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Developing Northern Australia Conference Draft Program 2015 – Economically & Socially
Half Day Study Tours - Half day study tours are being held on Monday 20 July 2014 and are available to both delegates and non-delegates. Book early to
avoid disappointment as places are limited.
Monday 20 July 2015
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Registration in Foyer
1.00pm – 3.00pm
Study Tour 1: Infrastructure and Development: Townsville Port Authority, Townsville Airport
3:00pm -3:30pm
Refreshments
3.00pm – 5.00pm
Study Tour 2: Marine and Research: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Australian Institute of Marine Sciences
Tuesday 21 July 2015
8.00am - 8.40am
Registration with Tea & Coffee in the Foyer
Room
Raffles – Plenary Session
8.40am – 8.45am
Welcome to Country : Aunty Jeanette Wyles
8.45am – 8.50am
Welcome to Townsville: Cr Jenny Hill, Mayor of Townsville City Council
8.50am – 9.00am
The Hon Annastacia Palaszczuk MP (Invited)
Queensland Premier and Minister for the Arts
9.00am – 9.30am
Mr Luke Bowen, General Manager, Northern Australia Development Office, Agriculture Industry Advisory Council
9.30am – 10.00am
Ms Maree Parker, Executive Director, Economic and Regional Development,
Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning
10.00am – 10.30am
Mr Terry Hill, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Pilbara Development Commission
10.30am - 11.00am
Morning Tea with Exhibitors and Poster Presenters in the Foyer
Room
Raffles – Plenary Session
11.00am – 11.30am
Anker Brodersen CSC, Air Commodore, Programme Manager US Force Posture Initiatives
11.30am – 12.00pm
Mr Joe Morrison, Northern Land Council
12.00pm – 12.30pm
Mr Russell Reichelt, Chairman, Chief Executive, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
12.30pm – 1.30pm
Lunch with Exhibitors and Poster Presenters in the Foyer
Portside
Room
Raffles
Kingston
STREAM
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
Session Chair:
GOVERNANCE & RISK
Session Chair: Dr Allan Dale
INDUSTRY – RESOURCES, TOURISM,
DEFENCE, AGRICULTURAL, BUSINESS
AND INNOVATION
Session Chair:
Engineering Northern Australia's
Future Economy and Prosperity
Developing Biosecurity for
Development in Northern Australia
Roadmap to Energy Efficiency in
Northern Australia
Mr Greg Ewing
General Manager
Engineers Australia
Darwin, NT
Karratha - City of the North: Building a
Liveable City Through Strategic
Community, Government and Industry
Partnerships
Dr Andy Sheppard
Research Director
CSIRO Biosecurity Flagship
Canberra, ACT
Mr Frank Dallmeyer
Director
Tropical Energy Solutions Pty Ltd
West End, QLD
The Role of the Culture and Creative
Industries: Developing the Local/Global
1.30pm – 2.00pm
Community Consultation, Involvement
and Participation
2.00pm – 2.30pm
Cr Peter Long
Mayor
City of Karratha
Karratha, WA
Red Cities Rising
2.30pm – 3.00pm
3.00pm – 3.30pm
Mr Frank Marra
Chief Executive Officer
LandCorp
Perth, WA
Ms Tracey Wilson
IAP2 Australasia
Wollongong, NSW
Governing for Sustainable Business in
Northern Australia
Dr Allan Dale
Professor of Tropical Regional
Development
The Cairns Institute, James Cook
University, Townsville, QLD
Afternoon tea with Exhibitors and Poster Presenters in the Foyer
Professor Patrick Fuery
Dean
Chapman University
CA, United States
Waste Management in Northern
Australia- What does Sustainable look
like?
Mr Mike Ritchie
Company Director
MRA Consulting Group
Drummoyne, NSW
Room
Raffles
Kingston
Portside
STREAM
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
ATTRACTING INVESTMENT AND
INCENTIVES
Session Chair:
Solar PV for Australia’s Tropical
Regions; The Most Affordable and an
Appropriate Power Supply Option
EMPLOYMENT AND JOB CREATION
Session Chair:
CSIRO Canberra, ACT
SERIES 1
Session Chair:
Regional Economic Development
through Creative Industries: Townsville
as a Key Centre for the Northern
Australia Vision
Fisheries Management
To be announced
A/Prof Ahmad Zahedi
Associate Professor in Power Engineering
James Cook University
Townsville, QLD
Gearing up for Growth Creating the
Enabling Framework to Support
Regionalisation and the Development
of the North
Prof Ryan Daniel
Professor of Creative Arts and Industries
James Cook University
Townsville, QLD
Northern Australian Aspirations
Mr Stewart Pentland
Director of Planning and Development
Townsville City Council
Townsville, QLD
Fitzroy Agricultural Corridor - Land of
Opportunity
Dr Judith Lovell
Senior Research Fellow
Northern Institute, CDU
Darwin, NT
Affordable Sustainable and Resilient
Housing Solutions
Mrs Margaret Srtrelow
Mayor
Rockhampton Regional Council
Rockhampton, QLD
Mr Mark Thomson
Director
Eco Effective Solutions
Indooroopilly, QLD
3.30pm – 4.00pm
4.00pm – 4.30pm
4.30pm – 5.00pm
Gas
To be announced
Mining
To be announced
WELCOME RECEPTION – SPONSORED BY TOWNSVILLE ENTERPRISE
5.00pm – 6.30pm
Wednesday 21 July 2015
8.30am - 9.00am
Registration with arrival tea and coffee
Room
Raffles
Kingston
THEME
OPEN - WORKSHOP 9.00 – 10.30am
POLICY & RESEARCH
Session Chair:
The Value of Tourism
9.00am - 9.30am
Presented by Queensland Tourism
Industry Council
Townsville Enterprises, QLD
Tourism Tropical North Queensland, QLD
Northern Territory Organisations, NT
Improving the Availability of Regional
Data
Portside
CSIRO Canberra, ACT
SERIES 2
Session Chair:
Water
To be announced
Ms Lisa Moutzouris
Assistant Director
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Adelaide, SA
Eyes Wide Open: Planning a Resilient
Future for North Australian Agriculture,
Come Hell or High Water
9.30- 10.00am
10.00 – 10.30am
Mr Keith Noble
James Cook University, Townsville
Townsville, QLD
Aquaculture
Electricity Subsidies and Regional
Development
Agriculture and Agricultural Value
Chains
To be announced
To be announced
Mr Stephen Weston
Director
ACIL Allen Consulting - Sydney, NSW
10.30am – 11.00am
Morning Tea with Exhibitors and Poster Presenters in the Foyer
Room
Raffles
THEME
INDUSTRY – RESOURCES, TOURISM,
DEFENCE, AGRICULTURAL,
BUSINESS AND INNOVATION
Session Chair:
Kingston
POLICY & RESEARCH
Session Chair:
Demographic Issues for Northern
Development
11.00am - 11.30am
Ms Jayne Arlett
Chair of the Board, Townsville Fire WNBL
Townsville, QLD
Tropical Gardens and their Potential as
Tourism Attractions
11.30am - 12.00pm
Mrs Hannah Payer
Research Associate
Charles Darwin University
Darwin, NT
Northern Australia's Role in Feeding
the World
12.00pm - 12.30pm
Prof Tor Hundloe
Professor
Portside
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
ATTRACTING INVESTMENT AND
INCENTIVES
Session Chair: Dr Allan Dale
Molehill to Mountain - Agriculture in
Northern Australia
Dr Andrew Taylor
Senior Research Fellow
Northern Institute, Charles Darwin
University
Darwin, NT
Designing Respectful, Culturally
Sensitive Community Improvements
through Participatory Data Collection
Bringing Dignity to Users
Mr Paul Deane
Senior Economist
ANZ
Melbourne, VIC
Dr Christian Tietz
Senior Lecturer
University of New South Wales
Faculty of the Built Environment ,NSW
Mrs Anne Stunzner
Project Officer
Regional Development Australia
Fitzroy and Central West
Rockhapmton, QLD
O'Connell Creek off Stream Water
Storage Facility - Richmond North
West Queensland
Growing Central Queensland: Catching
The Next Wave of Agribusiness
Potential
Mr John Wharton
Mayor
Bond University
Central Queensland University, QLD
12.30pm - 1.30pm
Room
THEME
Lunch with Exhibitors and Poster Presenters in the Foyer
Raffles
Kingston
Portside
RESILIENCE – DISASTER
EMERGENCY PLANNING AND SOCIAL
COHESION /OPEN
Session Chair:
Economic Development Capacity
Building for Regional and Remote
Communities
OPEN
Session Chair:
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
Session Chair:
Land Resource Assessment - Global to
Local
Underground Water Mining - Why
Fixing Leaks is Essential to Enable
Development
Dr Ian Hollingsworth
Owner
Horizon Environmental Soil Survey &
Evaluation
Nakara, QLD
Collaborative Urbanism and Growing
North Queensland's Knowledge
Economy
Mr Guenter Hauber-Davidson
Managing Director
WaterGroup
Pymble, NSW
Mr Simon Millcock
Economic Development Australia
Bushland Beach, QLD
The Outback Way- Changing the Way
we do Business- from the bottom up
Lessons Learned from Cyclones in
Northern Australia - A Collation of
Information from Farmers, Industries
and Regional Communities
Mr Alan Carpenter
Development Director Discovery Rise
James Cook University
Douglas, QLD
Ms Rhonda Sorensen
Owner
SassyBio Pty Ltd
Malanda, QLD
Proximity vs Accessibility: Northern
Australia’s International Connectivity
Mrs Helen Lewis
General Manager
Outback Highway Development Council
Inc
Warwick, NSW
Exploring the Role of Cultural
Sustainability in Tourism Development
Mr Stephen Prasser
Business Development Manager
Professor Richard Hyde
Chair Architectural Science
1.30pm - 2.00pm
2.00pm - 2.30pm
Richmond Shire Council
Richmond, NSW
2.30pm - 3.00pm
Analysing the Co-existence Potential
of Food and Gas Industries in
Queensland
Dr Anthony Halog
Lecturer
North Queensland Airports
Cairns, QLD
University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW
University of Queensland
St Lucia, QLD
3.00pm - 3.30pm
Afternoon tea with Exhibitors and Poster Presenters in the Foyer
Room
Raffles - Plenary Session
3.30pm - 4.00pm
The Business Case for Infrastructure Sustainability
Mr Antony Sprigg, Chief Executive Officer The Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia (ISCA)
4.00pm - 4.30pm
Building Bridges with Asia and the Region
Ms Jenny McGregor, Chief Executive Officer, Asialink, The University of Melbourne, Founding Executive Director of the Asia
Education Foundation
4.30pm - 5.00pm
Mr Denis Wagner, Managing Director, Wagners Group & Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport
5.00pm
CLOSE OF CONFERENCE