Conference Day Two - Wednesday 15 March
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08:30 | Welcome coffee
08:50 | Opening remarks from the Chair
Andrew Garnett, Director, Centre for Coal Seam Gas and the UQ CCS Program, University of Queensland
EXAMINING THE ROLE MORE TRANSPARENCY CAN PLAY IN CREATING A MORE EFFECTIVE MARKET
09:00 | What is needed for a competitive and transparent domestic gas market?
- Reviewing interconnection capacity and critical points to improve competition
- Outlook for coal seam gas development and socioeconomic impacts
- National Gas Market (NGM) revisited – is it time?
Richard Cottee, Managing Director, Central Petroleum
09:30 | Transparency in the gas market
Rob Wheals, Group Executive Transmission, APA Group
09:50 | Exploring the supply options for a domestic gas market still ‘short’
- How are Eastern Australian gas prices responding to market tightness?
- Developing an innovative mix of funding sources for domestic gas customers
- Critical pre-requisites for successful development of low cost supply projects for the domestic market
David Baker, Managing Director, Strike Energy
10:20 | Morning tea
THE ROLE OF GAS IN RECONCILING THE TWIN GOALS OF CARBON ABATEMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
10:50 | Ministerial Keynote Address
Senator the Hon. Matthew Canavan, Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Australian Government
11:00 | Climate pariah or saviour? The role gas can play in meeting carbon targets
- Gas’s "window" of advantage over coal - how long it will remain and what factors will determine this?
- Identifying the challenges from extraction and transport to distribution and storage
- Leveraging the industry’s expertise in gas exploration to discover new sources in areas not considered before
Andrew Hopkins, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University
11:40 | An integrated energy companies perspective on the domestic gas market
- Examining the key issues facing the domestic gas market for a generation and retail perspective
- Identifying the type of transparency that really benefits the market
- The role gas will play in generation moving forwards
Mark Collette, Executive Energy, EnergyAustralia
12:10 | PANEL DISCUSSION: What can the gas industry do in pursuit of its economic interests that will also help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
- What is the outlook for gas pricing with and without a carbon tax?
- What are the policy signals we need from a carbon point of view?
- How can industry collaborate in designing a carbon market framework with the aim of reducing emissions in the most efficient and least costly way?
Panel moderator:
Keith Orchison, Director, Coolibah Pty Ltd
Panellists:
Andrew Hopkins, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University
Emma Herd, Chief Executive Officer, Investor Group on Climate Change
Clare Savage, Executive Director Policy, Energy and Climate Change, Business Council of Australia
Cheryl Cartwright, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Pipelines and Gas Association
12:50 | Networking lunch
EXPLORING THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR AUSTRALIA’S GAS SUPPLY OPTIONS
13:50 | Defining the imperatives to gain the elusive and essential social license to operate
- Understanding the critical role of Australia’s vast agricultural resources
- What still unresolved issues are impacting the relationships between gas companies and land owners?
- What gas companies need to do to win the long term support of Australia’s farming community
Tony Mahar, Chief Executive Officer, National Farmers Federation
ANALYSING THE REGIONAL DYNAMICS DETERMINING FUTURE GAS SUPPLY
14:20 | Overview of the NT domestic gas market
- Gas supply and availability
- Power and Water’s roles, responsibilities and future plans
- The implications of interconnection for eastern Australia, including the complimentary seasonal demand differences with Eastern states
Michael Thomson, Chief Executive, Power and Water Corporation
14:50 | Major exploration programs - Queensland’s strategy for delivering certainty and opportunity
- Releasing the first exploration forward plan – what are the expected impacts on the domestic gas market?
- Creating a positive investment environment to attract the gas industry
- Meeting the supply shortfall for the domestic market
David Rynne, Chief Resources Economist, QLD Department of Natural Resources and Mines
15:20 | Afternoon tea
EXAMINING THE ROLE GAS STORAGE COUD PLAY IN STRENGTHENING ENERGY MARKETS
15:50 | Examining the role of gas in grid reliability – storage to the rescue?
- How can gas storage manage the swing in the grid?
- Outlook of current and future sources of peak gas supply
- Using storage as a hedging mechanism for gas supply portfolio
Anthony Fowler, Chief Executive Officer, Lochard Energy
16:20 | PANEL DISCUSSION: What role can gas storage play in the current and future NEM?
- What are the critical elements in gas storage development?
- What role can gas storage play in risk mitigation and resource diversification for the NEM?
- Storage as a tool of security of supply - how to value it and how to attract investments?
Panel moderator:
Andrew Garnett, Director, Centre for Coal Seam Gas and the UQ CCS Program, University of Queensland
Panellists:
Anthony Fowler, Chief Executive Officer, Lochard Energy
Jim Snow, Adjunct Professor Energy Initiative, University of Queensland
Brenton Philp, Assistant Secretary, Gas, Governance and International Branch, Energy Division, Department of the Environment and Energy
17:00 | Closing remarks from the Chair and drawing of the lucky door prize!
17:10 | End of Day Two