WASTE SUMMIT 2023 CONFERENCE AGENDA

A sustainable future – the transition from waste to resource and recovery

 

As Australia’s waste crisis continues to escalate, legislation, better funding and implementation of thorough policies will help to shift the dial and provide a much-needed framework that outlines ways to improve infrastructure, increase recycling rates, tackle food and organic waste, and support better waste management reduction, recycling, and re-use initiatives. At a crucial time for the industry, this year’s Waste Summit Conference is the biggest ever with over 60 individual sessions across four stages, featuring over 100 leading industry experts with dedicated tracks on Local Government, C&I and C&D waste, Circular Economy and WtE.

 

DAY 1

WEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER 2023

Theatre 1 (show floor)

9:05am to 9:10am
Welcome address
Samantha Martin, Exhibition Director 

9:10am to 9:15am
Welcome to Country
Wurundjeri Elder Bill Nicholson

9:15 to 9:20
Ministerial address
Steve Dimopoulos MP, Minister for Environment

9:20 to 09:50

A Keynote Address from Recycling Victoria
Tony Circelli
, Head, Recycling Victoria

09:50 to 10:20

EPA Victoria's Strategic Plan 2022-27 - 12 months on
Mr Lee Miezis PSM
, Chief Executive Officer, EPA Victoria

10:20 to 10:50

A Keynote Address from Sustainability Victoria 
Matt Genever
, Interim CEO, Sustainability Victoria

Morning Break: 10:50 to 11:30

Theatre 1 (show floor)

Theatre 2 (show floor)

Hospitality Room 1 (upstairs)

Hospitality Room 2 (upstairs)

11:30 to 12:20

MC: Sally Williams, Presenter, Sustainable Sally and Brand Ambassador, Sustainable Brands & Services

Panel discussion: Container Deposit Scheme
James Dorney
, CEO, TOMRA Cleanaway
Marc Churchin, CEO, Return It
Sebastian Chapman, Executive Director, Container Deposit Scheme, Recycling Victoria
Tim O’Donnell, General Manager, Visy
Mike Ritchie, Managing Director, MRA Consulting (Moderator)

MC: David Cocks, Director of Growth, MRA Consulting Group

Panel discussion: Achieving Circularity - Design, Circulate & Regenerate
Kate Saporta, Victorian Director, Charitable Recycling Australia
George Hatzimanolis, CEO, Repurpose It
Prof Leanne Wiseman, Professor of Law, Griffith University
Florian van den Corput, Senior Advisor Circular Economy, Sustainability Victoria
Steve Morris, Head of Circular Economy, Close The Loop (Moderator)

MC: Dr Sarah King, Technical Director, GHD

Panel Discussion: The State of Play in the Construction & Demolition and Commercial & Industrial Sector

Steph Holland, Strategy Delivery Manager, ResourceCo
Daniel Reaper, Managing Director & Founder, Job Site Recyclers (JSR)
Roger Britto, Senior Civil and Environmental Engineer, BEng MEng MIEAust NER RPEV, WSP
Frank De Santis, Acting Director, ecologiQ
Tony AloisioConsultant, Circular Economy and Transport Infrastructure (Moderator)

MC: Anthony Douglas, Senior Consultant, Ramboll

Panel discussion: Unravelling Challenges in the Waste to Energy Sector - towards Sustainable Solutions

Dr Abbas Elmualim, Principal Partner, Bold Futures
David Gamble, Waste/Infrastructure Principal, GHD
Scott McArdle, Nexsys Industries Consulting and Zerogen
Nancy Chang, Executive Director Strategy and Policy, EPA NSW
Amal Jugdeo, Business Development Manager, Hitachi Zosen Inova Australia (Moderator)

12:25 to 13:15

MC: Sally Williams, Presenter, Sustainable Sally and Brand Ambassador, Sustainable Brands & Services

Panel discussion: Best Practices in Waste Management Planning
Selina Mok
, Associate Technical Director - Circular Economy and Waste Advisory, Arcadis Australia Pacific
Djanisa Trinder, Senior Waste consultant, Elephant's Foot Consulting
Scott Bryant, Circular Economy Coordinator, City of Greater Bendigo Council
Kyle Gillan, Principal, Russell Kennedy Lawyers (Moderator)

MC: David Cocks, Director of Growth, MRA Consulting Group

Panel discussion: Managing Food Waste– Circular Food Systems – Innovation & Technologies
Phoebe Gardner, CEO, Bardee
Ken Dickins, Managing Director, Corio Waste Management and President, VWMA
Daniel Fyfe, National Land and Minerals Reserve Manager, Hanson
Michael Wood, Oakwood Consultants (Moderator)

MC: Dr Sarah King, Technical Director, GHD

Panel discussion: The Impact of Landfill Levies on the Construction and Demolition Sector

Valentina Petrone, Associate Director, ANZ Circular Economy Lead, WSP
Adam Gray, Chief Executive Officer, Waste & Recycling Industry Association
Andrew Beckman, C&D Health Safety Community & Sustainability Manager, Cleanaway
Dr Salman Shooshtarian, Lecturer & Active Researcher, RMIT University (Moderator)

MC: Anthony Douglas, Senior Consultant, Ramboll

Panel discussion: Charting the Path Ahead - the Future Direction of WTE in Australia

Amal Jugdeo, Business Development Manager, Hitachi
Angela Hoefnagels, Director of Programs and High Risk Waste, Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Anthony Douglas, Senior Consultant, Ramboll
Benoit Englebert, Manager Sales and Business Development, Keppel Seghers
Scott McArdle, Nexsys Industries Consulting & Zerogen (Moderator)

Lunch: 13:15 to 14:00

14:00 to 14:30

MC: Sally Williams, Presenter, Sustainable Sally and Brand Ambassador, Sustainable Brands & Services

Learnings from Integrating Communal Options for FOGO
Stacey Ward
, Program Director - Waste Futures, City of Port Phillip

MC: Shannon Mead, Executive Director, No More Butts Ltd

Waste Robotics & Digital Technology - Supporting the Shift to a Circular Economy
Michael Bates
, Head of ANZ Region, AMCS Group

MC: Dr Abbas Elmualim, Principal Partner, Bold Futures

Unveiling the Emerging Contaminants in the Waste Industry -  Challenges and Solutions

Gus Martins, Director of Operations & Engineering, Huesker

MC: Mike Ritchie, Managing Director, MRA Consulting

Decentralized (Small & Medium scale) Waste-to-Energy Solutions
Dieter De Hertogh
, Project Sales Manager, Vyncke Clean Energy Technology

14:35 to 15:25

MC: Sally Williams, Presenter, Sustainable Sally and Brand Ambassador, Sustainable Brands & Services

Panel discussion: Redefining Landfills for a Greener Future
Ken Dickins, Managing Director, Corio Waste Management and President, VWMA
David Holman, Senior Environmental Consultant, MRA Consultants
Michael Whitelaw, Manager, Safeguard and Crediting Below Baseline | NGER and Safeguard Branch, Clean Energy Regulator
Hamid Kamalan, Landfill Gas Engineer, Melbourne Regional Landfill
Daniel Fyfe, Divisional Manager, Hanson Landfill Services (Moderator)

MC: Shannon Mead, Executive Director, No More Butts Ltd

Panel discussion: What Does a Modern Contemporary Regulator Look Like?
Suzy Neilan, Executive Director of the Strategy Division, EPA Victoria
Tony Circelli, Head, Recycling Victoria
Simon Farrar, Director Major Hazards & Dangerous Goods, Worksafe
Ray Hassal, Executive Director, National Heavy Vehicle Regulator
Melinda Lizza, National Business Development Manager, Major Projects for Boral (Moderator)

MC: Dr Abbas Elmualim, Principal Partner, Bold Futures

Panel discussion: Navigating Combustible Recyclable and Waste Materials with Confidence

Duncan Pendrigh, Director Regulatory Services, EPA Victoria
Andrew Swann, Director, Circular Resources Australia
Allan Cummins, Principal Consultant, Circular Resources Australia
Steve Richards, Senior Account Manager, RSM Group (Moderator)

MC: Mike Ritchie, Managing Director, MRA Consulting

Panel discussion: Shaping a Sustainable Tomorrow - An Exploration of Waste to Hydrogen Technologies
Bruno Angelico,
Managing Director, BXB Technologies
Mark White, Chairman, Boson Australia Services
Scott McArdle, Founder, Nexsys Industries Consulting & Zerogen
Prof Sankar Bhattacharya, Professor & Head, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Monash University (Moderator)

Afternoon Break: 15:25 to 15:40

15:40 to 16:10

MC: Sally Williams, Presenter, Sustainable Sally and Brand Ambassador, Sustainable Brands & Services

A Circular Ecosystem for Wood Waste in NSW
Dr Sarah King,
Technical Director, GHD
Yvette Barrs, Regional Programs Manager, Environment, Sustainability and Resource Recovery, The Illawarra Shoalhave

MC: Brad Dalrymple, Principal Environmental Engineer, Ocean Protect

An Opportunity Not to Waste: The Case for Collaboration Across the Value Chain
Richard Pittard
, Head of Sustainability, Cleanaway

MC: Erin Ford, Business Development & Partnerships Manager, Repurpose It

Opportunities for Managing Waste & Resource Recovery in the Agriculture Sector
Dr Anne-Maree Boland,
Principal ConsultantRM Consulting Group

MC: Nick Harford, Managing Director, Harford Consulting 

Yield Increase through Better Incineration Efficiency in a Modern WtE Plant in Poland
Asger Danielsen,
CEO, Dublix (Yokogawa)

16:15 to 16:45

MC: Sally Williams, Presenter, Sustainable Sally and Brand Ambassador, Sustainable Brands & Services

Composting - The Contamination Dilemma!
John McKew, National Executive Officer - Aust Organics Recycling Association (AORA)

MC: Brad Dalrymple, Principal Environmental Engineer, Ocean Protect

Reuse is the Way to Go! Say Goodbye to Single-use
Sandra Mack, Team Leader Plastics, Sustainability Victoria

MC: Erin Ford, Business Development & Partnerships Manager, Repurpose It

Circular Design in the Built Environment - In Practice
Valentina Petrone, 
Associate Director, ANZ Circular Economy Lead, WSP

MC: Nick Harford, Managing Director, Harford Consulting 

Beyond Waste to Energy – For Chemicals and High-value Metals
Prof Sankar Bhattacharya, 
Professor & Head, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Monash University

Waste Summit day one end: 16:45

Networking Drinks: 17:00 at Plus 5, South Wharf

DAY 2

THURSDAY 26 OCTOBER 2023

9:10 to 10:45

Theatre 1 (show floor)

9:10 to 9:15

Recap Day One
Sally Williams, Presenter, Sustainable Sally and Brand Ambassador, Sustainable Brands & Services

9:15 to 9:45

Reducing Waste through the Circular Economy
John Thwaites, Chair, The Circular Economy Ministerial Advisory Group

9:45 to 10:15
Will the Waste and Resource Recovery Sector Achieve the 80% Recovery Target by 2030?
Gayle Sloan,
 Chief Executive Officer, Waste Management & Resource Recovery Association of Australia

10:15 to 10:45
Enabling Design for Environmental Good
Helen Millicer & Simon Lockrey,
Co-Authors, Enabling Design for Environmental Good

9:30 to 10:30

Theatre 2 (show floor)

Social Licence for the Waste & Recycling Industry Workshop
Sandra Mack, 
Team Leader Plastics, Sustainability Victoria
Alistair Nairn, Senior Engagement Advisor, EPA Victoria

9:30 to 10:30

Hospitality Room 1 (upstairs)

Circular Economy 101 – Getting started with circularity
Florian van den Corput, Senior Advisor Circular Economy, Sustainability Victoria

9:10 to 10:45

Hospitality Room 2 (upstairs)

Morning Tea: 10:45 to 11:00

Theatre 1 (show floor)

Theatre 2 (show floor)

Hospitality Room 1 (upstairs)

Hospitality Room 2 (upstairs)

11:00 to 11:50

MC: Sally Williams, Presenter, Sustainable Sally and Brand Ambassador, Sustainable Brands & Services

Panel discussion: Product Stewardship Schemes – What it Means for Recyclers?
Adrian Jones,
Co-Founder, Blocktexx
Jim Fairweather, CEO, Tyrecycle
Chris Sayers, CEO, Scipher
Jade Barnaby, Director - Best Practice and Innovation, Battery Stewardship Council
Gayle Sloan, Chief Executive Officer, Waste Management & Resource Recovery Association of Australia
Nick Harford, Managing Director, Harford Consulting (Moderator)

MC: Michael Bates, Head of ANZ Region, AMCS Group

Panel discussion: The Challenges of Organic Recycling, Food Waste and Compostable Packaging

John McKew, National Executive Officer, AORA
Natasza Letowt-Vorbek, National Executive Officer,  Australasian Bioplastics Association (ABA)
Rowan Williams, Global Advocacy and Sustainability, Biopolymers BASF
Keith Chessell, FAIP (Life)  Education Team, Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) (Moderator)

MC: Michelle Mandl, General Manager, Communications, Customer & Engagement, Tomra Cleanaway

Panel discussion: The Hidden Cost of Battery Disposal 
Libby Chaplin
, CEO, Battery Stewardship Council
Adrien Scott, State Manager - Victoria, Solo Resource Recovery
Garth Lamb, Chief Development Officer, Re Group
Shannon Mead, Executive Director, No More Butts Ltd
Duncan Pendrigh, Director Regulatory Services, EPA Victoria (Moderator)

MC: Amal Jugdeo, Business Development Manager, Hitachi

Panel discussion: The Role of Bioenergy in the Circular Economy
Tiana Nairn, Group Manager – Policy, LMS Energy
Ragini Prasad, Executive Officer, Victorian Bioenergy Network
Stephanie Salinas, Manager Waste to Energy Services, Yarra Valley Water
Michael Renehan, CEO, Gaia EnviroTech
Jill Riseley, Executive and Non-Executive Director, Deloitte
Matt Nelson, Team Leader Waste to Energy, Sustainability Victoria (Moderator)

11:55 to 12:45

MC: Sally Williams, Presenter, Sustainable Sally and Brand Ambassador, Sustainable Brands & Services

Panel discussion: Waste in our Waterways
Simon Crawford, 
Team Leader Waste Education, Wyndham City Council
Trent Griffiths, Service Partnerships Manager, Waterways and Catchment Services, Melbourne Water
Dr Kathy Willis, Research Scientist, CSIRO
Karsten Forsterling, Project Director and Manager, Arup (Joint Moderator)
Brad Dalrymple, Principal Environmental Engineer, Ocean Protect (Joint Moderator)

MC: Michael Bates, Head of ANZ Region, AMCS Group

Panel discussion: Soft Plastics - How are we Tracking?
Chris Foley,
CEO, Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO)
Helen Millicer, GAICD, Churchill Fellow, BA, GradDipBus, CertCarbon
Andrea Polson, Marketing Director, Licella
Lorna Mathieson, Director, Kerbside Reform & Service Delivery, Climate Action and Circular Economy, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA)
Sergio Nusimovich, Principal Consultant, MRA Consultants (Moderator)

MC: Michelle Mandl, General Manager, Communications, Customer & Engagement, Tomra Cleanaway

Panel discussion: When is Waste Not Waste?
Mark Bannister,
 Manager Waste and Land - Policy and Regulation, EPA Victoria
Suzanne Toumbourou, CEO, ACOR
John McKew, National Executive Officer, AORA
Michelle Mandl, General Manager, Communications, Customer & Engagement, Tomra Cleanaway
Dr Sarah King, Technical Director, GHD (Moderator)

MC: Amal Jugdeo, Business Development Manager, Hitachi

Panel Discussion: The ANZ Bio-Char Industry 2030 Roadmap
Dr Mayuri Wijayasundara,
 Director, Anvarta
Roy Anderson, APAC Account Director, Puro.earth
Jennifer Lauber Patterson, Executive Director, Frontier Impact Group
Jason CottonProgram Director, Intelligent Water Networks
Ragini Prasad, Executive Officer, Victorian Bioenergy Network
Don Coyne, CEO, ANZ Biochar Industry Group (Moderator)

Lunch: 12:45 to 13:30

13:30 to 14:00

MC: Sally Williams, Presenter, Sustainable Sally and Brand Ambassador, Sustainable Brands & Services

Setting the Standard in our Transition to a Circular Economy
Lorna Mathieson
, Director, Kerbside Reform & Service Delivery, Climate Action and Circular Economy, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA)
Lucy Barrow, Director Regulation & Oversight, Recycling Victoria

MC: Michael Bates, Head of ANZ Region, AMCS Group

National Plastics Recycling Scheme Update
Helen Millicer, GAICD, Churchill Fellow, BA, GradDipBus, CertCarbon 

MC: Suzanne Toumbourou, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Council of Recycling

"Circular economies, circular contaminants" - How do Emerging Contaminants Place Circular Economies at Risk of a False Start
Matthew Askeland, Victorian Environment Lead, ADE Consulting Group

MC: Daniel Fyfe, National Land and Minerals Reserve Manager, Hanson

A New Waste-to-Energy Development for Melbourne
Karsten Forsterling,
Project Director and Manager, Arup
Kristy Barnes, Delivery Manager, Cleanaway
Marc Revault, Project Manager, Ramboll

14:05 to 14:35

MC: Sally Williams, Presenter, Sustainable Sally and Brand Ambassador, Sustainable Brands & Services

Waste Collection Solutions in a Vehicle Free City
Maree Marshall,
 Director Waste Management & Circular Economy, WSP

MC: Michael Bates, Head of ANZ Region, AMCS Group

Understanding the value of embedding sustainable & circular packaging principles through award winning best practice case studies
Nerida Kelton
, Executive Director, Australian Institute of Packaging and Vice President Sustainability & Save Food, WPO
Ralph Moyle, Education Coordinator, Australian Institute of Packaging

MC: Mike Ritchie, Managing Director, MRA Consulting

State of Waste: A Focus on C&I
Mike Ritchie
, Managing Director, MRA Consulting

MC: Daniel Fyfe, National Land and Minerals Reserve Manager, Hanson

The central role of waste to energy in a circular economy 
Benoit Englebert, Manager Business Development, Keppel Seghers

14:40 to 15:30

MC: Sally Williams, Presenter, Sustainable Sally and Brand Ambassador, Sustainable Brands & Services

14:40 to 15:30

MC: Michael Bates, Head of ANZ Region, AMCS Group

14:40 to 15:45

MC: Mike Ritchie, Managing Director, MRA Consulting

14:40 to 15:45

MC: Daniel Fyfe, National Land and Minerals Reserve Manager, Hanson

Panel discussion: Empowering communities: Overcoming barriers & embracing responsible practices 
Michelle Wilkinson, Halve Waste Program Coordinator, Albury City Council
Kirsty Bishop-Fox, Educator & Consultant, Sustainability Pathways and President, Zero Waste Victoria
Anhely Millan, Founder, Sustainability for Kids
Thom Fox, Sustainable Engagement Officer, Hume Council 
Erin Ford, Business Development & Partnerships Manager, Repurpose It (Moderator)

Panel discussion: Artificial intelligence (AI) revolutionising the waste industry - paving the way for smart and sustainable waste management
A/Prof. Andy Song, 
Manager of the Centre for Industrial AI Research and Innovation, RMIT University
Adrien Scott, State Manager - Victoria, Solo Resource Recovery
Vikas Ahuja, Sustainability Director, Tetra Pak
Garth Lamb, CEO, Re Group
David Cocks, Director of Growth, MRA Consulting (Moderator)

14:40 to 15:10

BINGO’s Path to Circularity
Mide Oladejo
, Site Supervisor - South East, Bingo

15:15 to 15:45

Innovating Against the Odds: Overcoming Comms and Contamination
Steve Luxford
, Chief ESG Officer, Shrunk Innovation Group

14:40 to 15:10
Integrating waste to hydrogen technologies into a regional, circular, net zero society
Scott McArdle, 
Managing Director, Nexsys Industries Consulting and Director, Zerogen

15:15 to 15:45
Driving sustainable energy transitions and circular economies in Northern Europe
Andrew Lang,
Secretary, Farm Forest Growers Victoria

Afternoon Tea:

15:30 to 15:40

15:30 to 15:40

15:45 to 15:55

15:45 to 15:55

15:40 to 16:10

15:40 to 16:10

15:55 to 16:25

15:55 to 16:25

MC: Sally Williams, Presenter, Sustainable Sally and Brand Ambassador, Sustainable Brands & Services

Kerbside collection - how to introduce the new 4-bin system to your council
Nick Groves
, Project Manager Kerbside Reform, Merri-bek City Council

MC: Michael Bates, Head of ANZ Region, AMCS Group

Circular procurement - Rethinking the need on what to purchase
Dr Mayuri Wijayasundara,
Director, Anvarta 

MC: Michelle Mandl, General Manager, Communications, Customer & Engagement, Tomra Cleanaway

Close The Loop – Turning problem plastic waste into high value products within the same community the waste was generated
Steve Morriss,
Head of Circular Economy, Close the Loop 

MC: Sergio Nusimovich, Principal Consultant, MRA Consultants

Energy from (Organic) Waste: - Why Bother, Just Send it to Landfill
Mark Barrie,
Engineering Sustainability Design Director, Zero Carbon Futures

16:15 to 16:45

16:15 to 16:45

16:15 to 16:45

MC: Sally Williams, Presenter, Sustainable Sally and Brand Ambassador, Sustainable Brands & Services

Lemon Springs Case Study
Zachary Dornom,
Project Manager, EPA Victoria
Luke Cattanach, Regional Operations Manager VIC / SA /TAS, Enviropacific

MC: Michael Bates, Head of ANZ Region, AMCS Group

The future of waste infrastructure
Kyle Gillan, 
Principal, Russell Kennedy Lawyers

MC: Michelle Mandl, General Manager, Communications, Customer & Engagement, Tomra Cleanaway

Application of Sustainable Regulation for Landfills

Roger Britto, Senior Civil & Environmental Engineer, BEng MEng MIEAust NER RPEV, WSP

Waste Summit close:

17:00

17:00

17:00

17:00