Registration opens 10:00am.  Morning tea available on arrival.

 

SESSION 1: STATE OF PLAY

10:40 am

Welcome and introduction
Justin Jones - WMRR Tasmania Branch President                       
10:45 am

Opening address
Hugh Christie - CEO, Tasmanian Waste and Resource Recovery Board
11:15 am

Implementing the Waste and Resource Recovery Act
Stephen Walker – Waste Policy Officer, Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania
11:35 am 

Update from the NRE Tasmania
Speaker to be confirmed
12:00 pm Lunch
   

SESSION 2: INVESTING IN TAS - OPPORTUNITIES & BARRIERS

1:00 pm

What’s the GO with FOGO - NSW Insights
Dr Helen Prifti - Manager Circular Economy Technical, NSW EPA (online)
1:20 pm

Opportunities for TasWater
Tim Watson - Senior Planning Engineer, Sewer Investment Planning Team, AMS, TasWater
1:35 pm

Panel | Opportunities & Barriers in Organics

  • Tim Watson - Senior Planning Engineer, TasWater
  • Matthew Layton - Operations Manager, Dulverton  Waste Management
  • Michael Attard - Team leader Sustainability, Infrastructure & Assets Network, City of Launceston
2:05 pm

Investing in Plastics
John Meehan - Operations Manager, Sustainable Plastics Australia
2:30 pm  Afternoon tea
   

SESSION 3: DRIVING RESOURCE RECOVERY
3:00 pm 

Resource Recovery – An Operational Overview
Nick Gifford - Manager Operations, Southern Waste Solutions
3:25 pm

Precinct Planning - A Case Study
Marcus Geisler - CEO, Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council (online)
3:50 pm Batteries, Metals, E-waste and more
Doug Rowe - Director, Ecocycle
4:10 pm 

Speaker to be confirmed
4:30 pm

Panel | The Way Forward for Tasmania

  • Tom Crawford - General Coordinator, Resource Work Cooperative
  • Nick Gifford - Manager Operations, Southern Waste Solutions
  • Doug Rowe - Director, Ecocycle
5:00 pm

Wrap-up and close
Gayle Sloan - CEO, WMRR

FORUM CLOSE

 

5:30 -
7:30 pm		  Networking function