Following on from its highly successful National Conference on Resilience in February last year, Australia21 will be convening another national conference at the Australian National University on 14 April, on the theme Innovation: Driving Resilient Energy and Economic Futures.
We have an outstanding speakers list – full details below. We hope we will see you there.
To register, visit our website here and click the registration button. There is a student concession, and an early bird discount for registrations received by 28 February.
INNOVATION – DRIVING RESILIENT ENERGY AND ECONOMIC FUTURES
14 APRIL 2011, ANU
‘At the centre of this Government’s approach to climate change is economic reform’
‘Innovation is critical to our economic competitiveness’
The Hon Greg Combet, MP Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Nov 2010
Session One - 9.00-10.30am
Welcome Paul Barratt AO, Director, Australia21
Chair – Molly Harriss Olson NBLF
Dr David Martin, CEO, Founder and Chairman, M·CAM, Inc. (via Skype)
Topic - Intergenerational equity and Global Innovation Commons
Speaker – Anna Skarbek, Executive Director, Climateworks Australia
Topic – Curbing Climate Change and Sustaining Economic Growth
Speaker - Prof Richard Hames, Chair, Australia21
Topic – Innovation – a networked phenomenon
Session Two 11.00-12.30
Chair – Dr John Hewson, Chairman, Global DC
Panel Session – Policy and Market Incentives & Impediments to innovation and commercialisation in energy businesses
Brendan Dow - Ceramic Fuel Cells (tbc)
Andrew Lawson- mbdEnergy (Biofuels)
Paul Verschuer – Carbon Markets, Westpac
Dr James Bradfield Moodie – CSIRO (invited)
Session Three – 1.30-3.00pm
Prof Mandy Thomas – PVC (Research) ANU
Topic - Innovation in carbon capture
Speaker: Dr John White
Topic – Community Engagement on Climate Change
Speaker- Prof Graeme Pearman
Topic – Investing in innovation for low-carbon technologies
Speaker - David Miles, CEO, Innovation Australia
Session Four – 4.00pm- 5-00pm
Chair – Prof Bob Douglas, Director, Australia21
Topic - Implementing sustainable and inclusive solutions to climate change
Speaker - Prof Will Steffen, ANU
Topic – Communicating the policy impacts of climate change – recent insights
Speaker – tbc
Dinner Speaker
(tbc)
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