Day 2: Wednesday, March 8

8:00-8:30 am

Check-in

IX. Welcome

8:30-8:45 am

• Day 1 Recap and Overview of Day 2

Facilitated by K&W

8:45-12:30 pm

X. Pile Driving

8:45-8:50

• Introduction

Kyle Baker, BOEM

8:50-9:05 am

• Monitoring Results from Block Island Wind Farm (presentation followed by Panel Q&A)

David Zeddies, JASCO Applied Sciences

9:05-9:50 am

• Germany Requirements for Pile Driving (presentation followed by Panel Q&A)
• Requirements in Germany
• Mitigation and monitoring results
• Lessons Learned

Eva Philipp, Vattenfall

9:50-10:05 am

• Questions from the Audience on Pile Driving

Facilitated by K&W

10:05-10:35 am

• Panel Discussion on Pile Driving

Facilitated by K&W

10:35-10:45 am

Break

10:45-12:30 pm

• Panel Discussion on Pile Driving (continued)
• Noise Levels and Exclusion Zones
• Survey Platforms (Visual and Acoustic)
• Nighttime Construction
• Sound Source Monitoring

Facilitated by K&W

12:30-1:30 pm

Break for Lunch
Optional Lunchtime Presentation on Thermal Imaging and Round the Clock Visual Monitoring

Bernard Padovani, Seiche

1:30-2:30 pm

X. Pile Driving (continued)

1:30-2:25 pm

f. Panel Discussion on Pile Driving (continued)

• Seasonal Considerations
• Data Collection and Reporting

Facilitated by K&W

2:25-2:55 pm

XI. Participant Comment on all meeting topics
(participants should register in advance if they wish to comment)

Facilitated by K&W

2:55-3:35 pm

XII. Baseline Monitoring

2:55-3:00 pm

• Introduction and Goals

Kyle Baker, BOEM

3:00-3:10 pm

3:10-3:20 pm

2. Baseline Assessments Management (presentation followed by Panel Q&A)

• Role of BOEM’s Environmental Studies Program
• BOEM’s 2016 Science Forum Summary
• Orientation to Baseline Marine Wildlife and Habitat Data for Offshore Energy Siting and Operations (presentation followed by Panel Q&A)
• Types of data collected
• Broad-scale and fine-scale
• Future work funded

Mary Boatman, BOEM

Jay Odell, The Nature Conservancy

3:20-3:35 pm

• Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species(presentation followed by Panel Q&A)

Debra Palka, NMFS

3:35-3:45 pm

Networking Break

3:45-5:15 pm

XII. Baseline Monitoring (continued)

3:45-4:00 pm

• Atlantic Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Soundscapes (presentation followed by Panel Q&A)
• Discuss broad scale and fine scale capabilities of the PAM effort currently underway

Sofie Van Parijs, NOAA Fisheries

4:00-4:15 pm

• Massachusetts Clean Energy Center Large Pelagics Surveys (presentation followed by Panel Q&A)
• Fine-scale survey efforts

Scott Kraus, New England Aquarium

4:15-4:30 pm

• Ultra High Resolution Aerial Surveys in the Atlantic (presentation followed by Panel Q&A)
• Broad and fine-scale surveys

Christian Newman, APEM

4:30-5:15 pm

h. Panel Discussion on Baseline Monitoring

• Distribution and abundance
• Reef Effect, Habitat Use, and Migration
• Monitoring parameters

Facilitated by K&W

5:15-5:30 pm

Wrap up and Adjourn

Facilitated by K&W