Andrew Forrest AO: The global war on plastics

Tuesday 26th November, 7.15am to 9.00am Sofitel Melbourne on Collins

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agenda

7.15am Registrations

7.35am Welcome Fleur Morales State Director, Vic/Tas, CEDA 7.55am Introduction Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla ARC Laureate Fellow Director, ARC Green Manufacturing Research Hub Director, NSW Circular Director, Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology, University of New South Wales

8.10am Moderated discussion Andrew Forrest AO Chairman and Co-Founder, and Minderoo Foundation

Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla ARC Laureate Fellow Director, ARC Green Manufacturing Research Hub Director, NSW Circular Director, Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology, University of New South Wales

8.45am Audinece Q & A

8.55am Vote of thanks

9.00am Close

. speaker

Andrew Forrest AO Chairman and Co-founder, Fortescue Metals Group and Minderoo Foundation Twitter: @minderoo

Andrew Forrest is Australia’s most active philanthropist and one of the most effective business leaders of his generation. As Fortescue’s Founder and Chairman, he has led the company from inception to its Top 20 status in economy, during which time Fortescue invested more than US$20 billion in the resources sector.

In 2001, Andrew co-founded the Minderoo Foundation with his wife Nicola, which has supported over 280 initiatives across Australia and internationally in pursuit of a range of causes. In May 2017, the Forrests announced one of Australia’s largest private philanthropic donations of AU$400 million, and have continued giving, with their total philanthropic donations exceeding AU$1.5 billion in May 2019.

Andrew recently completed a PHD in Marine Ecology, and is passionate about ocean conservation. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by The University of , is an Adjunct Professor of the Central South University in China, a lifetime Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

In 2019, he was announced as an IUCN Patron of Nature and is a member of the United Nations Environment Programme Scientific Advisory Committee on the Assessment on Marine Litter and Microplastics. In 2017, Andrew was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to the mining sector, to the development of employment and business opportunities, as a supporter of sustainable foreign investment, and to philanthropy. CEDA will be tweeting from this event using #SeaTheFuture He is Global Patron of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, recipient of the Join the conversation and follow us Australian Sports Medal and the Australian Centenary Medal, and Vice-Patron on Twitter @ceda_news of the SAS Resources Fund. He is also a Councillor of the Global Citizen Commission, which made a series of human rights recommendations to update the Universal Declaration of Human Rights presented to the United Nations Secretary General in April 2016.

Andrew was appointed in 2013 by the Prime Minister and Cabinet of Australia, to Chair the Review of Indigenous Training and Employment Programmes, to end Indigenous disparity through employment.

moderator

Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla Director, Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology Twitter: @VeenaSahajwalla

Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Professor Veena Sahajwalla is an internationally recognised materials scientist, engineer and inventor revolutionising recycling science. She is renowned for pioneering the high temperature transformation of waste in the production of a new generation of ‘green materials.’

In 2018 Veena launched the world's first e-waste microfactory and in 2019 she launched her plastics microfactory, a recycling technology breakthrough. As the founding Director of the Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, she is producing a new generation of green materials and products made entirely, or primarily, from waste. Veena also heads the ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for ‘green manufacturing’, a leading national research centre that works in collaboration with industry to ensure new recycling science is translated into real world environmental and economic benefits.

In 2019 she was appointed inaugural Director of the Circular Economy Innovation Network by the NSW Government through its Office of Chief Scientist and Engineer. In 2018 she was elected as Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.

In 2016, Veena was named one of Australia’s Most Innovative Engineers and in 2015, Veena named Australia’s 100 Most Influential Engineers, both by Engineers Australia.

In 2013, Veena received the ‘Howe Memorial Lecture Award’, Pittsburgh, USA in appreciation for her lecture on ‘The Power of Steelmaking – harnessing high temperature reactions to transform waste into raw material resources’. Veena became one of Australia’s best-known scientists and inventors through her regular appearances as a judge on the long-running ABC TV series ‘The New Inventor’s and recent guest on the ‘War on Waste’.

attendees

Nicolette Barnard Ardu Cubillo Grace Forrest Head of Human Resources Trainee Minderoo Foundation Siemens Youth Affairs Council Rebecca Fraser Maria Berzunza Sanchez Stephen Daly Director Human Resources & Safety G4S Ecologist Minderoo Foundation Australia & New Zealand Cardno G4S Australia and New Zealand Fiona David Claudia Blanch Minderoo Foundation George Georges Minderoo Foundation Partner Aneetha de Silva Newgate Australia Martin Bleasel Managing Director, Government Director, Projects Aurecon Group Luca Giacovazzi Animal Tuckerbox Pty Ltd Minderoo Foundation Tom Dean Dr Michelle Borzi Senior Associate Aaron Gill Manager, Partnerships and Development Slattery Head of Regional Marketing, Mining Asialink Business Solutions James Dennis BASF Australia Johanna Bouniol Director Quality, Risk & Environment Manager Slattery Nuno Godinho Sofitel Melbourne Honorary Consul for Portugal Marianne DiGiallonardo Clarendon Partners Jade Brain Director Corporate Services Sustainability Advisor Maroondah City Council Dr Alexander Gosling AM Hydro Tasmania CEDA Individual Trustee Brooke Donnelly Steve Burnell CEO Murray Griffin Minderoo Foundation Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation Carbon and Environment Daily Editor Footprint Craig Byron Robert Dunlop Minderoo Foundation Executive Director - Global Head of Andrew Hagger Resources Chief Executive Officer Ben Byth Macquarie Capital Minderoo Foundation Senior Business Development Manager, Victoria Katherine Ellis Ricki Hersburgh CPB Contractors CEO Exective Director Youth Affairs Council Plastic Oceans Australasia Shelley Cable Minderoo Foundation Richard Evans Rachel Howard Senior Principal Research Scientist Minderoo Foundation Greg Cain CSIRO Wyndham City Council Peter Humphreys Patricia Faulkner AO Managing Director Stacey Christie CEDA Director Smarketer Digital Content Officer Jesuit Social Services Youth Disability Advocacy Service Andria Hutchins Thomas Feng External Relations Manager Yakov Clarke-Demaj Media and Communications Manager McKinsey & Company Project Officer Youth Affairs Council Centre for Multicultural Youth Tess Ingram Andrew Forrest AO Minderoo Foundation Steve Clifford Chairman Minderoo Foundation Fortescue Metals Group Hayley Jarvis Team Leader Waste Strategy Jeff Connolly Nicola Forrest AO Wyndham City Council Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Siemens Minderoo Foundation

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Riajeet Kaur Prof Keith McLean Melanie Pecanek Policy Analyst Director, Manufacturing Principal Recruitment Consultant Australian Academy of Technology and CSIRO Davidson Engineering Ella McNeill Steven Perlen Kishen Khosa Partnerships Manager Director Head of Manufacturing Solutions ANZ Minderoo Foundation PwC Australia BASF Australia Alex Messey Bryant Plavsic Mark Kilby Minderoo Foundation Minderoo Foundation State Operations Manager Visy Antoniette Michail Paris Plompen Manager, Department of Environment and Recruitment Coordinator John Kirby AM Water Davidson Chairman Wyndham City Council Village Roadshow Corporation Julia Powles Sophie Mitchell Minderoo Foundation Prof Linda Kristjanson AO Associate Partner Vice-Chancellor and President Newgate Australia Tamanna Qarar Swinburne University of Technology Youth Advisory Group Heather Moody Centre for Multicultural Youth Dr Deborah Lau Project Engineer Research Group Leader Siemens Dylan Read CSIRO Siemens Peter Murphy Emma Lucia Managing Director Keith Ritchie Industry Partnerships Manager Alex Fraser Group Head of Communications and Government Monash University Affairs Hilary Nathan Siemens Vittoria Mancini Minderoo Foundation Strategic Adviser, Workforce Policy and Briar Rolfe Skilled Migration, Workforce Victoria Carina O'Brien Rainbow Projects and Communications Victorian Department of Jobs, Precincts and Communicaitons manager Assistant Regions Siemens Youth Affairs Council

Rashmi Mattewada Edward Okuoga Shannon Ryan Structural Reform Division Regional Employment Manager Project Coordinator: Engagement & Commonwealth Treasury Workskil Australia Government Relations Victoria University Nikki May Phillipa Ormandy Head of Creative Business Development and Commercial Prof Veena Sahajwalla Fisher Leadership Director Director of Centre for Sustainable Materials CSIRO Research and Technology (SMaRT) Phil McColl UNSW Sydney Regional Business Manager Mining Gemma Osmond Solutions Asia Pacific Young Member Robert Sim BASF Australia Youth Affairs Council Associate Advisian Emma McDonald Beth Pardoe Acting State Director Siemens Alastair Smith Austrade Environment and Waste Team Leader Victoria Peter McKinnon Arcadis Acting Director City Economy, Innovation & Liveability Philippa Spark Wyndham City Council National Commercial Development Transurban Youth Affairs Council

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