Sydney: Thursday 8th November 2007 Sofitel Wentworth Sydney Hotel 7:00am – 10:00am Melbourne: Tuesday 13th November 2007 ANZ Pavilion, the Arts Centre Melbourne 12:00pm – 3:00pm

Reports   Presentations

Following on from our Going Carbon Neutral event held in May, our next event - ‘Carbon opportunities’ examines energy efficiency: the quickest, most economical and most enduring way for organisations to reduce their carbon footprint.  The event will highlight the potential for innovation not only within organisations but also in product streams and stakeholder relationships.

Increasingly, organisations are taking the first steps to carbon neutrality, how can organisations most effectively manage their carbon footprints using energy efficiency?  How will the changes in the energy industry and government policies help?

This event will explore:

• Learnings from selected Energy Efficiency Opportunities (EEO) pilots and how they can be applied to all organisations.

• How to embrace product and service innovation in a carbon constrained world while creating new revenue streams.

• The current policy landscape on energy efficiency.
• What we can learn from water efficiency programs.

This event will provide an overview of what organisations can and are doing to gain a competitive edge - it is must for any organisation serious about energy efficiency or wanting to build their capacity to embark on the carbon neutral path.

Speakers 

Keynotes

Chairs: 

Peter Cosier, Executive Director - Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists (Sydney)

Peter Cosier is the Executive Director and Founding Member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists. Peter was Deputy Director General in the NSW Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources, where he was responsible for science and information.
Peter previously spent 6 years as Policy Advisor to the then Australian Environment Minister, Senator Robert Hill.  Peter has a background in science, specialising in natural resources management and urban and regional planning. More recently Peter has engaged in the economics of climate change debate and presented a paper on this subject to Green Capital last year.

Jonathan Holmes, Senior Correspondent - Four Courners ABC (Sydney & Melbourne)

Jonathan has spent more than thirty years in television journalism. Born in Britain, he spent twelve years as a producer for the BBC before coming to Australia in 1982 to take over as Executive Producer of Four Corners. Since then he has been Head of ABC TV Documentaries, and Executive Producer of Foreign Correspondent and The 7.30 Report. He has been a reporter for Four Corners since 2003.  Among many other subjects, he has covered, nuclear power; peak oil; clean coal and emissions trading; renewable energy; and domestic energy efficiency.
Jonathan Holmes was awarded a Logie award in 1998 for a Foreign Correspondent special on the Balibo Five, and has been a Walkley awards finalist three times. In 2004 the United Nations Association awarded him a special Silver Award for "sustained excellence over 25 years".

Panel

Jane Castle, Energy & Resource Campaigner - Total Environment Centre (Sydney & Melbourne) Jane Castle is the Resource Conservation Campaigner at Total Environment Centre.  She works on energy and waste issues.  Her core energy campaigns in the energy sector include demand management and energy efficiency, GreenPower, renewable energy, emissions trading and reform of the National Electricity Market.  In 2004 she sat on the Demand Management Code of Practice Committee which revised the Code for NSW distribution networks.  Prior to her work as an environmental campaigner, Jane was a documentary filmmaker. Her last film, 60,000 Barrels, screened on SBS, followed the struggle between Orica and the local community to find a solution the world’s largest stockpile of (HCB) Hexachlorobenzine, one of the most toxic wastes in existence.

Petrea Bradford, Carbon Markets Manager - Origin Energy (Sydney & Melbourne) As Origin Energy's Manager of Carbon Markets, Petrea Bradford has 10 years experience in managing carbon risk and opportunity. Over the past seven years that Australia has been trading carbon, Petrea's group has developed key innovative business solutions to climate change from Origin's light bulb giveaway to this year's announcement of a voluntary Carbon Reduction Scheme for businesses. Petrea has a Bachelor of Environmental Engineering, Master of Commerce and Diploma of Applied Finance, and has worked throughout the energy supply chain including oil and gas production, trading, retail and corporate strategy. Petrea has been a volunteer for Surfriders Foundation and Oxfam International Youth Parliament, and lives in Sydney.

Liza Carver, Commissioner - Australian Energy Market Commission (Sydney & Melbourne) Liza was appointed AEMC Commissioner in June 2005. She is a partner in the law firm Gilbert+Tobin, specialising in trade practices and competition law.  Liza was Associate Commissioner with the Trade Practices Commission, Associate Commissioner with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and a part-time member of the NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal. She is formerly a Director of RailCorp, the Rail Infrastructure Corporation, the State Rail Authority of NSW and the Rail Access Corporation. She was a member of the NSW Premier’s Council for Women between 1995 and 1999. Specifically her expertise is in merger analysis and clearance, competition analysis and the regulation of gas, electricity and telecommunication industries.  Liza has qualifications in law and economics, including a Master of Laws specialising in trade practices (University of Sydney).

Jon Jutsen, Executive Director – Energetics (Sydney & Melbourne) As the founder and Group Director, Business Development for Energetics (one of Australia’s leading energy, greenhouse and sustainable solutions providers), Jon Jutsen is a leading international expert on energy management.  Jon is a Chemical Engineer with a Masters Degree in Applied Science and has over 25 year’s of global experience in the energy field. He has received a number of awards for his contribution to energy management, including Professional Engineer of the Year, and the Millenium Medal. A Fellow of the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in Australia, Jon was also selected as one of the ‘100 Most Influential Engineers in Australia’ in 2004.

Suzanne Kerwan, Executive Sponsor for the Environment - IBM Australia (Sydney) Suzanne has worked with IBM for over 20 years in a variety of senior management roles. In April 2007, Suzanne was elected as the Executive Sponsor for the Environment in addition to being the Director of ibm.com for Australia & New Zealand. The environment is an issue for which Suzanne is extremely passionate. She is working to ensure IBM is an environmentally sound corporate citizen and helping provide clients with the green IBM technology and services. With expertise across IBM’s hardware, software and services products she is well versed to discuss IBM’s energy efficiency solutions and more

Malcolm Mackay, Business Unit Executive, Site and Facilities Services, IBM Aust/NZ (Melbourne) Malcolm is the Business Unit Executive for Site and Facilities Services Australia/New Zealand within the IBM Global Technology Services business. Malcolm is IBM's leading proponent on how organisations need to address their current and future data centre energy needs to continue to support their business as well as fulfil their corporate social responsibilities. With over fourteen years experience in IT in the delivery of technology and data centre services and his personal passion and dedication to being green, Mal is the IBM advocate for the greening of data centres.

Ann Barker, Managing Director, City West Water (Melbourne) Ms Barker graduated in law from the University of Melbourne and after 12 years in legal practice took up management positions at Myer Stores Ltd and ANZ Banking Group Ltd, and more recently the Executive Manager of the Commercial/Reset Team at SPI Powernet Pty Ltd (the Victorian electricity transmission network owner).  In these positions Ms Barker has had a range of experience comprehending cost control, consumer protection and regulation and most recently has been heavily involved in the management of regulatory outcomes.  She has a strong interest in sustainability and really enjoys being obliged to apply triple bottom line considerations to management of the business at City West Water.  Ms Barker currently holds a directorship with the Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) and is a member of Victoria’s Plumbing Industry Advisory Council.

Background Information

High-Bandwidth, Low-Carbon, a climate change report commissioned by Telstra - Telstra Website

A Cost Curve for Green House Gas Reduction - McKinsey and Company July 2007 [PDF 282Kb]

Reports

Green Electricity Watch (Residential) - October 2007

Green Electricity Watch Business (SME's) - November 2007

Green Electricity Watch Business (Large) - November 2007

Smart Meter Discussion Paper - TEC October 2007

Demand management & transmission networks - Rule change summary [PDF 120Kb] 

Review of Demand Side Participation in the National Electricity Market - AEMC Website

Presentations

Energetics - Business Opportunities from Effective Energy Management Presentation [PDF 572Kb]

IBM - Energy Efficiency in the Data Centre Presentation [PDF 1499Kb]