Arrival and Registration

Conference Opening: Drew Clarke, Secretary, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
'Welcome to Country': Laura Bell
Plenary Address: Honourable Martin Ferguson AM MP, Minister for Resources and Energy, Minister for Tourism Australia

Australiargy Future
Chair: Margaret Sewell, Head of Clean Energy & Environment Division, RET
Keynote: Drew Clarke, Secretary, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
Keynote: James Baulderstone, Vice President Eastern Australia, Santos
Keynote: Ivor Frischknecht, Chief Executive, ARENA

11:00

Morning Tea

The Resources Boom: Prospects and Challenges
Chair: Tania Constable, Head of Resources Division, RET
Keynote: David Peever, Managing Director, Australia, Rio Tinto
Keynote: Prof Quentin Grafton, Executive Director & Chief Economist, Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics

12:30

Lunch

Australia’s Place in Asia
Chair: David Uren, The Australian
Keynote: Dr Ken Henry, AC, Project Leader, White Paper on Australia in the Asian Century
Panel: Prof Peter Drysdale AM, Australian National University
Panel: Huw McKay, Executive Director, Westpac Institutional Bank

15:10

Afternoon Tea

15:30

Importance of the Resources Sector to Australia
Chair: Alan Mitchell, Australian Financial Review
Keynote: David Flanagan, Executive Chairman, Atlas Iron
Keynote: Prof Bob Gregory, Australian National University
Keynote: Rob Cole, Executive Director Corporate and Commercial, Woodside Petroleum
Panel: Richard Sellers, Director General, Western Australia Department of Mines and Petroleum
Panel: Mitch Hooke, Chief Executive Officer, Minerals Council of Australia
Panel: David Byers, Chief Executive,  Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association

17:30

Sessions conclude

19:00–22:00

Conference Dinner
Dinner Speech: Bill Evans, Chief Economist, Westpac

08:30

Arrival and Registration

09:00

Welcome: Drew Clarke, Secretary, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism

09:05

Making the Most of Australia's Opportunities: The Infrastructure Story
Chair: Quentin Grafton, Executive Director, BREE
Keynote: Honourable Peter Beattie, Resources Sector Supplier Envoy
Panel: Reg Howard-Smith, CEO Chamber of Mines and Energy, Western Australia
Panel: Warren Hogan, Chief Economist, ANZ
Panel: Percy Knight, Chief Executive Officer, Wiradjuri Condobolin Corporation

10:30

Morning Tea

11:00

Australia and the Global Resources Story
Chair: Brendan Morling, Head of Energy Division, RET
Keynote: Alberto Calderon, Chief Executive of Aluminium, Nickel and Corporate Development, BHP Billiton
Keynote: Dr Nikki Williams, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Coal Association
Keynote: Dr Chris Pigram, Chief Executive Officer, Geoscience Australia

12:30

Lunch

13:30

Energy Markets and Future Energy Technologies
Chair: John Pierce, Australian Energy Markets
Keynote: Christine Lins, Executive Secretary, Renewable Energy Policy Network for 21st Century (REN21)
Keynote: Prof Paul Simshauser, Chief Economist and Group Head of Corporate Affairs, AGL Energy Limited
Panel: Mark Twidell, Executive Director, Australian Solar Institute
Panel: Prof Ken Baldwin, Director, Energy Change Institute, Australian National University
Panel: Dr Alex Wonhas, Director, Energy Transformed National Flagship, CSIRO

15:00

Afternoon Tea

15:30

International Energy: The Next Chapter
Chair: Bruce Wilson, Principal Adviser, RET
Keynote: Mark Collette, Group Executive Manager, Energy Markets, TruEnergy
Keynote: Dr Fatih Birol, Chief Economist/Director, Office of the Chief Economist, IEA (via video)
Panel: Dr Muriel Watt, Chair of the Australian Photovoltaics Association
Panel: Keith Orchison AM, Managing Director, Coolibah
Panel: Dr Tony Wood, Program Director - Energy, Grattan Institute
Panel: Dr John Burgess, Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering

17:00

Closing remarks

17:15

ANCRE 2012 Concludes