Agenda

Agenda

The OCEANS 2023 Limerick event agenda will be continuously updated to reflect Plenary Presentations,
Exhibitor Track Presentations, Special Sessions, and other calendar items as they are scheduled.

Please note: The preliminary Technical Program is subject to change.

MONDAY 5th JUNE
08.00– 19.00

Registration

08.00-09.00 Student Poster Competition Guiding Session
09.00-12.30 Tutorials & Workshops, ½ day and full day.
check full schedule here
12.30 -13.30 Lunch
13.30-16.30 Tutorials & Workshops, ½ day and full day.
check full schedule here
16.30-18.00 OES/MTS Student Mixer
17.00-19.00 Icebreaker / welcome reception
TUESDAY 6th JUNE THEME: Offshore Wind, Carbon Neutral Energy by 2050
08.00– 17.00

Registration

09.00-11.00 OCEANS Opening and Welcome
Welcome by UL president / other dignitaries

Plenary I: Offshore Wind, Carbon Neutral Energy by 2050
Keynote: Una Brosnan, Head of Offshore Strategy & New Markets at Mainstream Renewable Power
Moderator: Liam Lacey, Director of the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO)
Expert Panel:
Philip Cole, Director of Industrial Affairs, WindEurope

11.00-11.10 Short Break
11.10 -11.30

Future OCEANS conferences:

  • OCEANS 2023 Gulf Coast
  • OCEANS 2024 Singapore
  • OCEANS 2024 Halifax
  • OCEANS 2025 Brest
11.30-12.00 IEEE OES Annual Meeting Award
12.00-12.05 Exhibition Opening (ribbon cutting)
12.05-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.30 Technical sessions (Parallel)
14.30-15.30 Networking Break Exhibition
15.30-17.30 Technical sessions (Parallel)
17.00-18.30 OES UK and IE Chapter meeting
17.30-19.30 Exhibition reception
WEDNESDAY 7th JUNE THEME: Sustainable Commercial Use of Seas and Oceans
07.30 – 09.00

OES/MTS Young Professionals breakfast and panel

08.00 – 17.00

Registration hours

09.00-10.40 Plenary II: Sustainable Commercial Use of Seas and Oceans
Expert Panel:
Prof Karen Wiltshire, Vice Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute
Prof Richard Neilson, Director UK National Decommissioning Centre
Kimberly Blakemore, Director of Environmental Sustainability, Analog Devices
Gerard Dooly, Co-director Centre for Robotics & Intelligent Systems, UL
10.40-11.20 Break Exhibition
11.10 -12.30 Technical sessions
Town Hall: Accelerating Technology Development to Address Climate Change: New Types of Partnerships and Funding
12.30-14.00 Lunch Exhibition
14.00-15.30 Technical sessions (Parallel)
15.30-16.20 Networking Break Exhibition
16.20-17.30 Technical sessions (Parallel)
18.20-22.00 Gala dinner
THURSDAY 8th JUNE THEME: Ocean Health and Resilience
07.30 – 09.00

OES Women in Engineering Breakfast and panel

08.00– 14.00

Registration

09.00-10.40 Plenary III: Ocean Health and Resilience
Keynote:  Peter Heffernan, Ocean Ambassador & Special Advisor of Board of Directors, Oceano Azul Foundation
Moderator: Karen Coleman, Award Winning Irish Journalist
Expert Panel:
Craig N. McLean, Former Chief Scientist and Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Assistant Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Sigi Gruber,  Active Senior Advisor European Commission
Carol Anne Clayson,  Director for Research Strategy and Innovation WHOI and  Senior Scientist, WHOI
Paul Connolly, CEO Marine Institute Ireland
10.40 -11.10 Break
11.10 -12.50 Technical sessions (Parallel)
12.30-14.00 MTS Women Leadership in Marine Technology and Science Lunch and panel
12.50-14.00 Lunch (Exhibition Close)
14.00-15.30 Technical sessions (Parallel)
15.30-15.40 Break
15.40-17.20 Technical sessions (Parallel)

Innovation Theater
Schedule at a Glance

Tuesday,  5th June:
13.00 – 13.20
15.00 -15.20
17.30 – 18.00

Wednesday,  6th June:
10.40 – 11.00
15.40 – 16.20

Thursday, 7th June:
10.40 – 11.10
13.30 -14.00

Exhibit Hall Hours at a Glance

Tuesday, June 6:
12.05 – 19.30 OPEN
17.30 – 19.30 Exhibitors Reception

Wednesday, June 7:
8.30-18.30 OPEN
10.00 -11.20 Morning Break
12:40-14.00 Lunch
15.40 – 16.20 Afternoon Break
17.30 -19.00, Happy Hour

Thursday, June 8:
8.00-15.30 OPEN
10.00 -10:30 Morning Break
12:50-14.00 Lunch
15.30 CLOSING