Transport


8.00 am
REGISTRATION


8.30 am
WELCOME
Jenny Brockie, multi-award winning Journalist, Documentary Maker and Presenter of SBS current affairs program, ‘Insight’.

8.35 am
OPENING ADDRESS
Stephen Trainor, Environment Business Stream Leader, GHD

8.40 am
TECHNICAL SESSION 1
BIODIVERSITY – REDUCING THE PRESSURE ON OUR ECOSYSTEMS

Speakers
Professor Tim Flannery, Scientist, Explorer, Author and 2007 Australian of the Year
Dr Brian Keating, Chief, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
John Tanzer, A/Chair and Executive Director, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Tim Nevard, Principal Consultant and Conservationist, GHD
9.40 am
TECHNICAL SESSION 2
INTEGRATION IS THE KEY – SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS

Speakers
Professor Peter Newman, Professor of City Policy and Director of the Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy, Murdoch University
Peter Moore, Executive Director, International Union of Public Transport (UITP) Australia/New Zealand
Valerie Corre, General Director, European Union of Ethanol Producers (UEPA) Belgium - TBC
Tom Pinzone, Director and Transportation and Logistics Business Stream Leader, GHD
10.40 am
MORNING TEA

11.00 am
TECHNICAL SESSION 3
LOW EMISSION ENERGY SOURCES – WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?

Speakers
Dr Shi Zhengrong, Founder, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer, Suntech Power (Solar)
Professor George Dracoulis, Head of Department of Nuclear Physics, Australian National University and Member of the Australia Prime Minister’s Task Force for Uranium Mining, Processing and Nuclear Energy Review (Nuclear)
Dr Adrian Williams, Chief Executive Officer, Geodynamics Limited (Geothermal)
The Hon Peter Garrett AM MP, Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment, Heritage and the Arts
Mitchell Hooke, Chief Executive, Minerals Council of Australia
Phillip Baker, Manager Mining Environment Services, GHD

12.30 pm
LUNCH

1.30 pm
TECHNICAL SESSION 4
PRESERVING OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE – WATER

Speakers
Nick Apostolidis, Director and Water Business Stream Leader, GHD
Anne Howe, Chief Executive Officer, South Australian Water Corporation
Shaun Cox, Director, Gold Coast Water
Ross Young, Excecutive Director, Water Services Association of Australia
Tony Kelly, Managing Director, Yarra Valley Water
2.30 pm
SPECIAL SEGMENT
SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENTS
Paul Morris, Urban Development Business Stream Leader, GHD
ZERO, THE BUILDING OF THE FUTURE
Martin Tuktens, Buildings Business Stream Manager, Australia and New Zealand, GHD

2.45 pm
AFTERNOON TEA

3.20 pm
TECHNICAL SESSION 5
SUSTAINABILITY – FROM GLOBAL TREND TO STRATEGY AND BEYOND TO IMPLEMENTATION

Speakers
Bill Grace, Sustainability Corporate Manager, GHD
Edoardo Gai, Head of Sustainability Services, SAM Group (Sustainable Asset Management Group, Zurich)
Noel Purcell, Group General Manager Stakeholder Communications, Westpac Banking Corporation and Al Gore Ambassador
Andrew Grant, Chief Executive Officer, Co2
4.00 pm
CLOSING ADDRESS
Des Whybird, Chief Executive Officer, GHD

4.30 pm
NETWORKING SESSION
Jim Giannopolous, Manager - Environment andPlanning, Victoria, GHD (Host)

7.00 pm
GALA-DINNER
(DRESS CODE: BUSINESS ATTIRE)

WELCOME
George Negus, international Journalist and Author

A COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY
Clive Weeks, Chairman, GHD

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Hon Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States, Author, Environmentalist and Chairman of Generation Investment Management

SPECIAL GUEST PRESENTATION
Adam Kirkman, Program Manager for Energy and Climate Change, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (Switzerland)

SPECIAL GUEST PRESENTATION
Valerie Corre, General Director, European Union of Ethanol Producers (UEPA) Belgium

CLOSING COMMENTS
Des Whybird, Chief Executive Officer, GHD

11.00 pm
CLOSE



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