• Establishing retail strategies to encourage sustainable power
• Preparing for further market changes- the roll out of full retail contestability and the implications for Synergy?
• Where will Synergy be in 5 years? 10 years? How will the Western Australian market look?
  James Mitchell, Managing Director, Synergy

• Evolving regulation and contestability
• The 5-10 year outlook for market structure- potential implications of market changes
• Capacity market arrangements to ensure a safe and reliable production and supply market
• The future of a market with limited competition and lack of independent regulation of access to network infrastructure?
• The implications of an open market with full retail contestability
  Allan Dawson, Chief Executive Officer, Independent Market Operator 

• The major challenges for the Western Australia power sector
• Implications of changes to the competitive landscape
• How will the energy market look in 2020?
  James Mitchell, Managing Director, Synergy
• Allan Dawson, Chief Executive Officer,  Independent Market Operator 

• Dynamic Power Management technologies - current and future
• The reality - lessons from major trials
• Implications of investment in Power Management
  Dean Rosenfield, General Manager- Security Systems Division, SAAB Systems

• Burgeoning power demand- responding to the resources boom
• The future competitive landscape- demand pricing
• Generation investments- increasing capacity
  Rod Hayes, Managing Director, Horizon Power
  Allan Dawson, Chief Executive Officer, Independent Market Operator
  

• Managing change in the Western Australia market
• The challenges of regulation in the new market
• The drivers for change and the implications of consumer choice
• Western Australia 2020 where do you think we’ll be?
  Robert Pullella, Executive Director Competition, Markets and Electricity, Economic Regulation Authority

• Strategies and challenges for the coming year
• Speculating the future of the Western Australian power market over the next 5 to 10 years.
• The implications of further market reform for Horizon- how would this impact on rural delivery?
• How would Horizon perform in a competitive environment? What changes would be required to transform Horizon to a lean business model?
  Rod Hayes, Managing Director, Horizon Power

• ‘Storing’ power in a effective and efficient manner
• Creating sustainable power and storage
• The application for regional locations, and the fringe of the grid
• A showcase of Cloncurry and Lake Cargelligo
  Steve Hollis, Chief Executive Officer, Lloyd Energy

Robert Dixon, Senior Coordinator for Energy Security and Climate Change, Executive Office of the President, The White House

• Western Australia faces a long list of challenges and opportunities arising from changes in global and local energy markets
• The impact of ad hoc State and Commonwealth energy policies on the energy supply chain as a whole
• Drafting policy from first principals
• Priority number one: ensuring energy markets can cope with changes and rationally allocated resources
• The need for detailed and comprehensive energy policy

• Dealing with 15% increases in demand in the Pilbra region
• Developing a fleet of mobile generation infrastructure to deliver capacity where demand dictates
• Is this a balanced strategy for the future?
• What are the challenges to develop generation infrastructure that addresses demand?
  Mike Laughton-Smith, General Manager Generation & Technical Services, Horizon Power

•  Project development and funding
• Regulatory and approvals issues
• Supply security – do we have what it takes?
• Is there sufficient return on investment?
  Stuart Hohnen, Chief Executive Officer, Dampier Bunbury Pipeline

• Demands for the future
• Transmission investments that will change the market
• Future requirements for furthering market development
• Delivering an ‘optimal’ transmission system in the regulated electricity market
• Analysing the drivers of sustainable energy
  Mike Laughton-Smith, General Manager Generation & Technical Services, Horizon Power
  Stuart Hohnen, Chief Executive Officer, Dampier Bunbury Pipeline

• Securing power for the sub-continent: implications for supplier and customers
• Liquefied Natural Gas a cleaner power choice- Analysis of the carbon trading environment
• Steel industry growth in India and China- production outlook and development
• The importance of significant infrastructure invest to facilitate efficient export
• The future pricing expectations
  Dr. A.S.Firoz, Former Chief Economist, Ministry of Steel, India
  Currently Steel and Minerals Strategy Consultant

• Energy – Cost drivers and the main issues and concerns from a customers perspective
• The impact of retail contestability for large energy users
• Price volatility – how do organisations regain ascendancy
• Developing and implementing an Energy Blueprint for a sustainable future

• Evaluating potential power options at the Southdown mine site
• Securing a project specific transmission line corridor
• The public dimension – information, consultation and managing expectations
• Developing a sustainable power consumption plan for the future
• Establishing long term supply contracts
  Neil Marston, General Manager, Commercial and Company Secretary, Grange Resources

• Gas generation in the West Australian fuel mix
• Kwinana- the importance of modern and efficient baseload supply
• Is Kwinana a model for the future?
• NewGen’s outlook and strategies in a carbon constrained environment. 
  Trevor St Baker, Executive Chairman, ERM Power

• Wesfamers/ Premier Coal to be the primary coal supplier to Verve by 2010
• Making coal ‘cleaner’- Premier’s environmental achievements
• Forecasting demand in a burgeoning power market
• Coal’s role in the future of Western Australia’s fuel mix
  Bill Moody, General Manager Marketing & Development (WA), Wesfarmers Resources 

• Developing 210GW hours of electricity per year, powering 40,000 houses
• Saving 220,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases
• Extending the Ord River Hydro capacity to deliver clean power to more users
• Limitations to expand Ord River Hydro
  Terry Teoh, Executive Development Manager, Australia/Pacific, Pacific Hydro

• Assessing the development of the Bluewater projects
• Understanding the capacity impact when Bluewater achieves maximum potential
• Providing sustainable, reliable and cost effective electricity
• How will Griffin be involved in the future of Western Australian power generation?
• What will the market look like in 5 years?
  Charles Martelli, General Manager Energy Marketing, Griffin Energy

• Converting the oceans waves into base load power, zero-emission electricity
• Western Australia as a global leader in wave energy
• Generating commercial scale power capacities
• Applying wave power to address regional power demands
• Wave as part of a clean energy portfolio 
  Greg Allen, Chief Operating Officer, Carnegie Corporation