MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge Presents "Offshore Wind in New England: Lessons Learned, the Way Forward"

A Panel of Experts Will Discuss What Is Happening Today in Offshore Wind Development


CAMBRIDGE, MA--(Marketwire - May 23, 2011) - On June 1, the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge will present an Innovation Series event: "Offshore Wind in New England: Lessons Learned, the Way Forward," which will feature an illustrious panel moderated by Ian Bowles, the former Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs.

The Northeast coast of the United States is one of the world's premier opportunities for offshore wind energy -- offering over a thousand miles of coastline with a wide continental shelf on one side and major population centers on the other. Offshore wind technology continues to advance. However, as experienced by Nantucket Sound's Cape Wind, the first major offshore site in the United States, the challenges are political and social as well as economic. Join the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge's wind development experts to discuss the prospects, challenges and future of offshore wind technology.

Panel Moderator:

  • Ian Bowles is the former Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs.

Panelists:

Event Coordinator:

The evening will be sponsored by Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP.

When:
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
5:30pm: Networking mixer & appetizers
6:15-8:00pm: Program
8:00-9:00pm: Networking reception in the R&D Pub

Where:
MIT Stata Center (Building 32), Kirsch Auditorium, 32 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA

Registration and information: http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/events/june-innovation-series-event-on-the-the-future-of-offshore-wind-in-the-north-east/

Pricing: Forum members: $25, Non-members: $45. Students from all universities are free with college ID. Pre-registration is encouraged.

Contact Information:

MIT ENTERPRISE FORUM OF CAMBRIDGE CONTACT:
Trish Fleming
MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge
617-253-8240


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