Delegates and speakers
Delegates:
Country | Delegate | Job title | Organisation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANADA | Elisa Obermann | Operations Director (Acting) | FORCE (Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy) |
| CHINA | Qi Lianming | Director of Marine Energy | National Ocean Technology Centre |
| CHINA | Li Yan | Deputy Director of Marine Energy | National Ocean Technology Centre |
| CHINA | Li Xuelin | Doctor of Marine Energy | National Ocean Technology Centre |
| DENMARK | Hans Jørgen Brodersen | Centre Director | DanWEC, Danish Wave Energy Centre |
| FRANCE | Kelly Cayocca | France Energies Marines | |
| IRELAND | Caitriona Nic Aonghusa | Marine Institute | |
| SOUTHEAST ASIA | Koh Eng Kiong | Program Manager, Energy Research Institute | Nanyang Technological University |
| SPAIN | Dr Jose Joaquin Hernandez Brito | Manager | PLOCAN (Consorcio para la Construcción, Equipamiento y Explotación de la Plataforma Oceánica de Canarias) |
| SPAIN | Yago Torre-Enciso | Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE) | |
| THE NETHERLANDS | Peter Scheijgrond | Infrastructure Manager | Tidal Testing Centre |
| UK | Andrew Mill | Chief Executive | Narec |
| UK | David Westwood | Britain's Energy Coast | |
| UK | Mark Francis | Project Manager | Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre |
| UK | Claire Gibson | Managing Director | Wave Hub |
| UK | Helen Wilson-Prowse | Head of Operations and Business Services | Wave Hub |
| USA | Belinda Batten | Director | Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) |
| USA | Luis Vega | Manager | Hawaii National Marine Renewable Energy Center (HINMREC) |
| USA | Patrick Cross | Senior Project Support Specialist | Hawaii Natural Energy Institute |
Guest speakers:
Chris Stark, Head of Electricity Division, Scottish Government
Calum Davidson, Director of Energy and Low Carbon, Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Jim McKie, Head of Licensing Operations Team, Marine Scotland
Alexis George, Health and Safety Manager, Energy and Infrastructure, The Crown Estate
John Griffiths, Technical Director, EMEC, and UK National Ocean Energy Standards Comittee PEL/114
Steven Driver, Northern Lighthouse Board
Technology developers:
Pelamis Wave Power
Open Hydro
Alstom/Tidal Generation Ltd
Aquamarine Power
Scotrenewables
Seatricity
EMEC Speakers:
Neil Kermode, Managing Director, EMEC
Stuart Baird, Operations Director, EMEC
Jennifer Norris, Research Director, EMEC
Matthew Finn, Research and Projects Coordinator, EMEC
John Lawrence, Hydrodynamicist, EMEC
David Cowan, Research and Consents Manager, EMEC
Plus invited guests from Orkney Islands Council, Scottish Development International, and local Orkney supply chain companies.
