Provisional Program

This flexible program offers you the opportunity to pick and mix from our keynote sessions, concurrent sessions, workshops and tours. Choose from a session below to view the details.

 Day  Time  Session
Tues 11 Sept  8.30 am–12.30 pm  Market Development Workshop - Waste Management Association of Australia, Compost WA
Tues 11 Sept  1.30 pm–5.00 pm The Young Professionals - Waste Management Association of Australia (WMAA)
Wed 12 Sept  8.30 am–12.30 pm Planning for a Change
Wed 12 Sept  1.30 pm–5.00 pm Onsite – External trade Exhibition – guided tour/barbecue
Wed 12 Sept  1.30 pm–5.00 pm Onsite – Zero Waste Plan Development Scheme: How, What, Where and Why?
Wed 12 Sept  1.30 pm–5.00 pm Offsite – Alternative Waste Treatment Facilities Tour
Wed 12 Sept  1.30 pm–5.00 pm Offsite – Capral Aluminium Tour
Thur 13 Sept   8.30 am–5.00 pm  Balancing the Challenges
Thur 13 Sept  1.30 pm–5.00 pm Onsite – Regional Roundup: Alternative Lifestyles
Thur 13 Sept  1.30 pm–5.00 pm Onsite – Panel Discussion: Contaminated sites: Dig and Dump?
Thur 13 Sept  1.30 pm–5.00 pm Offsite – Fruit of the Vine & Food of the Gods Tour
Thur 13 Sept  1.30 pm–5.00 pm Offsite – Tour of “The Park”
Thur 13 Sept  1.30 pm–5.00 pm Offsite – EMRC: Hazelmere Timber Recycling Centre
Fri 14 Sept  8.45 am–4.30 pm Implementing the Change

Thursday 13 September 2007: Balancing the Challenges
8.30am
–9.00am

Early Morning External and Internal Trade Viewing
9.15am

Welcome and Housekeeping
9.30am

Keynote address: Chantell Ilbury
Independent Strategist, South Africa

Change for Financial Gain
10.30am Morning Tea

Current Climate Change Initiatives

Putting the People Back in Waste

Coming to the Party?

Alternative media room
11.00am
Cr Doug Thompson
Southern Metropolitan Regional Council
Climate Change, Waste Management and Local Government: Moving from Promotions to Actions
Keynote Speaker: Lisa Heinzerling
Georgetown University, USA
Juggling the Triple Bottom Line
Andrew Smith
VIP Packaging
Implementing a Successful Product Stewardship Program
Proudly sponsored by Trelleborg Engineered Systems Australia

11.30am
Mathew Warnken
Warnken Industrial & Social Ecology Pty Ltd
Greenhouse Gas Abatement Technology Choices for Waste Management and Resource Recovery
Diane Katscherian
Department of Health WA
Waste Management and Health
Jenny Pickles
Packaging Stewardship Forum AFGC
Packaging Industry Product Stewardship
12.00pm
Rick Wakelin
PGM Refiners
Sustainable E-Waste Recycling
Beth Walker
Edith Cowan University
Waste Recycling – Local Methods for Successful Interaction with Small Business
Margaret Gollagher
Earthcare
The Vale Smart Builders Program: Resource Recovery on Housing Construction Sites
12.30pm Lunch in the internal Trade Exhibition
1.30pm –5.00pm Regional Roundup:
Alternative Lifestyles

Panel Discussion: Tom Wetherill, Kerry Laszig, Megan Graham and EMRC

Contaminated Sites: Dig and Dump?
 OFFSITE Tours:
  • Fruit of the Vine and Food of the Gods Tour
  • Tour of “The Park” with afternoon tea, sponsored by Mindarie Regional Council
  • Tour of EMRC’s Hazelmere Timber Recycling Centre
5.30pm Tropical Cocktail Function sponsored by MacDonald Johnston

DISCLAIMER: The information contained is correct. Keynote Conferences and the Conference Organising Committee reserve the right to alter or delete items from the program. The organisers shall not be liable for any cost or damage arising from any action based on the information contained herein.