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7:45      Registration & Morning Coffee

8:40      EVENT OPENING

Alexandra Bennet, Conference Director, Informa

8:45      Welcome to Country

Melanie O’Donoghue, Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation

8:50 Morning Chair – Eliza Carbines, Director, Tender Relief

8:55       Ministerial Address

Hon Don Punch MLA, Minister for Regional Development; Disability Services; Fisheries; Seniors and Ageing; Volunteering

 9:15       A Regional Economic Status Report

Terry Hill, CEO, Pilbara Development Commission

 9:25       KEYNOTE – Agreement making with First Nations people

Michael Blakiston, Partner, Gilbert + Tobin
Thomas Isaac, Partner, Cassels (Canada)

 9:55       KEYNOTE – The Pilbara of the future

Richard Cohen, Managing Director, Rail, Port & Core Services, Rio Tinto

 10:10    KEYNOTE – Partnering for Growth in the Pilbara

Brandon Craig, Asset President Western Australian Iron Ore, BHP

 10:25    Q & A

Richard Cohen, Managing Director, Rail, Port & Core Services, Rio Tinto
Brandon Craig, Asset President Western Australian Iron Ore, BHP

 10:40    Welcome to the Region

Virginia Miltrup, CEO, City of Karratha

 10:55   Networking & Refreshment Break

11:35   French Embassy Address

Kambiz Mohkam, Head of Regional Economic Department, French Embassy in Australia

CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION AND TRANSFORMATION – HOW CAN THE PILBARA BECOME A GLOBAL PLAYER?

11:45    Here for the Long Term: The Pilbara’s Place in the Energy Transition

Mike Price, Vice President of Pluto Scarborough, Woodside Energy

 12:00    Decarbonising the Pilbara; The Challenges and the Opportunities

Ian Saxby, Appraisal General Manager, Renewables & Zero Carbon Energy, bp

 12:15    Energy Transformation in the Pilbara

Tim Bray, Assistant Coordinator Strategic and Consumer Policy, Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, Energy Policy Group 

 12:25    Q & A

Mike Price, Woodside Energy
Ian Saxby, bp
Tim Bray, Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, Energy Policy Group

 12:40    OECD Mining Regions and Cities – Recommendations for the Pilbara

Mathias Cormann, Secretary-General, OECD

 12:50    Pilbara Hydrogen Hub

Katie Cook, Director, Hydrogen and New Energies, Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation

 1:00    Government’s Program of Industrial Land Activation in the Pilbara

Chris Schooling, Director, Infrastructure, Planning & Economic Development, Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation

 1:10       Q & A

Katie Cook, Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Chris Schooling, Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation

 1:20      Networking Lunch

Afternoon Chair – Astin Egerton-Warburton, Business Development Manager, Wood

INDUSTRIAL DECARBONISATION & CLEAN ENERGY

 2:20       Race to Real Zero

Katie Charuga, Executive General Manager Port, Rail and Services, Fortescue

 2:35       Industrial Decarbonisation

Laurent Trost, General Manager, Yara Pilbara

 2:45       Horizon Power: A Clean Industrial Decarbonisation Partner

Stephanie Unwin, Chief Executive Officer, Horizon Power

 2:55       Q & A

Laurent Trost, Yara Pilbara
Stephanie Unwin, Horizon Power

 FIRST NATIONS AND TRADITIONAL OWNER ENGAGEMENT

 3:10       PANEL DISCUSSION – Maximising the Opportunity to Decarbonise Projects

Moderator – Marshall McKenna, Partner, Gilbert + Tobin
Rob Grant, Managing Director – Head of Project Investments, Pollination Group
Ken Walker, Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation
Kate George, Principal Consultant, Claypan Services Pty Ltd

 3:35       Yindjibarndi Energy Project – Supporting Establishment of Traditional Owner Led Renewable Projects

Owen Hightower, Director, RFF Pty Ltd

 3:45       First Nations driving renewable energy rollout

Peter Windie, Director, Pilbara Solar
Dr Geoff James, Director, Pilbara Solar

3:55       Q & A

Owen Hightower, RFF Pty Ltd
Peter Windie, Pilbara Solar
Dr Geoff James, Pilbara Solar

 4:10      Networking & Refreshment Break

 THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY, GROWTH & NEW DEVELOPMENTS

 4:40       PANEL DISCUSSION – Circular Economy – The Lifecycle, Recycling and Decommissioning of Renewable Infrastructure

Prof Fiona Haslam McKenzie, Program Leader for Regional Economic Development, Cooperative Research Centre for Transformations in Mining Economies
James Petesic, Co-Founder, PV Industries

 5:05       Firming Australia’s Largest Renewable Microgrid

Darren Rogers, Executive Director Energy Solutions, APA

 5:15       Exploring Green Steel Opportunities for Western Australia

Kenneth Leong, Executive Advisor, GHD Advisory

 5:25       Q&A

Darren Rogers, APA
Kenneth Leong, GHD Advisory

 5:35       Networking Drinks Welcome

Dave Lambert, Senior Business Development Manager, Wood

 5:40      CLOSING | End of Conference Day One

 5:40       Networking Drinks