Rep. Keating to keynote Ocean Energy Workforce Development Summit

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The New England Marine Renewable Energy Center at UMass Dartmouth, in partnership with the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, will hold a summit on preparing area workers for jobs in the offshore renewable energy field on Friday, May 4 in New Bedford.

The all-day summit will feature a keynote address by US Rep. Bill Keating (D-Bourne), and panels of experts discussing: the needs of industry, trainers, and lessons from Europe – where just two offshore sites on the German coast have created 2400 jobs in three years.

Where:
New Bedford Whaling Museum
18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford

When:
Friday, May 4, 2012
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Tickets:
Early Bird (Before May 1, 2012): $35
Regular (After May 1, 2012): $45
Student: $15 at the door

Register at: https://webapps.umassd.edu/events/mrec/
Info at: www.mrec.umassd.edu/event


Agenda

9:00 to 9:30 a.m.
Registration

9:30 to 10:00 a.m.
Welcome: John Miller, Executive Director, New England MREC

Keynote : Representative William R. Keating, U.S. House of Representatives

10:30 to 12:00 a.m.
Panel: The European Experience
Chair: Megan Amsler, Cape and Islands Self Reliance Corp.
Jack Howanski, JDR Cables
Megan Amsler, Cape and Islands Self-Reliance Corp.
Cathy O’Connor, Embassy of Ireland

12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Lunch provided for all registered attendees

1:00 to 2:30 p.m.
Panel: CEOs talk about the needs of industry
Chair: Paul Williamson, Maine Wind Industry Initiative
Mark Rodgers, Cape Wind
Ed Lovelace, Free Flow Power
William Staby, Resolute Marine Energy

2:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Networking Break

3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Panel: US Trainers/Workforce Developers Response
Chair: Kathleen Kirby, CONNECT
David Borus, Pile Drivers Union
Len Coriaty, New Bedford Workforce Investment Board
Thomas Perreira, Bristol Workforce Investment Board