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SOLAR ENERGY CONFERENCE – INDUSTRY AND POLICY SESSION WEDNESDAY 4 MAY 2016 8.45am
Welcome
Adam Bandt MP, Federal Member of Melbourne, Australian Greens
9.00am
50% Renewables by 2030
The Hon. Mark Butler MP, Shadow Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Water, Federal Opposition
9.30am
Solar Market Update
FACILITATOR: Ria Redmond, General Manager & Environmental Trader, Green-Bank Environmental PANEL: Kobad Bhavnagri, Head of Australia, Bloomberg New Energy Finance; Ric Brazzale, Director, Green Energy Trading; Warwick Johnson, Managing Director, Sunwiz
10.30am
MORNING BREAK
11.00am
Solar PV Technology Roadmap
Prof. Martin Green, Director, Australian Centre for Applied Photovoltaics
11.15am
Energy Innovation and the New Economy
Prof. John Hewson, Honorary Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Patron, Australian Solar Council
11.30am
Global Solar PV Overview
James Hu, Vice President, GCL System Integration
11.45am
3rd Party Solar Financing – Establishing a Bankable Process
Jackson Moore, Manager Asia-Pacific, DNV-GL
12.00pm
Rules for Energy Storage Growth
John Grimes, CEO, Australian Solar Council/ Energy Storage Council
12.15pm
Why Senate Matters
Wayne Smith, Director, Clean Economy Services
12.30pm
LUNCH
12.30pm
CER Workshop Update on how the Smallscale Renewable Energy Scheme is tracking as we head towards the next solar installation milestone and outcomes of inspections
Luke Scott, Manager: Crediting and Certification, Clean Energy Regulator Hospitality Suite
1.30pm
Going big – The Risks and Opportunities of LGCs
Tristan Edis, Director – Analysis and Advisory, Green Energy Trading
1.45pm
The Role of Local Government in Renewable Energy Policy
Russell French, Business Development – Senior Sustainability Officer, City of Melbourne
2.00pm
Solar Thermal, The Hidden Battery
Chris Taylor, CEO, Apricus
2.15pm
Policy Considerations for Widespread Residential Storage Deployment
Blair Reynolds, Storage Product Manager, Enphase Energy
2.30pm
How the CEFC has Changed Renewable Energy Financing
Simon Brooker, Executive Director – Corporate and Project Finance, Clean Energy Finance Corporation
2.45pm
Australia and Solar Tracker Economics: Case Studies and Overview
Peter Wheale, Director – Sales Australia, NEXTracker
3.00pm
AFTERNOON BREAK
3.30pm
Building Big Solar
FACILITATOR: Paul Scerri, Director, Australian Solar Council/ Energy Storage Council PANEL: Daniel Thompson, Director of Development, Solar Reserve; James Fisher, Chief Technology Officer, Vast Solar
4.30pm
Solar and Storage Business Model Innovation
FACILITATOR/PANEL: Rod, Scott, Sales Director, Selectronic PANEL: Chris Cooper, Campaign Director, Suncrowd; Dong Lin, Director, Alpha-Ess; Philip Keogan, General Manager, Sunverge Energy Australia; Deborah Oberon, Marketing and Alliance Manager, All Grid Energy
5.30pm
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SOLAR ENERGY CONFERENCE – INDUSTRY AND POLICY SESSION THURSDAY 5 MAY 2016 8.45am
Solar in an Election Year
Christine Milne, Patron, Australian Solar Council
9.00am
Policies to Build the Energy Companies of the Future
FACILITATOR: Wayne Smith, Director, Clean Economy Services PANEL: Christine Milne, Patron, Australian Solar Council; Dr Alan Finkel, Australia’s Chief Scientist; Jim Chisholm, Managing Director, Jim Chisholm Consulting
10.00am
Solar PV Innovation
Andrew Burgess, Sales Director, Solar Juice
10.15am
Big Opportunities for Commercial and Industrial Scale Solar
Mark Williamson, Executive General Manager, Clean Energy Regulator
10.30am
MORNING BREAK
11.00am
Cracking the Code on Commercial Solar
FACILITATOR: Amy Kean, Renewable Energy Advocate, Division of Resources and Energy, Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services PANEL: Danin Kahn, CEO, Todae Solar; Risen; Morris Zhou, Executive Chairman, Maoneng Group; Greg Ferret, CEO, ASM Money
12.00pm
Funding Priorities for Solar and Storage
Ivor Frischknecht, CEO, ARENA
12.15pm
Past “Peak Coal” in India and China
Tim Buckley, Director of Energy Finance Studies, Australasia, Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
12.30pm
LUNCH
12.30pm
CER Workshop: Opportunities for Agents to Expand the Business Models into the Emission Reduction Fund
Michelle Crossbie, General Manager: Participating and Processing, Clean Energy Regulator Hospitality Suite
1.30pm
The Rise of the Engaged Energy Customer
FACILITATOR/PANEL: Glen Morris, Director, Solarquip PANEL: Gerard Brody, CEO, Consumer Action; Bruce Mountain, Director, CME; Mike Swanston, Director, The Consumer Advocate
2.30pm
Renewable in the Pacific
FACILITATOR/PANEL: Robert Matthews, CEO, Tonga Power PANEL: Barbara Elliston, Chair, New Zealand and Pacific Solar and Storage Council; Amanda McKenzie, CEO, Climate Council
3.15pm
Maintaining Public Trust in the Solar Industry
Fiona O’Hehir, CEO, Green Bank Environmental
3.30pm
AFTERNOON BREAK
4.00pm
Internet of Energy and Big Data
5.00pm
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PANEL: Paul Liddell, Chief Information Officer, Redback Technology; Luke Osborne, Chief Operating Officer, Reposit Power; Warwick Forster, Technical Manager - Networks and Energy Storage, Vector; Jeff Renard, Director, EnerNOC
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