OFFICIAL OPENING | NT Resources Week

Welcome to Country

Nicole Brown, Proud Larrakia Woman

OPENING | Opening remarks from the Chair

Izzi Messina, Vice President, Consulting- Growth & Development- APAC, Wood

NORTHERN TERRITORY CHIEF MINISTER ADDRESS 

Hon Lia Finocchiaro, Chief Minister, Northern Territory

FEDERAL MINISTERIAL ADDRESS

Hon Madeleine King MP, Minister for Resources; Minister for Northern Australia

PANEL DISCUSSION | The outlook for the energy transition in Australia

• New investment in renewables, critical minerals, clean energy supply chain
• A Future Made in Australia, for all Australians
• Traditional Owner Engagement – Achieving successful, respectful partnerships with shared benefits

Alister Trier, Chief Executive, Department of Mining and Energy, Northern Territory Government
Erica Lampropoulos, Executive Director, Pollination Group
Cameron Garnsworthy, CEO, SunCable
Darryl Cuzzubbo, Managing Director and CEO, Arafura Rare Earths Limited

PANEL DISCUSSION | The green premium conundrum

• Current pressures are creating tension between near-term financial performance and commitments toward a net-zero world
• Where to from here?

Celia Hayes, Partner – Sustainability and Climate Change, Deloitte
David Heard, Executive Counsellor, Energy, Dragoman

FEDERAL SHADOW MINISTERIAL ADDRESS | Securing the Future

Senator Susan McDonald, Shadow Minister for Resources and Shadow Minister for Northern Australia

Networking and refreshment break

Welcome remarks from the Chair

Tess Dance, Decarbonisation Geoscience, CSIRO

Developing the First Nations Clean Energy Strategy: What We’ve Learnt

• What have First Nations communities told us matters about how the net zero transition happens in Australia
• What role can the Commonwealth Government play to support First Nations
• Some recent examples of genuine partnerships and new ways of doing business that need to underpin decarbonisation for all to be successful.

Luana Cormac, General Manager First Nations Clean Energy and Facilitation, Electricity Division, Department of Climate Change, the Environment, Energy and Water

Lunch and networking break

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NT GOVERNMENT MINISTERIAL ADDRESS

Hon Gerard Maley MLA, Deputy Chief Minister, Minister for Mining and Energy, Northern Territory

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Welcome remarks from the Chair

Gaurav Sareen, Partner, Climate and Sustainability and Global Investment and Innovation Incentives (Gi³), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

The outcomes of the NT LEH business case

Andrew Ross, Group Leader, Geochemistry, Geosystems & Geodata, CSIRO

Carbon Capture and Storage | Delivering Net Zero in Australia and the Region

• The role of CCS in net zero, globally and in Australia
• The status of CCS in Australia and the Northern Territory
• Scaling up CCS in Australia and the region

Brendan Beck, Director Net Zero Technologies, Australian Energy Producers

Progress on the Northern Territory’s CCUS Projects

This presentation will provide an update on development of the Northern Territory’s CCUS agenda and Project at Middle Arm

Dr Howard David Smith, Director Middle Arm and Gas Manufacturing, Gas Taskforce Unit, Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet, Northern Territory Government

Advancing the Bonaparte Carbon Capture and Storage (BCCS) Project

• How BCCS is progressing through early storage appraisal and engineering
• How BCCS is set to become one of the region’s largest and most important CCS projects
• How the project provides the opportunity to provide significant CO2 sequestration opportunities for both local and overseas emitters.

Mathieu Muller, CCS Subsurface Lead, INPEX

Networking and refreshment break

Unlocking collaboration – The power of multi-user infrastructure

• Efficiency and optimisation
• Platform to facilitate energy transition

Paul Kanters, Managing Director, Vopak Terminals Australia

Key updates on accelerating the energy transition and Tamboran’s initiatives to achieve net zero targets

• Tamboran has a target of achieving Net Zero Scope 1 emissions by first commercial production
• Review of key decarbonization activities taken to date
• Discussion of future decarbonization activities
• Role of natural gas to reduce Australian and Global GHG emissions

Scott Crabtree, Vice President Sustainability, Tamboran Resources Limited
Simon Flowers, LNG Project Lead, Tamboran Resources

CarbonAssistTM: Novel Hybrid CO2 Capture System From The Atmosphere (DAC)

• Current status of DAC technologies
• A unique approach and solution – chemistry and engineering
• Performance and development status

Amir Aryana, Group Leader, Energy Resources, Energy CSIRO

The gigawatt-scale challenge – early learnings from the environmental approvals process for SunCable’s Australia-Asia PowerLink Project

This presentation will share SunCable’s learnings from the AAPowerLink process so far, and canvass some of the challenges and opportunities for environmental assessment and approval of large-scale renewables projects in the NT.

Kylie Welch, Development Manager for Environment, SunCable

McArthur River Mining Update – Environmental Management

• MRM’s commitment to responsible operations and continued development of the mine through improved environmental performance and cultural heritage protection
• An update and insights on the unique rehabilitation and environmental monitoring programs at MRM put in place to achieve full Legislative and regulatory compliance.

Dominic Radecki, Environmental Advisor, Glencore McArthur River Mine

Lunch and networking break

The Race to Upcycle Carbon Dioxide – A CCU Technologies Demonstration Facility for Darwin

• Project update
• Outline of at least two attractive candidate technologies –
  • A particular (advanced TRL) technology that uses CO2 and renewable energy to produce bio-degradeable plastics precursors at potentially commodity scale
  • A particular (advanced TRL) technology that uses CO2 and solar radiation to produce a high protein stockfeed and a ‘drop-in’ diesel-spec bio-oil co-products
• Explanation of the opportunity/potential for industrial-scale application at Middle Arm and elsewhere in the NT
• Explanation of a good fit with MASDP objectives for a sustainable ‘eco-system’ of related processing industry

Robert Malabar, Director, Middle Arm Petrochemicals Pty Ltd

PANEL DISCUSSION | Territory’s plans towards a Net Zero Future

• The importance of achieving net zero emissions and its impact on our environment and economy.
• Strategies and best practices for reducing carbon emissions and transitioning to renewable energy sources.
• Role of technology and innovation in accelerating the transition to a sustainable future.
• Need for collaboration and collective action
• Role of policy and regulation in supporting the transition to a net zero economy.
• Importance of educating and engaging the communities in the transition to a sustainable future

Robert Malabar, Director, Middle Arm Petrochemicals Pty Ltd
Paul Purdon, Executive Director Environmental Assessment and Policy, Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security, Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority
Simon Flowers, LNG Project Lead, Tamboran Resources
Scott Crabtree, Vice President Sustainability, Tamboran Resources

Closing remarks from the Chair & End of Conference

NT RESOURCES WEEK SUNSET HARBOUR CRUISE 

Departing from Stokes Hill Wharf