Lucchesi
- California Offshore Wind Energy: A Personal Vision - C.P. "Case" van Dam
- Overview of the Offshore Wind Industry and Lessons Learned for California - Jim Lanard
- California Offshore Wind Energy Potential - Michael Dvorak
- WindFloat Pacific OSW Project - Kevin Bannister
- Expanding Into Deeper Waters: Development of the Hywind Floating Wind Concept - Trine Ingebjørg
- Identifying and Addressing Environmental Effects and User Conflicts for Offshore Wind on the West Coast - Andrea Copping

Day 2 Presentations
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Regulatory Perspective - Stephen Bowler
- Environmental Lessons Learned from Terrestrial Wind Experience - Robert Thresher
- Impacts, Competing Use, and Economic Development - Ian Baring-Gould
- Ocean Wave Energy Technology - Robert Thresher
- International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Overview - Jonathan Colby
- Offshore Wind Energy Market Overview - Ian Baring-Gould
- Marine Energy Technology & Development Panel - Jarrett Goldsmith
- Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) & Wave Energy Conversion (WEC) for Pacific Island Nations & Asian Developing Nations - Luis Vega
- Marine Energy Technology and Deployment Panel - William Toman
- Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center MHK Research, Development & Testing Program - Belinda Batten