The document provides an agenda for a workshop consultation with key stakeholders held on October 14th, 2008 at the Ifremer Centre in Plouzané, France. The workshop was divided into three parts: [1] presentations on the EquiMar project's technical work packages, [2] parallel roundtable discussions on specific technical topics, and [3] concluding presentations and an open discussion focused on recommendations for future EquiMar tasks. Key topics of discussion included physical environment specification, engineering assessment, environmental assessment, and economic assessment of wave energy technologies. The roundtables were each moderated and aimed to gather input from stakeholders over 30 minutes.

1. Workshop Consultation to key stakeholders – 14th October 2008
Ifremer Centre, Plouzané, near Brest.
Address: Technopole Brest Iroise, Z.I. Pointe du Diable, BP 70, 29280 Plouzané
“Salle de réunion” de l’IPEV (Institute Paul Emille Victor)
Agenda
9:00 – Registration and Welcome
Part I – EquiMar presentations
9:30 – General overview. David Ingram – University of Edinburgh
9:45 – Presentation of technical work packages (5’ each)
WP2. Physical environment specification. Venki Venugopal – University of
Edinburgh
WP3. Concept appraisal and tank testing. Cameron Johnstone - University of
Strathclyde
WP4. Sea trial testing. Brian Holmes – HMRC, University College Cork
WP5. Deployment assessment. A.S.Bahaj - Southampton University
WP6. Environmental impact assessment. Frank Neumann - Wave Energy Centre
WP7. Economic assessment. Tim Stallard - The University of Manchester
10:15 – Objectives of the workshop. Pierpaolo Ricci - TECNALIA
Part II – Round tables
10:30 – Coffee break and organisation of round tables
11:00 – Four parallel round tables
RT1. Physical environment specification:
Moderator: Venki Venugopal
Secretary: John Lawrence
RT2. Engineering assessment (Concept appraisal, sea trials & deployment
assessment)
Moderator: Brian Holmes
Secretary: A.S.Bahaj
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2. RT3. Environmental assessment:
Moderator: Frank Neuman
Secretary: Cristina Huertas
RT4. Economic assessment:
Moderator: Tim Stallard
Secretary: Gareth Harrison
Note: The rest of attendees will participate in all the round tables (about 30’ each)
13:00 – Lunch
Part III – Conclusions and Discussion
14:30 – Presentations of conclusions by round table moderators (15’ each)
15:30 – Discussion
The focus will be “recommendations for future tasks of EquiMar”
16:30 – End of Workshop
9th October 2008