Conferences

Summary

Clean energy technologies and innovation are crucial for us to acheive major cuts in our emissions. Clean energy is already here but widespread use and acceptance has not yet become everyday. The Clean Energy Innovation conference brings traditional and clean energy producers with financiers, policy makers, and retailers to identify and outline how to invest and capitalise on the window of opportunity in the development of clean technologies in the Australia Pacific Region.

Learning Objectives

DISCUSS emission-reduction targets and implications

EVALUATE interactions between market participants, technical infrastructures and the natural environment

LEARN how to invest and, capitalise on the window of opportunity in the development of clean technologies

ASSESS clean energy marketing and commercialization techniques both here and overseas

GAIN an insight into financier’s appetite for renewable energy

OVERCOME challenges and opportunities associated with clean energy innovation

COMPARE sustainable energy to traditional sources

ANALYSE the trends and issues in the financing of renewable energy and energy efficiency

HEAR case studies and experiences with overcoming the energy crisis

Speakers

• Louis Chiam ,Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques

• Chris Spero, Callide Oxyfuel Project Director, CS Energy

• Paul Van Bergen, Partner, Research & Development, KPMG

• Kos Galtos, Chief Executive, Environment Clean Technologies Limited

• Timothy Knill, Construction Manager, Wind Prospect

• Jan Dekker, Investment Principal, Cleantech Ventures

• Sean Wiles, Investment Manager, CVC Limited

• Ivor Frischknecht, Investment Director,Starfish Ventures

• Johanna Pitman, Principal Policy Officer, Department of Regional Development

• Phil Chynoweth, Business Advisor, Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET)

• Paul Feron, PCC Science Leader, CSIRO

• George Grozev, Research Scientist, CSIRO

• Jessie Inman, Managing Director, Cool Energy

• Dr Igor Skryabin, Business Development  Manager, Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems, Australian National University

Conference Agenda

 Clean Energy Innovation conference

DAY ONE – 23rd February 2009

8:30 Registration

9:00 Opening remarks from the Chair

9.10 Accelerating the Development and Diffusion of Clean Energy Solutions in Australia

• The role of government in innovation
• Encouraging public and corporate R&D initiatives
• Expanding uptake of existing technologies

Johanna Pitman, Senior Manager (Innovation), Department of Regional Development

9.50 The role of regulation in emission trading and clean energy

• Transition to a carbon constrained future
• Monitoring and reporting
• Emission trading and the implication for developing clean energy

Louis Chiam, Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques

10.30 Morning Tea

11:00 The clean energy mix

• The Rise of Cleantech as a global industry
• Diversification and clean energy players
• Analysing the trends and issues in the financing of renewable energy and energy efficiency

Sean Wiles, Investment Manager, CVC Limited

11.40 Combining energy efficiency with clean energy

• Research and development in energy efficiency
• Origin’s experience as Australia’s leading clean energy retailer
• Products and processes promising a cleaner Australia in place today
• Proposed investment in clean energy technologies and innovation

12.20 Lunch

1:20 Case study

Hydrogen: a key component in clean energy

• Hydrogen technology, production, storage & use
• The challenges associated with hydrogen projects
• Clean energy marketing: here and overseas.

Gregory Solomon, Executive Chairman, Eden Energy

2:00 Developing a sustainable clean energy market

• Australia’s clean energy opportunities
• Have we missed the boat?
• Encouraging investment in the sector
• Is Australia large enough to support a variety of renewable energy technology and providers?

Ivor Frischknecht, Investment Director, Starfish Ventures

2:40 Afternoon tea

3.20 Innovation - tax strategies

•         Integrating tax planning into the project planning cycle
•         Structuring to ensure deductions claimable by taxpaying entities
•         Mitigating deferred deductions
•         Understand breadth of available deductions including R&D
•         Capturing available R&D tax concession deductions
•         Accessing newly announced grants / subsidies for cleaner energy

Paul Van Bergen, Partner, Research & Development KPMG

4.00 The Cleantech revolution: macro trends influencing alternative investments

• Analysing global trends in Clean Energy Investments
• Assessing the opportunities for investing in Cleantech
• Public markets activity to date: IPOs, M&A
• How can financial markets position new products to capitalise on the investment opportunities in Cleantech?
• Leveraging cost by selling new development worth $8 billion
• Realising the 2030 project – where to from here?

Jan Dekker, Investment Principal, Cleantech Ventures

4.40 Cleantech: generating heat on the share market

• Is Cleantech attracting $$$millions and moving into the mainstream?
• Attracting investment partners to clean technologies

Kos Galtos, Chief Executive, Environment Clean Technologies Limited

4.30 Closing remarks from chair

4.40 Close of Day One

DAY TWO – 24th February 2009

9:00 Opening remarks from the Chair

9.10 Strategies to attract PE & VC investors

• Is there currently enough capital in market?
• What are PE deal makers looking for in Cleantech partners?
• Identifying potential partners
• Building credibility with potential partners
• Leveraging ‘Angel Investors’ in Cleantech
• Understand the impact of private equity buy-outs and investor exits

Phil Chynoweth, Business Advisor, Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET)

9.50 Wave energy gets bigger

• Producing energy from Australia’s coastlines with zero-emission electricity
• Wave power explained as an economical and commercially efficient clean energy source
• Australia's competitive challenges and opportunities
• Wave energy production at a global export level

Stuart Bensley, Director, Oceanlinx

10.30 Morning Tea

11.00 Case study
Commercializing CryoCell® CO2 capture technology

• Attracting significant world-wide interest from gas producers, process engineers and fabricators of plant equipment
• Investor participation and the intention of large scale plant development
• Overcoming both technical and financial challenges

Jessie Inman, Managing Director , Cool Energy Limited

11:40 Solar in the spotlight: Asia-Pacific Partnership project

• Reducing costs, increasing efficiency and commercialisation of solar technology
• Research and design in reducing the use of fossil fuel based energy
• Why The Australian National University in Canberra has been internationally recognised as the ‘hot bed’ for solar innovation

Dr Igor Skryabin, Business Development  Manager, Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems Australian National University

12.10 Lunch

 
1.10 Cleaning up coal

• The potential to adapt post combustion carbon capture (PCC) processes to Australian conditions.
• Science developments and underpinnings explained
• Low emissions electricity from coal fired power stations
• Clean coal - a serious response to climate change

Paul Feron, PCC Science Leader, CSIRO

2.00 Case study: Callide Oxyfuel project

• From feasibility to demonstration – lessons learned.
• Oxyfuel project status
• Future outlook

Chris Spero, Callide Oxyfuel Project Director, CS Energy

2.40 Wind energy- delivering capacity

• Challenges and issues involved with development of wind farm projects
• How the industry can best address concerns surrounding wind farm developments
• The future for wind in Australia
• Is wind energy safeguarding Australia’s energy security and helping meet the nation’s growing energy demand?
• Integration of wind energy into the NEM
• Case study- Hallett wind Farm
 

Timothy Knill, Construction Manager, Wind Prospect

3.20 Afternoon Tea

3.50 Case study

Modelling of renewables and distributed generation for electricity markets- GENERSYS
• Interactions between market participants, technical infrastructures and the natural environment
• Exploring the interplay at micro and macro levels of dynamic  socio-economic and technical systems
• From the fuel source to the marketplace- commercialising NEMsim

George Grozev, Research Scientist,  CSIRO

4.30 Case study
Grid X and tri-generation technology

• How natural gas is used to produce electricity while capturing hot and cold water
• How generators can support intermittent, standby and permanent power needs
• Ecologically and environmentally beneficial compared to traditional means of electricity
• Innovation awards- challenges and triumphs revealed

Colin Chambers, CEO, GridX Power
 

5.10 Closing remarks from the Chair

5.20 Close of conference

Workshop Agenda

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