Keynote: INDUSTRY INTERNATIONAL Government KEYNOTES:

Address: Keynote:

Steve Edwell, George Maltabarow, Ger Baron, The Hon Lylea McMahon, The Hon
Chairman, Managing Director, Senior Project Manager, Patrick Conlon MP, Parliamentary Secretary Duncan Gay MLC,
Australian Energy Energy Australia Amsterdam Minister for Energy, Assisting the Minister for Shadow Minister for Industry,
Regulator Innovation Motor Infrastructure and Transport, Energy and Minister for NSW
‘Amsterdam Smart City’ South Australia Mineral Resources,
NSW

Gordon Jardine, Tim Smeallie, Peter Jackson, Trevor St Baker, Paul Simshauser, Peter McIntyre,
Chairman, Head of Commercial Strategy, CEO, Chairman, Chief Economist, Managing Director,
Grid Australia NBNCo Eraring Energy ERM Power AGL Transgrid

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Day One: Wednesday 4th August
Energy Policy
9.00 Opening remarks from the chair
9.10 Opening remarks on behalf of • A snapshot of smart grids programs around
the NSW Premier,
The Hon Kristina Keneally MP
Lylea McMahon,
Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the
Minister for Energy and Minister for
Mineral Resources, NSW
9.20 Keynote Address:
‘Efficiency – A regulatory
perspective’
• How does the AER test “efficiency” within the
propose/respond regulatory framework?
• Investment drivers and outcomes
• Some efficiency issues going forward
Steve Edwell, Chairman,
Australian Energy Regulator
9.50 Industry Address
George Maltabarow,
Managing Director,
Energy Australia
10.20 “Navigating Resource Adequacy NBNCo
in the NEM”
Paul Simshauser,
Chief Economist,
AGL
10.50 Morning Tea
Smart Infrastructure
11.20 International Keynote:
Amsterdam Smart City
Amsterdam Smart City is a unique collaboration
between business, government and the
community to develop city wide smart projects
focusing on energy efficiency. All initiatives are
economically sustainable innovations which
have the potential to be implemented on the
large scale, creating a catalyst for climate and
energy programs. The ultimate goal of these
projects is the reduction of CO2 emissions on a
Amsterdam, national and European scale.
Ger Baron, Senior Project Manager,
Amsterdam Innovation Motor
‘Amsterdam Smart City’
11.50 Smart grid, smart city
• Encouraging the development of a smart
grid network in Australia
• Demonstrating technology at a commercially
viable scale
• Reducing risk for investors
• Integrating renewable energy sources,
improving reliability of supply and enabling
distributed storage
Beth Riordan, Director Smart Grid Initiative,
Department of Climate Change and Energy
Efficiency
12.20 Global application of smart grid communication
solutions
• What can we learn from successfully realised
smart grid projects?
• Opportunities for the Australian utilities
market
• Challenges in delivering secure
communications infrastructure
Kevin Bloch, CTO,
Cisco Australia
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12.50 Lunch
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2.00 The evolution of smart grids
the world: where does Australia stand?
• Planning for critical infrastructure upgrades
• Smart grids and the NBN
• Paradigm shift: smart energy, renewables
and electric vehicles
• The ultimate aim: Smart cities and smart
buildings
Paul Budde,
Managing Director,
Buddecomm
2.30 The National Broadband Network Gordon Jardine, Chairman,
and the energy industry
• Exploring the benefits of the NBN to utilities
• Working with industry to maximise the
potential of the network
• Safeguards for industry
• Opportunities for combining the NBN and
future energy infrastructure development
Tim Smeallie,
Head of Commercial Strategy,
3.00 The energy industry and
telecommunications
• Meeting the telecommunications challenges
of developing a ‘smart grid’
• Partnerships to develop a responsive, reliable
and safe network
• Potential efficiencies to be gained
• Investing in smart infrastructure
Andrew Deme,
Group Manager Telecommunications,
Energy Sustainability and
Market Development,
Ergon Energy
3.30 Afternoon Tea
4.00 Smart infrastructure panel
Paul Budde, Managing Director, Buddecomm
Beth Riordan, Director Smart Grid Initiative,
Department of Climate Change and Energy
Efficiency
Tim Smeallie, Head of Commercial Strategy,
NBNCo
Ger Baron, Senior Project Manager,
Amsterdam Innovation Motor
‘Amsterdam Smart City’
Andrew Deme,
Group Manager Telecommunications,
Energy Sustainability and Market Development,
Ergon Energy
4.40 We have smart metering, but
what about smart billing?
• Achieving triple bottom line outcomes with
smart billing
• Improving customer efficiency and
• Increasing revenue and reducing
billing and ICT costs
Jacqueline Clarke, CEO,
Minol Australia
5.10 Closing remarks from the chair
5.20 Drinks
sponsored by:
Day Two: Thursday 5th August
9.00 Opening remarks and
introduction of chair
9.10 The future of the energy industry
in NSW
The Hon Duncan Gay MLC,
Shadow Minister for Industry,
New South Wales
9.30 Outlook for development of the
NEM transmission grid
• Drivers - demand growth, shift to lower
emissions generation mix
• Impact of the new regulatory investment
test
• Review of transmission frameworks
Grid Australia
10.00 Infrastructure investment and risk
• Future proofing the network with strategic
infrastructure development
• Evaluating the scale of current and future
investment needs
• Risk management in the electricity industry
Peter McIntyre,
Managing Director,
Transgrid
10.30 Morning Tea
11.00 Understanding the marketplace
using retail bank data
Using new information sources to understand
the performance of competitor brands by
customer segment, companies can formulate
more detailed pricing and marketing strategies
to drive both share and profit growth. This
session will help energy and utility brands deal
with such questions as:
• How do different customer segments react
to retail price changes?
• Which customer segments and brands are
growing fastest in each market?
• How different are the customer profiles for
the main players and regional heavyweights?
• Which companies are gaining a greater share
of the most valuable customers?
Greg Schneider, Director,
Quantium
11.30 The potential impact of emissions
reduction strategies on the
electricity industry
• Why the industry needs clear direction in
energy policy
• What are the implications of delaying the
ETS?
• Future developments in the make-up
of Australia’s energy supply mix
Trevor St Baker, Chairman,
ERM Power
12.00 Investing in coal power station
upgrades in a carbon
environment
• Recognising the value of utilising existing
infrastructure at existing coal power stations
• The challenges of assessing the carbon
impacts in an uncertain environment
• Minimising project risk
• Implications for other generators
Peter Jackson, CEO,
Eraring Energy
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Friday 6th August
12.30 Lunch 1.30 Panel Discussion: Challenges
sponsored by: 9.00 Opening remarks and facing the continued
introduction of chair development of renewable
1.40 Energy Networks Australia –
energy in Australia
gas networks 9.10 Ministerial Keynote: Renewable Matthew Warren, Chief Executive,
• Gas network asset management issues energy in Australia Clean Energy Council
• The development of the east coast gas The Hon Patrick Conlon MP,
market Minister for Energy, Andrew Dyer, Director,
• The potential application of smart BrightSource Energy Australia
Infrastructure and Transport,
infrastructure to gas networks South Australia Miles George, Managing Director,
Andrew Blythe, Infigen Energy
Chief Executive, 9.30 Case Study: Origin Energy and
Further panelists TBC
Energy Networks Association renewable energy
• Assessing the current regulatory 2.00 Solar energy: Photovoltaic
2.10 Retail energy pricing environment for renewable energy • Evaluating the potential solar PV market in
Cameron O’Reilly, • Staying competitive with an evolving power Australia
Executive Director, generation portfolio • Opportunities afforded by recent policy
Energy Retailers Association • The role of renewable energy in a carbon developments
of Australia constrained future • Integrating solar panels with energy
2.40 Carbon capture and storage • The long term outlook for power generation networks
Speaker TBC in Australia – where Origin is located Tony Stocken,
Carl McCamish, Large Commercial Projects –
3.10 Afternoon Tea Executive General Manger Manager Australasia,
Corporate Affairs, BP Solar
3.40 Underground coal casification
Origin Energy
and clean coal technology
• The technology behind Underground Coal 2.30 Solar energy: Solar thermal
10.00 Bringing distributed energy • Developing successful solar thermal
Gasification sources to market
• Potential scale of the industry in Australia – generation capacity in Australia
• Providing power for local industry • Potential locations large scale solar energy
what this could mean for energy supply • The challenges of connecting to the network
• Cougar Energy strategy projects in Australia
• The benefits of harnessing low GHG • Plant economics and providing competitive
• Projects in development emissions energy
Len Walker, dispatchable power
Chris Murray, • Assessing the current policy and regulatory
Managing Director, Executive General Manager Australia, environment
Cougar Energy Energy Developments Andrew Dyer,
4.10 Investment: Energy networks – Director,
10.30 Morning Tea
the challenges BrightSource Energy Australia
• Issues associated aging assets 11.00 Renewable energy in Australia
• Changing needs as we look ahead • Ensuring the development of large scale 3.00 Afternoon Tea
• Effective investment to establish secure, renewable energy projects by managing 3.30 Investing in renewable energy
reliable and responsive infrastructure demand in REC’s • Emerging investment opportunities
• Market issues • Maximising the potential of all forms of presented by climate change
Hugh Gleeson, renewable energy – key challenges • Development funding for greenfield
CEO, • The use of feed-in tariff’s across Australia renewable projects
United Energy Distribution and • Stimulating investment in clean energy • Attracting investment in challenging
Multinet Gas Matthew Warren, economic times
Chief Executive, • An overview of global renewable energy
4.40 Closing remarks from the chair
Clean Energy Council markets
4.45 Close of Day Two Ian Kay,
11.30 Wind energy in Australia
• Overview of Infigen Energy Division Director,
• Availability of wind energy resources – Macquarie Capital
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4.00 Building Australia’s largest solar
• A comparison of wind energy and other
PV project at the University of
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• Project timeline
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• The challenges in creating a distributed
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• Developing a micro-grid to provide
Infigen Energy
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• Gold Sponsor • The importance of encouraging investment • Building research partnerships and capacity
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• Silver Sponsor • Geodynamics – project update Research Officer,
• Display Stand • Working on and off the grid - realising the School of Chemical Engineering,
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Geodynamics 4.45 Close of Day Three
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