Business Program

The FutureGAS 2010 business program will look at both today and, importantly, tomorrow.

Over two days a broad range of areas of the entire gas industry will be discussed, dissected and debated. Business sessions will occur on Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 March.

On Wednesday the focus will be on current developments, the policy and regulatory settings impacting the industry, the commercial outlook in areas such as exploration and production, transmission, distribution, retail, CSG, LNG and generation.

On Thursday we look to tomorrow as the program explores younger and emerging trends and opportunities in the gas industry ranging from natural gas vehicles, micro-LNG, underground coal gasification, co- and tri-generation, fuel cells, gas cooling and other areas.

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DAY ONE - WEDNESDAY 10 MARCH 2010
8.30am – 9.05am		The Hon. Stephen Robertson MP QLD Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy and Minister for Trade
9.15am – 9.50am		Graeme Bethune Energy Quest Australian gas – going for gold
9.50am – 10.25am		Cameron O’Reilly ERAA The keys to competitive retail gas markets
10.25am – 11.00am	MORNING TEA BREAK
11.00am – 11.30am		Mark McCallum APPEA Ltd The path ahead for upstream industry
11.30am – 12.00pm		Robbert de Weijer Arrow Energy Creating the world’s first coal seam gas to LNG export facility
12.00pm – 12.30pm		Tim George Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) AEMO’s role in gas
12.30pm – 1.30pm	LUNCH BREAK
1.30pm – 2.00pm		Mal Hellmuth LNG Industry Unit; Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation Current and future priorities for the development of Queensland’s LNG industry
2.00pm – 2.30pm		Ross Gersbach APA Group The changing role of gas transmission
2.30pm – 3.00pm		John van Weel Jemena Asset Management Meeting the challenges of building Australia’s largest diameter onshore pipeline
3.00pm – 3.30pm	AFTERNOON TEA BREAK
3.30pm – 4.00pm		Steve Davies Australian Pipeline Industry Association (APIA) Future opportunities and challenges for the transmission industry
4.00pm – 4.30pm		Stephen Mudge Epic Energy Epic pipeline developments
4.30pm – 5.00pm		Nick Hudson GHD Water and innovation – the future of coal seam gas
DAY TWO - THURSDAY 11 MARCH 2010
9.00am – 9.30am		Brett Jarman International Association for Natural Gas Vehicles Natural gas vehicles – global activity and opportunities for Australia
9.30am – 10.00am		Mark Mckenzie Rare Consulting Natural gas for transport – realising the emerging opportunity
10.00am – 10.30am		Alex Dronoff BOC LNG for the domestic market
10.30am – 11.00am	MORNING TEA BREAK
11.00am – 11.30am		Brad Lowson Wesfarmers LNG LNG for heavy transport – the Australian experience to date
11.30am – 12.00pm		Dean Stuhldreier Isuzu Australia Limited Accelerating the acceptance of CNG in high volume truck applications
12.00pm – 12.30pm		Simon Helps MWM Energy Australia Pty Ltd Power generation from conventional and non-conventional gases – achievable, efficient and profitable
12.30pm – 1.30pm	LUNCH BREAK
1.30pm – 2.00pm		Renee Garner Freehills Managing carbon risks through contract
2.00pm – 2.30pm		Peter Harcus Jemena Asset Management Getting the word out about natural gas: The “Natural Gas. The Natural Choice” campaign
2.30pm – 3.00pm		Len Walker Cougar Energy UCG gas as an alternative domestic gas supply
3.00pm – 3.30pm	AFTERNOON TEA BREAK
3.30pm – 4.00pm		Glen Gill Underground Storage Solutions Underground gas storage
4.00pm – 4.30pm		Chris Flanagan Energy Conservation Systems Gas cooling demystified
4.30pm – 5.00pm		Adrian Horin Adrian Horin Consulting Fuel cells in Australia (the lack of)