The National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held in Brisbane from the 23-24 March 2017.
Mr Tom Jamieson, Manager, Project Delivery at Sunshine Coast Council joins us to discuss ‘The Sunshine Coast Leads the Waste Revolution with Australia’s First Automated Underground Waste Collection System in the New Maroochydore City Centre’.
Mr Tom Jamieson
This project, a first for Australia, is part of Sunshine Coast Council’s $253 million capital works program for 2016/2017. This significant and innovative infrastructure investment demonstrates why the Sunshine Coast is fast becoming one of Australia’s leading city regions for the 21st century and delivering its core strategy of becoming a smart, healthy, sustainable region.
This keynote speech will outline the global market assessment of AWCS options, the procurement process undertaken, and the engineering specifications and delivery schedule for the installation of the AWCS across the CBD in Maroochydore.
2017 Conference Topics Include:
- Renewable Energy Systems and Sources – Biofuel, Biomass, Hydrogen & Fuel Cells, Hydropower, Solar Energy, Geothermal Energy, Wave Energy, Tidal energy, Energy Storage and Wind Power. This can also include energy transformation from renewable energy system to grid.
- Think Local First – development of the local economy and community, urban agriculture, Buy Local.
- Innovative Business Opportunities – Incubators, Start Ups, Venture Capital / Entrepreneurs.
- The Energy Market – Regulators, Wholesale and Supply Chain, Retailers, Consumer Demand, Carbon trading, Emissions.
- Trends, Policies and Strategies – current and emerging trends, technologies, research, government policies and industry initiatives within the environmental and sustainability sector
- Financial Impact – social and environmental risk, industry development, operational and managerial impact, market risk and opportunity, stakeholder issues
- Innovation – energy transition, application and feasibility, social and economic change, research & development opportunities
For more information on the 2017 National Sustainability in Business Conference and to secure your spot today, please visit the conference website.
