Keynote Speakers and Panelists
Prof. Karen Wiltshire
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)
Honorary Chair
Peter Heffernan
Ocean Ambassador & Member of the Board of the Oceano Azul Foundatio. Board Member EU Mission Board ‘Restore Our Ocean and Waters by 2030’.
Honorary Chair
Una Brosnan
Head of Offshore, Ireland, Mainstream Renewable Power
Philip Cole
Director of Industrial Affairs at WindEurope
Peter Lefroy
Director RWE Renewables Ireland
Noel Cunniffe
Wind Energy Ireland
Jeannine Dunne
Head of Marine Advisory GDG
Jerry Hallissey
Head of Business Development – Shannon Foynes Port Authority
Mary Crowley
President Ocean Voyages 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
George Kallimasiotis
Commercial Manager Resolve Marine
Sigi Gruber
Active Senior Advisor European Commission
Craig McLean
Former Chief Scientist and Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Assistant Administrator,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Carol Anne Clayson
Director for Research Strategy and Innovation
Woods Hole Oceanographic
Paul Connolly
CEO Marine Institute Ireland
Moderators
Liam Lacey
Director of the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO)
Karen Coleman
Broadcaster/Journalist
Fausto Ferreira
Assistant Prof University of Zagreb