--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS EVENT INCLUDE:
Nine (9) keynote addresses from prominent Australian and international ocean energy experts.
Developers Showcase introducing wave and tidal technology companies. Confirmed companies include Carnegie Clean Energy, MAKO Tidal Turbines, SABELLA SAS, Verdant Power and Wave Swell. Four (4) additional companies are pending. The Showcase will be held on Wednesday, 21 November, starting at 1:30pm.
An ocean energy Market Development Roundtable will kickoff with a notable presentation by U.S. Ocean Energy Program Director, Alejandro Moreno, whose office authored the report, Potential Maritime Markets for Marine and Hydrokinetic Technologies. Following Alejandro's address, two experts panels will share their views on domestic and international markets for ocean energy technologies. The Roundtable will follow the Developers Showcase.
A variety of excellent technical talks and interactive discussions on key ocean energy topics will be carried our throughout the conference.
A Tidal Workshop will be held by the AUStralian Tidal Energy (AUSTEn) project team (www.austen.org.au). The workshop will include an interactive session on the steps to site commercialisation as well as a panel discussion with invited speakers from the industry and government. This workshop is open to all interested individuals; however registration is necessary. If interested attending contact: AUSTEn@utas.edu.au. An agenda will be provided. Morning tea, coffee and lunch also will be provided.
AUSTEn is a three year project to map the Australia's tidal energy resouces as well as to assess its economic feasibility and ability to contribute to Australia’s energy needs. AUSTEn is led by the Australian Maritime College (University of Tasmania), in partnership with CSIRO and University of Queensland.
HELP DEMONSTRATE THE SUCCESS OF EQUITY CROWDFUNDING FOR OCEAN ENERGY
The Liquid Grid recently posted an excellent article about crowdfunding for ocean energy projects. The article points out one of the key benefits of this form of fundraising, which is enabling ocean energy developers to reach a wider pool of potential investors and stakeholders than conventional fundraising. If proven as a successful funding model for the ocean energy sector, this relatively new approach could fill critical funding gaps to help assure the success of ocean energy projects.
WAVE SWELL ENERGY (WSE) is an innovative Australian renewable energy technology company currently implementing an equity crowdfunding campaign to raise supplemental funding support for their King Island project.
Help Wave Swell reach their goal and demonstrate the success of crowdfunding for ocean energy projects by CONTRIBUTING TODAY to their campaign.
Following the close of their successful campaign in early December, WSE has offered to collaborate with AMET to share lessons learned of their crowdfunding experience to help support other ocean energy developers use this innovative funding approach.
If you want to support this project but can’t contribute, you can help by sharing this campaign with your network. Whether through your newsletter, your website, an email to your colleagues or by sharing a link on your social media platforms, your support will get them one step closer toward success of WSE's King Island project!
