Solar energy 2016 Industry & Policy Program

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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

CLOSE

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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

CLOSE

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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