AGENDA Day 1: Wednesday, April 13

7:30 REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:30 Wind and Ocean Energy Market Landscape Opportunities and Outlook for North American Wind and Ocean Energy CHRIS RED, Vice President, Composite Market Reports • Demand and outlook for industrial-scale wind • Demand and outlook for community- and small-wind • Emerging ocean/river generating applications • Impact of developments on composite materials and manufacturing

9:30 NETWORKING BREAK

9:45 Wind Blade Composites Developments Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Initiative: Technology Developments in Manufacturing of Large Composite Wind Turbine Blades STEPHEN NOLET, Principal Engineer, TPI Composites

10:45 Floating Platform Components A Review DeepCWind’s Design Decisions ROBERT LINDYBERG, Project Manager, AEWC, University of Maine

Market Overview, Major Players, Leading Forging the Future of Floating Wind Energy DAN SHREVE, Director , MAKE Consulting • Overview of Existing Floating Foundation Concepts and Program • Challenges and Benefits of Floating Foundations versus Traditional Stationary Designs • Localization and Other Supply Chain Considerations • Importance of Strategic Development Partners

12:00 LUNCH

1:30 Tidal Turbine Technology / Marine Hydrokinetic (MHK) Emergence of Renewable Marine Energy: A New Energy Resource and Potential Market for Composites CHRIS M. CAMPBELL, Executive Director, Ocean Renewable Energy Group

Composites in Action: The Maine Tidal Energy Project JOHN FERLAND, VP - Project Development, Ocean Renewable Power Company • Successful testing of the largest ocean energy device ever deployed in the U.S. • First all-composites ocean turbine manufactured in the U.S. • Advancement to highly sophisticated materials and processes • Significant statewide job retention and creation

2:30 Small and Community Wind Small vs. Community Wind 101 LISA DANIELS, Executive Director and Founder, Windustry

3:30 NETWORKING BREAK

3:45 Developing Composites in Offshore Wind Service Vessels For The Offshore Wind Industry PAUL WILLIAMSON, Maine Wind Industry Initiative

Targeted Automation for Wind Blade Component Manufacturing JAMES P. MARTIN, President, Innovative Composites Automation RON JACOBSEN, Corporate Projects Mgr., Globe Machine Manufacturing Co. • Target structure appropriate for automation • Partner with material supplier, end user, OEM • Low cost representative sub element fabrication • Case Study: Automated prepreg application for spars • Technical and economic results

4:45 Panel Discussion: Opportunities & Issues for NE Offshore Development Day 1 Speakers

5:30 Conference Adjourns

6:00 COCKTAIL RECEPTION Network with fellow participants and enjoy hors d’oeuvres at this cocktail reception

Day 2: Thursday, April 14

7:30 Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30 Offshore Wind Project Development Experience in Offshore Wind Farms, Alpha Ventus and Beyond PROF. JOCHEN GROSSMANN, Ph.D. PROF. FRANK DAHLHAUS GICON • Actual problems with classic foundations • Results of first wind farm monitoring • New solutions including floating foundations • Status of current R&D in the field

9:00 Sea Titan Project Status and Impact on Wind Industry : Replacing Permanent Magnets with Superconductors ROB ROUSE, Director, Business Development: Superconductors & HTS Machines, American Superconductor

9:30 NETWORKING BREAK

9:45 Wind Blade Repair When the Warranty Expires: Repairing Wind Turbine Blades MALCOLM ROSENOW, Global New Business Development Consultant • Est. number of blades off-warranty • Typical blade repairs (photos included) • Challenges in the market

10:15 (To be determined) JUAN BORGES, WindCom Services

10:45 Offshore Wind Work Vessels: Needs and Numbers Types of Work Vessels Required for Installation Tasks During Wind and Tidal Installation Offshore: Equipment, scheduling, costing KURT THOMSEN, CEO, Advanced Offshore Solutions

12:00 LUNCH

1:30 Mooring Technologies for Wind and Tidal Turbines CLIFFORD GOUDEY, Principal, C.A. Goudey & Assoc. • The mooring requirements of offshore renewable energy • Common technologies from other maritime sectors • Matching anchor type to substrate • Environmental and life-cycle implications of mooring options

2:30 Government Incentives and How to Maximize Them Leveraging the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind & Ocean Energy Strategy MEGAN MCCLUER. Senior Advisor Strategic Planning U.S. Department of Energy – Wind and Water Power Program Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

3:30 NETWORKING BREAK

3:45 Maine/Northeast Supply Chain Participation Structure of a Wind Turbine Supply Chain PATRICK FULLENKAMP, Director - Technical Services GLWN, B(MPCBM8JOE/FUXPSL • Who Buys What? • 3 Supply Chain Sectors: Turbine Components, Construction Material, Maintenance Material • What is expected of a Wind Supplier? • Tips for 1st Tier’s (Composites included)

4:45 Panel Discussion: Looking Forward: Where to Aim for Next 10 Years? Day 2 Speakers

5:30 Conference Concludes

CHRIS RED Chris has 12 years experience in producing research and developing market trends and fore­casts related to the use of advanced composites. As head of Composite Market Report’s market research and consultancy operations, Red has also written and contributed to dozens of reports and projects on the topic of composites, manufacturers and competitive analysis. As editor for CMR, Red is responsible for keeping abreast of the advanced composites industry, selecting, researching and writing the company’s two monthly composites newsletters. In addition to CMR’s own publications, Red is a frequent contributor to composite industry publications.

STEPHEN NOLET Stephen Nolet is Principal Engineer and Direc­tor of Innovation at TPI Composites in Warren, Rhode Island. With 30 years of experience in the design and fabrication of composite prod­ucts, Nolet manages technical activities in the development of low cost composite structures for three business units that include military ground transportation vehicles, wind energy and transportation systems. As the Senior Engineer in the Air Force Program office for Advanced Composites in Sacramento, California, Captain Nolet was responsible for developing structural composite applications to replace existing aircraft components with a history of maintainability and supportability deficiencies.

DAN SHREVE Dan Shreve is the US Director of MAKE Consulting, the leading market intelligence & strategic advisory service to the international wind industry. Dan is responsible for all MAKE Consulting activities in the Americas.

Dan has a Mechanical Engineering degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and is a graduate of the US Navy Nuclear Operations program.

Dan has nearly ten years of experience in the renewable energy industry, serving in a number of engineering and strategic management roles. Prior to joining MAKE Consulting, Dan served as the Wind Energy Market & Competitive Intelligence Leader at GE Energy.

Dan is subject matter expert in numerous areas of the wind industry including global market assessments, wind turbine vendor profiles, turbine technology, wind turbine supply chain dynamics, and renewable energy policy.

CHRIS CAMPBELL Chris Campbell is a PhD marine scientist and leader in developing Canada’s ocean economy. Since 2004, he has focused on building an alliance of industry, governments and utilities to ensure that Canada is a leading player in the emerging renewable ocean energy landscape. The 120-member Ocean Renewable Energy Group (OREG) has succeeded in attracting government and utility attention toward this important clean electricity resource and low-carbon economic opportunity. Chris now serves as Executive Director for this national association

LISA M. DANIELS Lisa M. Daniels, Executive Director and founder of Windustry, has been providing wind energy information and technical assistance to farmers, ranchers, elected officials, rural utilities and other interested groups since 1995. Currently, Lisa leads Windustry in contracts with the US Dept of Energy and National Renewable Energy Laboratory and as an active partner on the Wind Powering America initiative. Nationally, Lisa serves on the American Wind Energy Association Community Wind Work Group Steering Committee and is a founding member and on the Board of Directors for Women of Wind Energy (WoWE). Also, Lisa served for several years on the Coordinating Collaborative's Steering Committee. She was recognized in 2004 by the US Dept of Energy Wind Powering America program, with the Chicago Regional Office Wind Advocacy Award for regional leadership, creativity, and commitment to wind energy development, and honored again in 2005 for her work with Wind Powering America’s Agriculture Outreach Team. Lisa received a B.S. in Business Management from Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts. She loves to canoe and kayak, and enjoys horseback riding and Nordic skiing with her family.

JAMES P. MARTIN Jim Martin is President of Innovative Compos­ites Automation, consulting directly with clients in need of composites automation assistance in the areas of specification, project management, and technology and business development. Martin has spent the last 20 years in automa­tion of advanced composite processes — primarily automated fiber placement and automated tape laying — and he holds several patents in these fields. As an owner/employee of Automated Dynamics, Martin was responsible for process and product development, field installation of AFP and ATL machines, client training and quality control, project management and engineering, international marketing and sales, general management, and business development.

MALCOM ROSENOW

Malcolm Rosenow has an established career in international new business development for the industrial composites market. He is a recipient of several industry awards that includes a new product introduction and best technical paper. He began consulting in February 2009 to provide leadership support to small businesses by focusing on mission critical new business opportunities, new product introductions, and analyzing new markets. His consulting assignments included several international projects, and assisting in purchasing the assets of a nickel-coated carbon fiber business. In 2010, Malcolm delivered on a mission-critical new business opportunity for a client by obtaining a multi-million aerospace contract, and helped obtain special funding to build a strategic manufacturing base in the U.S. In the wind energy market, he developed a rapid response sales channel to provide urgently needed composite supplies to repair damaged wind turbine blades. Malcolm is trained as a six-sigma black belt and holds Bachelors and Masters of Applied Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada.

PATRICK FULLENKAMP

Patrick has more than 30 years in operations, engineering, product development, project management, quality management and global supply chain management at Delphi AHG. Patrick’s educational background includes a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the General Motors Institute and Master of Science in Manufacturing Management from Kettering University.

As Director of Technical Services, Patrick Fullenkamp provides technical support to manufacturing and wind-energy related firms in the GLWN Network of over 1,600 members. He works with wind turbine OEM’s and 1st tier manufacturers, including those already here as well as others coming to North America, to identify opportunities for GLWN member manufacturers and service providers in onshore and offshore opportunities.

CLIFFORD GOUDEY Clifford Goudey has over 20 years experience in Ocean Engineering R&D related to ocean renewable energy technologies, with an emphasis on installation, anchoring, operations, and survivability, including tenures at MIT Sea Grant and as Project Director for a wide variety of projects including numerous automated underwater vehicles (AUVs), seabed monitoring systems and other aquatic robotic equipment. He holds numerous patents in the field, and his current research focuses on marine hydrokinetics and system development for offshore aquaculture.

KURT E. THOMSEN

Kurt E. Thomsen is the founder and Managing Director of advanced Offshore Solutions Aps. The company is focused on supplying consultancy services to the offshore wind farm industry exclusively, with the primary focus on transport and logistical solutions, design, build and operation of offshore windfarm installation vessels.Current clients include Credit Suisse, Eon, DONG Energy, MTHøjgaard, StatoilHydro, Energie Baden Wurttemberg. The services provided by the company include development and implementation of methods, rules and guidelines for offshore wind farm work, setup and execution of the installation process for offshore projects, validation of equipment and auditing of same, contract negotiations and implementation of same to projects as well as development of new installation methods and vessels for the abovementioned companies in order to execute their project portfolio.

Prior to establishing Advanced Offshore Solutions in 2006, Mr Thomsen was Business Development Manager for the company A2SEA A/S, a company originally started by Kurt E. Thomsen himself in 2000. A2SEA A/S, is a privately held company specializing in delivering transport, logistical solutions as well as installation vessels for the offshore wind industry. The basis of the company is a patent for a semi jacking installation vessel, originally designed and patented by Kurt E. Thomsen. Before this, Mr. Thomsen was the owner and founder of Danish Crane consultants, a company specializing in solutions for the heavy lift industry on as well as offshore. He ran this company for 5 years before merging it into A2SEA A/S. Mr. Thomsen started his career in the shipyard of Frederica Denmark and worked for 15 years with docking and lifting assignments for the yard first as a crane operator since as a lifting supervisor.

Mr. Thomsen received his Bsc. in architecture and construction from the Via University in Horsens Denmark in 1990. He has a leadership diploma from Århus Business Academy as well as Bachelors degree in Strategic Management. He is a qualified Crane Operator, Assessor and crane specialist (According to Danish HSE rules it requires specialist knowledge to validate the use of cranes and lifting equipment, this requires diplomas in engineering, nondestructive testing and a minimum requirement of 10 years of relevant experience).

Kurt E. Thomsen is based in Århus Denmark.

ROBERT LINDYBERG, Ph.D., P.E

An employee of the AEWC Center at the University of Maine since 1995, Dr. Lindyberg is currently the Assistant Director for Boatbuilding and Composites, charged with coordinating and growing the marine-related composites R&D with industry clients. In this position, Dr. Lindyberg is AEWC’s key point-of-contact to Maine’s boatbuilding and composites industry, and is currently the Program Manager for the DeepCwind Consortium. Dr. Lindyberg has managed projects ranging from the research and commercialization of AEWC-developed wood-composite products, to the design and construction of the MAKO high-speed composite boat for the US Navy SEALs.

Before coming to the University of Maine, Dr. Lindyberg was a bridge design, construction, and inspection engineer for the Maine Department of Transportation, and the New York State Department of Transportation. Dr. Lindyberg is a registered professional engineer in the state of Maine. He received his BS in Civil Engineering from Union College, and his MS and Ph.D. from the University of Maine.

ROB ROUSE

American Superconductor Corporation Director, Business Development Superconductors and Superconductor Machines

Mr. Rouse joined American Superconductor in 2005 and is responsible for global business development activities for the Superconductor division. A frequent speaker at industry events, Mr. Rouse has over 30 years of experience in business development and sales for rotating machines, gearing, drives/converters and automation solutions.

Prior to joining American Superconductor Mr. Rouse held senior management positions at Legrand/Ortronics, Hubbell, Siemens Energy and Automation, Emerson and Reliance Electric.

A Pennsylvania native and long time resident of Sherborn, Massachusetts Mr. Rouse has a BSME from Grove City College and a CSS from Harvard University.

PROFESSOR DR. JOCHEN GROSSMANN Dr. Grossmann is Owner and CEO of GICON, a consulting and engineering firm with 250 engineers headquartered in Dresden, Germany. The company provides services related to permitting, monitoring, facility planning and engineering for renewable energy development. Professor Grossmann started the company in 1990 after having obtained degrees in Thermal and Hydraulic Engineering and a PhD in Nuclear Power Plant Automation, specializing in the complex energy and ecology aspects of optimizing power plant installation and operation.

PROFESSOR DR. FRANK DAHLHAUS GICON is the leader of an engineering and development consortium for a floating offshore wind platform. Part of this consortium is the Technical University and Mining Academy of Freiberg, Germany, represented by Professor Dr. Frank Dahlhaus. He holds degrees in Civil Engineering and is head of the department for concrete and structural design at the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology. Under his leadership the department supports the GICON-led consortium with analytical and structural analyses for the floating platform project.

PROFESSOR GROSSMANN and PROFESSOR DAHLHAUS will jointly present on the current state of offshore wind farm foundation technology in Europe, including lessons learned from their work on ALPHA VENTUS, as well as their novel floating platform design which is also receiving German government funding.

MEGAN MCCLUER Megan McCluer began her career at NASA Ames Research Center in California where she worked as an Aerospace Engineer in the Rotorcraft Aeromechanics Group for 12 years. She then served 4 years as the Project Manager for the U.S. Air Force's CV‐22 Flight Test Program at Edwards Air Force Base. After volunteering to assist with disaster relief in thhe Gulf Coast, Megan moved to private industry and became the Senior Engineering Program Manager for the Technology Department at . In Sept 2008 she was selected to become the Program Manager for the Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program at the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable EEnergy (EERE). She now serves as Senior Advisor for Wind Power Technologgies at DOE.

McCluer has an Associate of Science in Civil Engineering from Franklin Institute of Boston, a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from San Jose State University and a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park.