National Conference 2010
In the afternoon of the 7th October, 2010 Climate Alliance will host a National Conference for company directors and senior executives. The conference will be held at Karstens Conference Centre in Queen Street, Melbourne.
The theme of the conference is “Climate Change – the Upside of Action”.
The program will be comprised of a number of presentations, a Panel discussion, announcement of the Leadership Awards and drinks & networking to conclude the afternoon. A detailed program will be provided in the near future.
CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Climate Alliance is delighted to announce that the following executives will be presenting or participating on a Panel.
- Mr Jeremy Baskin, Director, University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership
- Dr Peter Binks, Director, Ceramic Fuel Cells
- Ms Liz Bossley, Director, CEAG, London based carbon trader and author
- Mr Luke Chamberlain, Wilderness Society Victoria
- Ambassador David Daly, Head of EU Delegation in Canberra
- Mr Ian Dunlop, Former CEO AICD (To be confirmed)
- Mr Nathan Fabian, CEO, Investor’s Group on Climate Change
- Dr Merv Jones, Chairman, Pacific Environment Ltd and Director, Orbital Corporation
- Mr Jon Jutsen, Executive Director, Energetics
- Mr Paddy Manning, National Chief of Staff - Business, Fairfax Media
- Mr Frank O’Connor, Mayor, City of Port Phillip, Victoria.
- Professor John Thwaites, Chair, Monash Sustainability Institute
- Mr Martijn Wilder, Partner, Baker McKenzie
The speakers will address issues such as:
- Why should a Board encourage the executive to reduce a company’s carbon footprint? Where are the low hanging fruit?
- What can be learned from the European carbon trading experience?
- What practical, real-world success stories can be used to demonstrate the benefits of action?
- How does the environment provide economic benefit to the economy?
- What risks do directors and companies face by not being pro-active? What role do regulations play? What have EU directors experienced?
- How does the investment community regard sustainability?
CONFERENCE COST
Climate Alliance Members $120 (inc GST)
Non-Members $165 (inc GST)
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
To register, you can either;
1. Download the registration form (PDF)
2.
We accept Bank Transfer, AMEX, Visa and Mastercard.
VENUE
Karstens Conference Centre
123 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AWARDS
The inaugural Climate Alliance Business Leaderships Awards will be presented to Australian companies & executives that have demonstrated leadership by taking action. The presentation ceremony will take place at the conclusion of the 2010 Conference.
The following wards are open for nomination now.
- Board Leadership of the Year
- Business Leader of the Year
- Innovator/Exporter of the Year
The closing date for nominations is 31 August 2010.
Further information including selection criteria & nomination form.