Sydney Mechanics School of Arts
280 Pitt Street
// Sydney // 28 & 29 May 2010
Note: Speaker's papers and presentations will be added to this page as they become available.
Friday 28 May
| SPEAKER | TOPIC | FILE |
| Mr Allen Madden, Metropolitan Land Council | Welcome to Country | |
| The Hon Murray Wilcox AO QC, Chair EDO NSW | Welcome from EDO Chair | |
| The Hon Robert McClelland MP, Attorney-General | Conference Opening | |
| The Next 25 Years: Challeges and Opportunities | ||
| The Hon Murray Wilcox AO QC, Chair EDO NSW | Chair | |
| Professor Ian Lowe AO, President, Australian Conservation Foundation | Keynote |
[PDF 710 KB] |
| Professor Rob Fowler, University of South Australia | Panel | |
| Ms Penelope Figgis AO, Vice Chair for Oceania, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas | ||
| Professor Richard Kingsford, University of NSW | ||
| Life Under an Emissions Trading Scheme | ||
| Dr Hannes Schoombee, Convenor, EDO WA | Chair | |
| Dr Nick Wood, Associate Director of Sustainability, KPMG Australia | Keynote |
[PDF 667 KB] |
| Mr John Connor, CEO, The Climate Institute | Panel | |
| Mr Tony Westmore, Senior Policy Officer, Australian Council of Social Services | ||
| Dr Peter Burn, Associate Director of Public Policy, Australian Industry Group | ||
| Implications of Climate Change | ||
| Ms Megan Utter, Deputy Chair, EDO Vic | Chair | |
| Professor Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University | Consequences for Town Planning | [PDF 7.5 MB] |
| Mr Roderick Simpson, Registered Architect, Simpson & Wilson Architecture and Urban Design | The Effectiveness of Buillding and Construction Standards | [PDF 1.3 MB] |
| Dr Donna Green, Senior Lecturer, Climate Change Research Centre | Indigenous Issues | |
| Mr Herbert Warusam, Islands of the Torres Strait - Saibai | ||
| The EPBC Act: Where to From Here? | ||
| Mr Peter Syson, Chair, EDO Qld | Chair | |
| Mr Terry Bailey, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts | Government |
[PDF 1.43 MB] |
| Ms Nicola Beynon, Senior Program Manager, Humane Society International | Environmental NGO |
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| [Paper PDF 273 KB] | ||
| Mr Aaron Gadiel, CEO, Urban Taskforce | Industry |
[PDF 114 KB] |
| Ms Melissa George, Chair, Indigenous Advisory Group | Indigenous | [PDF 178 KB] |
Saturday 29 May
| FILE | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
| Access to Justice and the Need for Public Interest Environmental Lawyers | ||
| Mr Roland Browne, Chair, EDO Tas | Chair | |
| The Hon Duncan Kerr SC, MP | Keynote | |
| Ms Tara Cameron, President, Blue Mountains Conservation Society | Panel | [PDF 2.7 MB] |
| Ms Jo-Anne Bragg, Principal Solicitor, EDO Qld | ||
| Mr Stephen Keim SC, Barrister | [PDF 145 KB] | |
| Pacific Perspectives | ||
| The Hon Duncan Kerr SC, MP | Chair | |
| Ms Amelia Thorpe, International Director, EDO NSW | EDO's Pacific Engagement |
[PDF 1.4 MB] |
| Mr Kosimiti Latu, South Pacific Regional Environment Programme | Samoa | |
| Mr Douglas Hou, Public Solicitor's Office | Solomon Islands |
[PDF 1.29 MB] |
| Corporate Social Responsility and the Law | ||
| Chair | ||
| Associate Professor Karen Bubna-Litic, University of Technology, Sydney | Corporations Law and the Environment | [PDF 92 KB] |
| Mr Michael Tercerio, Trade Practices Lawyer | Green Claims and the ACCC | [PDF 171 KB] |
| Mr Brian Walters SC, Barrister | Corporations and the Public Interest: Past Experiences and Future Challenges | |
| Wrap-up by Rapporteur | ||
| Mr Hal Wootten AC QC, Patron, EDO NSW | Chair | |
| Emeritus Professor Ben Boer, University of Sydney | Wrap-up | [PDF 5.5 MB] |
