Conference Day One – Wednesday 27th of June
08:15 | Registration and welcome coffee
08:50 | Opening remarks from the Chair
Trevor Thornton, Lecturer, Deakin University
09:00 | INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: How better waste management can help counter climate change
- Understanding the need to incorporate municipal solid waste management into the bigger picture
- Pinpointing the importance of bringing together cities, countries, and international organizations to implement sustainable waste management systems
- Identifying the best measures to improve waste management and reduce short-lived climate pollutants
- Developing on the role of the CCAC Waste Initiative to foster partnerships, develop enabling policies and increase technical capacity that directly support cities to improve their waste management
Sandra Mazo-Nix, Coordinator of the Waste Initiative, Climate and Clean Air Coalition Secretariat - UNEP (France)
9:30 | INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Waste Management 3.0 - managing your waste in the digital age
- Discovering the waste management regulations in the US
- Understanding what companies in the US have to do to achieve compliance
- Learning how GHD’s clients are using digital technology to stay ahead
- Learning from the Union Pacific Railroad case study
Sean Grady, Vice President/ Principal Waste Services, GHD
9:50 | OPENING KEY NOTE: Understanding the consequences of the Chinese ban of foreign waste imports on the future of the Australian waste industry
- Exploring the consequences of the aftermath of the Chinese ban - how the ban impacts Australian local councils and waste industry players
- Identifying the sectors most impacted by the Chinese decision
- Highlighting the new challenges rising from the ban
- Exploring the potential long-term and short-term solutions
- The future of the Australian waste industry
Alice Howe, External Engagement and Manager Sustainability, Lake Macquarie City Council
10:10 | Ideal waste management from construction to operation – Barangaroo
- Understanding the journey of Lendlease in constructing and operating the greenest suburb in Australia
- Achieving the most ambitious sustainability targets, whilst fully developing and expanding business activities
- Learning how to deal with construction waste on a 22-hectare site
- Understanding operational waste management on a big scale
Lucy Sharman, Sustainability Manager, Lendlease - Barangaroo
10:30 | Morning tea
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: HOW BUSINESSES CAN SHIFT FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
11:00 | INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: How Finland redefined the idea of consumption and disposable through circular economy roadmap
- The big picture: why is circular economy so important?
- Understanding the relationship between circular economy and waste
- Illustrating the strategies to implement responsible production and consumption
- Identifying the benefits of developing sustainable cities in the circular economy
- Stimulating the change in business and in education for a circular economy
Kari Herlevi, Project Director, Sitra (Finland)
11:30 | Understanding L’ Oréal’s approaches to waste prevention and recycling
- Managing our sustainability goals with the same entrepreneurial spirit and the same ambition as our business goals
- Considering the overall footprint across every aspect of a products life cycle
- Using innovative approaches to provide new life to our products
Christine Burke, Communications Director, L'Oréal Australia
11:50 | CASE STUDY: Stimulating the implementation of circular economy in business practices - the goal of the NSW EPA
- Illustrating how to close to loop using strategic thinking
- Understanding circular economy in commercial and industrial, and construction and demolition industries
- Defining the tools to overcome barriers associated with waste management and resource recovery practices
- Demonstrating how reducing waste can increase efficiency
Belinda Chellingworth, Project Officer – Business Recycling Unit, Waste and Resource Recovery NSW Environment Protection Authority
12:10 | CASE STUDY: Demonstrating with Peats Soils & Garden Supplies how to gain from organic waste whilst fitting with the National AORA strategy
- Learning from the sustainable and innovative organics recycle strategies established by Peats Soil & Garden Supplies in everyday business practices
- Identifying the challenges and benefits of closing the loop of organic waste
- Illustrating the importance of business cooperation in recycling waste
- Reflecting on the future of organic recycling in Australia
Peter Wadewitz, Managing Director, Peats Soils & Garden Supplies
12:30 | Q&A SESSION WITH CIRCULAR ECONOMY EXPERTS
Kari Herlevi, Project Director, Sitra (Finland)
Belinda Chellingworth, Project Officer – Business Recycling Unit, Waste and Resource Recovery NSW Environment Protection Authority
Peter Wadewitz, Managing Director, Peats Soils & Garden Supplies
Christine Burke, Communications Director, L'Oréal Australia
12:50 | Networking lunch
INVESTING IN WASTE PREVENTION AND REDUCTION TO DRIVE SUCCESS
13:50 | Understanding how to implement effective waste management strategies within business practices
- Achieving successful sustainable strategies on an industrial scale by preventing waste in every form
- Processing common waste categories such as paper and plastic in each store
- The benefits of producing chairs and tables made from recycled wood and plastic
- Working with suppliers and consumers toward common sustainable goals
Kate Ringvall, Country Manager Sustainability, IKEA
14:20 | CASE STUDY: Learn from Hilton Sydney Hotel a smarter management style of organic waste
- Going through the journey and the steps in implementing strategic waste management
- Understanding that organic waste is a waste of money
- How to stimulate staff participation in your waste management
- Why waste management can be a competitive advantage
Kruno Velican, Executive Chef, Hilton Hotel Sydney
14:50 | CASE STUDY: Eliminating the customer’s need for packaging: LUSH and its “naked” products
- Exploring the journey and the steps in implementing such strategy
- Educating consumers to new practices
- Highlighting the challenges and opportunities to remove packaging in business practices
- Learning how preventing waste benefits the business
Elisia Gray, Buying, LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics
15:20 | Afternoon tea
CAPTURING THE IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY IN WASTE MANAGEMENT
15:50 | Managing e-waste using tactical strategies and new technologies at Fujitsu
- Understanding the strategies implemented to prevent, reduce and reuse e-waste in a multinational information technology equipment and services company
- Learning about the importance of conducting lifecycle assessment in maximising efficiency and preventing waste
- Identifying the challenges of e-waste management and the future trends
- Highlighting the potential for technological innovation in e-waste management
Blaise Porter, Sustainability Manager ANZ, Fujitsu Australia
16:20 | CASE STUDY: Understanding the importance of a product stewardship strategy that demonstrates shared responsibility & what this means for retailers
- Understanding the need to develop partnerships both with businesses and consumers in managing e-waste
- Highlighting the key challenges of collecting and recycling IT equipment and ways to overcome them
- Developing partnerships both with businesses and consumers in managing e-waste
- Identifying the future of e-waste management
Ryan Swenson, Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, Officeworks
16:50 | PANEL DISCUSSION: What are the opportunities for smart technologies and innovation to change the way we think about resource recovery?
- How modernizing the resource recovery industry will assist Australia?
- What are the challenges to implement modern technologies and innovations?
- What are the opportunities generated by technologies and innovations in resource recovery?
- How can we increase the volume of items recovered using smart technologies and innovation?
Moderator:
Trevor Thornton, Lecturer, Deakin University
Panellists:
Veena Sahajwalla, ARC Laureate Fellow & Director Scientia Professor, UNSW
Kate Ringvall, Country Manager Sustainability, IKEA
Blaise Porter, Sustainability Manager ANZ, Fujitsu Australia
17:20 | Closing remarks from the chair
17:30 | End of Day One and networking drinks
19:00 | Official event dinner