OCEAN ENERGY FORUM LAUNCH

Friday, April 4 2014, Brussels

Schuman room, Berlaymont

8.30 – 9.00 Registration and coffee

9.00 – 9.10 Welcome by chair Bernhard Friess, Director DG MARE

9.10 – 10.10 Opening session: Taking ocean energy forward

Lowri Evans, Director-General DG MARE

Marie Donnelly, Director DG ENER

Sian George, CEO of Ocean Energy Europe

Paul Verhoef, Head of Unit DG RTD

10.10 – 10.30 Matthew King, Head of Unit DG MARE: functioning of the Forum

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break

11.00 – 12.30 Introduction to the workstreams – Session 1: TECHNOLOGY

Chair: Rémi Gruet, Ocean Energy Europe

Evangelos Tzimas, Joint Research Centre
François Duthoit, DCNS
Simon De Pietro, DP Energy

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch break - sandwich lunch provided

14.00 – 15.15 Introduction to the workstreams - Session 2: FINANCE

Chair: Rob Hastings, The Crown Estate

Olivier Debande, EIB
Mattias Larsson, Corporate Finance at Thenberg & Kinde Fondkommission and Waves4Power

15.15 – 16.30 Introduction to the workstreams - Session 3: ENVIRONMENT

Chair: Phil Gilmour, Marine Scotland

Lucy Greenhill, SAMS research services
Lindsay Leask, Scottish Renewables
Declan Meally, Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland

16.30 – 17.00 Closing remarks

17.00 – 19.00 Networking cocktail

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