Society for Sustainability and Environmental Engineering Conference November 2009

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Sunday 22 November

7:00pm
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9:00pm

Welcome Function - Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre (MCEC)

Monday 23 November

Time	Plenary Room	Breakout Room 1	Breakout Room 2	Breakout Room 3	Breakout Room 4
7:45am	Registration & Poster Displays - MCEC Level 1 Foyer
8:30am - 8:45am	Conference Opening
8:45am - 9:00am	Victorian Government
9:00am - 9:10am	Engineers Australia
9:10am - 9:50am	KEYNOTE 1 - Cheryl Batagol, Chairman, EPA Victoria
9:50am - 10:30am	KEYNOTE 2 - Bob Welsh, VicSuper
10:30am - 11:00am	Morning Tea & Poster Displays - MCEC Level 1 Foyer
	Invited Speakers	Breakout 1 - Water & Governance	Breakout 2 - Transport	Breakout 3 - Mining & Water	Breakout 4 - Energy/Climate Change
11:00am - 11:20am	Katie De Jong - Engineers Without Borders	Influence of Gulf Wars on Sustainability of Groundwater in Jordan - Dr Fathi Shaqour, University of Jordan; Ismail Hashem, Hydrotech International Consulting Co.; John Webb, LaTrobe University CONFERENCE PAPER	Do People Really Love Their Cars or Do Government’s Just Love Road Building … and What are the Implications for Sustainability? - Dr Michelle Zeibots, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney CONFERENCE PAPER	Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Emissions Efficiency in Copper Mining: Forecasting Future Trends From Historical Data - Bonnie Glaister & Dr Gavin Mudd, Monash University	Ensuring Sustainable Improvements in Energy and Carbon Management - Edmund Smith, Golder Associates Pty Ltd
11:20am - 11:40am	Katie De Jong cont’d	Re-engineering Local Government - The Pathway to Sustainability Integration - Kate McKeand & Helen Scott, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability CONFERENCE PAPER	Beyond Tradition: A Systems-Based Definition of Sustainable Transport Development - Christiane Baumann & Michelle Zeibots, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney CONFERENCE PAPER	The Integrated Mineral Futures Framework: Informing Action for Sustainability in the Steel Sector - Dr Damien Giurco, Leah Mason & Carlia Cooper, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney; Geoff Evans, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney, University of Newcastle, Australia; Kieren Moffat & Anna Littleboy, CSIRO Minerals Down Under Flagship, Australia CONFERENCE PAPER	Applications of OpticastTM Multi-Model Technology to Renewable Energy and Air Pollution Problems - James Luffman, The Weather Company
11:40am - 12:00pm	Adapting Settlements and Infrastructure to Climate Change Impacts - Michael Nolan, AECOM (formerly Maunsell AECOM)	Inspiring Ordinary People to Take Responsibility for a Shared Global and Sustainable Future - Deane Belfield, Business Shaper	Sustainability and Environmental Considerations in the Framing of the Eddington Review/East West Needs Assessment Recommendations - Philip Heath, Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) CONFERENCE PAPER	Embedding Sustainable Development into the Design and Operation of Industrial Processing Plants - Dr Ben McLellan & Dr Glen Corder, University of Queensland; Stevan Green, Co-operative Research Centre for Sustainable Resource Processing CONFERENCE PAPER	Upolu (Samoa) Wind Resource Assessment Project - Ray Chan, GHD Pty Ltd
12:00pm - 12:20pm	Analysis of Carbon-Cost Abatement Potential of Australian Energy Technologies by 2030 - Jeddah Breman, Tracy Ho & Steven Thanos, Department of Civil Engineering, Clayton Campus, Monash University CONFERENCE PAPER	The Terror of the Green Fog: Why so Much Sustainability Communication is Failing, and What you can do to Cut Through - Geoff Kelly, Kelly Strategic Influence	Gas for a Sustainable Transport System, Reduced Greenhouse Emissions and Energy Security - Prof Laurie Sparke, Sparke Engineering CONFERENCE PAPER	A Modified Method of Seawater Desalination by Vacuum Freezing - Jack Stein, “SWEC” Power Pty Ltd CONFERENCE PAPER	The Challenge of Creating Australia’s Sustainable Energy Future - Justin Harding, Parsons Brinckerhoff CONFERENCE PAPER
12:20pm - 12:40pm	SSEE National Student Environmental Engineering and Sustainability Award Winner: Multi-objective Optimisation of Urban Water Supply Systems at the Regional Scale Incorporating Sustainability - John Baulis, Lisa Lloyd, Fiona Paton and Ben Staniford, School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, The University of Adelaide	Defence’s Responsibility is Defence’s Opportunity - Robert Lean & LCDR Philip Hall, Australian Government, Defence	Development of Wind Power at Marine Transportation - Masoud Mohsenian, Logan Council QLD	Rainwater Harvesting an Efficient Means to Attain Sustainability - Farrukh Basheer & Dr Izharul Haq Farooqi, Aligarh Muslim University CONFERENCE PAPER	CO2-Footprint of Slope Stabilisation Methods – TECCO System (Mesh) vs Shotcrete - Prof Dr Susanne Kytzia, University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil Switzerland; Armin Roduner, Geobrugg AG Protection Systems Switzerland; Roland Bucher, Geobrugg Australia Pty Ltd CONFERENCE PAPER IS 8.6MG IF YOU WANT THIS PAPER CONTACT THE SECRETARIAT
12:40pm - 1:30pm	Lunch & Poster Displays - MCEC Level 1 Foyer
1:30pm - 2:10pm	KEYNOTE 3 - Julian Turecek, Cleantech Ventures
	Breakout 5 - Sustainable Business	Breakout 6 - Sustainable Development	Breakout 7 - Energy/Climate Change	Breakout 8 - Green Buildings	Breakout 9 - Waste Management
2:15pm - 2:35pm	The Feasibility of Individual Household Power Generation in Victoria - Tim Martin, Jonas Turesson and Cecile Legrand, Monash University CONFERENCE PAPER POWERPOINT PRESENTATION	Sustainability Reporting in Australia: An Important Part of the Solution - Dr Gavin Mudd, Monash University CONFERENCE PAPER	The Importance of Transitional Technologies, Such as High Temperature Fuel Cells, In Getting From a Fossil Fuel Present to a Renewable Energy Future - Bruce Leslie, Leslie Consulting Pty Ltd	Greening our Building Stock: The Role of Regulation in Accelerating Market Transformation - Robert Enker, Building Commission	Voluntary Program to Reduce Mercury Discharge to Sewer from the Dental Industry - Sally MacPhail, EPA Victoria; Ian Crawford, Dentists for Cleaner Water CONFERENCE PAPER
2:35pm - 2:55pm	Sustainable Business Rating System - Deane Belfield, ECO2Sys	Application of Electronic Governance for Environmental and Ecological Sustainability for Urban Waste Management System - Prof Narendra Kumar Choudhary, Global Forum For Disaster Management; Dr PJ Philip, National Institute of Technology; Prof Kalpana Chaudhari, SAKP Polytechnic	Climate Change Vulnerability and Response to the Management of Coastal Fringe Infrastructure - Allan Garrard, Parsons Brinckerhoff; Tony Miner, A.S. Miner Geotechnical CONFERENCE PAPER	Using Computational Fluid Dynamics as a Tool in Siting Small-Scale Urban Wind Turbines on Buildings - Peter Kriznic, Synergetics Environmental Engineering CONFERENCE PAPER	Sustainable Liquid Waste Management: Mining and Timing - Alicia Brown, Elis Smedley & Christopher Gwynne, GHD CONFERENCE PAPER
2:55pm - 3:20pm	Afternoon Tea & Poster Displays - MCEC Level 1 Foyer
	Invited Speakers	Breakout 10 - Green Buildings	Breakout 11 - Sustainable Development	Breakout 12 - Water	Breakout 13 - Energy/Climate Change
3:20pm - 3:40pm	Sustainability in Public Transport Infrastructure - Fil Cerone, NSW Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation	What Makes Buildings Adaptable? - Elena Bondareva, Thinc Projects WORKSHOP OUTCOMES	Small is Beautiful: Engineering as if People and Environment Mattered - Karthik Subramanian, Dr John Olsen & Dr Erik van Voorthuysen, University of New South Wales CONFERENCE PAPER	Effectiveness and Life-Cycle Costing Analysis of Rainwater Tanks Constructed within Swinburne University of Technology - Dr Monzur Imteaz, Justin Taylor & Matthew Pateras, Swinburne University of Technology CONFERENCE PAPER	Climate Change Implications and Opportunities Associated with Waste Activities and the Effects of the CPRS - David Gamble, GHD
3:40pm - 4:00pm	Fil Cerone Cont’d	The Ultimate Sustainable Home - Mark Luther, Deakin University; Dave Collins, Synergetics Pty Ltd CONFERENCE PAPER	Good Intentions, Making it Happen - Engaging Infrastructure Stakeholders in the Solomon Islands - Carolin Seeger, Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) CONFERENCE PAPER	Improving Sustainability Through the Application of Systems Engineering - Barnaby Smeaton, Dr Katie Third & Dr Erik Aslaksen, Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM); Andy Shaw, Black and Veatch CONFERENCE PAPER	Carbon Reduction via Building Integrated Wind Turbines - Damon Moloney, Umow Lai Pty Ltd
4:00pm - 4:20pm	A Sustainable Australia – Re-energising the World - Darren Pace, Young Engineers Australia	Park Roof: A Landscape Architects Perspective - Liam Noble, Complete Urban CONFERENCE PAPER	Sustainability and Urban Planning in the European Post-Communist Countries - Prof Tadeusz Marszal, University of Lodz	Development of a Decision Support Tool for Appropriate Technology Selection of Decentralised Wastewater Treatment Systems - Emma Tomren, WorleyParsons; Dr Martin Anda & Prof Goen Ho, Murdoch University CONFERENCE PAPER	Energy Saving Lamps/Compact Fluorescent Lamps – Integrated (CFLi) Lifetime and Their Ability to Reduce the Green House Emissions - Sujendan Thavanathan, Danson Electronics LTD CONFERENCE PAPER
4:20pm - 4:40pm	Darren Pace cont’d	Solar Cooling with Phase Change Thermal Storage in Melbourne - Kuba Szczepanik, Institute for Advanced Technology & Irwinconsult	Sustainable Land Use Planning in a Small Island Developing State – Case Study Mauritius - Yashwaree Baguant-Moonshiram, University of Mauritius CONFERENCE PAPER	Minimising Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Design of a Wastewater Treatment Plant Treating Industrial and Domestic Wastewater for Industrial Reuse - Brandon Levi & Glen T. Daigger, CH2M Hill; Suzanne Young & Andrew Hodgkinson, Parsons Brinckerhoff CONFERENCE PAPER	Energy Recovery From Waste – The New Generation of Incineration Based Waste Treatment Systems - Peter Forster, Christine Ingram & Peter Kriznic, Synergetics Environmental Engineering CONFERENCE PAPER
4:40pm - 5:00pm	Thinking Beyond Sustainability: Reducing Excess and Waste, Improving the Human Condition and Restoring Balance in the Ecological Systems - Geoffrey Ball, ideas*	GreenFM – A New Approach to Facility Management - Robin Archibald, United Group Services	Environmental Sustainability and Food Security in Asia-Pacific Region Through Implementation of UNMDGs - Dr Lalitkumar Chaudhari, Dr Anand Bhole & Dr Anup Yewale, Institute For Sustainable Development and Research, ISDR; Vijay Singhal, Commissioner, Muncipal Corporation, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India	Integrated Water Cycle Management Investigation for Macquarie Park - Karl Johnson, MWH; Greg Longmuir & Vajira Samarisinghe, Sydney Water CONFERENCE PAPER	High Efficiency Point-of-Use Distributed Generation - An Affordable Carbon Reduction Solution - Bill Proudfoot, Mito Energy
7:00pm - 11:00pm	Conference Dinner - Atlantic South Wharf, Docklands - Mick Pearce, DesignInc “How Does Ecological Design Inspired by Biomimicry Change the Design of Citites?”

Tuesday 24 November

Time	Plenary Room	Breakout Room 1	Breakout Room 2	Breakout Room 3	Breakout Room 4
7:00am - 9:00am	Code Red Workshop Breakfast
8:00am	Registration & Poster Displays
9:00am - 9:40am	KEYNOTE 4 - Carol Boyle, Auckland University - Sponsored by NZSSES
9:40am - 10:20am	KEYNOTE 5 - Evan Thornley, Better Place Australia
10:20am - 10:50am	Morning Tea & Poster Displays
	Breakout 14 - Tunnels	Breakout 15 - Green Buildings	Breakout 16 - Education / Sustainable Business	Breakout 17 - Water	Breakout 18 - Energy/Climate Change
10:50am - 11:10am	Greenhouse Cost-Benefit Analysis for Urban Road Tunnels - Peter Ridley & C Stacey, Maunsell AECOM CONFERENCE PAPER	Managing Green Design Risk in HVAC Systems - Rob Lord, Cundall	Chemical Engineering industry Transition Towards Sustainability - Dr Abdallah Hasna, University of Southern Queensland CONFERENCE PAPER	Water Resource Development in the Philippines - Dr Bruce Sharp & David Sharp, Burnell Research Laboratory	End-User’s Tools Towards an Efficient Electricity Consumption – The Dynamic Smart Grid - Dr Fouad Kamel, University of Southern Queensland CONFERENCE PAPER
11:10am - 11:30am	Do Road Tunnels Reduce GHG Emissions? - Dave Collins & Victor Kabay, Synergetics Pty Ltd	Greening Our Operations – Walking the Talk in Sustainability Services - Graham Agar, Bassett AECOM	Is the Current Practice in Engineering Education a Sustainable Model for Creating Sustainability-Trained Engineers: A New Paradigm for Educators - Steven Goh, University of Southern Queensland CONFERENCE PAPER	Evaluation of Long Term Performance of Zero Valent Iron Filters for Arsenic Removal from Groundwater in Bangladesh - Michael Poustie, Monash University CONFERENCE PAPER	Comparing and contrasting the usability of three leading commercial thermal engineering programs - Barbora Drover, Adam Risborg, Dr Joseph Cheung
11:30am - 11:50am	TBA	Hybrid Natural Ventilation of an Office, Learning from the Heritage (Wind Tower) Houses of the Middle East - Ian Jones, Vipac Engineers & Scientists Ltd	Teaching Sustainability Using Project Based Learning - Julia Lamborn, Swinburne University of Technology CONFERENCE PAPER	Mains Water Savings and Stormwater Management Benefits from Architecturally-Designed Under-Floor Rainwater Storages - Steven Lucas & A/Prof Peter Coombes, University of Newcastle CONFERENCE PAPER	Zero Carbon Australia 2020 Plan – Stationary Energy Sector - Matthew Wright, Beyond Zero Emissions
11:50am - 12:10pm	TBA	Old Ideas + Modern Engineering = Sustainable Solutions - Rob Dickie & Mark Kinsella, Grean Leaf CONFERENCE PAPER	Sustainability – Let’s Get Real - David Rice, Sustainable Transport Coalition of Western Australia CONFERENCE PAPER	City West Water’s Water Conservation Solutions Program - Damien Connell, City West Water CONFERENCE PAPER	Energy and Emissions Analysis of Fly Ash Based Geopolymers - Robert Witherspoon, University of Southern Queensland CONFERENCE PAPER
12:10pm - 12:30pm	TBA	Structural Entropy – A Discussion Regarding Structural Design for Sustainability - Damian Murphy, Aurecon (formerly Connell Wagner)	Driving Innovation in Sustainability - Barry Newman & Ray Tettman, Watermark Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys CONFERENCE PAPER	Water Management, Innovations for a Sustainable System – QR RACS Redbank - Luis Bellido & Gregory Conway, QR Limited CONFERENCE PAPER (Zipped file)	Investigations of Catalysts, CO2 Sorbents and their Combinations for Maximizing Hydrogen Output from the Gasification of Biomass - Ming Zhao & Dr Andrew Harris, The University of Sydney CONFERENCE PAPER
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch & Poster Displays SSEE AGM
	Invited Speakers	Breakout 19 - Green Buildings	Breakout 20 - Sustainable Business	Breakout 21 - Infrastructure	Breakout 22 - Energy/Climate Change
1:30pm - 1:50pm	Future Scenarios in the Latrobe Valley for a Carbon-Constrained World: Industrial ecology, Life Cycle Thinking and Property Rights - Dr Damien Giurco, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney; Dr Jason Prior, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney, Asia-Pacific Centre for Complex Real Property Rights, University of Technology, Sydney; Professor Spike Boydell, Asia-Pacific Centre for Complex Real Property Rights, University of Technology, Sydney CONFERENCE PAPER	Greening Pre-Loved Buildings – The Biggest Bang For Your Buck - Graham Agar, Bassett AECOM CONFERENCE PAPER	What Might Success Look Like? - Elena Bondareva, Thinc Projects WORKSHOP OUTCOMES	Recycling of Process Waste Waterby Installation of a 3 Stage Recovery System - Nicholas Olsson, Australian Vinyls	Planning for Low Energy Consumption in Cities and Towns - Poul Emil Tvermoes
1:50pm - 2:10pm	Damien Giurco cont’d	Constructing and Retrofitting Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings – Opportunities and Obstacles - Dr Hassan Bathish, SMEC Australia Pty Ltd CONFERENCE PAPER	Sustainability on Construction Projects as a Business Opportunity - Prof David G Carmichael & Dr Maria C A Balatbat, University of New South Wales CONFERENCE PAPER	On the Road to Sustainable Construction - Paul O’Connell, AbiGroup (Southern Link Upgrade) CONFERENCE PAPER	ACTEW’s Greenhouse Gas Abatement Strategy - Kirilly Dickson, ACTEW Corp
2:10pm - 2:30pm	Climate Change: Victoria’s World Leading Business Opportunity Set - Brett Janissen, The Allen Consulting Group	Renewable Energy Options Study for Commercial Buildings - Dr Neihad Al-Khalidy & Dr Peter Georgiou, Heggies Pty Ltd; Trevor Brown, Port Kembla Port Corporation	EP Plus: True Social Responsibility - Rajkumar Gopiraj, AECOM CONFERENCE PAPER	Advancing Sustainability in Australian Infrastructure - Robert Turk, Australian Green Infrastructure Council	Climate Change and Human Health - Adaptation in Victoria - Julie Hoy, Department of Human Services
2:30pm - 2:50pm	Allen Consulting cont’d	Engineering Solutions to Optimize the Design of Carbon-Neutral Tall Office Buildings - Dr Mark Pitman, Bassett, AECOM; Dr Andrew King, Curtin University of Technology CONFERENCE PAPER	Sustainability: Making it a Tangible Business Commitment - Kristen MacAskill, MWH CONFERENCE PAPER	Horizon Alliance Case Study: Implementation of Carbon Accounting and Sustainability in Design and Construction - Melissa Griffith & Stuart Brown, Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd (KBR); Y Ramola, GHD Pty Ltd CONFERENCE PAPER	Sustainable Carbon Footprinting Methods - Prof Tim Grant, RMIT CONFERENCE PAPER
2:50pm - 3:10pm	Formula One Hydrogen Car - Prof Aleksandar Subic, RMIT University	Fire Engineering – The Key to Sustainable Design in the Built Environment - Alistair Morrison, Arup CONFERENCE PAPER	The Triple Bottom Line Concept: Beneficial Applications and Misuse - Allan O’Connor, MWH CONFERENCE PAPER	Opportunities and Challenges for Solar Energy in Australia and the Significant Role of Australia’s Solar Cities Project - Assoc Prof Ahmad Zahedi, James Cook University, Qld CONFERENCE PAPER	Reining in Victoria’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions – The Wedges Study - Philip Heath, Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) CONFERENCE PAPER
3:10pm - 3:40pm	Afternoon Tea & Poster Displays
3:40pm - 4:20pm	KEYNOTE 6 - Daniel Almagor, Engineers Without Borders - Sponsored by VicRoads
4:20pm - 5:00pm	Panel Discussion
5:00pm - 5:10pm	Conference Close & Wrap Up

Society for Sustainability and Environmental Engineering Conference November 2009

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