In addition to the regular education sessions at the Offshore WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition, AWEA offered Spotlight Forums on international and domestic offshore development initiatives. Hosted by international trade and investment groups and domestic organizations, these forums highlighted case studies from international projects and development presentations for proposed domestic opportunities.

2011 UK Trade & Investment

Moderator
Maria McCaffery, Chief Executive, RenewableUK

Presenters
The Electricity Market Review - Department of Energy and Climate Change: Get an outline of the changes in UK policy introduced through the Electricity Market Review and what these changes in policy will mean to the continuing development of Round 2 Projects and the initiation of Round 3 projects.
Roy Evans, Head of Development and Asset Management, Crown Estates
Building the Supply Chain - Get an outline of what is happening in the UK and how transferring technology from Oil & Gas and other engineering disciplines is manifesting itself in the UK.
Stephen Robertson, Commercial Manager, National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec)
R&D: The Future of Offshore Wind - Discussion on the latest advancements in science and technology.

2011 MAINE Offshore Update

Moderator
Paul Williamson, Director and Industry Coordinator, Maine Wind Industry Initiative

Presenters
Ken Fletcher, Director of the Office of Energy Independence and Security (recorded statement)
State support for the development of offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine
Maine Public Utilities Commission
Update report on the process and review of responses to the issued RFP for a 25 MW deep water wind pilot project
Dr. Habib Dagher, Director of the AEWC, Advanced Structures and Composites Center, U-Maine, and Program Director for the DeepCWind Consortium
Update on the DeepCWind Activities
Parker Hadlock, Cianbro Corporation, Lead Fabrication Contractor for DeepCWind 1/3 Scale Pilot Project
Update on the construction phase for tension leg platform prototype.
Patrick Graham, Director of Project Development, Sewall Company
The development of the AWEGIS 300 plus layer GIS data system for the gulf of Maine
Steve Pelletier, Principal Biologist, Stantec Consulting
Developing advanced techniques for understanding bird and bat behaviors in the gulf of Maine

2011 North Carolina Wind Opportunities

Moderator
Jen Banks, Wind Energy Project Coordinator, North Carolina Solar Center

Presenters

Brian O'Hara, President, North Carolina Offshore Wind Coalition

North Carolina's unique advantages for offshore wind - including resource capacity, electricity market demand, population growth rates and estimated construction costs.

Larry Shirley, Director of the Green Economy, North Carolina Department of Commerce

Overview of efforts underway in North Carolina to build on the state's unique advantages and the existing political support for offshore wind, including BOEMRE NC Task Force, research efforts and recent actions by North Carolina's Governor Bev Perdue.

2011 MARYLAND Spotlight Panel

Moderator
Andrew Gohn, Clean Energy Program Manager, Maryland Energy Administration

Presenters
Abby Hopper, Energy Advisor to Governor Martin O’Malley
Malcolm Woolf, Director of the Maryland Energy Administration
Gwynne Schultz, Senior Coastal & Ocean Policy Advisor, Maryland DNR
Andrew Gohn, Acting Clean Energy Director, Maryland Energy Administration
TBD, Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development

Topics to be covered

- Permitting Efforts

- The Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2011

- Offshore Wind Energy Legislative Summer Study

- Benefits of Maryland as an Offshore Wind Destination

- Regional and Global Cooperation

- Supply Chain and Economic Development Initiatives