“Harnessing Tides for Energy and Agriculture”
Starting time: 8:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (12:30 UTC)
Program (times approximate)
- Participant Check-In (8:30)
- Welcome, Introduction (8:40-8:50) – Deane Rykerson, President, Tide Mill Institute
- Brief TMI Business Meeting and Election of Officers (8:50-9:00)
- The Passamaquoddy Power Project (9:00-9:50) by Mark Borton, independent researcher and member of TMI Leadership Committee
- Bell’s Mill Archeology Report (9:50-10:30) by Jesse Cofelice, RPA Project Manager/Principal Investigator at Independent Archaeological Consulting, LLC, and member of TMI Leadership Committee
- Tides, Dykes, and Nature in the Bay of Fundy Region (10:30-11:10) by Ronald Rudin, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History, Concordia University
- What’s New in Tidal Energy (11:10-11:40) by Kerry Grantham, Hydropower and Water Systems Deployment Group, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Projects in Maine (11:40-12:10) by Jamie Cook, Senior Community Development Officer – Clean Energy, Island Institute
- TMI Project Updates (12:10-12:20)
- Lunch for in-person participants (12:20-1:00) Lunch not included in registration fee. (Lunch available for order at check-in for additional fee.)
- Overview of Afternoon Site Visits (1:00-1:30) by Jesse Cofelice
- Visit New Hampshire Tide Mill Sites (1:30-3:30) for in-person participants by car-caravan
How to Attend
In-person participants convene at the Kittery Community Center, Kittery, Maine. (Directions)
Online participants view program presentations live via Zoom video conferencing. They can also comment and ask questions. Sign-in instructions will be sent in advance by email.
Conference fee: $25 per person, in-person or online.
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