An all-star cast of panelists and keynote speakers – and numerous in-person trips to key locations in South Jersey – highlight Time for Turbines 7, a two-day event set for Thursday-Friday at Stockton University in Atlantic City.
The event will have panels featuring the top government officials involved in the sector in the state (including DEP Commissioner Shawn LaTourette and BPU President Christine Guhl-Sadovy), a fireside chat with Atlantic Shores CEO Joris Veldhoven, and panels on transmission, the wind port, workforce development and supply chain.
There will be a talk on perhaps the biggest issue: ‘Navigating Choppy Financial Waters.’
The event will feature two keynote addresses:
- On Thursday, Dr. Elizabeth Cercero, an associate professor of Medicine, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, will discuss impact of climate change;
- On Friday, John Shinn, the secretary-treasurer of the United Steelworkers, will discuss supply chain.
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The event will be held at the Fannie Lou Hamer Conference Room at Stockton University’s Atlantic City campus.
Here’s a bigger look at the agenda:
Thursday
9-11 a.m.: Registration and networking
11 a.m.: Government decision-makers panel
- Moderator: Eric Miller, executive director, Office of Climate Action and the Green Economy;
- N.J. DEP Commissioner Shawn LaTourette;
- N.J. BPU President Christine Guhl-Sadovy;
- N.J. DOL Commissioner Rob Asaro-Angelo;
- N.J. EDA EVP of clean energy and workforce partnerships Jen Becker.
Noon: Lunch
12:45 p.m.: Keynote
- Dr. Elizabeth Cercero, associate professor of Medicine, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
1-4 p.m.: Field trips (Transportation provided)
- Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters Offshore Wind Training Facility
- NJ Manufacturing Extension Program Mobile Training Center
- Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Energy ECO Center
- Rutgers University Marine Field Station
- RU COOL Lab Demo at Rutgers University Marine Field Station
- Stockton University Marine Field Station
5:30-7:30 p.m.: Reception at Margaritaville (address from first lady Tammy Murphy)
Friday
9 a.m.: Welcome
- Amanda Norvell, dean, Stockton University;
- Tim Sullivan, CEO of N.J. Economic Development Authority;
9:10 a.m.: Fireside chat
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Project
- Paulina O’Connor, executive director, NJ Offshore Wind Alliance
- Joris Veldhoven CEO, Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind
9:45 a.m.: Panel 1
The Future of Offshore Wind in New Jersey
- Moderator: Bill O’Hearn, EVP, external relations, Offshore Power LLC
- Bryan Gray, development director, Community Offshore Wind
- Karen Imas, senior external affairs manager, Attentive Energy
- Wesley Jacobs, Leading Light Wind Project Director and VP of Offshore Wind Development at Invenergy
- John Dempsey, CEO, Bluepoint Wind
10:45 a.m.: Break
11 a.m.: Fireside chat
Navigating Choppy Financial Waters
- Kris Ohleth, executive director, Special Initiative on Offshore Wind
- Abby Watson, president, The Groundwire Group
11:30 a.m.: Keynote Address
Building the N.J. Offshore Wind Supply Chain
- John Shinn, United Steelworkers, International Secretary-Treasurer
11:45 a.m.: Lunch
12:45 p.m.: Panel 2
Offshore Wind Transmission
Moderator: Moira Cyphens, Director, Eastern Region State Affairs, American Clean Power
- Wyatt Earp, political coordinator, IBEW
- Robert Brabston, executive director, NJBPU
- Janice Fuller, former president, Mid-Atlantic, Anbaric
- Abe Silverman, assistant research scholar, Sustainable Energy Institute, John Hopkins University
1:45 p.m.: Panel 3
The N.J. Wind Port
- Moderator: Debra Coyle, executive director, N.J. Work Environment Council
- Peter Knorr, director of port operations, N.J. EDA
- Chris Ace, Millwright Representative, Eastern Atlantic States Carpenters
2:15 p.m.: Panel 4
Workforce development and supply chain
Moderator: Robin Tabakin, president, Technoforce LLC
- Larry Banks, manager, Workforce Development & Education, N.J. MEP;
- Drew Heverly, industrial paint training and apprentice coordinator, IUPAT District Council 21
- Amed Chaudry, manager, Wind Institute, N.J. EDA;
- Oriana Holmes-Price, director of organizing, N.J. Environmental Justice Alliance
- Quiva Harris, Green Careers VISTA, NJ. Environmental Justice Alliance
