Facing our Future: The Challenge of Water
WATER AND ENERGY FORUM
Wednesday, 14th january 2009
The Forum focus on the growing importance and value of water both as a consumable resource essential to sustained life and as a renewable energy source. It address issues of water stress relevant to Australia and the United States, considering possible methods and policies to improve the practices of water conservation and management. Experts hypothesise on the critical effects that global climate change will have on water supplies. Finally, the symposium will discuss the development of solar, hydro, geothermal, tidal and wind energy which all offer prospects at a cleaner future.
Five panels was formed by a diverse group of experts specialising in fields relevant to water. Running concurrently, exhibitors from Australia and the US will hold displays of cutting edge research, innovative technologies and best practice policies, providing tangible examples of effective ways to maximise the value and power of water.
The symposium included a networking breakfast and a luncheon featuring keynote speeches by senior political leaders from Australia and the United States.
ORDER OF PRESENTATION:
Mr. Barry A. Goldstein, Chair of Australian Geothermal Energy Group; Director, South Australia Petroleum & Geothermal
1. Water Stress/Water Conservation and Management
Moderated by – Professor Tony Haymet, Vice Chancellor for Marine Science; Director and Dean of Marine Sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Mr. Ian Barbour, General Manager, Dow Water Solutions
Dr. Mike Grace, Director, Water Studies Centre, Monash University
Mr. Jeffrey Kightlinger, General Manager, The Metropolitan Water District, Southern California
Dr. Sharon Megdal, Director, Water Resources Research Centre, University of Arizona
Mr. Gary Zimmerman, Executive Director, American Water Works Association
2. Water and Climate Change
Moderated by – Mr. Timothy Brick, Chairman of the Board, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
The Hon. Peter Beattie, Commissioner for the Americas, Government of Queensland, Australia
The Hon. Tim Holding, Minister for Water, Victoria, Australia
The Hon. Kevin Foley, Deputy Premier, Treasurer, Minister for Industry and Trade, and Minister for Federal/State Relations, Government of South Australia
Mr. Barry A. Goldstein, Chair of Australian Geothermal Energy Group; Director, South Australia Petroleum & Geothermal
Mr. David Doepel, Director, Research Institute for Resource Technology, Murdoch University
3. Water and Energy
Moderated by – Ms. Lisa Bicker, President, CleanTECH
Mr. Joe Flynn, CEO, Water Industry Alliance
Dr. Karen Hussey, Vice Chancellor’s Representative in Europe, Australian National University
Mr. Michael Leonard, President, American Water Works Association
Mr. Lester Snow, Director, Department of Water Resources, State of California
4. Energy Generation and Renewable Energy
Moderated by – Ms. Kateri Callahan, President, Alliance to Save Energy
Dr. Udo Bach, Australian Research Fellow, Monash University
Mr. Barry Buffier, Director General Department of State & Regional Development, New South Wales, Australia
Karen Blanks Ellis, Managing Director, Corporate and International Environmental Programs, FedEx Express
Mr. Jeffrey Jacobs, Vice President, Biofuels & Hydrogen, Chevron Technology Ventures
Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
Keynote Luncheon Address:
Mr. Mike Chrisman, Secretary for Resources, Resources Agency, State of California
IMPACT: The symposium provides invaluable collaborative opportunities for the organising partners, participants, guests and leaders from many different sectors. Government leaders, business professionals, academics and environmentalists will be brought together not only by the breakfast, luncheon and panels, but also by the exhibitors’ hall that will be running throughout the day.Panellists’ expertise will provide the audience with a better understanding of water and energy, and the considerable influence the resource will have on politics, economics and the environment in the 21st Century.
AUDIENCE: Senior political, business, academic, media and diplomatic leaders from across the US and Australia.
For more information contact: Caitlin.Brewer@dfat.gov.au
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NEW YORKMichelle Lee
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Australian Consulate General
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ABOUT LAST EVENTS
Barry Goldstein is South Australia’s Director – Petroleum & Geothermal and has 27 years international experience in the energy sector. He holds Geology degrees from the University of New York (BA-75) and the University of Missouri (MA-77). Barry was Chief Geologist & Exploration Manager with three E&P companies in Australia: Santos (1996 – 2001), Bridge Oil Ltd (1987 – 1995), and the Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Company (1982-86) after starting his career with Phillips Petroleum (1976 – 1981) in the USA and Europe. He is Australia’s Executive Committee Representative to the International Energy Agency’s Geothermal Research Cluster (under the Geothermal Implementing Agreement). Barry is a past President of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA) and is a Board Member of the Australian Geoscience Council (since 2004); the the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technologic Societies (since 2004) and the Australian School of Petroleum (since 2002). He is a member of the AAPG’s House of Delegates and International Lecturer Committee. Barry has published papers in the APPEA Journal, the proceedings of PESA’s Basin Symposium, the Oil & Gas Journal, and The Log Analyst. He was a member of APPEA’s Exploration Committee (1998-2000) and has a sense of humour.
Office of Minerals and Energy – PIRSA