Conference 2007

AWATEA held its first annual conference on Thursday 15 March 2007 in the Icon Room at Te Papa in Wellington.  Over 118 members and non-members attended the meeting to hear 13 speakers discussing marine energy.

Hon. David Parker, Minister of Energy, and Jeanette Fitzsimons, opened the conference and afternoon session, respectively.
 
The conference was split into a morning session on “Resources and Projects”, followed by an afternoon session on “Policies and Regulation”.  The afternoon concluded with a panel discussion, chaired by business commentator, Rod Oram.
Keynote speakers from Canada and the UK described activities in their home countries.

Sponsors

The conference was sponsored by the following organizations:

Foundation sponsors:	Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
	Meridian Energy Limited
Gold sponsor:	Genesis Energy Limited
UK speaker sponsor:	UK Trade and Investment
Social sponsor:	Energetech Australia Pty Ltd
Lunch sponsor:	Transpower New Zealand Limited

AWATEA would like to acknowledge the support of these sponsors and the contributions of the speakers at the conference.


Presentations

Below you will find a copy of the conference programme, the addresses made by the Minister of Energy, Hon. David Parker, and Ms. Jeanette Fitzsimons, and the speaker's presentations.

Conference ProgrammeConference Introduction Address by the Minister of EnergyMike Tarbotton: OREG and Triton Consultants (Keynote speaker)Srian Abeysuriya: E3 International LimitedLen Gould: Transpower New Zealand LimitedLan Le-Ngoc: Industrial Research LimitedJohn Bell: Energetech Pty LimitedAddress by Government Spokesperson on Energy Efficiency and ConservationHenry Jeffrey: University of Edinburgh (Keynote speaker)Stuart Calman: Ministry of Economic DevelopmentCatherine Mitchell: Warwick Business School, United KingdomDuncan Laing: Simpson GriersonWayne Mulligan: Crenative/Fomana Capital

These presentations are made available for the use of paid registrants of the 2007 conference. Please do not distribute the username and password without the prior permission of AWATEA.

Copies of the conference packs are still available for purchase. The packs contain all the material that was handed out at the conference plus some additional material from Meridian Energy and the International Energy Agency.

Copies can be purchased as followed:

Conference Packs	Cost	GST*	Total
Members	$100.00	$12.50	$112.50
Non-members	$125.00	$15.63	$140.63

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