SEMINAR PROGRAM | OVERVIEW
Day 1- Wednesday 10 August
Room 1 Room 2
Opening Address( Day 1)
9:00am- 10:20am
The waste and recycling industry is currently in the midst of a period of significant change, with the introduction of Container Deposit Legislation( CDL), new product stewardship schemes and shifting international commodity prices.
In this opening address leaders from government and industry will discuss these important changes and the impact on the industry.
• Mark Speakman, Minister for Environment and Heritage NSW Container Deposit Scheme to combat litter
• Alex Young, Senior Manager, Resource Recovery, NSW EPA An update on the implementation of the NSW Container Deposit Scheme
• Karen Gomez, Chief Executive, Paintback Paintback: Australia’ s innovative approach to paint waste
• Grant Musgrove, Chief Executive Officer, ACOR International markets for recyclables and how they impact our policy and practice
States’ Policy Forum
10:30am- 12:00pm Each State takes its own direction when it comes to setting the priorities for waste and recycling, and for choosing the regulatory and market mechanisms to achieve the desired changes.
In this session senior representatives from the environmental agencies in NSW, SA, VIC and QLD will openly discuss their respective agendas, giving the audience a unique opportunity to ask questions and compare and contrast the four approaches.
Facilitated by Jim Mullan, Chief Executive, Secondbite
• Stephen Beaman, Executive Director, Waste and Resource Recovery, NSW EPA
• Vaughan Levitzke, Chief Executive Officer, The Green Industries SA
• Stan Krpan, Chief Executive Officer, Sustainability Victoria
• Tony Roberts, Deputy Director-General, QLD Department of Environment and Heritage
Challenges and Opportunities in Council Amalgamations
12:30pm- 2:00pm
On the 12th of May the NSW government announced 19 new councils in NSW. This process will pose both opportunities and challenges for waste staff responsible for an essential and expensive service which is often the primary interface between residents and their council.
The presentations and subsequent discussion will offer helpful advice and direction on how best to navigate the practical issues associated with merging different services, domestic waste management charges, contract terms and more.
Facilitated by Martin Tolar, Chief Executive Officer, Waste Management Association of Australia( WMMA)
• Jennifer Hughes, Partner, Baker McKenzie A legal perspective on amalgamations and impact on waste contracts
• Mike Ritchie, Director, MRA Consulting Amalgamation council waste contracts
• Mark McKenzie, Senior Policy Officer, Waste, NSW Local Government Give way when merging: bringing councils service approaches together
• Les Andrews, Manager Waste and Cleaning, City of Canterbury-Bankstown The Canterbury-Bankstown Council Amalgamation Experience
• Daniela Santucci, Manager Resource Recovery and Sustainability, City of Canterbury-Bankstown The Canterbury-Bankstown Council Amalgamation Experience
ENVIRO Keynote Sessions
Presented in association with the Waste Management Association of Australia( WMAA) 2:30pm- 5:00pm
The ENVIRO Keynote Sessions is your appetiser for the upcoming re-launch of the ENVIRO Conference this time next year in Melbourne.
WMAA and AWRE have brought together top minds from leading companies, universities, industry associations and government to provide a fascinating series of presentations on the latest in waste and recycling. The session will also include an exclusive drinks function before the AWRE Cocktail Party.
Facilitated by Jon Dee, Anchor Host, Smart Money, Sky News Business
• Richard Wilson, Sustainability Manager, IKEA Set ambitious targets and you accelerate change
• Damien Giurco, Professor of Resource Futures, Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS Wealth from waste in the circular economy
• Michael Magalhaes, Regional Waste and Environmental Manager, East Arnhem Regional Council Resource recovery in remote communities- turning challenges into opportunities
• Boris Efremenko, Biological Treatments Coordinator, Veolia( France)
• David Newman, President, ISWA( Italy)
• Kresse Wesling, MBE, Co-founder Elvis & Kresse
Building Data Integrity for Commercial and Industrial( C & I) Best Practice
10:30am- 12:00 pm
It is critical for commercial waste generators to have reliable data on waste generation, diversion and disposal to establish a baseline of performance and to then be able to measure the effectiveness of avoidance and recovery initiatives. Additionally, businesses need to be able to quickly assess the environmental performance of the various recycling and processing facilities available to them.
This session will discuss new tools and systems available to make achievement of the above fundamentals easy and actionable.
Facilitated by Nicholas Burt, CEO, Facilities Management Australia( FMA)
• Steve Ford, National Manager, Energy and Environment, The GPT Group Waste reporting – Full integrity comes once you truly know what has happened to your waste
• Jim McBurney, Account Manager, Organic Recycling Group( ORG) Benefits of reporting for greater resource recovery
• Corine Mulet, Senior Project Officer, Office of Environment and Heritage NABERS Waste – Setting standards for waste reporting
• Kate Harris, Chief Executive Officer, Good Environmental Choice Australia( GECA) Revolutionising how we benchmark, report and improve
• Kaushik Sridhar, Manager, Corporate Citizenship, KPMG Data drives the story, and not the other way around
Qantas and SUEZ- A Resourceful Partnership
12:30pm- 1:15pm
Diverting waste from landfill has long been on the industry agenda, yet how can you achieve meaningful results from 35,000 feet above the ground? The answer – a resourceful partnership between two innovative, forward thinking organisations.
Join leaders from Qantas and SUEZ as they discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with their mission to reduce waste from flights, and how the learnings can be applied across other industries.
• Neil Palagedara, Utilities and Environment Manager, Group Property, Qantas Airways Ltd
• Karen Moore, National Key Account Manager, SUEZ Recycling & Recovery Australia
• Daniel Morrison, Sustainability Strategist, Closed Loop
Spotlight on Winning Waste Solutions
1:30pm- 2:15pm
What does the future of waste management look like? Innovators are able to change our definition of the status quo by finding valuable uses for materials previously sent to landfill.
In this session you will hear from two such innovative businesses about how they have managed to take this valuable leap and the challenges faced along the way.
Facilitated by Mark Jackson, Director, Jackson Environment and Planning
• Gemma Kaczerepa, PR and Marketing Manager, TerraCycle TerraCycle – helping businesses recycle the unrecyclable
• David Hodge, Managing Director, Plastic Forests Dry-cleaning plastic film: Will change the world!
Better Building Partnership( BBP) Masterclass Waste from Fit-out Guidelines
2:45pm- 4:45pm
Developed by the City of Sydney’ s Better Building Partnership( BBP) and Edge Environment, this session will unpack the opportunities in implementing the BBP Stripout Waste Guidelines.
Through the use of case studies undertaken with the City of Sydney and BBP members, find out how leading institutional owners are implementing the guidelines, improving stripout waste management practices and setting resource recovery targets of 60 % and beyond for future stripout works.
Facilitated by Jon Collinge, Working Group Chair, BBP
• Jon Collinge, Working Group Chair, BBP
• Blake Lindley, Sustainability Consultant, Edge Environment
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