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

Dimitris Theodorou
Director Emergency Response Resolve Marine

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

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