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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Monday 2 April

12.30pm – 5.00pm Wind Farm Tour An organised tour of the nearby Te Uku wind farm, completed last year and already delivering impressive results. [Book separately]

Tuesday 3 April

9:00am – Welcome and Keynote Session – Sponsored by TrustPower ›› Green energy and green jobs in the NZ economy – Russel Norman, NZ Green Party co-Leader ›› Issues and solutions; integrating renewables around the globe – Dr Lawrence Jones, Alstom Grid ›› Sorting fact from ﬁ ction; Psychogenic aspects of ‘wind turbine syndrome’ – Prof Simon Chapman, Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney ›› Making the NPS Renewable Electricity Generation work in practice – Dr Royden Somerville QC ›› Vision 2030, the shape of the wind industry in the future – Eric Pyle, CEO, New Zealand Wind Energy Association

LUNCH

1.30pm – Attend one of three streamed sessions

Community The Big Picture Forecasting and Fuel

Public opinion of generation alternatives – Mixed ownership model: what does it mean Advances in weather forecasting over the Dr Janet Stephenson, Director, Centre for for wind? – Matthew Freeman, Managing next ten years – Dr. Michael Uddstrom, Sustainability: Agriculture, Food, Energy, Director, Energy News Principal Scientist, Meteorology & Remote Environment, University of Otago Sensing, NIWA Wind and gas: the perfect match? – Wind farms, ecology and communities – Steve Bielby, Chief Executive, Using forecasting, an operator’s Forest & Bird Gas Industry Company experience – Speaker TBC

For the long haul: Maintaining stakeholder Supporting our growing industry – Forecasting wind power at grid injection engagement – Jamie Foster, Development Speaker TBC points – Brian Peters, Product Manager Exec, Origin Energy Energy and Modelling, Metservice

AFTERNOON TEA

3.15pm – Attend one of three streamed sessions

Community and Consenting O&M Wind Resource

Biodiversity and offsetting, answering 10 years of O&M lessons – Energy yield; potential errors and best the community objections in a sensitive Lars Pedersen, Vestas practice for improved pre-construction landscape – Andrew Hurley, Generation predictions – Blair Walter, Renewable Measuring wind turbine reliability: results Manager, MainPower Energy Leader, Aurecon of the Reliawind project – Philip Wong Te Uku: the community experience – Too, Senior Engineer, GL Garrad Hassan Application of SODAR technology in complex terrain – Tony Rovers, Senior Julian Elder, Chief Executive, Designing turbines to reduce long Wind Engineer, Meridian Energy WEL Networks term O&M New technologies for wind and gust PANEL DISCUSSION: Lowering O&M costs by design – proﬁ ling – Prof Stuart Bradley, Director, Shonagh Kenderdine and Dr Royden Aurelie Fabre, REpower Wind Measurement Technologies, Somerville QC will lead an expert panel University of Auckland Using WAsP and WindSim in energy yield predictions – Michael Green, Meteorologist, Aurecon

6.00pm – Pre-dinner drinks reception, The Atrium, Hamilton City Centre 6.30pm – Wind Energy Conference Dinner, The Atrium, Hamilton City Centre. Dinner speaker sponsored by ABB Wednesday 4 April

9.00am – Futures Forum – Panel Debate A lively panel discussion featuring leading technologists from around the world talking about what the wind industry will look like in 2030.

MORNING TEA

11.00am – Attend one of four streamed sessions

Consenting Issues Wind Connections Health and Safety Technical

Best practice and wind farm 20% wind: how will the grid Crane safety and the wind E-Houses: prefabricated consenting: lessons from Te accommodate it? – Kieran industry – Phil Tradgett, substations for wind farms Uku – Simon Berry, Counsel, Devine and Doug Goodwin, EHS Manager, Siemens – Bruce Blundell, Business Environmental Law and Transpower Development Manager, Siemens Jen Vella, Barrister H&S reporting systems Biodiversity Offsets for Contact’s Potential impact of electric for wind farms – Natasha Grid code requirements for Haua-uru ma- raki Wind Project – vehicles as grid storage – Tuck, Production Engineer, artiﬁ cial inertia control systems Lessons for the Future – Transpower sponsored TrustPower on wind turbines in NZ – Stephen Daysh, Environmental student presentation Marc Pelletier, Investigations Management Services and Gerry Training requirements and Engineer, System Operator, Kessels, Kessels and Associates Wind generation connection expectations on employees in Transpower Water quality monitoring of requirements in Australasia emergencies – Phil Hokianga, stream tributaries to determine – Michael Owen, Technical Industrial Training Manager, Transient Stability Assessment the effects of sediment runoff Director, Power Systems Vertical Horizonz Group with Large Scale Wind from wind farm construction Analysis, Beca Penetration – Transpower activities – Brett Stansﬁ eld, Developing an H&S sponsored student presentation Fresh-water Scientist, Environ- Energy in the wind: integrating programme on a new small mental Impact Assessments the transmission network for a wind farm – Robert Miller, Controlling sound from wind Earthworks and sediment better approach to wind farm Pioneer Generation turbines – Dr. Katrina Swalwell, control during construction – prospecting – Elisa Puccioni, Senior Wind Engineer, Michael Parsonson, Southern Skies GIS Analyst, Kenex H&S in wind farm development REpower Australia Levels of infrasound and ground – Simon Faulkner, Aurecon South Island frequency limits Wind turbine development vibration in close proximity to mega-watt sized wind turbines – on wind farms – Mike Phethean, trends in turbulent conditions – Paul Botha, Wind Technical Senior Investigation Engineer, Josef Kryger Tadich, Technical Strategy Manager, Meridian Energy Transpower Manager, Alstom

LUNCH

2.00pm – Attend one of three streamed sessions

Consenting Issues Electricity Market Technology Developments

Current trends in wind farm acoustics Increasing the value of wind: Use of wireless power technology in assessment and consent conditions the demand/response smart grid – the wind industry – Fady Mishriki, CEO, – Stephen Chiles, Principal, Acoustics Stephen Drew, Enernoc PowerbyProxi Engineer, URS Changing gate closure – Mike Roan, Systematic development of lubricants: Wind farms and the RMA: Implementing Trading Manager, Meridian Energy new gear oil development – Kirsten the NPSREG & NZWEA Best Practice Tschauder, OEM Manager Lubes and Electricity market of the future with wind Guidelines Workshop – Ben Farrell, Senior Greases, BP – Peter Calderwood, Strategic Business Environmental Planner and Guidelines Development Manager, TrustPower 4.5MW turbine assembly with 2MW Project Manager, NZWEA resources. Technical challenges and WORKSHOP SESSION: solutions – Alejandro Gómez Crespo, Content and application of wind Engineering Department, Gamesa farm guidelines

AFTERNOON TEA

3.45pm – Review and wrap up ›› Mt Stuart construction – Fraser Jonker, CEO, Pioneer Generation ›› 12 months on at Mahinerangi: has the wind farm met business expectations? – Ian Lees, Wind Power Asset Manager, TrustPower ›› Te Uku, the fi rst year – experiences and results – Russell Thomas, Wind Asset Manager, Meridian Energy 4.30pm – Conference closes NZWEA reserves the right to alter the conference programme. register now – www.nzwec.com REGISTRATION FEES All prices exclude GST (15%) Full registration Why attend? Who attends? NZWEA Members: $920 At the 2012 NZ Wind Energy Conference The 2012 Wind Energy Conference and Speaker and Gold Sponsors: $820 and Exhibition you will: Exhibition attracts delegates and exhibitors Students: $250 Others: $1,200 ›› explore how NZ developers are from the full range of organisations optimising projects, from design involved in the wind energy industry: One day registration through development to operation, to ›› electricity generators NZWEA members: $500 create economically competitive Speaker and Gold Sponsors: $425 ›› electricity retailers wind farms Others: $650 ›› wind farm developers and operators ›› learn how changes in policy, regulation Side events and technology are creating greater ›› central and local government Dinner: $126 opportunities, both here and overseas Te Uku wind farm tour: $100 ›› turbine manufacturers ›› gauge the state of the NZ and [The Exhibition opening on Monday ›› Transpower – international wind energy markets 02 April and Post-Conference reception the transmission owner/operator on Wednesday 04 April are included in ›› compare the New Zealand and ›› Electricity Authority – the delegate fee] Australian markets the market regulator A late fee of $80 (plus GST) will apply ›› meet with key players in NZ and the ›› environmental and planning to all registrations on or after Monday international wind energy industry. consultancies 27 February. The New Zealand Wind Energy Conference ›› engineering fi rms Terms and conditions and Exhibition is the annual event for New Substitutions will be accepted up to and Zealand’s wind energy industry. It is also ›› construction fi rms including the day of the event, but the Australasia’s only dedicated wind energy ›› service and maintenance providers person registered on the registration form event that: is liable for payment of the registration fee. ›› universities and research institutions ›› enables detailed discussion on both Registrants cancelling on or before policy issues and practical aspects ›› component suppliers 04 March 2012 will be charged an of wind farm development and ›› lines companies administration fee of $50. Registrants operations cancelling between 04 March and 30 ›› banks ›› is organised specifi cally by the March 2012 will be charged 30% of their industry for the industry. ›› legal fi rms. registration fee. Registrants cancelling after 30 March 2012 will be required to pay the full registration fee. All cancellations must be received in writing.