Previous AORES

The first AORES was held on 18-20 October 2016 in Melbourne, Australia.

The main intention for arranging AORES was to foster collaboration and future planning of the Australian ocean renewable energy sector by bringing industry, researchers, and other stakeholders together to share information and ideas, and provide a global context by inviting international leaders in the field to deliver keynote presentations.

Keynote presentations:

• Dr. Matthew Folley, Queen's University of Belfast
  The wave energy research and development challenge

• Dr. Andrea E. Copping, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  Annex IV State of the Science - sharing what we know about environmental effects of marine renewable energy development internationally

• Dr Gareth Gretton, Chair AWATEA, NZ
  Looking back and looking forwards: A review of past developments and a strategy for the future

• Martin Murphy
  Industry Led Research to support the Australian Ocean Energy Sector

The symposium committee included:

• Dr Mark Hemer

• Dr Irene Penesis

• Dr Rihard Manasseh

• Dr Kathy McInnes

• Ms Tracey Pitman

Outcomes included:

• a book of abstracts

• a journal publication by Hemer, M. A., Manasseh, R., McInnes, K. L., Penesis, I., & Pitman, T. (2018). Perspectives on a way forward for ocean renewable energy in Australia. Renewable Energy, 127, 733-745. 

The second AORES was held on 20-21 November 2018 in Perth, Australia, hosted by the Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre at the University of Western Australia.

Keynote speakers:

• Prof. Deborah Greaves, University of Plymouth, UK

• Dr Jørgen Hals Todalshaug, CorPower Ocean

• Prof. Bryson Robertson, Oregon State University and Pacific Marine Energy Centre

• Morten Liingaard, Ørsted

• Prof. Henry Jeffrey,  UK SuperGen and University of Edinburgh

• Alejandro Moreno, US Department of Energy

• Vicky Coy, ORE Catapult

• Daniel Coles, SIMEC Atlantis Energy

Chairs:

• Prof. Christophe Gaudin

• Prof. Ryan Lowe

• Dr Hugh Wolgamot

Organisers:

• Dr Dirk Rijnsdorp (UWA),

• Dr Jana Orszaghova (UWA)

• A/Prof. Scott Draper (UWA)

• Dr Jeff Hansen (UWA)

• A/Prof. Britta Bienen (UWA)

• Prof. Richard Manasseh (Swinburne)

• A/Prof. Irene Penesis (UTAS)

• Dr Mark Hemer (CSIRO)

• Ms Stephanie Thornton (AMET)