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AIE Sydney Branch

 

Abbreviated Listing of all Past Events including technical, symposia & awards

 

 

 

Date

 

Topic Presenters
31 Aug 10

Energy Options for Developed Countries:making choices

Dr Adi Paterson - CEO, ANSTO

21 Jul 10

The Photovoltaic Market Development - An Insider's View

Innovations in photovoltaic research using cutting-edge microscopy

David Jordan - Director of Business Development

for the UNSW Engineering Faculty and

Chair of BT Imaging Pty Ltd.

Leigh Stephenson - Research Associate at

the Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis

25 Jun 10 The BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2010

Chrisof Rühl - Group Chief Economist, BP

9 Jun 10 Negotiation Skill Workshop Alan Limbury
24 May 10 NSW’s Electricity Future 2020 (and beyond): What will it look like and how do we get there?

Half-day Symposium

Peter Coombes   

Ross Fraser        

Ian Kay               

Paul Wentworth   
Jim Snow            
Michael Angwin   

6 May 10 What noise do wind turbines make?"
The view of a wind turbine noise and noise modelling
specialist from Europe, Eric Sloth of Suzlon
Erik Sloth - Senior Specialist, Suzlon Blade Technology
28 Apr 10 Sustainable Sydney 2030 "Moving Sydney Towards a
Low Carbon Decentralised Energy Future" 
Allan Jones MBE, I.Eng, Fiet;
FRSA - Chief Development Officer,
Energy and Climate  Change, City of Sydney
Presentation

24 Mar 10

Symposium - Renewable Energy in Europe and Australia

Ing Alfredo Picano - INNOVA

Dr Jim Smitham - CSIRO

Mr Glen Currie – CEO, Sustainable Renewable Energy

Company

2 Mar 10

 

ERAA Retail Energy Market Briefing

"Lessons of the California electricity crisis"

"More than just a carbon hit on electricity prices"

"Introduction to Professor Sweeney"

 

Professor James L Sweeney - Professor of Management

Science and Engineering, Director Precourt Center for Energy

Efficiency, Stanford University

Edwin D. O’Young - Principal, Port Jackson Partners Limited

Cameron O’Reilly - by Executive Director, ERAA and Fulbright

Professional Scholar in Australia-US alliance studies

17 Feb 10

Meeting of the Four Societies “The current state of development of electricity-producing technologies”

Dr Christopher Dey, Integrated Sustainability Analysis Centre,

University of Sydney

2 Nov 09 AGM & Evening Presentation
"Developing Coal Seam Methane – Challenges & Opportunities"

Roland Sleeman
Chief Commercial Officer, Eastern Star Gas
6 Oct 09 YEP AGM and
"What is Happening with Renewables in NSW?”

Dr Yolande Stone

Director of Policy, Planning Systems and Reform,

NSW Department of Planning

Andrew Durran - Executive Director, Epuron

Patrick Ibbotson - Partner, Blake Dawson

Paul Newman - Partner, Blake Dawson

7 Sep 09 “Building Energy Efficiency and the NSW ESS” David Hemming
(ex NSW Dept of Water & Energy)
Christallo Kouris (Fletcher Insulation)
Steve Franetic (Fletcher Insulation)
26 Aug 09 YEP 2009 August Seminar
“Emerging Technologies in the Energy Sector”

Dr Justin Blows
Patent Attorney, Griffith Hack
Guy Pross- Director Government Affairs
Better Place Australia
Stuart Weylandsmith -  CEO Oceanlinx
Christopher Short
Manager, Economics & Regulation,
Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute

10 Aug 09

ERAA Retail Energy Market Briefing

Supported by Australian Institute of Energy

"The Expanded Renewable Energy Target: Can our markets cope?"

Professor Ross Baldick
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin

David Swift
Executive GM - Corporate Development
Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO)

Cameron O’Reilly
Executive Director , ERAA

6 Jul 09 “Solar-thermal energy conversion and storage are viewed widely as key platforms for clean and renewable energy resources of the near-future”

Christopher Sorrell - UNSW

Artur Zawadski - Wizard Power

26 Jun 09 BP Statistical Review of World Energy Mr Christof Rühl, Group Chief Economist, BP
18 Jun 09

Young Energy Professionals Forum

"International Climate Policy and Australia’s Energy Future"

What will the Copenhagen negotiations mean for our energy future?

Ben McNeil – Senior Fellow,

Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW
Ilona Millar – Senior Associate,
Baker & McKenzie
Tim Nelson – Head of Carbon and
Sustainability, AGL
Anna Reynolds – Principal Consultant,

Government Policy, Energetics

1 Jun 09 “Intelligent grids, Smart meters and the Home of the Future”
Included tour of EnergyAustralia’s new Energy Efficiency Centre

Brad Gammons
Vice President - IBM Global Energy & Utilities
Jamal Cheema
Program Manager – Intelligent Distribution,

EnergyAustralia

19 May 09

Half-day Symposium

Energy Industry Carbon Challenges:

What’s Ahead? - Compliance,

Adaptation, Forecasts, Innovation

Presentations

Simon Smith – Deputy Director

General Department of

Environment & Climate Change
Jenny Mee – Partner, Middletons
Jonathan Upson – Infigen Energy
Jim Snow, Partner - Oakley Greenwood
Mark Johnston, Head of NEM

Development, NEMMCO
Kym Lennox - Principal Consultant,

The Tipping Point Institute
Wrap-up – Greg Joffe – Principal,

The Nous Group

29 Apr 09 Young Energy Professionals Workshop
"Contract Law for Dummies"
Jade Ng and Daniel Murnane
Corporate Group
Gadens Lawyers
6 Apr 09

“The Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute”
“The New Economics of Power”

“Carbon Capture & Storage”

Nick Otter
Peter Jones, OBE
Richard Hunwick

26 Mar 09

Young Energy Professionals
The Great Energy Debate 2009 -
That Carbon Trading will solve Climate Change

2 Mar 09 "The Better Place project - renewable energy powered electric vehicles for Australia"

Chris Cormack -  Manager Carbon and

Renewables, AGL Energy

Victoria McFarlane - Director

Business Development and Operations

Better Place Australia

25 Feb 09

Meeting of the Four Societies - "An industry update on global nuclear power and the opportunities for Australia"

Dr Selena Ng - Areva NC, Australia
18 Nov 08 AIE National Postgraduate Student Energy Awards 2008  
3 Nov 08 AGM and Evening Presentation: "Geothermal Power - the growth and potential future substitution of coal for base load electricity" David Hawley
21 Oct 08 Young Energy Professionals interactive networking event
"Developing your Career in Energy"

Colin Sausman, Jonathan Ambler

Regina Betz, Nathan Rosaguti

and Susannah West

14 Oct 08 Emissions Trading – International and Domestic Developments
- mini symposium
 
17 Sep 08 Young Energy Professionals Seminar
"Water, energy and climate change"

Prof Matthew England, Dr John Williams

Richard Hunwick and Debborah Marsh

2 Sep 08 Site tour of Mt Piper Power Station (NSW's youngest pf coal-fired power station)  
18 Aug 08 EnergyAustralia's Energy Efiiciency Centre, Homebush with hands-on display
"Does energy efficiency have a future? Life under an ETS"
Robert Smith
29 Jul 08 Energy in NSW 2008 - Supply and Demand-side Prospects
- Half-day symposium
 
17 Jun 08 Young Energy Professionals Workshop
"Energy Efficiency: What Are We Waiting For?"

Doug Thompson - National Framework

for Energy Efficiency
Mike Jones - Energetics
Alistair Sproul - UNSW
Brian Callaghan - Rheem Australia - Solahart

2 Jun 08 "Low Emission Embedded Power and Sewage Disinfection" Ray Cummings, Director of DUT Pty Ltd
5 May 08 "Energy Recovery from Waste / Energy sources for Power Generation"

Elmar Offenbacher

Australian Energy & Environment

22 Apr 08 Young Energy Professionals Workshop
"Making Meetings Matter"
Richard and Maria Maguire
Unfolding Futures
21 Apr 08 "APEC: Its Role in Energy Security and Climate Change and What It Means for Australia"

Robert Pritchard, Managing Director

ResourcesLaw International

27 Mar 08 Young Energy Professionals Talk
"Interface Between Energy Technology Development and Energy Policy"
Dr David Hemming
Dr Mark Diesendorf
10 Mar 08 "CCS and the Future of Coal-based Power Generation in Australia"
Bede Boyle
Richard Hunwick
5 Mar 08 The Four Societies Meeting
"Future Prospect for Large Scale Solar Thermal Power Technologies"

Associate Professor Keith Lovegrove

Solar Thermal Group Leader

ANU Dept of Engineering

3 Dec 07 "Biofuels: from policy makers to producers to end-users"
* Dr Stephen Schuck: "Overview and Outlook for Biofuels"
* Gavin Hughes: "How green is your ethanol?"
* Rob McKenna: "Impending user's view of the drivers for the decision by Lane Cove Council"
Stephen Schuck
Gavin Hughes
Rob McKenna
29 Nov 07 Young Energy Professionals End-of-Year Drinks.
Nick Florin, winner of the AIE and Energy Council of Australia 2006 Energy Study Scholarship, gave a photo presentation of his study trip to Europe and Japan earlier this year.
 
5 Nov 07 AGM and Joint Evening Presentation with the NSW Hydrogen Division
* David Kilsby: "Transport's Future Energy Needs - Is there a Role for Hydrogen?"
* Gavin Conibeer: "Photovoltaics and Renewables"
David Kilsby

Gavin Conibeer
25 Oct 07 Young Energy Professionals Networking Drinks hosted by CPA Australia  
16 Oct 07 Distributed Energy - Ready, Willing & Able?
- Half-day symposium
 
9 Oct 07 Young Energy Professionals Workshop - Communication and Influencing Skills Workshop Nicola Rothmann, Nous Group
24 Sep 07 NSW & ACT Excellence in Energy Awards  
13 Aug 07 Strategic Long Term Issues in Climate Change Policy for Australia

Ian Porter, Senior Consultant

The Nous Group

24 Jul 07 Climate Change & Energy: Challenges, Opportunities & Solutions
- Half-day symposium
 
11 Jul 07 Young Energy Professionals Seminar - Personal Financial Planning  
3 Jul 07 Young Energy Professionals Forum - The Energy Future of Australia: Discussing the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (AP6) Julian Turecek
Ian MacGill
Bob Pritchard
30 Jun 07 The 2007 BP Statistical Review of World Energy Christof Ruehl, Chief Economist, BP
5 Jun 07 Young Energy Professionals Workshop - Understanding personality to develop better working relationships Nicola Rothmann, Nous Group
5 Jun 07 Plug-in Hybrid-Electric Vehicles - An Energy Policy Silver Bullet? Richard Hunwick, Hunwick Consultants
10 May 07 Young Energy Professionals Seminar - Energy Policy in NSW

Ms Liesl Baumgartner

Deputy Director-General of DEUS and

Mr Simon Kelley, IPART

7 May 07 The Blacktown Solar Cities Project

Dept Water & Resources, BP Solar

Integral Energy

2 Apr 07 Emissions Trading - International and Domestic Perspectives

Anthea Harris

National Emissions Trading Taskforce, &

Tony Beck, Australasian Emissions

Trading Forum

22 Mar 07 Young Energy Professionals Workshop - Twelve Steps to Effective Writing Verne Ordman
5 Mar 07 Nuclear Energy - Australia's opportunities Martin Thomas AM, UMPNER taskforce
28 Feb 07 A Tale of Two Infrastructures: The Future of Water and Energy Use in our Cities Professor Stuart White, UTS
6 Nov 06 Does Renewable Energy have a role in NSW's energy mix? AIE Sydney Branch AGM and Presentation

Ric Brazzale

Business Council for Sustainable Energy

2 Nov 06 Young Energy Professionals Workshop - Structured thinking for problem solving and communicating solutions Greg Joffe, Nous Group
18 Sep 06 Solar Thermal Power as an Option for Baseload Generation in Australia

Peter Le Lievre & David Mills

Solar Heat & Power and Glen Currie - CSIRO

7 Sep 06 Gasoline, Diesel, Hybrids, Fuel Cells - DaimlerChrysler's Roadmap to the Energy for the Future

Dr Andreas Truckenbrodt, Executive Director

Hybrid Development Center, DaimlerChrysler

5 Sep 06 AIE NSW & ACT Postgraduate Student Energy Awards 2006  
15 Aug 06 Fusion Energy and ITER - an Opportunity for Australia Dr Barry Green, European Commission
7 Aug 06 Beyond CO2: What's Happening about SOx, NOx, VOC and Particulates from Stationary Steam & Power Generators Michael Arch and Richard Hunwick
19 Jul 06 Energy in NSW 2006 & Beyond
- Half-day symposium
 
3 Jul 06 Can Coal Meet the Challenges of a World Demanding Clean Energy?

Frank van Schagen, CEO

CRC for Coal in Sustainable Development

17 Jun 06 The BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2006 Mark Finley, Head of Energy Analysis, BP plc
5 Jun 06 Country Energy's Home Energy Efficiency Trial

Ben Hamilton

General Manager Corporate Strategy

Country Energy

18 May 06 Young Energy Professionals Social - Power of Networking Linda McDonald, Corporate Learning
1 May 06 Wave Power - Blue Gold?

Raymond Alcorn and Tom Engelsman

Energetech Australia

10 Mar 06 What Is Good For The Environment Is Increasingly Good For Business Prof. Norman Myers, CMG
6 Mar 06 What is needed to make wind energy economically viable? Miles George, Babcock & Brown
6 Dec 05 NSW/ACT "Excellence in Energy" - Awards  
7 Nov 05 Sydney Branch AGM & Fuel Cells - Is the Future Near or Far? Julian Dinsdale, Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd
1 Nov 05 Electricity Storage - Physical impossibility or economic necessity?
- Half-day symposium
 
17 Oct 05 Enhanced Coal Bed Methane (ECBM) and CO2 storage in NSW coals Abouna Saghafi, CSIRO Energy Technology
19 Sep 05 Site visit to BP Solar PV facility Andrea Gaffney
1 Aug 05 Carbon - the new global commodity: Greenhouse emissions trading in Australia & elsewhere Josh Carmody, Baker & McKenzie
21 Jul 05 Demand Management and its potential role in meeting NSW energy needs

Chris Dunstan, NSW Department of Energy

Utilities & Sustainability

8 Jun 05 Nuclear Power for Australia : Irrelevant or Inevitable?
- Half-day symposium
 
24 May 05 Global Oil - A Black Future? Eriks Velins
12 May 05 Second site visit to Lend Lease HQ at "30 The Bond"  
19 Apr 05 Visit to Mt Piper power station & Lithgow  
5 Apr 05 Site visit to Lend Lease HQ at "30 The Bond" - The first commercial building in Australia to commit to a five star energy rating

Eloise Aschberger, Sustainability Unit

Bovis Lend Lease

23 Feb 05 Australian Geothermal Project nearing completion of "Proof of Concept" - Four Societies Meeting

Dr Doone Wyborn, Executive Director

Geodynamics Limited

6 Dec 04 AIE NSW & ACT Postgraduate Student Energy Awards 2004  
22 Nov 04 Site visit to CSIRO Energy Centre, Newcastle Various
15 Nov 04 Desalination - Its Place in Meeting Our Fresh Water Needs

Associate Professor Greg Leslie,

University of NSW
Andrew Carter, Ionics P/L

11 Oct 04 Climate Change - Cool Science or Hot Air?

Prof Bob Carter

Marine Geophysical Laboratory

James Cook University

9 Aug 04 Geosequestration: Are we burying our problems? Andy Rigg
Iain MacGill
Jeff Angel
12 Jul 04 The BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2004 Mike Smith, BP plc
5 Jul 04 Site visit to Hornsby Council Library trigeneration facility Dr John Ward, CSIRO
7 Jun 04 Biomass Power: How Mitr Phol and ALSTOM made it happen

Graham Lowry, Engineering

Manager, ALSTOM

20 May 04 Energy in NSW 2004 - A Strategic Review
- Half Day Symposium
 
19 Apri 04 The World Energy Congress 2004 - What's in it for Australia?

Jim Starkey, Executive Director

Sydney World Energy Congress

26 Feb 04 Distributed Energy - The System Control Challenge
- Half Day Symposium
 
4 Feb 04 Carbon Credits and Related Issues

Ms Fiona Melville

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

27 Nov 03 Designing a Realistic Climate Change Policy With Global Participation Professor Warwick McKibbin - ANU
12 Nov 03 Hydrogen - Half Day Symposium  
22 Sep 03 Progress of Climate Change Science and the Interface with Legislative Imperatives and Adaptive Changes

Dr Graeme Pearman

Chief Scientist, CSIRO

3 Sep 03 Biodiesel - Now & the Future Shaun Colley & Adrian Lake
5 Aug 03 Record Electricity Demand Growth - Is Air Conditioning the Only Sinner? - Symposium  
11 Jul 03 The Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline (DBNGP) Access Arrangement - Implications for National Energy Regulation. David Williams
7 Jul 03 Hydrogen - A National Challenge Luigi Bonadio & Dr John Wright
Jun 03 NSW Greenhouse Benchmarks Scheme David Hemming
May 03 A Novel HVAC Implementation of Distributed Energy Rob Helstroom
Apr 03 The Swanbank E Combined Cycle Power Plant Tomas Hertzell
Feb 03 Global Energy - A WEC Perspective.
The Questions Ahead
Jan Murray (WEC)
Oct 02 Distributed Generation - A Business Opportunity?
- Half-Day Symposium
 
Jun 02 Coal Bed and Coal Mine Methane - Research and Development in Australia. Dr Abouna Saghafi
Apr 02 The (British) Institute of Energy - Its Role in UK Energy Policy Formulation. Mr John Ingham
Mar 02 Prospects for Large-Scale Solar Energy Mr Martin Thomas AO

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