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AIE Sydney Branch

 

Details of Past Technical Meetings

2006 to 2013

2005 2004 2003 2002

 

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Date

 

Topic

Presenters

8 Apr 13

Wind and Solar - Now cheaper than fossil fuels?

Speaker: Kobad Bhavnagri, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
18 Mar 13 The Year Ahead in Energy Ian MacGill, Senior Lecturer in Energy, UNSW; Scott Taylor, General Group Manager, Infigen & Adrian Amey, Manager Energy Policy, NSW Division Resourced and Energy

27 Feb 13  

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE FOUR SOCIETIES

Going low carbonthe Approach of the International Energy Policy Institute

Speaker: Professor Stefaan Simons, Director, International Energy Policy Institute, University College London

19 Feb 13

The Emerging Shale Gas Industry in the US: The Pennsylvania Experience

Thomas Murphy Presentation. Thomas Murphy’s presentation was sponsored by the (US State) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, through their Authorized Trade and Investment Attraction Representative for Australia, Angela Foley & Associates, www.foley.net.au.

19-20 Nov 12 AIE 2012 National Conference - Australia's Energy Future: Air Water Fire Earth. Spoiled for Choice?
19 Nov 12 AIE 35th Annual General Meeting
9 Oct 12

AGM & Evening Presentation - Securing Our Renewable Energy Future with Storage

Peter Coppin - Stream Leader, Energy Storage for Renewables - Presentation

24 Sep 12

Evening Presentation - 1 Bligh Street, A world class building for Sydney

Tim Elgood, Arup

10 Sep 12 Solar PV – Market Price and Value Update Kobad Bhavnagri - Lead Clean Energy Analyst – Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Robert Bartrop - Senior Manager, Business Development and Sales – First Solar
Juliana Weingartner – Analyst, Electricity Pricing - IPART
23 Jul 12

Solar Energy Deployment in the UAE: The role of the Masdar Institute

Dr Matteo Chiesa - Presentation

1 Jun 12 Mt Piper Power Station - Site Visit
4 Apr 12 Electric Vehicles - Transportation and Electricity Convergence Guy Pross, Director - Business Development and Commercial Partnerships, Better Place Australia
Dominic Kua, Economist - AECOM
13 Mar 12 Central Power Generation in Sydney - future planning and technology

Bruce Precious - Sustainability Manager GPT

Paul Howarth - Manager Network Strategy Ausgrid

Roger Swinbourne - Associate Director AECOM

Robin Goodhand - Principal Scientist AECOM

7 Mar 12 The Annual Meeting of the Four Societies - Counting atoms for a living - tales of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Dr Andrew M. Smith, Institute for Environmental Research
21 Feb 12 The BP Energy Outlook 2030 Christof Rühl, Group Chief Economist, BP - Presentation

7 Nov 11

 

Energy Efficiency/Clean Energy Future/Carbon price - AGM & Evening Presentation

Jon Jutsen - founder and Executive Director of Energetics - Presentation
Chris Hughes and Paul Curnow - Partners, Baker & McKenzie

17 Oct 11 Carbon Capture and Solar Sequestration
Ray Cummings - DUT Pty. Ltd. - Presentation (Introduction), Presentation
Doug Palfreyman - PalCom Systems Pty. Ltd. - Presentation
Charles Sorrell - University of New South Wales - Presentation
Gavin Conibeer - University of New South Wales
4 Oct 11 Cogeneration and Trigeneration

Dr Jacob Klimstra - Presentation

Hamid Popal

W. Henryk Sliwa

26 Sep 11 Your Career in Energy Tony Cooper, Chief Executive Officer, Energetics
 Mark Twidell, Executive Director, Australian Solar Institute
 Craig Nalder, Executive Director (Australia), Sungen
23 Aug 11 Positioning to deliver on Australia's Energy Efficiency potential

Dr Grayson Heffner - Presentation

Chris Dunstan - Presentation

15 Aug 11

Signals for transition - examining the new ETS and LRET

Seb Henbest - Presentation

Kobad Bhavnagri

16 May 11 Greenhouse Policy, Investment Certainty and Electricity Prices

Rod Sims, IPART

4 Apr 11

Bottling Electricity - The Need for Energy Storage

Prof Tony Vassallo - University of Sydney - Presentation

Dr Geoff James - CSIRO - Presentation

10 Mar 11

"Advanced Nuclear Power Systems for Long-term Energy and Climate Security"

Prof. Barry W. Brook (Ph.D.), Director of Climate Science, The Environment Institute, University of Adelaide
24 Feb 11

The Annual Meeting of the Four Societies
The Nuclear Engineering Panel of the Sydney Branch of Engineers Australia
The Australian Nuclear Association
The Royal Society of New South Wales
The Australian Institute of Energy

“Geothermal Energy - Current State of Play and Developments”

Dr. Stuart Mc Donnell - Chief Operating Officer for Geodynamics - Presentation
Mr Stephen de Belle - Granite Power - Presentation

1 Dec 10

Carbon Reduction Schemes: What Do They Mean For Us?

YEP 2010 December 1 - Seminar

1. (Speaker) - Matt Harris, Head of Climate Change
Frontier Economics - Presentation

2. (Speaker) - Brian Spalding, Commissioner AEMC (no presentation available)

1 Nov 10

AGM & Evening Presentation

Energy Efficiency in the UK

Graeme Cuthbert - Head of Energy Security

at UK Department of Energy and Climate Change

31 Aug 10

Energy Options for Developed Countries:making choices

Dr Adi Paterson - CEO, ANSTO

Presentation
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

Presentation
25 Jun 10 The BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2010

Chrisof Rühl - Group Chief Economist, BP

Presentation
9 Jun 10 Negotiation Skill Workshop Alan Limbury
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 Combined Sydney University "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

Presentation
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"

Craig Chambers

Chairman's Annual Report 2009

Roland Sleeman
Chief Commercial Officer, Eastern Star Gas

Presentation
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
Presentation

Patrick Ibbotson - Partner, Blake Dawson

Presentation

Paul Newman - Partner, Blake Dawson
Presentation

7 Sep 09 “Building Energy Efficiency and the NSW ESS” David Hemming
(ex NSW Dept of Water & Energy)
Presentation
Christallo Kouris (Fletcher Insulation)
Steve Franetic (Fletcher Insulation)
Presentation
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
Presentation

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

Presentation
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

www.thecleanrevolution.com.au
Ilona Millar – Senior Associate, Baker & McKenzie
Presentation
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

Presentation
Jamal Cheema
Program Manager – Intelligent Distribution, EnergyAustralia

Presentation
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 - Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute (GCCSI)
Peter Jones, OBE

Presentation
Richard Hunwick

Presentation
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

Presentation
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

3 Nov 08 AGM and Evening Presentation: "Geothermal Power - the growth and potential future substitution of coal for base load electricity" David Hawley
Presentation
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
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
Presentation
17 Jun 08 Young Energy Professionals Workshop
"Energy Efficiency: What Are We Waiting For?"

Doug Thompson - National Framework for Energy Efficiency
Presentation

Mike Jones - Energetics
Presentation

Alistair Sproul - UNSW

Presentation

Brian Callaghan
Rheem Australia - Solahart

Presentation
2 Jun 08 "Low Emission Embedded Power and Sewage Disinfection"

Ray Cummings

Director of DUT Pty Ltd

Presentation
5 May 08 "Energy Recovery from Waste / Energy sources for Power Generation"

Elmar Offenbacher

Austrian Energy & Environment

Presentation
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

Presentation
27 Mar 08 Young Energy Professionals Talk
"Interface Between Energy Technology Development and Energy Policy"

Dr David Hemming

Presentation

Dr Mark Diesendorf

Presentation
10 Mar 08 "CCS and the Future of Coal-based Power Generation in Australia"

Bede Boyle

Presentation
Richard Hunwick

Presentation
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

Presentation
Rob McKenna

Presentation

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 Presentation

Gavin Conibeer Presentation
25 Oct 07 Young Energy Professionals Networking Drinks hosted by CPA Australia  
9 Oct 07 Young Energy Professionals Workshop - Communication and Influencing Skills Workshop Nicola Rothmann, Nous Group
13 Aug 07 Strategic Long Term Issues in Climate Change Policy for Australia Ian Porter, Senior Consultant
The Nous Group Presentation
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 Presentation
Ian MacGill Presentation

Bob Pritchard
Presentation1
Presentation2
Challenges and Opportunities
Presentation

30 Jun 07 The 2007 BP Statistical Review of World Energy Christof Ruehl, Chief Economist, BP Presentation
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 Presentation
10 May 07 Young Energy Professionals Seminar - Energy Policy in NSW Ms Liesl Baumgartner, Deputy Director-General of DEUS and Mr Simon Kelley, IPART Presentation
7 May 07 The Blacktown Solar Cities Project BP Solar, Integral Energy DEH Presentation
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 2007 Nuclear Energy - Australia's opportunities Martin Thomas AM, UMPNER taskforce Presentation
28 Feb 2007 A Tale of Two Infrastructures: The Future of Water and Energy Use in our Cities Professor Stuart White, UTS Presentation
6 Nov 2006 Does Renewable Energy have a role in NSW's energy mix? AIE Sydney Branch AGM and Presentation Ric Brazzale, Business Council for Sustainable Energy Presentation
2 Nov 2006 Young Energy Professionals Workshop - Structured thinking for problem solving and communicating solutions Greg Joffe, Nous Group
18 Sep 2006 Solar Thermal Power as an Option for Baseload Generation in Australia Peter Le Lievre & David Mills, Solar Heat & Power and Glen Currie, CSIRO Energy Technology
Presentation
7 Sep 2006 Gasoline, Diesel, Hybrids, Fuel Cells - DaimlerChrysler's Roadmap to the Energy for the Future Dr Andreas Truckenbrodt, Executive Director, Hybrid Development Center, DaimlerChrysler
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