Science at the Shine Dome 2013
Annual symposium
Power to the people: the science behind the debate
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High levels of carbon emission and increasing global temperatures affect our decisions about energy use. The 2013 science symposium will explore the science behind a hot topic — the future of power generation and supply in Australia and worldwide.
What are the options?
Where are the limits?
What are the implications of our choices? Improving human well-being on a resource-limited planet - can we do it?
| Friday 31 May Annual symposium Power to the people: the science behind the debate |
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| 8.40am | Morning chair session I Professor Suzanne Cory AC PresAA FRS Welcome Professor Suzanne Cory AC PresAA FRS |
| 8.50am | Welcome Dr Dean Morris (Platinum Sponsor) Head of Operations, Australian Synchrotron Representing the Melbourne Convention Bureau |
| 9.00am | Improving human well-being on a resource-limited planet - can we do it? Professor Sir David King FRS FAAS Chancellor, University of Liverpool, former Director, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford and former UK Chief Scientist. |
| 9.45am | Solar photovoltaics – recent developments and Australia's key role Professor Martin Green AM FAA FTSE FIEEE Scientia Professor and Executive Research Director ARC Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence, University of New South Wales |
| 10.15am | Morning tea |
| 10.45am | Morning chair session II Professor Kenneth Baldwin
FAIP, FlnstP, FOSA, FAPS Solar thermal power - how long till impact? Mr Wes Stein Manager of Renewable Energy, CSIRO Division of Energy Technology Project Leader, CSIRO National Solar Energy Centre |
| 11.15am | Geothermal power– regulatory nirvana for unconventional energy Barry Goldstein Executive Director, South Australian Energy Resources (coordinating lead author for the IPCC’s 2011 Special Report on Renewable Energy) |
| 11.45am | Unconventional gas – opportunities and limitations Professor Sue Golding School of Earth Sciences University of Queensland |
| 12.15pm | Direct injection coal engines (DICE) – a coal paradigm revisited Dr Louis Wibberley Principal Technologist Advanced Coal Technology, CSIRO Energy Technology, Newcastle |
| 12.45pm | Lunch |
| 1.30pm | Afternoon chair session I Professor Thomas Maschmeyer FAA FTSE FRACI Looking out: Australia's potential energy future Dr Tom Hatton Group Executive, CSIRO Energy |
| 2.00pm | Nuclear Energy for Australia - Policy and Politics behind the Debate Dr Ziggy Switkowski FAICD FTSE Chancellor, RMIT University (former chair of ANSTO and former CEO of Telstra and Optus, ex-chairman of Kodak, Australia) |
| 2.30pm | Advanced fission and fusion technologies for sustainable nuclear energy Professor Barry Brook Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change, Mawson Laboratories University of Adelaide |
| 3:00pm | Afternoon tea |
| 3.30pm | Afternoon chair session II Professor Chennupati Jagadish FAA FTSE FIEEE Smarter grids – why control, decision, communication, computing and network sciences are also needed Professor David Hill FAA, FTSE, FIEEE Foreign Member Royal Swedish Academy of Eng Sciences, Chair of Electrical Engineering, Director Centre for Future Energy Networks, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, The University of Sydney |
| 4.00pm | Energy storage - a disruptive technology for future grids? Professor Tony Vassallo FRACI FIEA Delta Electricity Chair in Sustainable Energy Development, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Sydney |
| 4.30pm | Can energy demand be limited while still growing economies and improving quality of life? Professor Ian Lowe AO Emeritus Professor, School of Science Griffith University |
| 5.00pm | Conclusion and close of meeting Professor Robin Batterham AO FREng FAA FTSE Kernot Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Melbourne |
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