Program

23rd March 2010

8.00am Registration Open
9.00am Official Opening - Welcome Address
Prof Ray Wills - CEO – WA Sustainable Energy Association
9.05am Key Note Presentation
Tim Harcourt - Chief Economist, Australian Trade Commission
9.30am

Dispatchable Energy: Wave, Geothermal, Biomass

John Libby - Managing Director - New World Energy
Graeme Alford - CEO, Landfill Gas & Power 
Paul Stephan - Managing Partner, Alpental Energy
10.30am Morning Tea Break
11.00am

Restoring Energy: Wind, Solar and Storage

Kieron D’Arcy - Managing Director SolarUnlimited
Juergen Zimmerman - Engineering Manager PowerCorp
Ken McAlpine - Policy and Government Relations Manager, Vestas
Zygmunt Nejman - SMA - Australia
12.00pm Lunch Break
1.00pm

A vision for education and workforce development

Charlie Thorn - Director of the Australian Sustainable Development Institute (ASDI) at Curtin University of Technology
Tim Shanahan - Director, Energy and Minerals Initiative, University of WA
Prof David Doepel - Director – Research Institute for Resource Technology, Murdoch University
Jamie Mackaway - Executive Director, Engineering Technology and Business
2.00pm

Alternative Energy & Refrigerants

Steven Smith - Director Benson Airconditioning
Domenic Da Cruz - Managing Director, Enigin
Peter Frey - Managing Director, Recom Engineering
3.00pm Afternoon Tea Break
3.30pm

Building Renewable Energy in Western Australia

Mr Jim Mitchell - Managing Director, Synergy
Mr Doug Aberle - Managing Director, WesternPower
Mr Rod Hayes - Managing Director, Horizon power
4.30pm WA SEA Business Forum
5.15pm Energising WA Networking Event
Poolside at the Burswood Resort Casino

24th March 2010

8.00am Registration Open
9.00am Key Note Address
Hon. Peter Collier - Minister for Energy; Training and Workforce Development
9.30am Renewable Energy Industry Value Chain
Neil Prentice - Advisory Services Manager, WA Sustainable Energy Association
10.00am Australian Market Review
Ric Brazzale - Managing Director, Green Energy Trading
10.30am Morning Tea Break
11.00am

Renewable Energy and the Built Environment

Bill Grace - Corporate Sustainability Manager, GHD
Greg Denton - Director Power, Infrastructure and Environment, WorleyParsons
Sam Buckridge - Managing Director, BGC Corporate
12.00pm Solar Hybrid Power Stations
David Edwards - Renewable Energy Coordinator, Horizon Power
12.30pm Lunch Break
1.30pm

Driving the efficient use of resources

Karl Mischewski - Sustainability Manager, Gull Group of Companies
Luke O’Donoghue - Director, Sustainable Transport Energy, Department of Transport
Terry Agnew - Chief Executive, RAC
2.30pm

Financial and legal governance framework

Cheryl Edwards - Special Counsel, MinterEllison
Grant Draper - Project Team Leader Office of Energy
Jay Watson - General Manager  Commercial Banking, Westpac Banking Corporation
Ky Cao - Managing Director, Perth Energy
3.30pm Afternoon Tea Break
4.00pm Overview of Germany’s Renewable Energy Policy
Dr Volker Oschmann - Senior government official within the German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
4.30pm WA SEA Business Forum
5.15pm Energising WA Conference Close
Bob Blakiston - Chairman, WA Sustainable Energy Association