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  • Tuesday, Oct 29th
    10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    We’re Built! Permit Compliance and Enforcement After COD
    Location: 308/309
    Moderator: Cheryl Stahl – DNV Energy USA Inc
    Speaker: Joshua Bennett – Dominion Energy
    Speaker: Paul Huang – Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)
    Speaker: Pilar Patterson – Ørsted
    Working Towards Predictable and Efficient Permitting Framework
  • Tuesday, Oct 29th
    1:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET
    FLASH SESSION: Aspects and Impacts of the BOEM Modernization Rule
    Location: 308/309
    Moderator: Kevin A. Ewing, JD (he/him/his) – Bracewell LLP
    Speaker: Wright J. Frank – Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
    Speaker: Casey Reeves – Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)
    Working Towards Predictable and Efficient Permitting Framework
  • Tuesday, Oct 29th
    1:45 PM – 2:45 PM ET
    Lessons Learned from the First Wave of Permitted Projects
    Location: 308/309
    Moderator: Edward (Ted) A. Boling, J.D. (he/him/his) – Perkins Coie LLP
    Speaker: Eric Beightel – Permitting Council
    Speaker: Janet Coit – NOAA Fisheries
    Speaker: Patricia (Patty) DiOrio – Ørsted
    Speaker: Elizabeth Klein – Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
    Working Towards Predictable and Efficient Permitting Framework
  • Tuesday, Oct 29th
    3:15 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    Fisheries Compensation: Moving Beyond Process
    Location: 308/309
    Moderator: Kris Ohleth, MA – Special Initiative on Offshore Wind
    Speaker: Doug Copeland – Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind
    Speaker: Rick Robins, MBA – RWE
    Working Towards Predictable and Efficient Permitting Framework
  • Wednesday, Oct 30th
    9:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    Better Than the Human Eye: Technology for Whale Monitoring
    Location: 308/309
    Moderator: Josh Kohut – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Speaker: Kristen Ampela, PhD – National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
    Speaker: Catherine Bowes – Turn Forward
    Speaker: Atma Khalsa (he/him/his) – Avangrid
    Speaker: Ariana Spawn, MEM – Ørsted
    Working Towards Predictable and Efficient Permitting Framework
  • Wednesday, Oct 30th
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    FLASH SESSION: Gulf of Maine: Ocean Planning and Lease Development
    Location: 308/309
    Moderator: Celina Cunningham – Governor’s Energy Office, State of Maine
    Speaker: Karen J. Baker (she/her/hers) – Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
    Speaker: James A. Morris, Jr., PhD (he/him/his) – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
    Working Towards Predictable and Efficient Permitting Framework
  • Wednesday, Oct 30th
    11:15 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Federal Permitting - Room for Improvement
    Location: 308/309
    Speaker: Sarah Courbis, PhD (she/her/hers) – Worley Consulting
    Speaker: Geri Edens, JD – Vineyard Offshore
    Speaker: Jennifer Flood – Ocean Winds North America
    Speaker: Elizabeth Komiskey, PE – bp
    Working Towards Predictable and Efficient Permitting Framework
  • Wednesday, Oct 30th
    1:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    First in Safety
    Location: 308/309
    Moderator: Shawnda Pierre – bp
    Presenter: Elizabeth Komiskey, PE – bp
    Speaker: Will Kenyon – Ørsted
    Speaker: Daniel Wilkinson, LCDR – USCG Outer Continental Shelf National Center of Expertise
    Speaker: Jonathan Fraser, CSP – Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
    Speaker: Mathew Berkholtz, CSP – Avangrid
    Working Towards Predictable and Efficient Permitting Framework