Australasian Industrial Ecology Group

Conference Agenda

Thursday 30 July 2009

Time

Session Title

Presenters

7.45 – 8.45am

Conference Registration in Coles Theatre Foyer

8.45– 9am

Welcome

Garbis Simonian

Conference Chair

Weston Aluminium Pty Ltd

9– 9.45am

Key note address: The sustainability imperative - how achieving greater sustainability, emissions reductions and more efficient use of resources will become the defining characteristic of successful business and policy

Nick Rowley

Kinesis Pty Ltd

9.45– 10.30am

Industrial Symbiosis in Australia- the Kwinana experience.

Dr Michele Rosano

Centre of Excellence

in Cleaner Production

10.30 – 11am

Morning Tea

11-11.45am

Legislative changes and regulatory framework to encourage industrial ecology in New South Wales

Simon Smith

NSW Dept of Environment

& Climate Change

11.45am–12.30pm

Solid recovered fuels in the cement and power generating industries

Dr Hubert Baier

Neovis GmbH+Co.KG

(Muenster/ G)

12.30 – 1.30pm

Luncheon

1.30–2pm

The sparkle of recycling waste. New and innovative industrial products recycled from waste glass.

Warwick Hassan

Australian Glass Technology

2– 2.45pm

Use of by-products in the building materials sector

Mat Skembes

James Hardie Australia Pty Ltd

3.00 – 3.15pm

Afternoon Tea

3-3.45pm

Beneficial reuse of Aluminium smelter by-products

Christopher McClung

Weston Aluminium Pty Ltd

3.45 – 5pm

Increased utilisation of industrial by-products in civil infrastructure. Presentations followed by panel discussion

Riding the sustainability wave - opportunities for industrial by-products in road infrastructure

Historical perspectives on fly ash use and future directions on bulk use opportunities in nsw

Con Lambous & David Hazell

Road and Traffic Authority, NSW

Peter Heeley & Daksh Baweja

Cemex Australia

7pm

Pre Dinner Drinks in Ecology, Powerhouse Museum

7.30pm

Dinner and Entertainment – The Turbine Hall, Powerhouse Museum

Friday 31 July 2009

Time	Session Title	Presenters
8.30–9.10am	Secondary resource management-overcoming the W word”	Mike Haywood Resourceco
9.10–9.50am	Reuse of high-calorific value by-products in cement manufacture	Dustan Hansen Geocycle
9.50–10.30am	Industry ecology in practice – synergy of three organisations	Robert Evans Botany Industrial Park Pty Ltd
10.30 – 10.50am	Morning Tea
10.50–11.30am	The Smelter’s niche in metal recycling and design for sustainability	Prof Markus Reuter Ausmelt
11.30am–12.10pm	Experiences in alternative resource management in Germany’s cement industry	Martin Oerter Forschungsinstitut der Zementindustrie, Germany
12.10–12.50pm	Development of new technology for industrial ecology– research and engineering challenges	Assoc. Prof John Lucas University of Newcastle
12.50-1.50pm	Luncheon
1.50 – 2.20pm	Wasted opportunities – Industrial by-products	Dr Michele Rosano Centre of Excellence in Cleaner Production
2.20 – 3pm	Industry assistance with achieving resource recovery & sustainability	Colin Barker Advitech
3–3.40pm	Introduction of industry ecology concept and material flow database matrix	Viviane Clément Edge Environment
3.40 – 4pm	Afternoon Tea
4 – 4.55pm	Panel Discussion: Seeding the Australia-wide growth of Industrial Ecology.	Host: Garbis Simonian Robert Evans - BIP John Lucas - University of Newcastle Colin Barker – Advitech International guest presenter Sustainability Victoria
4.55 – 5pm	Closing Comments	Garbis Simonian Weston Aluminium Pty Ltd
5pm	Close

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