Ladies and gentlemen,Good morning and thank you for once again inviting me to join you here today. I hope you have enjoyed the past two days!This is the 7th ICOE conference and the second one I attend, after Edinburgh two years ago.And, as the regulars among you will know, all but one of the previous conferences were held right here in the European Union.To me, at least, this comes as no surprise.Europe is a natural home for this exciting new industry.In fact, two thirds of ocean energy companies, test centres and installed capacities are based right here in Europe.