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Published: 31 Jan 2019
Join Canberra Institute of Technology and partners as we host the first Canberra ZeroCO2 Renewable Energy and Sustainability Forum.
This forum will showcase leading industry and academic experts as they discuss key issues facing climate change, the environment and community.
Speakers will outline the issues, the technological responses and the applications that individuals can adopt in their own lives and work.
As the National leader in renewable energy generation Canberra is on track to transition to 100 percent renewable energy by 2020. In response to the growing social and environmental concerns about the impact of climate change, further plans have been developed to reduce the ACT’s total carbon emissions to net zero by 2045. Achieving this will require a dramatic change in consumer habits and will require new innovative solutions to taper off the territory's reliance on fossil fuels in the energy intensive transport sector and natural gas in the domestic and commercial sectors.
Speakers will focus on:
- Traditional renewable energy & battery storage
- Climate change challenges
- Renewable batteries
- Large scale wind generation and storage
- Careers in the wind industry
- Practical applications for commercial buildings
- EVOenergy and CIT Hydrogen pilot
- Microgrids and communities
- Managing grid ramping challenges
- Sustainable buildings
Register for the ZeroC02 Renewable Energy and Sustainability Forum
MARCH 5 - SESSION 1
8:30am - 11:30am
CIT Bruce - Room K107
| Time | Speaker |
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| 8:00am - 9:00am | REGISTRATIONS AND COFFFEE |
| 9:00am - 9:45am | CIT CEO Leanne Cover Minister Shane Rattenbury Speaker: TBC |
| 9:45am - 10:20am | Professor Kate Auty, ACT Commissioner for Sustainably |
| 10:25am - 11:00am | Dr Kenneth Baldwin, Director of the ANU Energy Change Institute |
| 11:00am - 11:45am | Megan Ward, Neoen |
| DAY 1 Networking lunch 11:45 to 13:00pm |
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MARCH 5 - SESSION 2
1:00pm - 4:30pm
CIT Bruce - Room K107
| Time | Speaker |
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| 1:30pm - 2:10pm | Mike Leonard, Head of Software Engineering, Reposit |
| 2:30pm - 3:10pm | Dr Nathan Steggel, Adjunct Professor, ANU Climate Change Institute, Co-founder Windlab |
| 3:30pm - 4:10pm | Kirilly Dickson, Senior Manager Investigations, Office of the Commissioner for Sustainability |
MARCH 5 - SESSION 3
4:45pm - 6:30pm
CIT Bruce - Room K107
| Time | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 4:45pm - 5:30pm | Beau Brandon, VESTAS, Capital Wind Farm Ken Baldwin, GWO, CIT |
| 5:45pm - 6:30pm | William Yeap, Evoenergy Gas Networks ACT Gas Developments |
| FORUM DAY 1 CLOSES | |
| 9:00pm | Hackathon day 1 finishes |
MARCH 6 - SESSION 1
8:30am - 11:30am
CIT Bruce - Room K107
| Time | Speaker |
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| 8:30am - 9:00am | Dr Kevin Miller, Director CCJ Architecture |
| 9:00am - 10:10am | Jennifer Witheford, Director, Interiors, CCJ Architecture |
| 10:15am - 10:50am | Ivan Radic, Facilities Manager, CIT Green, CIT |
| 10:55am - 11:45am | Jessica Stewart, Sustainability Manager, Ginninderry |
| DAY 1 Networking lunch 11.45 to 12:30 |
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DAY 2 - SESSION 2
12:45pm - 3:00pm
CIT Bruce - Room K107
| Time | Speaker |
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| 12:45pm - 1:25pm | Toby Roxburgh, Technical Lead, Energy Estate |
| 1:30pm - 2:10pm | Dr Rebecca Colvin, knowledge Exchange Specialist, ANU Climate Change Institute |
| 2:15pm - 2:50pm | Dr Lachlan Blackhall, Entrepreneurial Fellow and Head Battery Storage Grid Integration Program, ANU |
| 2:50pm FORUM SPEAKERS CLOSE | |
DAY 2 HACKATHON PITCHES
3:00pm - 5:15pm
CIT Bruce - Room K107
| Time | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 3:00pm - 4:30pm | Pitches - Hackathon Teams |
| 4:00pm - 5:15pm | Judging and awarding of prizes: Lachlan Blackhall Kate Auty Megan Ward (neoen Representative) |
| FIRST WEDNESDAY CONNECT CIT Bruce - Room K03 |
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| 5:00pm - 7:00pm | |
ZeroCO2 Hackathon
Canberra is a national leader in renewable energy generation and is on track to transition to 100 percent renewable energy by 2020. In response to the growing social and environmental concerns about the impact of climate change, further plans have been developed to reduce the ACT's total carbon emissions to net zero by 2045. Achieving this will require a dramatic change in consumer habits and will require new innovative solutions to taper off the territory’s reliance on fossil fuels in the energy intensive transport sector and natural gas in the domestic and commercial sectors.
The ZeroCO2 Renewable Energy & Sustainability Hackathon looks to accelerate this transition to net zero emissions by creating innovative new business solutions for both the domestic and commercial sectors across the ACT. Solutions can fall into any category of renewable energy or sustainability and will be judged on their commercial viability and environmental impact.
