AGENDA

SIM-PAC LIVE NEW SOUTH WALES

Monday 17 November 2025 — Cellos Grand Room, Castlereagh Boutique Hotel, Sydney
Co-hosts: Smart Commercial Solar • Flow Power • Future Energy Systems • Hume Building Products
Industry Partners: SPINFRA • Capral Aluminium • Western Metalworx

9:00 – 9:15 AM — Welcome & Acknowledgement of Country

9:15 – 10:15 AM — Session 1 — Decarbonising Supply Chains & Industry Strategy (60 min)

1. Haris Murtaza — Alsco Uniforms — Alsco Uniforms Decarbonisation Journey

2. James Stewart — Always Carbon — The Carbon Market: Breaking Through Complexity to Permanent Carbon Removal

3. Ryan Bracey — Sedgman — Collaborative Approach to Novel Mineral Processing Technology Development to Reduce Energy and Water Demand

4. Jane Gaffel — The Eco Efficiency Group — Driving sustainable Manufacturing in Queensland

   Morning Tea — 25 min (10:15 – 10:40 AM)

10:40 – 11:35 AM — Session 2 — Electrification, Process Engineering & Resource Recovery (55 min)

1. Simon Ray — Powerfy (HotWaterSavings.au) — Accelerating Practical Electrification for SMEs

2. Tony Collister — Danbar Fibre Division — Transforming Light Infrastructure with Recycled Materials

3. Brad Scott — Transmutation — Accredited Recycled Construction Products

4. Mathew Dwyer — reDirect Recycling (Borg Group) — Empowering Circular Economy with Resource Recovery

5. John Noonan — JNC Pty Ltd — Distributed Synthetic Inertia: Why Every Battery Counts

Break — 15 min (11:35 – 11:50 AM)

11:50 AM – 12:45 PM — Session 3A — Renewable Energy + Battery Deployment (Part A) (55 min)

1. Huon Hoogesteger — Smart Commercial Solar — Empowering Industry Through Integrated Solar & Storage

2. Travis MacLachlan — Flow Power — From Net Zero to True Zero

3. Craig Dugan — Optimal Group — Energy Resilience for Industry

4. Aaron Grant — QUB — Optimising Energy Efficiency & Power Quality

5. Stephen Straughair — TCL SunPower — Managing Supply Chain Risk for a Just Transition

Lunch — 45 min (12:45 – 1:30 PM)

1:30 – 2:25 PM — Session 3B — Renewable Energy + Battery Deployment (Part B) (55 min)

1. Doug smith — Coolsheet — Improving the ROI of Electrified Process Heat

2. Josh Zowtyj — 1414 Degrees - The future of industrial heat

3. Katrina Nelson — LGI Australia — Distribution Grid-Scale Renewables and Storage

4. Lex Forsyth — Janus Electric — Janus Battery Technology — Driving Change

5. Julie Leung — Power Blocks — Changing communities by changing the nature of battery storage

Break — 15 min (2:25 – 2:40 PM)

2:40 – 3:35 PM — Session 4 — Construction & Infrastructure Innovation (55 min)

1. Neil McLoughlin — Hiway — Building Low Carbon Roads

2. Jennifer Snyder — House of Bamboo — Circular Design with Engineered Bamboo: Replacing High-Carbon Materials in the Built Environment

3. Katrina Boyd — Porta (Borg Group) — The Future of Manufacturing — Oberon, Mt Gambier & Recycled Content Innovation

4. Simon Modra — APR Composites — Recycled Composites for Durable, Low-Maintenance Infrastructure

5. Gavin Hodgins — Rivertex Australia — Sustainable Technical Fabrics for a Circular Supply Chain

Afternoon Tea — 30 min (3:35 – 4:05 PM)

4:05 – 5:00 PM — Session 5 — Managing Natural Resources (55 min)

1. Kim Falster — Clarity Aquatic — Constructed Floating Wetlands for Water & Wastewater Treatment

2. Helen McCosker — Carbon8 — Unlocking the Power of Regenerative Agriculture

3. Daniel Lambert AM — Legacie — Designing Regenerative Development for Communities

4. Leo Crasti — Enviro Australis — Zero-Energy, Highly Effective Stormwater Pollutant Removal

5. Sheree Edwards — Terra Gana — Roadside Vegetation Management Planning with a Difference

5:00 – 6:00 PM — Networking Drinks

6:00 PM — 2025 SIM-PAC Live Sustainability Awards