#ARRC24
CONFERENCE PROGRAM

 WELCOME FUNCTION
  6:00-8:00pm

 Dress: business / smart casual

 OPENING PLENARY

 8:45am

Welcome to Country
Cliffy ' Tangku Munaitya' Wilson
A proud Kaurna, Narungga, Ngarrindjeri, Ngadjuri and Arrente Man

Sponsor's welcome
ResourceCo

Official opening
Hon. Susan Close MP
Deputy Premier and Minister for Climate, Environment and Water

Keynote
Sue Vercoe - Managing Partner, SEC Newgate Australia

Keynote
Driving Australia's Circular Economy: The power of metrics and indicators
Dr Heinz Schandl - Circular Economy for Missions (CE4M) Initiative Lead, CSIRO Environment

 SECOND PLENARY

Industry Panel
Can we hit 80% resource recovery by 2030?

• Henry Anning - CEO Energy, ResourceCo
• Preet Brar - Executive General Manager, Energy from Waste & Major Projects, Cleanaway
• Garth Lamb - Chief Development Officer, Re.Group 

Additional speakers to be announced.  Facilitated by Gayle Sloan - CEO, WMRR

Keynote
Lessons and learnings from more than a decade in the senate fighting for a zero waste future: Regulate now!
Peter Whish-Wilson - Senator for Lutruwita/Tasmania

Lunch

 SESSION 1:  REGULATION

 1:30pm

Redefining Waste: A realistic perspective in the debate between waste and resources
Esther Hughes, MRA Consulting Group

Public-Private Partnerships: Delivering Australia's environmental infrastructure
Ken Baumli, Sphere Infrastructure Partners

 1:50pm

Government action on PFAS versus the state of knowledge: Are we keeping up?
Matthew Askeland, ADE Consulting Group

Materials recovery's role in industry-led investment in infrastructure and market development
Jim Fairweather, Tyrecycle

 2:10pm

Legislative action for battery stewardship in Australia
Libby Chaplin, Battery Stewardship Council

Speaker to be confirmed

Using Risk Assessment to Support the Circular Economy
Therese Manning, enRiskS

Where’s the action at
Garth Lamb, Re.Group

 Afternoon tea

 SESSION 3: DATA INSIGHTS

From Recycling Rates to Circularity Rates: Leveraging circular transition indicators
Sophie Degagny, KPMG

Life Cycle Assessment of End-of-Life Tyres: Research to support used tyre recovery and market development in Australia
Linda Mitchell, Tyre Stewardship Australia

Will weekly FOGO suit your council? Yes, your community is not unique*
Kristian Le Gallou, Rawtec

The circular economy and use of recycled materials for infrastructure assets - an IPWEA Best Practice Note
Jacqueline Balston, IPWEA

 4:30pm

Electrification or Resource Recovery in Heavy Industry? How to pave the way for decarbonisation and industrial growth
Patricia Thorpe + Damon Roddis, Zephyr Environmental

 OPENING PLENARY

 9:15am

Welcome and introduction
Tiana Nairn - Conference Committee Chair

Day 2 opening
Josh Wheeler - A/Chief Executive, Green Industries SA 

Keynote
Dr Jon Gorvett - Chief Executive, SA EPA

Morning tea

 SESSION 5:  EDUCATION + BEHAVIOUR CHANGE

The power of citizen recycling campaigns: 24 years of Recycle Now and Be Mighty. Recycle
Melanie Uzzell, WRAP Asia Pacific

Making the Impossible Possible: Potential solutions for remote and regional waste management issues
Andrew Quinn, SLR Consulting

The value of a multi-faceted and multi-sector education approach to reducing waste and maximising resource recovery
Alison Hackett-Rogers + Wendy Bevan, KESAB

From Design to Disposal: Product Stewardship transforming community health and resource recovery in remote Australia
Kylie Roberts-Frost, ABSC

Pulling the thread on textile waste 
Shani Wood + Caitlin Smith,
Green Industries SA

Resource recovery in remote locations: Lessons from the Pacific  
Alex Keyte Beattie, Tonkin + Taylor

YP Scholarship winner

Container Deposit Scheme Behaviour Change National Research Report 2023
Steven Sergi, SA EPA

Sharing the Care for Hedland Circular Economy story - A local community group leading the way 
Kelly Howlett, Care For Hedland Environmental Association

 SESSION 7:  INNOVATION + TECHNOLOGY

Australia's First Energy Recovery Facility - Infrastructure and technology to support the circular economy
Scott Reynolds, Accionna 

Disaster Waste Management and Resource Recovery - Cleaning up after the largest natural disaster in South Australia's history
Michaela Heinson + Oliver Lovat, Green Industries SA

Technology pathways for 80% recovery by 2030 and beyond
Anthony Douglas, Ramboll

Burning down and the road to recovery – the loss of the ACT Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)
Margaret Kitchin + Gayan Ratwatte, ACT Government

Evolution of AI in servicing the waste and resource recovery sector
David Cocks, MRA Consulting Group

Speaker to be confirmed

 Afternoon tea

 CLOSING PLENARY

APCO’s 2030 Strategic Plan: Eco-modulated fees and service payments to increase recycling and develop end markets
Peter Brisbane, APCO

Driving packaging reform in Australia
Speaker to be confirmed

Lessons from Europe: EU Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)
Clarissa Morawski - CEO & Co-Founder, Reloop (virtual)

Conference wrap up
Gayle Sloan - CEO, WMRR