OCEANERA-NET EERA Joint Workshop Agenda_Final

Ocean Energy ERA-NET
European Energy Research Area – Ocean Joint Programme
Thursday 27 November 2014, 09:30 – 17:45
Location:
MacDonald Holyrood Hotel, 81 Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, EH8 8AU
Participants:
OCEANERA-NET Consortium members
EERA OJP Board members
Invited representatives from other national / regional research / innovation programmes
and ocean energy companies
Agenda:
09:00 – 09:30
Coffee, registration
09:30 – 09:50
Introduction to the day
09:45 – 10:15
OCEANERA-NET update and Joint Call 2014
10:15 – 11:15
EERA – Ocean Joint Programme - general update
EERA Board - presentations of national research programmes:
UK – David Ingram
France - Yann Herve De Roeck
Ireland – Ray Alcorn
11:15 – 11:45
Coffee Break
11:45 – 12:00
National innovation programmes – approach, activities, research
priorities:
Paul McKeever, Offshore Renewables Energy Catapult (UK)
12:00 – 13:00
EERA Board – presentations of national research programmes:
Portugal - Jose Candido
Italy - Giovanni Bracco
Norway - Kourosh Koushan
Denmark - Lucia Margheritini
Germany - Fabian Thalemann
Spain - Pablo Ruiz Minguela
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 14:20
National innovation programmes – approach, activities, research
priorities:
Stuart Bradley, Energy Technologies Institute (UK)
Jenny Norris, European Marine Energy Centre (UK)
14:20 – 15:45
Companies – presentation on research priorities:
John Meagher – Nova Innovation (UK)
Ray Alcorn - Exceedence (Ireland)
Giovanni Malara – Wavenergy.it (Italy)
Andrea Gulisano – Wave for Energy (Italy)
Steven Nauwelaerts – Laminaria (Belgium)
Sarah Bellew - Floating Power Plant (Denmark)
15:45 – 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:45
Group discussions – identify 3 main conclusions / priorities from the
day, recommendations for OCEANERA-NET
16:45 – 17:30
Feedback, discussion
17:30 – 17:45
Concluding remarks, close of workshop

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