2022 Annual Tide Mill Conference

Recent restoration work underway at Van Wyck-Lefferts tide mill. (Courtesy of Huntington Historical Society.)

Tide Power: Past and Future

Portland, Maine, or online via Zoom
Saturday, October 22
9:30 am – 12:00 pm USA Eastern Daylight Time
(13:30 – 16:00 UTC)

Program

  • Welcome and Introduction – Deane Rykerson, President, Tide Mill Institute
  • “Van Wyck-Lefferts Tide Mill, Long Island, N.Y.” – Kurt Dietrich, Board Member, Van Wyck-Lefferts Tide Mill Sanctuary
  • “Bell’s Mill 2022 Survey Report” – Bud Warren, Tide Mill Institute Co-Founder
  • World premier of “Tide Mills of York, Maine” – video by Deane Rykerson and Jim White
  • “The Future of Tidal Power” – John Ferland, President, ORPC Inc.
  • TMI Project Reports
  • Brief TMI Business Meeting and Election of Officers

In-person participants will convene at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Maine. (Link to directions below.)

Online participants will view program presentations live via Zoom video conferencing and can comment and ask questions. They will receive sign-in instructions in advance by email.

Conference fee: $10 per person, in-person or online.


Directions to Abromson Center, University of Southern Maine, Portland

Registration has closed for the 2022 Tide Mill Conference

University Covid protocols: Face masks are optional but encouraged for in-person conference participants.