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Published: 01 Mar 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
Tuesday 5 March 2019 - SESSION 1
8am - 11:45am
CIT Bruce - Room K107
| Time | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 8:00am - 9:00am | Coffee and Registration |
| 9:00am - 9:30am | Canberra Institute of Technology CEO Leanne Cover Minister Shane Rattenbury |
| 9:30am - 9:45am | Sophia Hamblin Wang, Mineral Carbonation Slyvia Tulloch, Managing Director of Dyesol. |
| 9:45am - 9:55am | Petr Adamek, CEO Canberra Innovation Network |
| 10:00am - 10:40am | Professor Kate Auty, ACT Commissioner for Sustainably |
| 10:40am - 11:10am | Dr Kenneth Baldwin, Director of the ANU Energy Change Institute |
| 11:10am - 11:45am | Megan Ward, Neoen |
| DAY 1 Networking lunch: 11:45am to 1pm | |
Tuesday 5 March 2019 - SESSION 2
1:30pm - 4:10pm
CIT Bruce - Room K107
| Time | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 1:30pm - 2:10pm | Mike Leonard, Head of Software Engineering, Reposit |
| 2:30pm - 3:10pm | Guiliana Baggoley, Evoenergy Gas Networks ACT Gas Developments |
| 3:30pm - 4:10pm | Kirilly Dickson, Senior Manager Investigations, Office of the Commissioner for Sustainability |
Tuesday 5 March 2019 - SESSION 3
4:30pm - 8pm
CIT Bruce - Room K107
| Time | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 4:30pm - 5:15pm | Beau Brandon, VESTAS, Capital Wind Farm Kenneth Wilson, GWO, CIT |
| 5:30pm - 8pm | Panel Discussion EnergyLab Canberra: Trends in Energy Generation Dr. Igor Skryabin, Research and Business Development Manager, ANU Energy Change Institute., Linda Koschier, Head of Partnerships, Origin Energy. Nathan Steggel, Co-Founder & Technical Director, Windlab |
| Forum Day 1 Closes Hackathon day 1 finishes - 9pm |
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Wednesday 6 March 2019 - SESSION 1
8:30am - 11:30am
CIT Bruce - Room K107
| Time | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 8:30am - 9:00am | Coffee and Registration |
| 9:00am - 9:30am | Dr Rebecca Colvin, knowledge Exchange Specialist, ANU Climate Change Institute |
| 9:30am - 10:30am | Dr Kevin Miller, Director CCJ Architecture Jennifer Witheford, Director, Interiors, CCJ Architecture |
| 10:30am - 11am | Sarah May, Churchill Fellow, Food Waste |
| 11:15am - 11:45am | Toby Roxburgh, Technical Lead, Energy Estate |
| DAY 1 Networking lunch: 11.45am to 12:30pm | |
Wednesday 6 March 2019 - SESSION 2
12:45pm - 2:50pm
CIT Bruce - Room K107
| Time | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 12:45pm - 1:20pm | Jessica Stewart, Sustainability Manager, Ginninderry |
| 1:25pm - 2:10pm | Ivan Radic, Facilities Manager, CIT Green, Canberra Institute of Technology |
| 2:15pm - 2:50pm | Dr Lachlan Blackhall, Entrepreneurial Fellow and Head Battery Storage Grid Integration Program, ANU |
| 2:50pm Forum Speakers Close | |
Wednesday 6 March 2019 - Hackathon Pitches
3:00pm - 5:15pm
CIT Bruce - Room K107
| Time | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 3:00pm - 5:15pm | Pitches - Hackathon Teams and Judging Judges: Lachlan Blackhall, Kate Auty, Megan Ward, Marcus Dawes |
| First Wednesday Connect 5pm - 7pm CIT Bruce - Room K03 |
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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.
