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IRENA Programme

Tuesday 01/10/2019

Opening remarks: Ocean energy technologies readiness & challenges
| Liffey A

Opening remarks: Ocean energy technologies readiness & challenges

Setting the scene session – Discusses the current global energy landscape and how ocean energy can fit into it, the timeline for its widespread adoption, its technological readiness, and the challenges it needs to overcome to mainstream its usage.

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Speakers:

  • Roland Roesch

    IITC Deputy Director | IRENA

  • Quentin Perret

    Chargé de mission international | Ministry for the Ecological and Solidary Transition – France

  • Rémi Gruet

    CEO | Ocean Energy Europe

  • Henry Jeffrey

    Executive Chair | IEA-OES

Ocean energy potential in Islands
| Liffey A

Ocean energy potential in Islands

In the context of the SIDS Lighthouse Initiative, the session will focus in presenting the opportunities and benefits that ocean energy can bring to islands in terms of diversifying the energy generation mix, provision of firm capacity to support the integration of variable renewable energy, as well as tackling other standing challenges faced by islands.

 

Moderator: Roland Roesch
IITC Deputy Director | IRENA

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Speakers:

  • Ana Brito e Melo

    Executive Secretary | IEA-OES

  • Ryan Cobb

    Director | Ministry of The Public Service, Energy and Public Utilities - Belize

  • Deepak Chand

    Energy Director | Department of Energy, Mineral Resources – Fiji

  • Albert Binger

    Secretary-General | SIDS DOCKS

  • Adrien Lauranceau-Moineau

    Team Leader | Pacific Community

  • Matthijs Soede

    Research Policy Officer | European Commission DG RTD

Innovative OE designs for islands
| Liffey A

Innovative OE designs for islands

Primarily led by industries involved in the manufacturing and testing of ocean energy devices, the session will focus in presenting the latest technologies, project designs and applications with the potential to become ground breaking opportunities in islands.

 

Moderator: Paul Durrant
Programme Officer – Renewable Energy Innovation | IRENA

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Speakers:

  • Jin-Hak Yi

    Researcher | Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology – Republic of Korea

  • Francisco Garcia Lorenzo

    CEO | Wedge Global – Canary Islands, Spain

  • Rodolfo Silva Casarin

    Technical Director | CEMI-Océano – Mexico

  • Audrie Jordan

    Commercial Director | Geps Techno – France

  • Ian Hutchison

    Managing Director | Oceantera – Philippines

Wednesday 02/10/2019

Ocean energy uptake: Solutions to technical challenges
| Ecocem

Ocean energy uptake: Solutions to technical challenges

Explores multiple pathways that can contribute to accelerate the deployment of ocean energy technologies, such as resource mapping and assessment, environmental impact assessment, risk analysis, international standardisation, technology resiliency, technology readiness, among others.

 

Moderator: Donagh Cagney
Policy Director | Ocean Energy Europe

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Speakers:

  • Alessandra Salgado

    Associate Programme Officer – Quality Assurance & Innovation | IRENA

  • Yann-Hervé De Roeck

    Executive Director | France Energy Marines

  • Gianmaria Sannino

    Head of the Climate Modelling Laboratory and Impacts | ENEA - Italy

  • Sean Barrett

    CEO | BME Consulting – Ireland

  • Nicolas Larivière-Gillet

    Chair of French National Committee | IEC TC 114

  • Philipp Sinn

    CEO | SINN Power – Germany

Innovative business models and sector coupling
| Ecocem

Innovative business models and sector coupling

Discusses emerging business models in ocean energy technologies and provides insights on sector coupling with areas like desalination, energy cooling systems and aquaculture.

 

Moderator: Paul Durrant
Programme Officer – Renewable Energy Innovation | IRENA

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Speakers:

  • Bill Staby

    CEO | Resolute Marine Energy – USA

  • Nicolas Wallet

    Programme Manager | European Marine Energy Centre

  • Masanori Kobayashi

    Senior Researcher | Japanese Ocean Policy Research Institute – Japan

  • Julien Blanc

    VP Business Development | Bardot Ocean – France

  • Audrie Jordan

    Commercial Director | Geps Techno – France

Round table: action plan
| Ecocem

Round table: action plan

This final session will feature a panel of high-level experts whom together and based on their areas of expertise will summarise the key findings and conclusions of this three days conference.

This final session will feature a panel of experts whom together and based on their areas of expertise will summarise the key findings and conclusions of this three-day conference.

 

Moderator: Roland Roesch
IITC Deputy Director | IRENA

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Speakers:

  • Rémi Gruet

    CEO | Ocean Energy Europe

  • Srikanth Narasimalu

    Programme Director | Nanyang Technological University – Singapore

  • Henry Jeffrey

    Executive Chair | IEA-OES

  • Lui Naisara

    Deputy Secretary of Transport & Energy | Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport, Disaster Management & Meteorological Services – Fiji (tbc)

  • Britta Schaffmeister

    Director | Dutch Marine Energy Centre – Netherlands

  • Adrien Lauranceau-Moineau

    Team Leader | Pacific Community

  • Albert Binger

    Secretary-General | SIDS DOCKS

Workshop wrap-up and closing remarks
| Ecocem

Workshop wrap-up and closing remarks

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Speakers:

  • Roland Roesch

    IITC Deputy Director | IRENA