Innovation X-Change on Energy Productivity - 10 April in Sydney
A2EP presented a day of stimulating speakers and information exchange showcasing game changing advances in Australia and internationally on April 10 2018. The focus of the X-Change was opportunities for energy productivity improvement through new technologies including Industry 4.0, new approaches to processing including heat, and new business models that will drive transformative change.
Sessions examined the optimal integration of renewables and demand management in business; how transport, logistics and storage can be transformed; and new energy practices being utilised for process heating. Speakers canvassed what is really happening in the field with case studies they are implementing.
The special guest was Jim Davis, CIO at the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) in Los Angeles. Jim co-founded the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC) and is currently on the Board of Governors of the Manufacturing Leadership Council and the Leadership Council for Mforesight: Alliance for Manufacturing Foresight.
Other speakers included: Ivor Frischknecht (ARENA), Frank Zeichner (IoT Alliance Australia), Renald Gallis (Thinxtra), Alan Pears (RMIT University), Ricardo Hoffman (Johnson Controls), Brad Semmler (Cold Logic), Mark Gjerek (MOM3ENTUM), Michael Bellstedt (MINUS 40), Chris Briggs (ISF), Ariel Liebman (Monash University), Peter Haenke (ARENA), Brian Spak (CSIRO), Jeff Renaud (E nerNOC), Mark Hammond (Truck Industry Council), Greg McGarvie (GetGreen), Chris Lee (Climate-KIC Australia), Mark Goodsell (AiGroup), Stuart White (Institute for Sustainable Futures), Cristien Hickey (NSW Office of Environment & Heritage), and Jonathan Jutsen (A2EP).
To view the program, click here.
Speakers bios are available here.
Presentations
Session 1 - Energy Productivity: The scale of opportunity
Jonathan Jutsen, Chair, A2EP
Jim Davis, CIO, CESMII
Jeff Connolly, CEO, Siemens
Ivor Frischknecht, CEO, ARENA
Chair: Christopher Lee, CEO, Climate-KIC Australia
Session 2 - Industry 4.0 for energy
Louise Vickery, Senior Adviser, CRC RACE 2030 Bid
Jim Davis, CIO, CESMII
Geof Heydon, Principal Consultant, IoT Alliance Australia
Renald Gallis, VP Ecosytem & Marketing, Thinxtra
Michael Bellstedt, Managing Director, MINUS 40
Chair: Mark Goodsell, National Director - Manufacturing, AiGroup
Session 3 - Integration: Clean energy, demand management, data and control
Brian Spak, Leader - Grids & Renewable Energy Integration, CSIRO
Yasmina Dkhissi, Net Zero Program Strategy Manager, Monash University
Jeff Renaud, VP & Managing Director - Asia Pacific, EnerNOC
Chris Briggs, Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures
Chair: Amy Kean, NSW Renewable Energy Advocate
Session 4 - Linking the chain: Transport, logistics, storage
Greg McGarvie, CEO, GetGreen
Mark Hammond, Chief Technical Officer, Truck Industry Council
Fergal Barry, Project Manager – Sustainability Development, HealthShare NSW
Blair Pritchard, Investment Director, Clean Energy Finance Corporation
Chair: Mark Gjerek, Principal, MOV3MENT
Session 5 - Process transformation: Heat in food and other industries
Alan Pears, Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University;
Ricardo Hoffmann, Sales Engineer, Johnson Controls;
Brad Semmler, Technical Director, Cold Logic;
Peter Haenke, Energy Productivity Manager, ARENA
Chair: Cris Hickey, Director - Sustainability Programs, NSW OEH
ARENA's A-Lab on Process Heat (in conjunction with A2EP) - 11 April in Sydney
Energy for process heating is a significant cost for many Australian businesses. It is largely provided by non-renewable energy sources (usually gas) and often a source of significant energy inefficiency and waste. ARENA is seeking to facilitate a step-change reduction in fossil fuel use for industrial process heating applications through measures that substantially improve energy productivity AND increase renewable energy uptake.
A-Lab is ARENA's social innovation lab. It seeks to drive innovation across the energy sector by facilitating a sector-wide network of industry leaders and innovators to share knowledge, develop projects and design programs. In this A-Lab session, participants from across the process heating supply chain were invited to help ARENA co-design a future funding initiative intended to accelerate this step-change. Click here to learn more about A-Lab and the work done to date.