Renewable Energy & Regional Australia

Please note that the Renewable Energy Conference Program is subject to change. The Renewable Energy Conference Committee reserves the right to alter or delete items from the Program as circumstances dictate and take no responsibility for any errors, omissions and changes.


5.00 – 7.30pm	Registration in the foyer of The Capital Bendigo’s Performing Arts Centre, View Street, Bendigo
6.00 – 7.30pm	Welcome Reception – Banquet Room at The Capital
	Free Evening – own arrangements

8.00 – 9.00am	Registration in the foyer of The Capital
	Master of Ceremonies – Rob Gell. Environmentalist, President of Greening Australia - Victoria and Channel 7 Weather Presenter
8.45 – 9.10am	Opening of Conference – Introduction First Keynote Address: The Hon. John Brumby, Premier of Victoria.
9.15 – 9.25am	Welcome: Mayor of City of Greater Bendigo Councillor Julie Rivendell.
9.30 – 9.55am	Second Keynote Address: Dr. Matthew Nott – Bega NSW ‘Clean Energy for Eternity”
10.00 – 10.25am	Third Keynote Address: Denis Smedley, Director Renewable Energy Deployment, Aust. Greenhouse Office, Dept. of Environment & Water Resources. “Australian Government programmes that support renewable energy development and deployment.” View Presentation Notes
10.30 – 10.55am	MORNING TEA
11.00 – 11.25am	Fourth Keynote Address: Dr. Richard Corkish, University of NSW, “Renewable Energy – Australia can do it.” View Presentation Notes
11.30 – 11.55am	Fifth Keynote Address: Grant McVicar, Director, Office of Energy Conservation, Director, Climate Change Saskatchewan, Canada "Renewable Energy Opportunities - Thinking Outside the Box" View Presentation Notes
12.00 – 12.25pm	Sixth Keynote Address: Dominique La Fontaine. CEO, Clean Energy Council, "The Potential for Sustainable Energy Systems in Local Council Areas."
12.30 – 1.25pm	LUNCH
Concurrent Sessions	Room One Main Theatre	Room Two Banquet Room	Room Three Bendigo Bank Theatre	Room Four 121 View Street
	Community Initiatives Chair: Ms Ferne Edwards	Solar	Biofuels Chair: Dr Q. Farmar-Bowers	Energy / Transport
1.30 – 1.55pm	Study into community based initiatives aimed at securing energy and water supplies in rural & regional areas. Brad Shone, Energy Policy manager, Alternative Technology Association, Melbourne View Presentation Notes	Intelligent Grid. John Gardner, CSIRO View Presentation Notes	A million hectares of Victorian farm sawlog woodlots by 2040. Andrew Lang, Chairman, SMARTimbers Cooperative View Presentation Notes	Energy Wedges in Australia. Erwin Jackson Director, Policy and Research at The Climate Institute (Australia) View Presentation Notes
2.00 – 2.25pm	Developing a fully integrated home-based renewable energy system in a rural regional setting'. Property of Manfred and Nita Pruter. Documented and presented by Lachlan Speirs and Matthew Taylor, Engineering Dept. La Trobe University, Bendigo Campus	Central Victorian Solar Cities - a unique model" Michael McCartney, Project Director, Central Victorian Solar Cities View Presentation Notes	Waste to Energy Plants. Prof. Brian Stanmore, University of Queensland View Presentation Notes 1 View Presentation Notes 2	The Renewable Energy Support Fund -Outcomes & Experience John Edgoose, Sustainability Victoria View Presentation Notes
2.30 – 2.55pm	Marketing Green Power - promoting Renewable Energy. Dean Bridgfoot, Mt Alexander Sustainability Group View Presentation Notes	Hybrid Power Products. Mark Lucas, Director, Hybrid Power, Emu, Victoria PV Solar Tiles Peter Erling, Manager PV Solar Energy P/ L View Presentation Notes	Small Scale Biomass Gasification. John Sanderson Gasification Australia View Presentation Notes	Transport & Sustainability – Creative and practical alternatives to automobile reliance. Elliot Fishman, Director, Institute for Sensible Transport, Melbourne
3.00 – 3.25pm	AFTERNOON TEA
Concurrent Sessions	Room One Main Theatre	Room Two Banquet Room	Room Three Bendigo Bank Theatre	Room Four 121 View Street
	Water / Power	Solar Chair: Dr. Findlay Johnston	Bio-fuels	Wind/Wave Chair: Dr. Bob Jamieson
3.30 – 3.55pm	Saving water and carbon: Combined Water and Power (CWP) - a distributed technology opportunity for Melbourne. Prof Chris Ryan Victorian Ecological Innovation Laboratory, University of Melbourne View Presentation Notes	Large Scale Solar & it’s Place in Regional Electricity Supply. Julia Birch, Manager - Sustainability, Solar Systems View Presentation Notes	Victorian Renewable Energy Target (VRET) Scheme and Victorian Energy Efficiency Target (VEET) Scheme. James Golden, Principal Policy Officer, Energy Division, Department of Primary Industries View Presentation Notes	The Hepburn Community Wind Farm Story Jane Knight Hepburn Renewable Energy Association
4.00 – 4.25pm	Doing Things Differently - Doing Different Things. Personalised environment awareness and responsibility - encouraging change. Karen Faerber & Philip Hall, Directors of Faerber Hall View Presentation Notes	Regional Solar Cities project, Townsville. Greg Bruce, Solar Cities Project Townsville City Council View Presentation Notes	Energy from Wood - the Nordic example. Andrew Lang, Chairman, SMARTimbers Cooperative View Presentation Notes	Wind Developer Accreditation Scheme Jenniy Gregory, Clean Energy Council View Presentation Notes
4.30 – 4.55pm	Reaching for Renewables Paul Graham Theme Leader Energy Futures, CSIRO Energy Transformed View Presentation Notes	Solar Power at Work - A community perspective. Paul Kirkpatrick CEO Bendigo Access Employment Gary Griffin, Target Zero Brian Hayes, North Central Energy Services Chris Spencer, Dux Hot Water	Improving quality of Biodiesel produced from tallow. Dr Stephen Clarke, Research Fellow, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Flinders University SA View Presentation Notes	Wave Energy. John Bell Chief Financial Officer Oceanlinx Limited (formerly Energetech Australia) Port Kembla NSW
6.30 – 7.00pm	Pre-Dinner Drinks – Bendigo Town Hall
7.00pm	DINNER – Bendigo Town Hall

8.45 – 9.25am	Seventh Keynote Address: Rob Hunt, CEO Bendigo Bank.
9.30 – 9.55am	Eighth Keynote Address: David Rossiter, Renewable Energy Regulator, Australian Government Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator. View Presentation Notes 1 View Presentation Notes 2
10.00 – 10.25am	Ninth Keynote Address: Bob Welsh, CEO, VicSuper.
10.30 – 10.55am	MORNING TEA
Concurrent Sessions	Room One Main Theatre	Room Two Banquet Room	Room Three Bendigo Bank Theatre	Room Four 121 View Street
	Finance/Energy Efficiency Chair: Dr Andrew Harvey	Solar	Bio-fuels	Carbon Trading
11.00 – 11.25am	Start up Financing: A Venture Capitalist's Perspective. Aaron Fyke Investment Director Starfish Ventures Melbourne View Presentation Notes	Solar Hot Water Performance across Regional Victoria.Ken Guthrie Manager, Renewable and Distributed Energy Sustainability Victoria View Presentation Notes	Report on Local Government usage of Biodiesel - Paula Arcari, ICLEI View Presentation Notes	Centrelink "Green" Building Asset Management.Ken Chapman Castlemaine View Presentation Notes
11.30 – 11.55am	VRET Scheme.Mr Carmine Piantedosi, Network Manager Essential Services Commission View Presentation Notes	Relevance of Solar Thermal as the only true current economic renewable technology. Greg Ellis Managing Director Rinnai Australia Pty Ltd View Presentation Notes	Wimmera Biodiesel Project Paul Martin, Steve Hobbs, Directors Wimmera Biodiesel	Carbon trade-offs. Paul Dettman Balanced Greenhouse View Presentation Notes
12.00 – 12.25pm	Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Renewable Energy. Dr Sukhvinder Badwal, Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Energy Technology, Clayton Vic. View Presentation Notes	"A Brushstroke in the Big Picture." Schools - Challenge to Change incorporating the Weeroona College Vehicles. Gary Griffin, Target Zero John Taylor, Energy Breakthrough Coordinator Weeroona College	Long term future for Biofuels - Paul Higgins, Emergent Futures. View Presentation Notes	Smart Energy Zones.Steven Peters Sustainability Victoria View Presentation Notes
12.30 – 1.25pm	LUNCH
1.30 – 1.55pm	Tenth Keynote Address: Julian Turecek, Origin Energy, National Manager, Policy and Government Affairs View Presentation Notes
2.00 – 2.25pm	Eleventh Keynote Address: Councillor Keith Reynard, City of Greater Bendigo." City of Greater Bendigo actions to date and also local community actions" View Presentation Notes
2.30 – 2.55pm	Twelfth Keynote Address: Professor John Martin, La Trobe University, Bendigo Campus, “Scale of Renewable Energy.” View Presentation Notes
3.00 – 3.25pm	AFTERNOON TEA
3.30 – 3.55pm	Final Keynote Address or Forum: Ian Dunlop - Member of the Advisory Board of Natural Edge Project View Presentation Notes
4.00 – 4.30pm	Plenary Session Conference Summary Farewells: Rob Gell