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  • Tuesday, Oct 3rd
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM ET
    Navigating the Waves of Offshore Wind Workforce: Strategies for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
    Location: Room 306
    Moderator: Paul Douglas – The JPI Group
    Speaker: Alisha Harrington – Browning the Green Space
    Speaker: Tamika Jacques, EdD – Avangrid Renewables
    Speaker: Ian Straughter – Karp Strategies
    People & Power—Public Engagement, Workforce Safety, Training, Recruitment & Retention
  • Tuesday, Oct 3rd
    1:15 PM - 2:15 PM ET
    We’ve Gone Bicoastal: A Developers’-Eye View from Sea to Shining Sea
    Location: Room 306
    Moderator: Stephanie McClellan – Turn Forward
    Speaker: Damian Bednarz – Attentive Energy
    Speaker: Jennifer Palestrant – Invenergy
    Speaker: Francis Slingsby – SouthCoast Wind
    Speaker: Tyler Studds – Golden State Wind
    People & Power—Public Engagement, Workforce Safety, Training, Recruitment & Retention
  • Tuesday, Oct 3rd
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    Creating Communities of Practice in Workforce Development and Training
    Location: Room 306
    Moderator: Jen Becker – New Jersey Economic Development Authority
    Speaker: Jessica Dealy (she/her/hers) – NYSERDA
    Speaker: Lauren Farnsworth (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
    Speaker: Jeremy C. Stefek – National Renewable Energy Laboratory
    Speaker: Glenn O. Vickers, II – MRV Group / LocalContent.com
    People & Power—Public Engagement, Workforce Safety, Training, Recruitment & Retention
  • Tuesday, Oct 3rd
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    The Missing Piece: How Offshore Wind Will Complement Other Clean Energy Technologies to Decarbonize the Grid
    Location: Room 306
    Moderator: Nikit Abhyankar, PhD – University of California, Berkeley
    Speaker: Abigail Anthony – Rhode Island Public Utilities
    Speaker: Joshua Bennett – Dominion Energy
    Speaker: Jason Marshall – Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs
    Speaker: Rachel Wilson (she/her/hers) – Form Energy
    People & Power—Public Engagement, Workforce Safety, Training, Recruitment & Retention
  • Wednesday, Oct 4th
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM ET
    Turning the Tide on Misinformation: How the Industry and Partners are Fighting Back Against a False Narrative
    Location: Room 306
    Moderator: Moira Cyphers – American Clean Power Association
    Speaker: Catherine Bowes – Turn Forward
    Speaker: Seth L. Kaplan (he/him/his) – Ocean Winds NA
    Speaker: Terence Kelly – Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind
    Speaker: Alex Loureiro, PhD (she/her/hers) – EnerGeo Alliance
    Speaker: Erin McAweeney (she/her/hers) – Graphika
    People & Power—Public Engagement, Workforce Safety, Training, Recruitment & Retention
  • Wednesday, Oct 4th
    10:15 AM - 11:15 AM ET
    Learning on the Job: How Apprenticeship Pathways Can Build a New Offshore Wind Workforce and Ensure Qualification for IRA Tax Credits
    Location: Room 306
    Moderator: Brinn McDowell (she/her/hers) – National Renewable Energy Lab
    Speaker: Andrew L. Cortes – Building Futures
    Speaker: Jacqueline Richard – Nunez Community College
    Speaker: Michael Yee – Education and Cultural Trust Fund of the Electrical Industry
    People & Power—Public Engagement, Workforce Safety, Training, Recruitment & Retention
  • Wednesday, Oct 4th
    12:45 PM - 1:45 PM ET
    Collaborating Across Continents, Industries, and Regulators to Inform US Offshore Wind Safety Standards
    Location: Room 306
    Moderator: Tom Vinson – American Clean Power Association (ACP)
    Speaker: Daniel Cushman – SouthCoast Wind
    Speaker: Brandy Harrington – COS
    Speaker: Geoff Neild – Vineyard Wind
    Speaker: Jeff Stewart, CCEP – BSEE
    People & Power—Public Engagement, Workforce Safety, Training, Recruitment & Retention
  • Wednesday, Oct 4th
    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET
    Regional Fisheries Compensation: Updates, Perspectives, and a Deeper Dive
    Location: Room 306
    Moderator: Kris Ohleth – Special Initiative on Offshore Wind
    Speaker: Lisa Engler, MEM (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
    Speaker: Brian Hooker – BOEM
    Speaker: Greg Lampman (he/him/his) – NYSERDA
    Speaker: Bryan Stockton – Ørsted
    People & Power—Public Engagement, Workforce Safety, Training, Recruitment & Retention