Full Schedule

7:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET

Registration Open

Location: Plaza Level Foyer

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

ACP Maritime Subcommittee

Location: 312

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

ACP Regional Partners Breakfast

Location: 313

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Networking Breakfast

Location: Hall A & B

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8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET

Offshore Safety Subcommittee

Location: 305

8:00 AM – 4:30 PM ET

Exhibit Hall Open

Location: Hall A & B

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM ET

General Session Featuring Governor Maura Healey (Massachusetts)

Location: Ballroom B/C

Keynote Speaker: – Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Moderator: – American Clean Power Association

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: – American Clean Power Association

Speaker: – Turn Forward

Speaker: – Ocean Winds NA

Speaker: – Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind

Speaker: – EnerGeo Alliance

Speaker: – Graphika

People & Power—Public Engagement, Workforce Safety, Training, Recruitment & Retention

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET

10 Years On: Offshore Wind Leasing in a Changing Legal Landscape

Location: Room 302

Moderator: – Equinor

Speaker: – Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Speaker: – Office of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Speaker: – Bureau Of Ocean Energy Management, Pacific Region

Permitting & Leasing

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET

U.S. Offshore Wind Vessel Needs and How to Fill the Looming Gaps

Location: Room 304

Moderator: – National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Speaker: – New Wave Offshore Energy

Speaker: – Clarksons Shipping Services USA LLC

Speaker: – National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Parts—Supply Chain Issues

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

Gusts of Glory: Implementing Permitting Lessons Learned into Federal Permitting Process

Location: Room 302

Moderator: – Epsilon Associates, Inc.

Speaker: – Vineyard Offshore

Speaker: – Orsted North America

Speaker: – Epsilon Associates, Inc.

Speaker: – Stantec Consulting Services

Permitting & Leasing

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET

East-West Cross-Pollination: State Legislator Leadership in Promoting Local Supply Chains

Location: Room 304

Moderator: – Massachusetts Clean Energy Center

Speaker: – California State Assembly

Speaker: – Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Speaker: – California State Assembly

Parts—Supply Chain Issues

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: – National Renewable Energy Lab

Speaker: – Building Futures

Speaker: – Nunez Community College

Speaker: – Education and Cultural Trust Fund of the Electrical Industry

People & Power—Public Engagement, Workforce Safety, Training, Recruitment & Retention

10:30 AM – 10:55 AM ET

Spark Tank: Connecting Offshore Wind by HVDC – Challenges and Opportunities for the US Market

Location: Spark Tank Stage

Speaker: – Hitachi

11:00 AM – 11:25 AM ET

Spark Tank: Offshore Wind Hydrodynamics and the North Atlantic Right Whale

Location: Spark Tank Stage

Moderator: – AKRF, Inc.

Speaker: – Innovative Environmental Science

Speaker: – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Speaker: – Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior

Speaker: – Invenergy

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Legal Subcommittee

Location: 313

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Networking Lunch

Location: Hall A & B

Sponsored By

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Offshore Conference Program Planning Committee

Location: 303

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Poster Presentations

Location: e-Poster Gallery - Hall B

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Transmission Subcommittee

Location: 312

12:45 PM – 1:45 PM ET

Collaborating Across Continents, Industries, and Regulators to Inform US Offshore Wind Safety Standards

Location: Room 306

Moderator: – American Clean Power Association (ACP)

Speaker: – SouthCoast Wind

Speaker: – COS

Speaker: – G+

Speaker: – Vineyard Wind

Speaker: – BSEE

People & Power—Public Engagement, Workforce Safety, Training, Recruitment & Retention

12:45 PM – 1:45 PM ET

Offshore Wind Supply Chain: Today’s Challenges, Tomorrow’s Solutions

Location: Room 304

Moderator: – National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium

Speaker: – The Port of Virginia

Speaker: – GE Research

Speaker: – New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

Speaker: – Carbon Trust

Parts—Supply Chain Issues

12:45 PM – 1:45 PM ET

What's New in U.S. Offshore Wind Permitting?

Location: Room 302

Moderator: – Perkins Coie LLP

Speaker: – Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Speaker: – Bureau of Ocean Energy Management - Office of Renewable Energy Programs

Speaker: – The Permitting Council

Permitting & Leasing

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

How Can IRA Tax Credits Help with the Industry’s Financial Challenges?

Location: Room 304

Moderator: – American Clean Power Association

Speaker: – U.S. Department of Energy

Speaker: – Vestas

Speaker: – Invenergy

Speaker: – NYSERDA

Speaker: – Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind

Parts—Supply Chain Issues

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

It’s Busier Than You Think Out There: Working Toward A Model of Co-Existence Between Wind And Other Ocean Users

Location: Room 302

Moderator: – Equinor

Speaker: – DNV

Speaker: – United States Coast Guard

Speaker: – The American Waterways Operators

Speaker: – RWE

Speaker: – DARE Strategies LLC

Permitting & Leasing

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

Regional Fisheries Compensation: Updates, Perspectives, and a Deeper Dive

Location: Room 306

Moderator: – Special Initiative on Offshore Wind

Speaker: – Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management

Speaker: – BOEM

Speaker: – RODA

Speaker: – NYSERDA

Speaker: – Ørsted

People & Power—Public Engagement, Workforce Safety, Training, Recruitment & Retention

12:45 PM – 1:10 PM ET

Spark Tank: Digitalizing Marine Stakeholder Engagement

Location: Spark Tank Stage

Speaker: – Ithaca Clean Energy Ltd

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET

Parting Waves - Closing Reception

Location: Hall A & B

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