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Day One, Wednesday 10 June 2009 planery
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8.15am | Registration & welcome coffee
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9am | Opening remarks from the Chair
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| Ensuring security of supply and power quality |
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9.10am | Energy Solutions for a Sustainable Future
- Australia’s demand for energy – the effects of profligate consumption
- Continued growth in demand, traditional approaches to network investment, climate change and economic pressures – an unsustainable mix
- Future of the power grid, adopting new approaches to meet growing challenges
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9.40am | Panel discussion: the road ahead – sustaining economic
growth and meeting energy demands
- Deregulation and privatisation – opportunities for investors?
- Energy infrastructure outlook – the next 10 years
- How can reliability and security of power transmission be
enhanced?
- What are the significant influences and drivers in the future power in Australia?
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10.20am | Morning tea and coffee
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| Advancements in metering technology |
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10.50am | Next generation metering technologies and their impact on
the electricity market and consumers
- Metering policies and their effect on innovation and competition
- The business case for advanced metering
- Managing AMI development, implementation and operation
- AMI – the key to transforming the customer experience
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11.30am | Demand management and smart meter synergies
- The potential for integration
- The value proposition to stakeholders
- Implications of new approaches to network management and security
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12pm | Consumer implications of a smart meter roll-out
- Analysing the consumer benefits of smart meters: scope for energy and carbon savings, new consumer services
- Update on the Adelaide Solar City pricing trials
- Consumer engagement through In Home Displays and internet access
- Smart metering and Solar PV initiatives
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12.30pm | Lunch address by Richard Brys, Chief Executive Officer, Energy One Limited
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12.40pm | Lunch sponsored by
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| Now choose from Power & Electricity or Transmission & Distribution stream |
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Day One, Wednesday 10 June, Power & Electricity Session
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| Pricing and market design |
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1.40pm | WA’s wholesale market design – creating a market that meets all energy stakeholder needs through effective regulatory
systems
- System capacity
- Capacity obligations and credit
- The importance of pricing structures to the overall success of
the market
- Security of transmission as a vital element of market design
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2.10pm | Energy regulation – report card from South Australia
- Streamlining pricing and access for electricity and gas
- Price caps – holding up competition or offering a safety net?
- Should prices reflect the underlying cost of infrastructure
upgrades?
- Tackling fears about new price hikes
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2.40pm | Electricity pricing – how did we get here and where are we going?
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3.10pm | Speed networking
Meet delegates from both co-located conferences
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3.40pm | Afternoon tea & Coffee
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| The ETS 2011 Target |
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4.10pm | ETS 2011 market drivers – emergence of positive demand factors
- The ETS 2011 targets and the demand for renewable energy
- Analysing the two key market segments – environmental driven
- markets and energy driven markets
- How competitive is renewable energy?
- Adopting hybrid energy systems
- Investor interest in clean, efficient and reliable technology
- Investment opportunities in fossil and nuclear-based fuels
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| Key investment and growth strategies for power generators |
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4.40pm | Attracting private sector investment in a tight liquidity
market and global financial crisis
- What debt providers seek in clean energy projects?
- Meeting the equity market’s expectations for ROI
- How government policy affects investment decisions?
- Choosing the right partner in an acquisition project
- Raising capital in today’s prohibitive project financing rates
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5.10pm | Closing remarks from the Chair
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5.20pm | Networking Reception hosted by
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Day One, Wednesday 10 June, Transmission & Distribution Session
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| Energy distribution challenges |
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1.40pm | Ensuring security of supply through sophisticated energy distribution networks
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2.10pm | Investing for long term network sustainability and driving innovation in maintenance methodologies
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| Grid infrastructure development
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2.40pm | The potential for Smart Grids: the gains for the stakeholders
- Moderator: Mr. Bill Heaps, Managing Director, Strata Energy
- Mr. Trent Schroeter, Product and Engineering Manager, SAAB Systems
- Prof. Stuart White, Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS
- Prof. Martin Gill, Chair, National Smart Metering Program, Business Rules Working Group
- Mr Michael Davidson, Managing Director, Wessex Consult
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3.10pm | Speednetworking
Meet delegates from both co-located conferences
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3.40pm | Afternoon tea
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4.10pm | Addressing issues facing the gas transmission industry
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| GENERATION STRATEGIES |
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4.40pm | Australia’s nuclear energy future
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5.15pm | Closing remarks from the Chair
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5.20pm | Networking Reception hosted by
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Day Two, Thursday 11 June 2009 planery
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8.30am | Welcome coffee
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9am | Opening remarks from the Chair
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9.10am | Eraring Energy – gaining a competitive advantage in green
energy markets
- Managing a diverse set of electricity-generating assets located throughout New South Wales
- Fuel mix – Eraring’s coal fired, wind and hydro generation assets
- Gaining a competitive advantage in green energy markets
- Crookwell Wind Farm – the first to be connected to the electricity grid
- Pricing carbon into investment decisions and purchasing practices
- Business direction moving forward
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9.40am | Panel discussion: investing in the major transformation of energy infrastructure amidst liquidity constraints
- What kind of partnerships/alliances will deliver the desired outcomes?
- What are the key investment drivers in the energy markets?
- The low carbon future and commercial viability of low emission technologies
- The competition for capital, what should investors look for?
- Placing emphasis on regional infrastructure issues
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10.20am | The transmission grid – facilitating the transition to a lower emissions electricity future
- Upgrading, maintaining and expanding electricity networks
- Network developments – present and future
- Forecasting long term energy needs
- Major regulatory changes
- Ensuring economic viability in electricity supply and distribution
- Business strategy moving forward
- The impact of the establishment of AEMO
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10.50am | Morning tea and coffee
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11.20am | Rountables
- Roundtable 1: How to profit from AMI. Opportunities for wholesale and retail management
Richard Brys, Chief Executive Officer, Energy One Limited
- Roundtable 2: Demand Management – An integral part of
network management in the 21st century
Jenny Karavolos, Manager, Dynamic Power Management, Saab
Security
- Roundtable 3: In light of the US stimulus driven smart grid initiative, the GFC and Australia’s National Broadband Network plans; will deployment of smart meters mass market be delayed?
Cesare Tizi, Country Manager, Gentrack
- Roundtable 4: How do we transition from fossil fuel dependence?
Peter Wheen, Chairman, Ocean Nourishment
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Day Two, Thursday 11 June, Power & Electricity Session
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| The pursuit of fuel security |
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12.05pm | ERM’s power generation strategies in the new carbon
economy
- Emission control strategies
- Business drivers in adopting green initiates for the coal mining industry
- Risk management strategies and operational issues
- Looking ahead: what are the likely developments
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12.35pm | Providing excellence and driving energy efficiency through
cogeneration power
- Discussing the Karratha Power Station and how it will benefit WA
- Identifying infrastructure requirements and delivering
operational efficiencies
- Creating a high performance business model to deliver financial
performance
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1.05pm | New optimisation methodology for AASB139 hedge accounting
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| | Dr Alex Radchick, Quantitative and Risk Management Consultant, Energy One Limited
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1.20pm | Lunch
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2.20pm | GridX technology – responding to market requirements and
drivers
- Opportunities for clean and sustainable technologies now and in the future
- Delivering a reliable energy supply alongwith highly sought-after environmental concessions
- An award winning technology for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- Commercially sustainable to attract financial partners
- The Mirvac case study
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| Dealing with post-rollout challenges |
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2.50pm | Potential impact of smart metering on electricity competition
- Impact of smart metering across a supplier’s value chain
- Ability of smart metering to address the external forces on the
industry
- Understanding how smart metering can offer competitive advantage
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3.20pm | How transmission and network companies can reduce
environmental impact with AMM technology
- Preventing non-technical losses & estimating technical loses
- Benefits of reduced carbon usage
- Leveraging retailing and billing services to property developers or those that have an embedded networks
- In-house units are the tools to create economical and ecological consumption awareness
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3.50pm | Afternoon tea and coffee
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4.20pm | Victorian statewide large scale smart meter initiative
- Pioneering advanced metering technologies and communications
- Combining smart metering technology with a retail electricity option for total consumer benefit
- Reviewing the implementation of energy efficiency policies with specific focus on advanced metering and billing
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| Diversity in the energy mix |
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4.50pm | Wave energy – paving the way to satisfy regional power demands
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| | Mr Greg Allen, Power development Manager, Carnegie Corporation Ltd
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5.20pm | Closing remarks from the chair and close of the conference
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Day Two, Thursday 11 June, Transmission & Distribution Session
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| Infrastructure investment |
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12.05pm | Investment in infrastructure and utilities – comparison of risks and returns
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| Transmission Challenges |
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12.35pm | Expanding the electricity network to meet the power needs of Victorian energy users
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1.05pm | Lunch
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| Distribution Challenges |
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2.20pm | Addressing distribution challenges – maintenance and rehabilitation of existing lines and services
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2.50pm | Distributed generation for long term network sustainability and lowering energy efficiency costs
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| Increasing operational efficiency through
Smart Metering |
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3.20pm | Integral Energy’s experience with smart metering
- Performance of systems trialled
- Examples of smart metering information that could improve network management
- Pricing trials and energy and demand reduction results
- Customer experiences and savings
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3.50pm | Afternoon tea and coffee
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4.20pm | Advanced metering, a customer and pricing perspective
- Possible energy efficiency effects of the smart meter for the consumer
- Public and customer benefits for a target group approach for large meter rollout
- Smart metering and smart pricing
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| | Mr Paul Topfer, Executive Manager- Advanced Metering, Energy Australia
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4.50pm | Smart metering and customer behaviour
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5.20pm | Closing remarks from the Chair and close of the conference
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