Monday 27 September 2021 All times are in AEST
08:00 CHEMECA Opening & Welcome - Leanne Bond, Conference Chair
Future of processing and manufacturing industries The future of chemical engineering in advanced manufacturing 08:05–09:00 Join Andrew as he shares his vision for the post-Covid economic recovery and the sustainability challenges for the chemical and process industries. He will refl ect on how a focus on innovation and the shift to advanced manufacturing will create growth and new opportunity in Plenary session 1 Australia. Andrew Liveris, Former CEO and Chairman, The Dow Chemical Company
Green manufacturing and the transition to a low-carbon economy Green manufacturing and the transition to a low-carbon economy
09:00–10:00 Hon Trish White AM, Director, SlingsbyTaylor, Board Member, EA Forum Leader, Industry 4.0 Advanced Manufacturing Forum (Session chair) Felicity Lloyd, National Business Improvement and Sustainability Manager, Adbri Plenary session 2 Leigh Staines, Former Site General Manager, Boyne Aluminium Smelters, Rio Tinto Dr Phil Hodgson, Managing Director and CEO, Calix Limited
10:00–10:45 Break
Circular economy - Rolf Prince Memorial lecture Introductory address Hon Trevor Evans MP, Federal Member for Brisbane, Queensland, Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction & Environmental Management 10:45–11:45 Going full circle – transforming our economy from linear to circular Plenary session 3 Join circular economy strategist Ashleigh Morris as she outlines the progress and challenges of activating a systemic change to circularity. Drawing on her experiences consulting with renowned organisations, Ashleigh will share the strategic leadership required and the innovation happening to make this shift possible. Take the opportunity to refl ect on how to make the process and manufacturing industries with Australia and New Zealand more sustainable.
Ashleigh Morris, CEO, Coreo
13:15–14:00 Lunch
World of work, and future of work for chemical engineers Where are the chemical engineering jobs of tomorrow? One of the major issues in the chemical engineering profession is where the industry is heading & where the jobs for Chemical Engineers will be now and in the next five to ten years. With the closure of oil refineries, the process industry and potential jobs for new engineers are being severely disrupted. This panel discussion will bring together high-profile/eminent chemical engineers in current and emerging industries to 14:00–15:30 share their vision and thoughts on the future of work Sanjeev Gandhi, Managing Director and CEO, Orica Plenary session 4 Merrill Gray FIEAust, CEO, Wolf Corporate Advisory Liza Maimone, Managing Partner - Chief Operating Officer, PwC Dr Grant Lukey, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Coogee Dr Kym Baker, General Manager, Patheon by Thermo Fisher Scientific Professor Robin Batterham AO HonFIEAust CPEng(Ret) (Session chair)
16:45 Close of day 1
This is a draft programme and is subject to change. Tuesday 28 September 2021 All times are in AEST Bioenergy Exploring the latest advancements in bioenergy 08:30–09:45 Bringing together two leading international biofuels companies, Gevo and LanzaTech, this session will spotlight the latest developments and the processes involved in converting their differing feedstocks to biofuels and the challenges for chemical engineers in making this Plenary session 5 commercially viable. Dr Jennifer Holmgren, CEO, LanzaTech (US) Dr Patrick Gruber, CEO, Gevo (US)
SUSTAIN - How do process engineers respond to climate change?
Allyson Woodford, GM Engineering and Planning, APA Group
Danielle Lind-Corkill FIChemE (NZ), Project Strategy & Delivery, IChemE NZ Board
09:45–10:45 Dr Dylan McConnell, Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
Keynote panel Andrew Perry, Consultant Chemical Engineer, and Author, The Carbon Collision Course
Jane Cutler, President, IChemE (Session chair)
10:45–11:30 Break
Industry 4.0 implications for the process industries
Bringing together industry leaders, this panel will consider the advancements taking place across the process industries as they move to embed industry 4.0 technologies to improve performance, responsiveness, quality, safety and reduce waste. The panel will also discuss how to manage the risks and assess the trustworthiness of artificial intelligence (AI), as humans increasingly move away from the decision making process. 11:30–13:00 Liz Hallifax CEng MEng, Global Operations Risk Authority – Supply Chain, Unilever and member, ISO standards committee on ‘Artificial Plenary session 6 intelligence trustworthiness’ Hon Trish White AM, Director -SlingsbyTaylor, Board Member, Engineers Australia &Forum Leader, Industry 4.0 Adv Manufacturing Forum David Noon, Chief Executive Officer, GroundProbe Sue Keay, Chief Executive Officer, Queensland AI Hub Mr John E Lee, Consultant, John Lee Engineering Consulting (Session chair)
13:00–14:00 Lunch
Hydrogen and other future fuels
Dr Fiona Simon, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Hydrogen Council
Professor Peta Ashworth OAM, Director Andrew N. Liveris Academy for Innovation and Leadership, University of Queensland
14:00–15:30 Billy Chan, Senior Engineer, BOC - Hydrogen safety and Australian Standards
Keynote panel Dr Neil Thompson GAICD, Managing Director, ITM Power, Adjunct Associate Professor and QUT Institute for Future Environments / FEnEx CRC and Executive Member, Australian Hydrogen Council - Towards the Australian PEM Gigastack for industrial decarbonisation
Geoff Ward, CEO and Managing Director, HazerGroup
Keith Sharp FIChemE FIE(Aust) CPEng, Engineering Manager, TFA Group (Session chair)
15:30–16:00 Break
Chemical engineers creating disruptive change Creating disruptive change and innovation for future generations 16:00 – 17:00 Our final plenary session welcomes Praveen Gorakavi, a young Indian chemical engineer with impressive career in innovation and entrepreneurship. Join Praveen as he shares how he has turned his talents to developing disruptive technologies, balancing commercially successful development with socially and environmentally conscious innovation.
Plenary session 7 Praveen Kumar Gorakavi, Partner, The Phi Factory (IND)
17:00 Conference concludes
This is a draft programme and is subject to change.