| 8:30 |
Registration and coffee |
| 9:00 |
Opening remarks from the Chair
Roger La Salle, Managing Director, La Salle Matrix Thinking |
| 9:10 |
Introductory keynote address:
Overcoming significant industry hurdles and forging a bright future for manufacturing through reinvention, technology, collaboration and sustainability
Mr Duddy will open the day with an insightful overview of how the manufacturing industry, although afflicted by increasing domestic and global competition, can fight back with an armoury of ground breaking strategies and initiatives. He will then invite delegates to join with the day’s high level presenters by partaking in a series of roundtable discussions and interactive case study workshop sessions, to help find actionable solutions and positive outcomes to real concerns facing them in today’s challenging environment.
John Duddy, Managing Director, Boeing Aerostructures, Australia |
| 9:40 |
Roundtable Discussion:
Facing up to economic realities and paving the way forward
- Impact of carbon price in context of escalating energy costs
- Payback from energy savings projects, Grants, other funding and financing available now
- Understanding your energy/carbon obligations and risk
- Roadmap for managing energy/carbon in your business
- Manufacturing in a high cost environment
- Looking beyond July 2012 - how carbon and energy prices may evolve
Chaired by: Roger La Salle, Managing Director, La Salle Matrix Thinking
Prof Roy Green, Dean of Business School, University Technology Sydney
Tennant Reed, Senior Adviser - National Public Policy, Aigroup
Jonathan Jutsen, Founder and Executive Director, Energetics |
| 10:20 |
Morning tea and networking |
| 10:45 |
Co-Presentation:
Meeting the challenges of climate change through innovative sustainable practices and government assistance
- Determining sustainability requirements through EIA over life of the product
- Translating waste reduction and energy efficiency strategies into your operations
- Engaging and upskilling workers to develop a sustainability mindset
- Embracing the carbon tax in expediting your sustainability implementation plan
- Optimising Government R&D grants to improve sustainability measures
- Action plan for sustainability enhancement
Tristram Travers, Director, Clean Technology Innovation Centre, Enterprise Connect
David Rowlinson, CEO, Ontera Carpets |
| 11:30 |
Case study:
The role of innovation, sustainability and life cycle thinking in product design
- The case for change – Markets are changing in response to environmental, social and policy drivers
- Life Cycle Thinking – A holistic approach to product development – A whole-of-life and multi metric perspective
- Integrating Climate Change Mitigation and Climate Change Adaptation into product development
- Green supply chains – visibility and measurement through the supply chain (Raw Materials to End of Life and back)
- Competing based on market focussed product innovation and sustainability
Richard Rowe, Sustainability Manager, Bluescope Steel |
| 12:15 |
Lunch |
| 13:15 |
Round Table Discussion:
How local SME suppliers can utilise government support to penetrate the lucrative mining industry
- Seizing opportunities to supply the lucrative mining industry and global markets
- Demonstrating the benefits of local SME procurement
- Making supplier channels more transparent and accessible
- Utilising government supplier protection and anti-dumping initiatives
Peter Van Iersel, Director, Mining Technology Innovation Centre, Enterprise Connect, Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research |
| 13:45 |
Mini Workshop:
Developing and retaining a highly skilled local workforce – an industry survival imperative
- Success factors for gaining a long term competitive advantage
- How a skilled workforce can add value to a company
- Staff retention strategies for a two speed economy
- Skills for sustainability - an imperative for survival
- You are not alone - support for enterprises in tough times
Nick Juniper, Workforce Development Manager, Manufacturing Skills Australia |
| 14:20 |
Afternoon tea and networking |
| 14:45 |
Roundtable Discussion:
Future Outlook – Adopting a collaborative and “can do” approach to build a vibrant, prosperous and sustainable industry
Chaired by: Roger La Salle, Managing Director, La Salle Matrix Thinking
Dr Calum Drummond, Group Executive, Manufacturing, Minerals and Material, CSIRO
David Keenan, VP, Industry Sector, Siemens |
| 15:25 |
Closing remarks from the Chair
Roger La Salle, Managing Director, La Salle Matrix Thinking |
| 15:30 |
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