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Program

Sunday 5 September 2010
5.00pm		Welcome Cocktails Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre

DAY ONE - Monday 6 September 2010
8.45am		Conference opening and keynote addresses - Sponsored by MWM The Hon. Peter Rae AO, Senior Vice President of the World Wind EnergyAssociation Welcome by Platinum Sponsor Clarke Energy Prof. Robert Hill, Chair, the Australian Carbon Trust Introduction of keynote speaker by Silver Sponsor MWM Ian Porter, CEO, Alternative Technology Association
10.00am	Break - Sponsored by Sunpower
10.30am		Session 2 Navigating Australia’s clean energy policy Chair: Prof. Ray Wills, CEO, Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association *Keynote address: Janice Larson, Director, Renewable Energy Development, Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Province of British Columbia,Canada Andrew Livingston, Renewable Energy Regulator, Office of the Renewable EnergyRegulator Susan Jeanes, CEO, Australian Geothermal Energy Association Greg Nielsen, Chief Officer of the Office of Clean Energy (Guest speaker on behalf of Conergy) Dr Andrew Dicks*, President, Australian Association for Hydrogen Energy
12.00noon	BREAK
1.00pm		Session 3 Driving investment in renewables *Keynote address:* Rob Morrison, Former Chairman of brokerage and investment group, CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets Peter Dreher, Rigby Cooke Lawyers partner and energy project specialist Michael Beilinski, Executive Manager - Strategic Marketing and Emergent Technologies Mark Schneider, Specialised Funds and Investments, Investec Bank Australia Kerry Rooney, National Industry Manager for Clean Energy and Environment, Austrade
2.30pm	Break - Sponsored by Clarke Energy
3.00pm - 4.30pm		Session 4 Clean energy in a competitive market – Chair: Dominique La Fontaine, Principal Consultant, Climate Change Strategy, pitt&sherry Dr Muriel Watt, Chair, Australian Photovoltaic Association Dr Mark Diesendorf, Institute of Environmental Studies, University of New South Wales Ric Brazzale, Director, Green Energy Trading Daniel Jones, Head of Energy Services, AGL

DAY TWO - Tuesday 7 September 2010
8.45am		Session 1 A global industry *Chair:* Phil Harrington, Executive Manager, Climate Change, pitt&sherry The Hon. Peter Rae AO, Senior Vice President, World Wind Energy Association Vicky Sharpe, President and CEO, Sustainable Development Technology Canada Nils Voermann, Global Managing Director, Technology, Hatch
9.30am		Keynote address: The Hon.* Greg Hunt, Federal Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and Heritage*
10.00am	Break - Sponsored by Conergy
10.30am		Session 2 Keynote address: Senator Christine Milne, Greens Deputy Leader
11:00am		Up-skilling and re-skilling for the future
		*Chair:* Ian Porter, CEO, Alternative Technology Association Joachim Schalck, OMS, Suzlon Dr Richard Corkish, Head of School at the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy, University of New South Wales Alasdair Spinner, Senior Manager, Hays Specialist Recruitment
12.00noon	Break - Sponsored by Conergy
1.00pm		Session 3 Getting renewable energy projects off the ground – Sponsored by NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water Chris Briggs, State Co-ordinator – Renewable Energy Precincts, NSW Department of Climate Change and Water James Morgan-Payler, Partner, Construction & Engineering, Norton Rose Australia Andrew Durran, Executive Director, Epuron Julie Heath, Energy Sustainability and Market Development, Ergon Energy
2.30pm	BREAK
3.00pm - 4.30pm		Session 4 Remote and distributed generation - Sponsored by Clarke Chair: Julie Heath, Energy Sustainability and Market Development, Ergon Energy Daniel Jones, Head of Energy Services, AGL Ian Porter, CEO, Alternative Technology Association Lyndon Frearson, General Manager, CAT Projects
5:00pm - 7.00pm		The GreenCollar Think Tank Oxford Debate, Bayside 201, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
7.30pm	Gala Dinner, sponsored by Clarke Energy Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre

DAY THREE - Wednesday 8 September 2010
		Day Three will feature focussed streamed sessions on different clean energy technologies, including solar power, wind power, energy efficiency, bioenergy, ocean power, and geothermal energy.
Session 1		Solar – Sponsored by Conergy	Wind	Efficiency and cogeneration in precincts – Sponsored by MWM
9:00am		*Chair: John Grimes, CEO AuSES Keith Lovegrove, Solar Thermal Group leader, ANU David Harries, Director, EMC Solar Mark Twidell*, Executive Director, Australian Solar Institute	Chair: Ron Higson, Director – Energy, Australasia, Hatch Dave Rankin, VP of Business Development, Endurance Windpower John Titchen, MD, Goldwind Australia Graham White, Managing Director, Garrad Hassan	*Chair:* Simon Helps, National Sales Manager, MWM Bruce Precious, Sustainability Manager, GPT Group Prof. Stuart White, Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS Anthony Szatow, Intelligent Grid Project leader, CSIRO
10.30am	BREAK
Session 2		Solar – Sponsored by Eaton	Geothermal Energy: the cheapest new, base load solution	Industrial energy efficiency - Sponsored by Clarke Energy
11:00am		*Chair:* Lyndon Frearson, General Manager, CAT Projects Dr Richard Corkish, Head of School at the School of PV and Renewable Energy, UNSW Dr Muriel Watt, Chair, APVA Wilf Johnston, Manager, Commercial Projects, SunPower Peter Bulanyi, Managing Director, Solar Inverters	*Chair:* Susan Jeanes, CEO, AGEA Terry Kallis, Managing Director, Petratherm Stephen Hinchliffe, Geothermal Energy Development Manager, SKM Barry Goldstein, Chair, AGEG Dr Jack Hamilton, MD, Geodynamics	Chair: Rob Murray- Leach, CEO, EEC Alan Pears AM, Senior Lecturer, Centre of Design, RMIT University Jon Jutsen, Executive Director, Energetics Tristan Edis, Research Fellow, Grattan Institute
12:30pm	BREAK
Session 3		Water	Bioenergy	Hydrogen
1:30pm		*Chair:* David Harries, Director, EMC Solar Tim Sawyer, Site Development Manager, Carnegie Wave Energy Limited Ali Baghaei, CEO,Oceanlinx Mick Lemon, Plant Manager Tyco Tamar Tim Finnigan, CEO, BioPower Systems	*Chair:* Dr Steve Schuck, Manager, Bioenergy Australia Janice Larson, Director, Renewable Energy Development, Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Province of British Columbia Andrew Lang, World Bioenergy Association Matthew Percival, Corporate Engineer, Energy, Murray Goulburn Co-Operative Juergen Peterseim, Australian Representative, Eck Rohr Kessel	*Chair:* Dr David Rand, Vice Chair, Australian Association for Hydrogen Energy Jamie Ally, Ballard Power Systems Dr John Andrews, Senior Lecturer, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University Jeff Ng, CEO, Hydrexia Dr Ian Plumb, University of Western Sydney
3:00pm- 3:15pm	Conference close