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

Wednesday 12 September 2007: Planning for a Change
8.30am

Welcome and Housekeeping
8.45am

Official Opening by The Hon. David Templeman MLA, Minister for the Environment; Climate Change; Peel
9.00am

Keynote address: Lisa Heinzerling
Georgetown University, USA

Bankrupting the Future: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Environmental Policy
9.45am

Keynote address: Paul Gilding
Ecos Corporation

Market Mechanisms to Resolve Environmental Problems: Businesses Moving from the Red Side of the Ledger to the Blue
10.30am Morning Tea

Beyond Waste

Climate Change – Over the Horizon

Landfills 4 Eva?

Alternative media room
11.00am
Richard Gilmore
Earthwatch Australia
A competitive edge: leveraging partnerships to adapt to changing business environments. Can we learn from the natural world?
Matt Searson
Australian Greenhouse Office
Australian Voluntary Carbon Market
Invited Speaker:
Tom Wetherill
Paper title to be confirmed
Proudly sponsored by Trelleborg Engineered Systems Australia

11.30am
Simeon Kendall
Mindarie Regional Council
Leadership in an Uncertain Global Warming Climate: Addressing The Waste Hierarchy Imbalance
Steve Waller
Office of Climate Change
Climate Change Action Statement
Adam Johnson
Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council
A Review of Bioreacting Landfill Technology
12.00pm
Paul Gilding
Ecos Corporation
Paper title to be confirmed
Mayor Paddi Creevey
City of Mandurah
Climate Change: Local Government Looking to the Future
John Gordon
Landfill Gas & Power
Be Inspired – Do Something to Reduce Global Warming at Your Landfill
12.30pm Official Opening of the External Trade Exhibition by Mayor Peter Tagliaferri
1.30pm –5.00pm ONSITE Tour:
  • External Trade Exhibition—guided tour/barbecue
  • Workshop: Zero Waste Plan Workshop
OFFSITE Tours:
  • Alternative Waste Treatment Facilities Tour
  • Capral Aluminium Tour with afternoon tea, sponsored by Capral Aluminium
5.30pm Welcome Reception

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.