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BREE WORKSHOP 2014
PROGRAMME
Friday 28 November 2014
Location: ANU Commons Function Centre, Cnr Barry Drive and Marcus Clarke Street, Acton
9.00am – 9.15am
Registration
9.15am – 9.30am
Welcome and Introduction - Wayne Calder
9.30am – 10.00am
Potential for an electricity death spiral and the implications for social equity
Guest Speaker: Ken Baldwin, Director, ANU Energy Change Institute and ANU Public
Policy Fellow, Research School of Physics and Engineering
10.00am – 10.30am
A BHP Billiton Perspective on Market Analysis
Guest Speaker: Stacie Wu, Vice President, Market Analysis, BHP Billiton Ltd
10.30am – 10.45am
Morning Tea
10.45am – 11.15am
The outlook for commodities
Guest Speaker: Justin Smirk, Senior Economist, Westpac
11.15am – 11.45pm
Policy Challenges: a minerals industry perspective
Guest Speaker: John Kunkel, Deputy Chief Executive, Minerals Council of Australia
11.45am – 12.15pm
The role of renewable energy technology
Guest Speaker: Ivor Frischknecht, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Renewable
Energy Agency (ARENA)
12.15pm – 1.00pm
Lunch
1.00pm – 1.30pm
BREE Commodity Outlook
Speaker: John Barber, Manager, Resources Program, Bureau of Resources and
Energy Economics (BREE)
1.30pm – 2.00pm
Australia’s Gas Markets
Speaker: Ross Lambie, Manager, Gas Markets Program, Bureau of Resources and
Energy Economics (BREE)
2.00pm – 2.30pm
Energy Supply and Use in Australia
Speaker: Allison Ball, Manager, Energy Program, Bureau of Resources and Energy
Economics (BREE)
2.30pm – 3.00pm
Technology cost evaluation, Australian Liquid Fuel Technology Assessment (ALFTA)
Speaker: Arif Syed, Manager, Research and Analysis Program, Bureau of Resources
and Energy Economics (BREE)
3.00pm – 3.15pm
Afternoon Tea
3.15pm – 3.45pm
The outlook for the Australian economy
Guest Speaker: Jenny Wilkinson, Acting Executive Director (Domestic),
Macroeconomic Group, Department of the Treasury
3.45pm – 4.15pm
Uncover: a collaborative approach to creating mineral wealth for Australia
Guest Speaker: Dr James Johnson, Deputy CEO, Chief of Resource Division,
Geoscience Australia
4.15pm – 4.30pm
Review of the day, wrap-up and close