SERREE Renewable Energy Business Forum

Date: Wednesday, 17 May 2017

Venue: The Link at Ginninderry, the region’s first 6 Star Green Star Community

Program

10.00 am: Forum Registration and Morning Tea

10.30 am: Welcome to SERREE Forum – SERREE Chairman Mark Schneider

10.40 am: Welcome to Ginninderry – David Maxwell, Managing Director Riverview Developments – The Ginninderry Sustainability Ethos and Vision

10.50 am: ACT–NSW Regional Renewable Energy Collaboration Benefits and Synergies – Shane Rattenbury MLA, ACT Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability

10.55 am: Keynote Address: NSW Parliamentary Secretary for Renewable Energy the Hon. Ben Franklin MLC – NSW Climate Change Draft Strategy – Advanced Energy policy, Industry Opportunities; including question time

11.25 am: Regional Update

• Crookwell II Wind Farm – Introducing contractors: Sam Pearce, Project Manager, BMD Constructions and Steve Drefke, Project Manager, Consolidated Power Projects
• NSW Regional Large-Scale Solar Projects – Matthew Doyle, Business Development Manager, Bouygues Construction Australia

11.55am: Microgrids – the Industry, the Science and the Social Dimensions

• The Economics of the Future Energy System – Professor Ross Garnaut AO
• Local Region Microgrid Development – Simon Evans, Director Beast Solutions and Jessica Stewart, Sustainability Manager, Ginninderry
• Panel Discussion – Facilitated by SERREE Deputy Chairman Nathan Steggel

1.00 – 2.00 pm: Lunch – with ACT Minister Shane Rattenbury MLA and NSW Parliamentary Secretary Ben Franklin MLC

2.00 – 2.30 pm: Guided tour of The Link at Ginninderry (optional)

Please advise if you have any dietary requirements.