Technical Program

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Sep. 6 Sun Sep. 7 Mon Sep. 8 Tue Sep. 9 Wed Sep. 10 Thu - Technical Tour

Sunday, 6 September 2026

Time
Program
5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM Registration Desk Opens 9F, Light Wedding @ TAI Urban
5:00 PM

Monday, 7 September 2026

Time
Room 304a, 3F, KEC
Room 303a, 3F, KEC
Room 303b, 3F, KEC
8:00 AM
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM 3F, KEC Registration Desk Opens
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 9:25 AM Room 304a, 3F, KEC Opening remarks
9:25 AM
9:25 AM - 10:10 AM Room 304a, 3F, KEC Opening Keynote: Mao-Hsiung Chiang Development and Outlook of Offshore Renewable Energy in Taiwan Bio & Abstract
10:10 AM
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Room 304a, 3F, KEC Keynote: John Ringwood (10:30 AM - 11:15 AM) Towards Economic Optimisation of Ocean Energy Systems Bio & Abstract Keynote: Chul Hee Jo (11:15 AM - 12:00 PM) Renewable Energy Transition for Energy Security and Carbon Neutrality: The Strategic Role of Ocean Energy Bio & Abstract
12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Room 304b, 3F, KEC Lunch
1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 1-1 Offshore Wind: Wind Energy Systems, Aerodynamics, and Resource Assessment
Session Chairs: Yusi Shih — National Taiwan Ocean University Jay Prakash Goit — Kindai University
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 2-1 Wave Energy: Numerical Modeling & Optimization
Session Chairs: Harry B. Bingham — Technical University of Denmark Christian Windt — Technische Universität Braunschweig
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 3-1 Tidal and Ocean Current: Turbine Design, Performance, and System Value
Session Chairs: Jin-Hak Yi — Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology Daisaku Sakaguchi — Nagasaki University
Monday, 7 September, 1:30 PM - Wednesday, 9 September, 3:00 PM Poster Exhibition

Authors should attend both poster sessions on Tuesday, 8 September.

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM and 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Coffee Break
3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM 1-2 Offshore Wind: MNU FOWT
Session Chairs: Shun-Han Yang — National Taiwan University Sanglae Lee — Korean Register
3:30 PM - 4:42 PM 2-2 Wave Energy: OWC I
Session Chairs: Yi-Hsiang Yu — National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Jiyong Park — Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM 4-1 Other Offshore Renewables and Hybrid Systems: Floating Solar Systems
Session Chairs: On-Lei Annie Kwok — National Taiwan University Cheng-Hsien Chung — Ship and Ocean Industries R&D Center
5:30 PM

Tuesday, 8 September 2026

Time
Room 304a, 3F, KEC
Room 303a, 3F, KEC
Room 303b, 3F, KEC
Poster Area
8:00 AM
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM 3F, KEC Registration Desk Opens
8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Room 304a, 3F, KEC Keynote: Kuo-Cheng (Robert) Tseng (8:30 AM - 9:15 AM) The Pivotal Role of Indigenous Offshore Engineering Industry in Offshore Wind Energy Development - Taiwan Experience Bio & Abstract Keynote: Katsuhiro Henzan (9:15 AM - 10:00 AM) Beyond Proving It Works — What It Takes to Commercialize Tidal Energy Bio & Abstract
10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Poster Session I: Authors Present View poster list
10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 2-3 Wave Energy: Physical Model Testing
Session Chairs: Wen-Yang Hsu — National Taiwan Ocean University
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 3-2 Tidal and Ocean Current: Tidal Wake Assessment and Underwater Acoustics
Session Chairs: Dominic Groulx — Dalhousie University Patxi Garcia Novo — Nagasaki University
10:30 AM - 11:42 AM 2-4 Wave Energy: OWC II
Session Chairs: Yi-Chih Chow — National Taiwan Ocean University Chia-Ming Fan — National Taiwan Ocean University
12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Room 304b, 3F, KEC Lunch
1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Room 304a, 3F, KEC Keynote: Zhaoqing Yang (1:30 PM - 2:15 PM) Advancing Marine Energy Resource Characterization through Integrated Ocean Modeling: Progress, Lessons Learned and Future Directions Bio & Abstract Keynote: Harry Bingham (2:15 PM - 3:00 PM) Attenuators, the Classical WEC Solution Bio & Abstract
3:00 PM
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Coffee Break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Poster Session II: Authors Present View poster list
3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 5:18 PM 2-6 Wave Energy: Wave Energy Control (Special Session)
Session Chairs: John V. Ringwood — Maynooth University Xiaofan Li — The University of Hong Kong
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM 2-5 & 3-3 Wave Energy / Tidal and Ocean Current: Wave and Tidal Resource Assessment
Session Chairs: Shiaw-Yih Tzang — National Taiwan Ocean University Yung-Lung Chen — Minesto Taiwan
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM 1-3 Offshore Wind: Floating Offshore Wind Structures, Mooring, and Installation
Session Chairs: Changhong Hu — Kyushu University Ding Peng Liu — National Taiwan University
6:00 PM

Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Time
Room 304a, 3F, KEC
Room 303a, 3F, KEC
Room 303b, 3F, KEC
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM 3F, KEC Registration Desk Opens
9:15 AM
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM Room 304a, 3F, KEC Keynote: Chau-Ron Wu (9:15 AM - 10:00 AM) Taiwan’s Flagship Action for Ocean Renewable Energy and Carbon Reduction: Technology Validation and in-Situ Demonstration of Kuroshio Current and Wave Energy Bio & Abstract
10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 2-7 Wave Energy: Power Take-Off & Control
Session Chairs: Ossama Abdelkhalik — Iowa State University Hayrettin Bora Karayaka — Western Carolina University
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 4-2 Other Offshore Renewables and Hybrid Systems: Hybrid and Other Systems
Session Chairs: Shun-Han Yang — National Taiwan University Omar bin Yaakob — Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
10:30 AM - 11:42 AM 3-4 Tidal and Ocean Current: Ocean Current Systems
Session Chairs: Che-Chih Tsao — National Tsing Hua University Ching-Yeh Hsin — National Taiwan Ocean University
12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Room 304b, 3F, KEC Lunch
1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:42 PM 1-4 Offshore Wind: Digital Engineering, Hydrodynamics, and Offshore Energy Planning
Session Chairs: Hung-Jie Tang — National Taiwan Ocean University Po-Hung Yeh — National Sun Yat-sen University
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 2-8 Wave Energy: Breakwater & Caisson
Session Chairs: Weon Cheol Koo — Inha University Zhi Yung Tay — Singapore Institute of Technology
3:00 PM
3:00 PM START Room 304a, 3F, KEC Closing Ceremony & Farewell Party

Thursday, 10 September 2026

Time
Program
09:20 AM
9:20 AM - 4:00 PM Technical Tour Hotel Nikko Kaohsiung at 09:30 (NEW: Additional Pick-up Point)