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Wednesday, 1 September 2010
US KEEN ON AUSTRALIAN “CLEAN ENERGY”
Expanding United States investment in Australia’s clean energy sector and highlighting Australian capabilities will be the central focus of a high-profile American delegation visit next month.
The aim of the week-long visit is to enhance collaboration between the US and Australia in the commercialisation of clean energy solutions.
The delegation comprises investors, energy company officials, leading researchers and instigators of a number of US state and federal initiatives.
Austrade’s Washington-based Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner, Alison McGuigan-Lewis, will accompany senior representatives from:
US KEEN ON AUSTRALIAN “CLEAN ENERGY”
Expanding United States investment in Australia’s clean energy sector and highlighting Australian capabilities will be the central focus of a high-profile American delegation visit next month.
The aim of the week-long visit is to enhance collaboration between the US and Australia in the commercialisation of clean energy solutions.
The delegation comprises investors, energy company officials, leading researchers and instigators of a number of US state and federal initiatives.
Austrade’s Washington-based Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner, Alison McGuigan-Lewis, will accompany senior representatives from:
- Lockheed Martin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF) Clean Energy Angel Fund
- Hudson Clean Energy Partners, Blackstone Cleantech Ventures
- Davidson Energy Group and Policy Capital Advisors.
The Austrade-led program is looking to drive bilateral initiatives, investment and collaboration in energy innovation, including commercialisation of clean energy technology, new strategies for moving such technology to market and sharing best practices.
A session titled “US Commercialisation Strategies” at the All-Energy Australia conference on Wednesday, October 6th from 11.15am to 12.30pm will be chaired by Ms McGuigan-Lewis.
Keynote speakers will be Alan Haggerty, Program Management Director of Research and Development for Lockheed Martin, Gordon Davidson from Davidson Energy Group, the Co-Founder of four successful start-ups and leading strategist in the environmental and clean energy markets and Marc Solomon, the Founder and Managing Principal at Policy Capital Advisors.
Keynote speakers will be Alan Haggerty, Program Management Director of Research and Development for Lockheed Martin, Gordon Davidson from Davidson Energy Group, the Co-Founder of four successful start-ups and leading strategist in the environmental and clean energy markets and Marc Solomon, the Founder and Managing Principal at Policy Capital Advisors.
A further session on day one of the conference, titled “Energy Investing – an Institutional Perspective”, will be chaired by Austrade’s San Francisco-based Senior Investment Director, Ms Kelly Sims, who also coordinates Austrade’s investment strategy in the region.
Participating speakers will include Neil Auerbach, the Founder and Managing Partner of Hudson Clean Energy Partners, Walter Vester, a Principal of Blackstone Cleantech Venture Partners and Paul Fox, Partner at CalCEF Angel Fund.
Ms McGuigan-Lewis says, “Austrade is out to provide connectivity between Australia and the USA, and the clean energy sector provides a major growth opportunity for commercial interests.”
In addition to attending the All-Energy Australia conference, the Austrade-led delegation will also meet with Australian industry, academic and government energy leaders in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
For further information or interviews, please contact Alex First from All-Energy Australia on 0418 660 660
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
ALL-ENERGY AUSTRALIA 2010 ATTRACTS TOP TALENT
A series of heavyweight figures headline speakers at this countries biggest international clean energy conference and exhibition.
All-Energy Australia 2010 – sponsored by the Victorian Government – will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on October 6th and 7th.
Keynote speakers include Dr Edward Moses, Principal Associate Director for the National Ignition Facility and Photon Science Directorate in Livermore, California.Others are the Chairman of the International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas Research and Development Program, Professor Kelly Thamibuthu, the President of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, Michael O’Sullivan, and the Executive Director of Beyond Zero Emissions, Matthew Wright.
They will be joined by international expert on solar power, Dr David Kearney, the General Manager of Wizard Power, Artur Zawadski, a Strategic Advisor on Carbon Management Services at AGL, Trevor Hughes and the Director of Energy and Emerging Technologies at the New Brunswick Department of Energy, Bill Breckenridge.
All-Energy Australia 2010 is a unique, free-to-delegate, business-to-business event, dedicated to renewable, clean and sustainable sources of energy. This includes no-carbon and low-carbon technologies, including solar, wind, wave, bio-fuels and geothermal power, clean coal and carbon sequestration.
More than 120 speakers and in excess of 100 exhibitors – drawn from Australia and abroad – will participate in All-Energy Australia 2010, with much interest from the United States, Europe and Asia.
Key industry participants include the Clean Energy Council, the Energy Efficiency Council and the Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association.
The multi-stream conference involves five concurrent sessions covering diverse topics, with one of those devoted to Young Energy Professionals, part of the Australian Institute of Energy.
Day one will include discussion on the following subjects: Clean Coal – Combustion, Capture and Storage; Clean Energy Initiatives; Fuel Cell Technologies and Hydrogen; Leading Edge Technologies; Electric Vehicles; Energy Policy; Transition Fuel Solutions; Thermal Technologies; The Business of Clean Energy; Transport Fuels and Energy Storage.
The day will start with a Ministerial Plenary Session and conclude with a major networking event.
The highlight of day two will be a grand business and investment round table to be moderated by the ABC’s Ali Moore.
Sessions include: Investment Post Copenhagen; Wind; Energy Efficiency; Geothermal Energy Systems; A look ahead at the landscape in 2050; Energy in the Built Environment; Smart Grid, Power Transmission; Embracing Clean Energy in Government; Marine Energy Systems and Bio-Energy Solutions.
All-Energy Regional Director Boyd Dale expects more than 2,000 people from 20 plus countries to attend the conference and exhibition in October. “All-Energy Australia 2010 looks forward to welcoming those interested in best practice in the clean energy sector, whether they are entrenched in the industry, emerging entrepreneurs or concerned professionals looking for low carbon solutions,” Mr Dale says.
For further information or interviews, please contact Alex First on 0418 660 660.
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
HIGH LEVEL OF DELEGATE REGISTRATIONS HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF ALL-ENERGY AUSTRALIA ’09
Interest in All-Energy Australia ’09, being staged this Wednesday and Thursday, 7 & 8 October, at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, was running ahead of expectations on the eve of the event.
By 9pm last night approximately 2,000 people had registered to attend the event, which combines a major exhibition of key players in the clean and renewable energy industry with a world-class multi-stream conference.
All-Energy Australia is the most prestigious clean and renewable energy event to be staged in Australia and is modelled on a highly successful UK conference and exhibition. It has the official support of the City of Melbourne and the Government of the State of Victoria.
The conference opens this morning with a plenary session led by the Hon Peter Batchelor MP, Minister for Energy and Resources, State of Victoria Government. After presentations by a number of other dignitaries, the event will split into a number of streams focusing on technical and investment matters and will feature around 100 expert speakers.
These experts include heavyweight representatives of major international investors which control more than a trillion dollars in private capital. The show will reach its zenith on Thursday afternoon when the top Australian Broadcasting Corporation journalist, Kerry O’Brien, leads a Grand Investment Round Table sponsored by Austrade. Mr O’Brien will invite delegates to quiz these international investors directly about their future intentions in the clean and renewable energy arena.
Ahead of All-Energy Australia, Fred Buenrostro, until recently the CEO of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) which controls investments $200 billion, said those companies, corporations and businesses that fail to invest in clean technology to counter the effects of global warming will ultimately become marginalised by the market. He said: “It is crunch time for the planet and the heads of the global corporate community must be held accountable.” Mr Buenrostro is one of the top investment heavyweights who will address the conference on Thursday.
Commenting on the high level of delegate registrations ahead of All-Energy Australia, Paul Stott, Managing Director of the event organisers, Media Generation Group plc, said: “There’s no doubt that the clean and renewable energy industry is moving centre stage as people and governments around the world recognise the urgent need to address the enormous challenges posed by climate change. Right across the board, from clean coal to solar, wind and energy efficiency, clean and renewable energy technologies have a vital role to play in our future.”
For further information, comment and interviews, contact the organisers at the event or Alex First on 0418 660 660.
Notes for editors:
• The event organisers are also responsible for All-Energy UK, Europe’s largest clean energy exhibition and conference, which has been staged annually in Aberdeen, Scotland, since 2001. All-Energy UK ‘09 – held in May – was the most successful yet, attracting more than 5,000 global participants, including nearly 400 exhibitors, from 60 countries.
• Details about All-Energy Australia can be found at www.all-energy.com.au and All-Energy UK at www.all-energy.co.uk
Please don’t miss tonight’s Grand Networking Evening which is being staged in the All-Energy Australia exhibition hall at 5pm.
Friday, 25 September 2009
ULTIMATUM ISSUED TO TOP COMPANIES
INVEST IN CLEAN ENERGY OR FACE OSTRACISM
The executive who guided one of the world’s leading pension funds for six years says leading companies, corporations and businesses that fail to invest in clean technology to counter the effects of global warming will ultimately become marginalised by the market.
Fred Buenrostro, the recently retired CEO of California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) (which has assets totalling more than $200 billion), says it is “crunch time for the planet and the heads of the global corporate community must be held accountable.”
Mr. Buenrostro will visit Australia next month to address the All-Energy Australia conference (to be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on October 7th and 8th) and to meet with leading Australian economic interests to encourage their greater participation in plans to respond to climate change.
While CEO of CalPERS, Mr Buenrostro successfully led an effort to become the country’s first public pension fund to invest in the growing clean technology industry, committing more than US$1.5billion to the sector.
Mr Buenrostro says that “since 2004 US investment in clean tech has been growing annually by about 60% and has now reached US$10 billion.”
He says “superannuation and pension funds have immense power – as they control the flow of trillions of dollars of investment capital – and they should give strong consideration to businesses that invest a certain proportion of their revenue in reversing the impact of climate change.
“I would implore more pension and super funds to withhold investments in companies unless these companies become significantly more aware of their carbon footprint and respond accordingly.
“This will not only make them more efficient but more profitable, because a low carbon business is a profitable business.
“Frankly, these companies need to make changes to the way they operate, otherwise the planet itself is in dire straits.”
Mr Buenrostro will participate in a 90-minute round table discussion on the business of investing in the clean and renewal energy sector – involving industry heavyweights representing more than a trillion dollars in private capital – at All-Energy Australia at 3pm on October 8th.
For further information or interviews, please contact Alex First on 0418 660 660.
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
CLEAN ENERGY HEAVYWEIGHTS TO DETERMINE INDUSTRY DIRECTION
AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE ATTRACTS MAJOR INTERNATIONAL NAMES
The future of the clean and renewal energy industry will come under the microscope when speakers representing more than a trillion dollars in private capital discuss the business of investing in the sector at a major conference in Australia next month.
To be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on October 7th and 8th, All-Energy Australia is the most prestigious clean energy event this country has seen and is modelled on a highly successful UK conference and exhibition.
3pm on Thursday, October 8th will see a 90-minute round table discussion that will involve the following industry heavyweights:
• Bob Welsh, CEO, VicSuper, a major investor in cleantech energy;
• Fred Buenrostro, former CEO of California Public Employees Retirement Scheme (CalPERS), USA. CalPERS is one of the world’s largest pension funds and a major “activist” investor in cleantech. Mr Buenrostro is one of the key architects of CalPERS cleantech investment strategy;
• Steve Gibbs, Investor Group on Climate Change, Australia;
• Jan Dekker, Principal, Cleantech Ventures Pty Ltd, which manages the investment funds available through the Centre for Energy and Greenhouse Technologies, an integral part of the State of Victoria’s investment in cleantech energy;
• Peter Hanley, Division Director, Utilities & Climate Change, Macquarie Capital Advisers Limited, Australia, a venture capital investor in cleantech energy; and
• Lisa Wade, Partner, ArkX Equity Partners, Australia, another venture capital investor in cleantech energy.
Regional director of All-Energy Australia, Boyd Dale, says it is likely that this is the first time that so much private investment capital has been represented in one place at the one time in Australia.
“It is not too much of a stretch to say that these finance leaders have the future of the clean energy sector in their hands,” Mr Dale says.
Free to registered delegates, this business-to-business event has attracted more than 100 Australian and international speakers and will showcase the latest technology and innovation in clean and renewal energy.
Among keynote speakers are Olivier Druecke, President of the European Solar Thermal Technology Industry Federation and Brad Page, CEO of the Energy Supply Association, along with Ian Gallet, who heads the Society of Underwater Technology and Victoria’s Energy and Resources Minister, Peter Batchelor, who will open the conference.
Others of note to address the two-day multi-stream conference will include Drew Clarke, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, Richard Elkington, General Manager Power & Environment for Loy Yang Power and Bruce Harrison, CEO of the Biofuels Association of Australia.
Mr Dale says “All-Energy Australia will provide a forum for discussion and networking between those involved in the industry and a good opportunity to mix with other likeminded individuals and companies.”
“The event – hosted by the Victorian Department of Primary Industries and endorsed by the Australian Clean Energy Council and the Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association – will canvas all major themes relating to clean and sustainable energy development.”
Delegates are being drawn from around the world. Registrations to date include representatives from Europe, North America, the United Arab Emirates, China, India, Japan, Malaysia and Nepal.
The event organisers are also responsible for orchestrating All-Energy UK, Europe’s largest clean energy exhibition and conference, which has been staged annually in Aberdeen, Scotland, since 2001.
All-Energy UK ‘09 – held in May – was the most successful yet, attracting more than 5,000 global participants, including nearly 400 exhibitors, from 60 countries.
Details about All-Energy Australia can be found at www.all-energy.com.au.
For further information or interviews please contact Mr Boyd Dale on 0433 334 853 or Alex First on 0418 660 660.
All-Energy Australia draws global business leaders
Source: Ecogeneration, September/October 09
The President of the European Solar Energy Foundation and the CEO of the Energy Supply Association of Australia will be among more than 100 speakers at the biggest and most prestigious clean energy conference Australia has seen.
The multi-stream conference and extensive exhibition are part of All-Energy Australia – a free, business-to-business event – which will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on 7 and 8 October.
Hosted by the Victorian Department of Primary Industries and endorsed by the Australian Clean Energy Council and the Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association, All-Energy Australia will canvas all major themes relating to clean and sustainable energy development. EcoGeneration magazine will be partnering with All-Energy Australia, bringing you the latest news and updates.
Among keynote speakers revealed are President of the European Solar Energy Foundation Olivier Druecke, and CEO of the Energy Supply Association of Australia Brad Page, along with Ian Gallet, who heads the Society of Underwater Technology.
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19 March 2009
MELBOURNE LANDS INTERNATIONAL CLEAN ENERGY EXPO
Victoria has beaten other states and countries to be the first outside the UK to host one of the world’s most highly-regarded renewable and clean energy expos, Energy and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor announced today.
Mr Batchelor said the All-Energy Australia E xpo and Conference would be held on 7 and 8 October this year at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
“The Brumby Government is taking action to make Victoria a world leader in renewable and clean energy development and our success at attracting this event is a major coup for the state,” Mr Batchelor said.
“The Brumby Government will be the principal sponsor of the event which will bring together investors, researchers, academics, industry and government representatives from here and overseas to discuss and view the latest clean energy technology.
“It will be the biggest of its kind in Australia and will focus on clean and sustainable sources of energy.”
Mr Batchelor said the All-Energy UK was Europe's largest all-renewable energy exhibition and conference and had been running in Aberdeen, Scotland, since 2001.
“The people behind that event were looking to spread their message further afield,” he said.
“Government representatives met with All-Energy organisers in Aberdeen last year and their efforts to attract the event to Victoria were successful.
“Last year's Aberdeen exhibition and conference attracted almost 5000 participants from 60 countries.
“Attracting this event shows that organisers recognise Victoria’s leadership in this field and the importance of clean energy to the future of the country.
“It also serves to reinforce Melbourne’s reputation as a conference capital.”
Mr Batchelor said the expo and conference would be free to attend and was the perfect platform to showcase work already being undertaken here and the potential for further clean, sustainable energy projects.
