Program

Session categories are:

  • Photovoltaics
  • Solar Thermal
  • Sustainable buildings & design
  • Wind
  • Biomass
  • Emerging renewable energies
  • Energy efficiency
  • Developing countries
  • Grid connection and integration
  • Policy issues inc. local government initiatives
  • Financial risks and opportunities in the renewable energy sector

CSIRO Solar Energy Centre Newcastle Tour

Date: Tuesday , 25 November 2008
Time: 09:15 Coach departs the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre main
entrance
Return: 17:30 Coach will return all delegates

Registration essential and limited numbers available.

INDUSTRY FORUM - ISES AP08

Date: Wednesday 26th November 2008
Venue: Parkside G05
Time: 14:00 - 17.40

The 3rd International Solar Energy Society Conference, Asia Pacific Region Conference 2008 (ISES-AP-08) is the premier Conference in the Asia-Pacific region on the topic of Renewable Energy in 2008. The ISES-AP-08 Conference will bring together a wide range of the best international solar and renewable energy researchers, industry personnel and funding bodies.

This will create an excellent forum for formal discussion of new research and developments at oral and poster sessions. While also providing an informal networking environment for exchange of ideas and fostering of collaborations.

A major element of the Conference will be the Industry Forum. The forum will enable our Conference sponsors to do snapshot presentations on their experience with renewable energies and/or energy efficiency systems, in an extremely dynamic business world.

Some of our key Conference sponsors include: Suntech (China), Trina Solar (China), the Australian Federal Department of Environment, Water, Heritage & The Arts, Dyesol (Australia), CSIRO, Sustainability Victoria, Wizard Power (Australia), Ausra (USA), BP Solar (Australia), Abengoa Solar (Spain, USA), Association of Building & Sustainability Assessors (Australia), Engineers Australia, Carbon Markets (Australia), Solar Energy Asia 2008, Climate Friendly…

Some of the key speakers for the Industry Forum will include:
Mr. Cameron Kelly from Optim legal
(Experience and Views on Emissions Trading Schemes)

Dr. Justin Blows from Griffith Hacks Australia
(Patents and trademarks for low emission technologies: what do you need to know?)
and many other presenters from Suntech, Trina Solar, Abengoa Solar and Ausra Inc. (Prof. D.Mills).

We hope we shall be welcoming you to ISES-AP-08 in November in Sydney at the prestigious Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour.
Please find the Industry Forum program below:

Panel:
ANZSES
Mr. Julien Lacave - ANZSES Projects & Sponsorships Manager (Master Degree International Relations, Politics & Business - La Sorbonne University) - Australia

UNSW
Prof. Graham Morrison - Australia
Graham Morrison developed the Ausra solar concentrator system with Dr. David Mills.

ANU
Dr. Keith Lovegrove - Australia
Deputy Director, Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems, faculty of Engineering and Information technology, Australian National University

Speakers
(15min presentations followed by 3minutes question time)

Optim Legal
Mr. Cameron Kelly - Practice Leader - Australia
Optim Legal Experience and Views on Emissions Trading Schemes.

Griffith Hacks
Dr. Justin Blows - Australia
Patents and trademarks for low emission technologies: what do you need to know?

Suntech
Speaker TBA - Australia
Overview on the success and challenges of Suntech

Trina Solar
Mr. John Susa - Marketing Director Trina solar - China
Overview on the success and challenges of Trina Solar / Chinese markets

Ausra
Prof. David Mills - USA Australia
Experiences on Solar Heat & Power, comparative cost between Solar and Nuclear

Abengoa
Mr. Scott Frier - USA
Solar Power Station in USA

BP Solar
Laura Taylor - Marketing Manager Australia

SMA
Michael Wollny - Germany
Hybrid Back up Power for unstable Grids

BCI Australia
Peter Rolshoven - Ausralia
Green Building entering the mainstream - Australia blazing the trail in Asia-Pacific

IT Power
Mr. Simon Troman - Managing Director - Australia
Sustainable Energy Consulting

Silmultech
Ian Firth - Australia
Environmental Systems Specialist

Infinilec PTY Ltd
Wesley Warren - Australia

Mr Paul Myors
Energy Australia

Business case presentation: Project of a Solar Power station in Northern NSW

Premiere of "The Future Makers"

Wednesday 26th November 2008 at 7 - 9pm
Parkside Auditorium, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
(to appear on The Discovery Channel in December)

http://static.icms.com.au/isesap08/futuremakers.pdf For more information "click here"

Register your interest to attend the premiere.

Concern about global warming has focused attention on the disruption of natural systems from the way we use resources and energy. Australia may be one of the world's largest producers and exporters of coal for electricity, but it also has some of the world's largest renewable energy resources.

A number of Australians are world leaders in the field of renewable energy and sustainable solutions. They are serious about creating clean energy options that will make a big
difference.Some draw energy and inspiration from nature in their clean technology designs.

Dr Tim Finnigan uses bio-mimicry, or "innovation inspired by nature", to design his oceanpower systems. Dr Robert Dane modeled the design for his Solar Sailor boat on the insect's wing.

Dr David Mills and Professor Graham Morrison's solar thermal technology is pitched as the clean alternative to coal and nuclear power. It has attracted international attention and is being rolled out now in the US on a very large scale.

Deep hot rock, or geothermal technology, has been developed by Dr Prame Chopra and Dr Doone Wyborn, in the remote deserts of South Australia. They believe geothermal could prove to be a major contributor to Australia's energy needs for the next 500 years.

Dr Zhengrong Shi's solar cell research was built on work pioneered by Professors Martin Green and Stuart Wenham at the University of NSW. It has made him the world's second largest solar panel supplier.

ANU's Dr Keith Lovegrove has developed a thermochemical process that stores solar energy for use in commercial power stations.

The Future Makers explores the visions of these leaders and follows them as their projects unfold.

Dr. Andreas K. Athinitis

Dr. Andreas K. Athinitis

Dr. Andreas K. Athienitis is the Scientific Director of the Canadian Solar Buildings Research Network. He holds a Concordia University Research Chair, Tier I in Integration of Solar Energy Systems into Buildings and is currently Full Professor in the department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering. He obtained a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (1981) from University of New Brunswick, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo (1985). His research activities are in buildings and solar energy, energy efficiency and load management, optimization and control of building energy systems, building-integrated photovoltaics and daylighting. He is the author of more than 130 refereed papers, the Mathcad electronic book "Building Thermal Analysis" and the graduate level book "Thermal Analysis and Design of Passive Solar Buildings". He is a recipient of the ASHRAE Willis H. Carrier best paper award. He has served as Associate Editor of the ISES Journal "Solar Energy", as a member of ASHRAE Technical Committees, and has played a key role in the engineering design of several green buildings and net-zero energy demonstration houses which include building-integrated photovoltaics, geothermal cooling/heating and advanced daylighting systems. He participates in a new IEA Task focused on Net-Zero Energy Solar Buildings.

Professor Martin Green

Professor Martin Green

Martin Green is currently an Australian Government Federation Fellow and Scientia Professor at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He is Research Director of the University's Photovoltaic Centre of Excellence and also a Director of CSG Solar, a company formed to commercialise the University's thin-film, silicon-on-glass solar cell. His group's contributions to photovoltaics are well known, both in the laboratory an in commercial areas. These include the development of the world's highest efficiency silicon solar cells and the successes of several other spin-off companies. He is the author of six books on solar cells and numerous papers in the area of semiconductors, microelectronics, optoelectronics, and, of course, solar cells. His work has resulted in several international awards including the 1999 Australia Prize, the 2002 Right Livelihood Award, commonly known as the Alternative Nobel Prize, and the 2007 SolarWorld Einstein Award.

Mr Greg Bourne

Mr Greg Bourne

Greg Bourne studied chemistry at the University of Western Australia under a scholarship from BP Refinery, Kwinana. After graduating with honours in 1971, he carried out research into refinery processes for two years at BP's Research Centre in Sunbury in England before joining BP Exploration as a Drilling Engineer in Abu Dhabi. His Exploration activities saw him living and working in the United Kingdom, America, Canada, Ireland, Brazil, China and Australia.

Seconded to the Prime Minister's Policy Unit at 10 Downing Street in 1988, he was the Special Adviser on Energy and Transport, and returned to BP in January 1990 to take up the position of Chief Executive, BP Marine, London.

He returned to Australia in October 1992 as President and General Manager - Exploration and Gas, BP Developments Australia Ltd., with responsibility for BP Exploration's activities in Australia and Papua New Guinea. After working overseas as Director BP Scotland and then Regional Director - Latin America, based in Caracas; he returned to Australia in January 1999 to become Regional President - BP Australasia the position from which he retired from BP in September 2003. Greg took up his current position as CEO WWF-Australia in October 2004.

Greg is also a Member of the CSIRO Sector Advisory Council to the Natural Resource Management and Environment Sector, a member of the National Environmental Education Council, and a member of the Advisory Council for the CSIRO Energy Transformed Flagship. He was awarded the Centenary Medal for services to the environment and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Western Australia for services to international business.

Senator Christine Milne

Senator Christine Milne

Christine Milne was elected to represent Tasmania at the 2004 federal election and joined the Greens Senate team on 1 July 2005. She is a leader in the environment in Australia and overseas. Senator Milne has a long involvement in community activism and politics, beginning with the Franklin River campaign. Then she led the successful campaign to protect Tasmania's farm lands from the impacts of the proposed Wesley Vale Pulp Mill in the late 1980s. She represented the electorate of Lyons in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1989 to 1998, and was leader of the Tasmanian Greens Party from 1993 to 1998.
Senator Milne is a United Nations Global 500 Laureate and is a Vice-President of the World Conservation Union (IUCN).

Parliamentary service
State: Elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Lyons 1989. Defeated 1998.
Federal: Elected to the Senate for Tasmania 2004 (term began 1.7.2005).
Committee service
Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: Legislation Committee from 1.7.05 to 11.9.06.
Parliamentary party positions
State: Parliamentary Leader of the Greens (Tas) 1993-98 (first female leader of a political party in Tasmania).

Qualifications and occupation before entering federal Parliament
BA(Hons), CertEduc (Tas). Secondary school teacher 1975-84.
Environmental activist from 1980: Leader, Wesley Vale Pulp Mill campaign 1988-89.
Member, Tasmanian House of Assembly 1989-98 (see Parliamentary service above).
Adviser to Senator RJ Brown 2000-04.
Regional Councillor (Oceania), World Conservation Union (IUCN) from 2000; Vice-President 2005.

Honours
Women 88, Australian Bicentennial Award 1988.
Global 500, United Nations Environment Programme 1990.

Dr David Mills

Dr David Mills

Founder, Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of Ausra Inc. Chairman of Ausra Pty. Ltd.

David Mills is Founder, Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer at Ausra Inc., the developer of utility-scale solar thermal power headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. He is also Chairman of Ausra Pty Ltd in Australia. He directs strategic research at Ausra Inc., and is known for pioneering Ausra's Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) technology and for his work in non-imaging optics, solar thermal energy, and PV systems over 33 years. Mills also originated and ran the research program that in 1991 developed the sputtered double cermet selective absorber coating used
in evacuated tube receivers throughout China for domestic hot water; this design represented about 40% of total global solar collector production in 2006. He has developed or co-developed several solar concentrating systems including the Prism solar concentrator (now being developed by Sol X) and the S evacuated tube reflecting system (Solahart). Mills is a former president of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) and served as inaugural chair of the International Solar Cities Initiative (ISCI).
He was a finalist in the 2002 World Technology Awards for Energy, and he recently accepted the 2008 Frost and Sullivan Award for Excellence in Research.

Professor Ma Shenghong

Professor Ma Shenghong

Professor Ma Shenghong, being the Director of Consult & Training Centre of the Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, member of National Standardization Committee of Wind Technology and PV Technology, has been engaged in R & D of wind and solar technologies for more than 30 years especially for rural applications. Prof. Ma was leader for many projects such as "Design and Construction of Sanhantala Wind & Solar Test Field ", "Wind Measurement & Evaluation in Typical Areas of Inner Mongolia". "SEP" project, "Rural RE Project", "Solar Program in the Western China" of Sino-German cooperation, "Pre-Feasibility Study of 8MWp PV in Dunhuang" supported by WWF, "Design Assistance for China Renewable Energy Village Electrification Program" supported by the World Bank. More than 60 technical standards were elaborated from 1999 to 2003 when Prof.Ma was Director of the National Standardization Committee of Wind Technology. "The Action Plan of the 1st Phase of the Brightness Program of China" and "11th 5-year PV Development Plan Proposal" were elaborated by the experts team under leadership of Prof.Ma. More than 200 local trainers were trained by Prof.Ma's centre for the well-known SDDX program.

Dr Stephen Schuck

Dr Stephen Schuck

Stephen Schuck has worked for over 33 years in the energy sector, including having been Australia's largest power utility's Renewable Energy Manager. In 1997 he started his own consultancy, Stephen Schuck and Associates Pty Ltd, which consults in sustainable energy sources and technologies and through which he manages Bioenergy Australia, a government-industry alliance of some 70 organisations fostering the development of bioenergy.

He co-authored the major report 'Biomass Energy Production in Australia, status, costs and opportunities for major technologies'. Steve is Australia's representative on the Executive Committee of the International Energy Agency's Bioenergy program.

Stephen's academic qualifications include a PhD, an MSc (Engineering) and an MBA (Technology Management).

Dr Hubert Fechner

Dr Hubert Fechner
  • Electrical engineering at the Technical University in Vienna specializing for energy technology and renewable energies.
  • Post graduate study at the Academy of Lower-Austria in Krems 1996, "Master of advanced studies - environmental management."
  • Post graduate study Msc., "organisational development", University Klagenfurt

Head of Department of Renewable Energy Technologies at the Austrian Research Center "arsenal research", Management of research and testing activities of the Department, International RTD Co-operations, managing the Solar test-Center at arsenal (accredited testing of thermal and PV modules as well as PV inverters)

  • National delegate at the ExCo of the international Research programmes "Photovoltaic Power Systems" and "Electricity Network R&D" at the International Energy Agency (IEA)
  • Member of the Governing Board of the European DER-Labs for decentralised Energy Resources from renewable energy.
  • Lecturer at several Universities
  • Chairman of the National Standardization Group concerning Solar Thermal Energy (FNA 173) at the Austrian Standards Institute (ON) since 1999.
  • Member of the Managing Committee of the Solar Industry Association "Bundesverband Solar"; Member of the Scientific Committee of the Photovoltaic Industry Association "Bundesverband Photovoltaics"

Mr Artur Zawadski

Mr Artur Zawadski

Artur Zawadski leads business development and project delivery for Wizard Power and Chair of the Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society. His experience over the last 20 years includes the establishment of management consulting businesses in Australia and the UK, managing the public sector systems integration practice for a multinational IT services organisation, and the management of infrastructure and systems integration projects in the defence, steel manufacturing, retail and banking sectors.
In addition to his business and project delivery experience, Artur brings expertise in the renewable energy field with postgraduate qualifications in energy studies. Artur is t a member of the Australian Institute of Energy and Australian Energy Council.

Professor Deo Prasad

Professor Deo Prasad

Professor Deo Prasad, is Director of the Sustainable Development Program at the University of New South Wales. He has worked on milestone projects including Australia's first solar village, Sydney Olympics, advanced tools for building performance assessments emerging green building technologies and numerous other projects. He has published in excess of 170 key papers in this field including books such as 'Designing with Solar Power' (EarthScan - commissioned by IEA), Energy efficient Australian Housing (AGPS) and Global Warming and the Built Environment (FPSpon). He directed the UNSW Centre for Sustainable Built Environments for 12 years. Deo sits on many Boards and Committees internationally in this field (Canadian Net Zero Energy Buildings Network, Korean Eco-Peace Leadership Foundation, Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development, Shanghai, Special Committee on Urbanisation at UNEP, Bangkok, International Solar Energy Society (Freiburg - Director Asia Pacific), Standards Australia committee on
Energy Efficient Buildings and many more). He has won Australian
National Research Innovation Award (Federal Govt) and the NSW Government 2004 Green Globe Award 'for showing leadership and commitment to promoting renewable energy' as well as the 2006 Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Award for 'contribution to research and design of sustainable buildings'. He also chairs the Global civil Society Forum (Asia Pacific).

A/Prof Monica Oliphant

A/Prof Monica Oliphant

Monica Oliphant is currently President of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES). She is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Australia in the Sustainable Energy Centre and runs a consultancy in the areas of Renewable Energy and Residential Energy Efficiency. She worked as a Principal Research Scientist for 18 years at the South Australian Electricity Utility,ETSA, undertaking end-use monitoring, energy analysis and renewable energy projects. She has participated on a number of Australian Federal and State Government Committees. The main ones being Australia's Mandatory Renewable Energy Target Review and the South Australian Premier's Round Table in Sustainability. She is currently a member of the Commonwealth Scientific Research Organisation (CSIRO) Energy Transformed Flagship Committee. She also took part in the Prime Minister's 2020 Summit and is a Director of businesses New Energy Directions, and Australian Bio-sequestration Initiative (ACBI).

Professor Phillip Jones

Professor Phillip Jones

Professor Phillip Jones is Chair of Architectural Science and Director of Architectural Science Research at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University.
Since 2003 he has held the position of Head of School. The School was ranked the top UK School of Architecture by the Times Good University Guide for the last two years (2005 and 2006). It has been designated a ‘centre of excellence’ for research in the built environment by the Welsh Assembly Government and a Centre for Sustainable Design by the UK Building Research Establishment.
He has overseen the setting up of the Institute for the Built Environment at the British University of Dubai (BUiD). His research activities encompass a range of subjects in the field of energy use, environmental design and sustainability in the built environment and he has published extensively in the field and carried out numerous funded research projects in the UK, Europe, Malaysia, Middle East and China.
He Chairs the EU COST C23 Action on low carbon urban built environments (L-CUBE), which currently has about 20 EU partner countries. He has held honorary and visiting professorships at Xian University of Architecture and Technology, University Putra Malaysia, and Hong Kong Polytechnic University and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Architects in Wales (awarded 1999).
He was and is a Panel Member of the 2001 and 2007 UK University Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) Built Environment Panel, and was also a Panel Member of the 2006 Hong Kong University Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) Built Environment Panel. He was a member of the UK Government Building Regulation Advisory Committee (BRAC) (2000-2006) and chair of the Approved Document L ‘conservation of fuel and power’ and Approved Document F ‘ventilation’, working groups.
He also chairs the Steering Committee for the Wales Energy Research Centre (WERC) which is a collaborative research initiative involving four Universities in Wales. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Warm Wales, a charitable company formed to implement energy efficiency measures to existing low income housing (from 2005) and chairs Cardiff City Council’s independent Forum for the Future.

Paul Myors

Paul Myors

Paul works in EnergyAustralia's Demand Management Section. He has extensive experience in the development of residential energy efficiency programs, greenhouse and peak demand reduction strategies, solar and wind energy generation, and electricity network planning.

The focus of his current role is the integration of demand management options into the electricity network planning process at EnergyAustralia. Consideration of demand management options is now a routine part of the planning process for any proposed network augmentation with a value of $1m or more.

Paul has a BE in Electrical Engineering and has over 20 years experience in the electricity supply industry.

Peter Garrett, AM, MP

Peter Garrett, AM, MP

Labor Member for Kingsford Smith
Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts

Peter Garrett was elected as the Labor Member for Kingsford Smith at the 2004 federal election. In 2007, he was appointed Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts following the election of a Rudd Labor Government on 24 November.

Widely known as a passionate advocate and campaigner on a range of contemporary Australian and global issues, he was the former president Australian Conservation Foundation, an activist, and former member of Australian band Midnight Oil.

The 'Oils' were renowned for their fierce independent stance and active support of a range of contemporary concerns including the plight of homeless youth, indigenous people's rights and protection of the environment.

The band's protest and benefit shows, notably the anti-Exxon performance on a truck-top in the streets of New York and, of course, the 'sorry suits' performance at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games closing ceremony were hallmarks of a thirteen-album career culminating in the ARIA lifetime achievement award in 2006.

Peter served two terms as president of the Australian Conservation Foundation. In his first term, from 1989 to 1993, significant results were achieved for many threatened areas of the Australian environment including the Queensland Wet Tropics rainforest and Jervis Bay in NSW. In his second
term, the ACF grew strongly, developed partnerships with non-government organisations and business, and expanded its campaigning into marine conservation and northern Australia.

He received the Australian Humanitarian Foundation Award ( environment category) in 2000, and in 2003 received the Order of Australia (Member General Division) for his contribution to environment and the music industry.