PROGRAM

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TUESDAY, 27 OCTOBER 2020

WELCOME FUNCTION
Strathmore Hotel - Verandah Bar
129 North Terrace, Adelaide
6:00 - 8:00 pm

DAY ONE: WEDNESDAY, 28 OCTOBER 2020

OPENING PLENARY
9:15 am	Welcome and introduction John Phillips OAM , WMRR SA Branch President Welcome to country Major Moogy Sumner
9:30 am	Official opening Hon David Speirs MP - Minister for Environment and Water
9:40 am	Keynote Vaughan Levitzke PSM - Chief Executive, Green Industries SA Presentation
10:15 am	Keynote Mark Barthel - Special Adviser, Fight Food Waste CRC Presentation
10:45 am	Morning tea

SECOND PLENARY
11:10 am	Keynote John Gertsakis - Director - Communications, Equilibrium Presentation to come
11:40 am	Keynote Paul Donaghy - Resource Recovery Manager, Woolworths Presentation
12:10 pm	Panel \| Bringing about a big-step change Vaughan Levitzke - Chief Executive, Green Industries SA Dr Steven Lapidge - CEO, Fight Food Waste CRC Paul Donaghy - Resource Recovery Manager, Woolworths Peter Wadewitz - Managing Director, Peats Soil & Garden Supplies
1:00 pm	Lunch

SESSION 1: Circular Economy			SESSION 2: Food + Garden Organic Waste Mngt
1:50 pm	LGA Circular Procurement Pilot Project Naomi Doolette - Sustainability Officer, City of Norwood, Payneham and St Peters + Loren Mercier - Environmental Management Officer, City of Charles Sturt Presentation		1:50 pm	2030 Vision: Australia’s World Leading Organics Recycling Industry of 2030 and How to Get There Peter Olah - National Executive Officer, AORA Presentation
2:10 pm	Strategies for transitioning to the new plastics economy Paul Luckman - Industry Relationship Development Manager + Meagan Wheeler-Rogers - Program Coordinator, QLD Uni Presentation		2:10 pm	Weekly FOGO fortnightly residual waste pilot in Holdfast Bay – initial findings Matt Allan - Senior Consultant, Rawtec + Shani Wood - Environmental Officer, City of Holdfast Bay Presentation
2:30 pm	The WISPA guiding progress toward a circular economy Brian Johnston - Environmental Services Officer, KESAB + Diarmaid O'Mordha - Quality & Sustainability Manager, Endeavour Drinks Group Presentation		2:30 pm	Fortnightly collection of waste and recycling the foundation for increasing FOGO diversion. Simon Grenfell - Executive Officer, Fleurieu Regional Waste Authority Presentation
2:50 pm	Building regional circular economies in SA Andrew Hutcheon - Principal Advisor, Industry Sustainability & Circular, Green Industries SA Presentation		2:50 pm	WWW (What, Where and Why) of Household Food Waste Behaviour Rob Gregory - General Manager, East Waste + Sarah Wheeler - Associate Director, Research, Adelaide University Presentation
3:10 pm	Afternoon Tea

SESSION 3: Market + Infrastructure Development			SESSION 4: Product Stewardship / EPR
3:40 pm	From Landfill to Roadfill – How to Optimise Re-use of Waste in Asphalt Trevor Distin - Technical & Marketing Manager, Colas Australia Presentation		3:40 pm	Engaging the Supply Chain: The Perfect Mix for Community Engagement Dominique Doyle - General Manager, Agsafe Limited Presentation
4:00 pm	Visy Richard Macchiesi - General Manager Insights and Innovation, Visy Presentation		4:05 pm	Battery stewardship scheme Libby Chaplin - CEO, Australian Battery Recycling Initiative (ABRI) Presentation to come
4:20 pm	Cleanaway Richie Farrell - Head of Investor Relations, Cleanaway Presentation		4:30 pm	CDS Review Kathryn Bellette - Director, Strategy and Assessment, EPA SA Presentation
4:40 pm	Bluey Technologies Daniel Bosco - Director, Bluey Technologies Presentation		4:55 pm	Session close
5:00 pm	Day one close

CONFERENCE DINNER Adelaide Zoo - Sir Thomas Elder Rotunda Frome Rd, Adelaide 6:30 - 10:30 pm Special guest speaker: John Phillips OAM Dress: cocktail

DAY TWO: THURSDAY, 29 OCTOBER 2020

OPENING PLENARY
9:30 am	Welcome and introduction Fraser Bell - Conference Committee Chair
9:40 am	Day 2 opening Video presentation from the Hon Trevor Evans MP , Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management
9:50 am	Keynote Tony Circelli - Chief Executive, EPA SA Presentation
10:20 am	Morning tea

SECOND PLENARY
10:50 am	Keynote Dr Ian Overton - Deputy Chief Executive, Green Industries SA Presentation
11:20 am	Keynote Dr Heinz Schandl - Research Group Leader Urban and Industrial Transformations, CSIRO Land and Water Strategies for Sustainable Materials Management to align Waste and Emission Reduction Outcomes Presentation
11:50 am	Panel \| Building resilience + working towards a national approach Tony Circelli - Chief Executive, EPA SA Dr Ian Overton - Deputy Chief Executive, Green Industries SA Georgie Cornish - Director, State Disaster Recovery, Department of Premier and Cabinet Dr Heinz Schandl - Research Group Leader Urban and Industrial Transformations, CSIRO Land and Water Richie Farrell - Head of Investor Relations, Cleanaway
12:30 pm	Lunch

SESSION 5: Innovation in Waste Infrastructure			SESSION 6: Natural Disaster Mngt + Recovery
1:30 pm	What it takes to establish a Waste to Energy project in Australia Jason Pugh , GM - East Rockingham Waste to Energy, John Laing Presentation to come		1:30 pm	The first 6 weeks Mike Haywood - Mike Haywood Sustainable Resource Solutions Presentation
1:50 pm	ANZRP Mobile E Waste Factory (MEWF) Insights and Experiences Anthony Spiteri - Recycling Projects Manager, Australia & New Zealand Recycling Platform Ltd Presentation to come		1:50 pm	Out of the Ashes - Lessons from South Australia’s Black Summer Bushfire Clean-up Angus Mitchell - Project Manager, SA Bushfire Debris Clean-up, Green Industries SA Presentation
2:10 pm	Give plastic a second life Kai Hau - General Manger, YCA Recycling Presentation		2:10 pm	Building Disaster Risk Reduction in the Regulated Community Tania Kiley - Principal Adviser Waste Compliance, EPA SA Presentation
2:30 pm	End-of-life OTR mine-site tyres Jim Fairweather - CEO, ResourceCo Presentation		2:30 pm	reGrowth Garden Recovery – helping gardens and communities on Kangaroo Island recover from bushfire from the ground up Sophie Thomson - Owner, Sophie's Patch Contact [email protected] for a copy
2:50 pm	Afternoon tea

SESSION 7: Decarbonising of WARR			SESSION 8: Education + Behaviour Change
3:20 pm	Decarbonising WARR Julien Gastaldi - Strategic Development & Origination, Corporate Carbon Presentation		3:20 pm	What's next for education? Shane Raymond - Manager, Corporate Services + Megan Bekesi , Education & Promotions Coordinator - East Waste Presentation
3:40 pm	Energy from Waste - Landfill Bioenergy Dr Jon Varcoe - Environment and Innovation Group Manager + Tiana Nairn, Policy Group Manager, LMS Energy Presentation		3:40 pm	Waste reduction in supermarkets – maximising diversion from landfill with emphasis on staff behaviour change Ali Roush - Resource Recovery Education Officer, KESAB + Cam Wilson - Store Services Manager, Frewville Foodland Presentation
4:00 pm	Carbon and organics Peter Wadewitz - Peats Soil & Garden Supplies Presentation		4:00 pm	The magic elixir: research meets recycling, and branding meets bins in the Which Bin campaign Matt Scales - Manager Communications, Media & Digital, Green Industries SA + Dr Anne Sharp - Associate Professor, Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, University of South Australia Presentation
4:20 pm	Conference close