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2024 Forum Program

Thursday 30th May, 2024

8:00am - 5:00pm	Registration Desk Open
9:00am - 10:30am	Opening – It's happening now Welcome – Amber Fennell, Chair, GEA and Managing Director LPG, Origin Energy LPG on purpose – Dr Keith Simons, Chair, World Liquid Gas Association Global Science Council and Chief Technology Officer, SHV Energy (UK) Pathways to rDME – Rob Dent, Senior Research Engineer - Energy, Linde/Elgas (US) Renewables: Sustainable Aviation Fuel, Renewable Diesel and BioLPG – Mike Hart, General Manager Next Generation Fuels, AMPOL Q&A
10:30am - 11:00am	Morning Tea - in Trade Exhibition Area
11:00am - 12:30pm	Session 2 – Government Policy and LPG Session Chair: Brett Heffernan, CEO, GEA Victoria's Gas Substitution Roadmap and LPG – Katie Brown, Executive Director, Energy Strategy, Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action GreenPower Renewable Gas Certification – Brad Bailey, GreenPower and the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water LPG, bioLPG and rLPG a sea change for shipping – David Stephens, Director, Environment, Maritime and Trade, Commonwealth Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts. Q&A
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Networking Lunch
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Session 3 – LPG on the horizon Session Chair: Brett Heffernan, CEO, GEA LPG path to zero emissions – Andrew Harpham, Director, Frontier Economics Public attitudes to BioLPG and rLPG – John Scales, Director, JWS Research The global response – James Rockall – CEO, World Liquid Gas Association Q&A
3:00pm - 3:30pm	Afternoon Tea - in Trade Exhibition Area
3:30pm - 5:00pm	Session 4 – Into the future with innovation Session Chair: Mark Benson, Group Manager - Operations and Field Services, Origin Energy AI – it's not just about bots – Jennifer George, CEO, Strategic Commercialisation Australia The smell of a safer greener future with DME and LPG - Chris Ulrik and Vanessa Tunjano, Technical Solutions Managers, International Chemicals Engineering Driving Efficiency and Sustainability: Gasbot's Vision for the Future of LPG Telemetry - Phil Livingston, Managing Director, Gasbot Q&A
5:00pm - 6:00pm	Break
6:00pm - 7:00pm	Pre-dinner cocktail hour
7:00pm - 10:00pm	Gala Dinner MC: Amber Fennell, Chair, GEA Including wine tasting event with Sommelier Kate Hibberson, Mt Majura Winery