MUNICIPAL STAGE (1)

12:20
Creating a More Sustainable and Resilient Resource Recovery Industry

Rose Read, Chief Executive Officer, National Waste and Recycling Industry Council

12:50
Best Practice Resource Recovery: Towards 100% Diversion from Landfill

Geoff Hill, Chief Executive Victoria, Bingo Industries

1:20 Lunch

Chairperson: Mark Smith, Executive Officer, Victorian Waste Management Association

1:50
Market Development Strategies for Closing the Resource Loop

Matt Genever, Director Resource Recovery, Sustainability Victoria

2:20
Turning Barriers into Enablers of Regional Waste Management

Isabel Axiö, Waste Consultant, Just Waste Consulting

2:50
Yarra City: Holistic Kerbside Waste Management Pilot

Joe Agostino, Project Officer, City Works, Yarra City Council

3:20
E-Waste Panel: A Roadmap for Improving Australia’s E-Waste Management System

Warren Overton, Chief Executive Officer, Australia and New Zealand Recycling Platform Limited (ANZRP)

James Coghill, Director, Total Green Recycling

Jilian Riseley, Chief Executive Officer, Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group (MWRRG)
 

4:00
Advocating for Wider Organics Resource Recovery and Beneficial Reuse

Michael Wood, Company Secretary, Australian Organics Recycling Association (AORA)

4:30
Campaspe Community Collaborates to “Give a Scrap”

Sheri Doyle, Environmental Project Officer – Organics, Campaspe Shire Council

C&D and C&I STAGE (2)

12:10 Lunch

Chairperson: Merrill Gray, Executive Director, Wolf Advisory

1:00
A Circular Built Environment

Joyanne Manning, Principal, Australasia Resource and Waste Management Leader, ARUP

1:30
Ensuring Compliance to Circularity in the Construction Industry

Peter Mulherin, Researcher, RMIT University

2:00
Pulling Products not Pushing Waste: Re-purposing in Action

Jim Appleby, General Manager – Reconomy, Transport and Infrastructure, Downer

2:30
Paving the Way to Greener Roads

Peter Murphy, Managing Director, Alex Fraser

3:00 Afternoon Break

3:30
Plastic Roads: Pioneering the Journey to a Circular Economy

Peter Tamblyn, Sales and Marketing Manager, Asia Pacific, Close the Loop

4:00
Australian-First C&D Washing Plant

George Hatzimanolis, Chief Executive Officer, Repurpose it

4:30
Converting Chemical Waste into Sustainable Energy

Mary Kanellos, Geocycle Operations Manager, Cement Australia

WASTEWATER STAGE (3)

Chairperson: Sanjay Kumarasingham, SSS Environmental Services

11:30
Future Investments and Funding Priorities at ARENA

Matt Walden, Director, Business Development & Transactions, Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)

12:00
Perth’s Groundwater Replenishment Scheme: From Concept to Reality

Dr Stacey Hamilton, Senior Technical Advisor – Membrane Treatment, Water Corporation

12:30
Hybrid Power Systems and Storage for Fueling Remote Water Pumping Sites

Rana Mitra, Senior Hybrid Solar Engineer, Enhar

1:00 Lunch

2:00
Halting Biosolids Stockpile Growth at Sewage Treatment Plants Western Treatment Plant Biosolids Beneficial Reuse

Ellen Tao, Senior Process Engineer, Innovation and Partnership, Melbourne Water

2:30
A Case Study on Industrial Wastewater:Poultry Edition

Enviroconcepts

3:00
Compact Trade Waste Solutions and Simplified Wash-Water Recycling

Michael Anderson, Manager of Operations, Aerofloat

3:30
Waste-to-Energy Biogrids (WEBs)

Shaun Cumming, General Manager Infrastructure & Technology, Barwon Water

4:00
Achieving Low-Cost Desalination Using Novel Solar Steam Technology

Xiwang Zhang, Professor; Director, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University; Australian Research Council Research Hub for Energy-Efficient Separation

5:00pm - 6:00pm WASTE EXPO AUSTRALIA NETWORKING FUNCTION

 

12:10 LUNCH
 

MUNICIPAL STAGE (1)

Chairperson: Toli Papadopoulos, Managing Editor, Waste Management Review

12:40
Partnership Panel: Towards a Circular Economy

Sebastian Chapman, Executive Director of Waste and Recycling, Victoria Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning

Brendan Lee, Circular Economy Manager, Closed Loop

Cameron McKenzie, Managing Director, ASPIRE

Sabina Wills, Chief Executive Officer, Keep Victoria Beautiful

Rhys Pirie, PhD Candidate, University of Queensland

1:30
Challenges and Opportunities for Resource Recovery in Australia: Operators’ Perspective

Pete Shmigel, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Council of Recycling (ACOR)

2:00
Eliminating Single-use Plastics at Darebin Council
Ai Ikemi, Recycling Education and Projects Officer, Darebin Council

2:30
Better Practice Guide for Waste Management and Recycling in Multi-Unit Developments

Sam Trowse, Project Lead (Land Use Planning), Sustainability Victoria

3:00
Understanding the Challenges Facing Modern Landfill

Daniel Fyfe, Director, Australian Landfill Owners Association

3:30
Paving the Weigh: How Albury City Council Is Leading the Way in Resource Recovery

Andrea Baldwin, Team Leader Waste Management, Albury City Council

4:00
Best Practice Landfill Management

Meldina Klehic, Regional Manager Victoria Post Collections, Cleanaway

4:30
Best Practice for Driving Operations, Productivity and Asset Utilisation

Rob McGahey, ANZP Operations Manager, Caterpillar Job Site Solutions
 

C&D and C&I  STAGE (2)

Chairperson: Merrill Gray, Executive Director, Wolf Advisory

1:00
Minimising Waste to Landfill through Organics Depackaging

Melinda Lizza, Business Development Manager, Cleanaway

1:30
Converting Waste to Products and Profits

Mike Hart, Chief Executive Officer, Sierra Energy

2:00
Understanding Buyer Behaviour to Encourage Purchase of Waste-Derived Products

Dr Mayuri Wijayasundara, Lecturer – Engineering Management, Deakin University

2:30
Communicating the Impact of Waste Reduction to Improve Waste Management in the Healthcare Industry

Rachel McConville, Waste Education Officer, Victorian Department of Health and Human Services

Kaushik Sridhar, National Sustainability Manager, Regis Healthcare

3:10 Afternoon Break

3:30
Exploring Opportunities for Solving Manufacturing Energy and Waste Problems

Henry Anning, Chief Executive Officer, ResourceCo Energy Systems

4:00
Utilising Optical Sorting Innovation to Create New Avenues for Recycled Materials

Sid Jain, Technical Sales Engineer, Satake Australia

4:30
Destructive Distillation: A World First Technology for Achieving Cleanly Recycled Tyres

Trevor Bayley, Chief Operating Officer, Green Distillation Technologies

WASTEWATER STAGE (3)

Chairperson: Sanjay Kumarasingham, Director, SSS Environmental Services

10:30
Sydney Water, Energy, Food Waste and the Circular Economy

Brendan Galway, Senior Service Planning Analyst, Sydney Water

11:00
Exploring the Viability of Opportunities for Sewer Heat Recovery

Ben Fraser, Business Projects Team Leader, City West Water


11:30
How Intelligent Software Is Transforming Standalone Products into Smart Solutions for Wastewater Treatment and Submersible Pumping

Scott Thompson, Business Development Manager – Municipal and Construction, Xylem

12:00 Lunch

1:00
Panel: Enhancing the Environmental Performance of Wastewater Treatment


Naren Narenthiran, Senior Applied Scientist – Water Technology Environmental Solutions, EPA Victoria

Steven Reddington, Senior Planner, Environment, Barwon Water

Michael Romer, Business Development Manager, Calix Limited

1:50
Enabling Large-Scale Solar Generation for Wastewater Treatment Authorities

Demian Natakhan, Director, Enhar

2:20
An Innovative and Collaborative Approach to Septic Tank System Management

Andrew Sieber, Group Manager, Liveable and Sustainable Futures, South East Water

Peter O’Brien, Senior Environmental Health Officer, Mornington Peninsula Shire Council

2:50
Sniffing out Odour Problems Using NextGen Technologies: What is Possible?

Robin Ormerod, Chief Scientist and Founder, Envirosuite

5:00 WASTE EXPO AUSTRALIA CLOSES