The Australian Water Association (AWA) is hosting the National Water Policy Summit, which will be focusing on setting the priorities to shape an “industry-led” water strategy to drive Australia’s future prosperity.
The Summit will take place at the Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney on 14-15 October 2014 and will consider the following challenges and preferred solutions to:
- Climate variability and how governments and industry need a new approach to planning;
- Reforming how the water sector is regulated and structured;
- Private sector participation in the management of our rural and urban water assets to expand our productive industries;
- Adjusting community perceptions and values of water.
The Summit will include some of Australia’s most influential and engaging industry leaders from the water, resources and agribusiness sectors, including:
Keynote Speakers – Policy Summit Dinner, 14 October:
Ann Burns, Growth & Strategy Lead for Asia Pacific, Accenture
Karlene Maywald, Chair, National Water Commission
Dr Peter J. Boxall AO, Chairman, NSW Independent Price and Regulatory Tribunal
Speakers – Policy Summit, 15 October, 8:30am – 5:15pm:
Jonathan McKeown, CEO, AWA
Graham Dooley, President, AWA
Matthew Williams, Partner Risk Services, Deloitte
Ann Burns, Growth & Strategy Lead for Asia Pacific, Accenture
Anna Skarbeck, Executive Director, ClimateWorks Australia
Dr Martin van Bueren, Director, Synergies Economic Consulting
Nicholas Gruen, CEO, Lateral Economics
Tony Kelly, Previous Managing Director, Yarra Valley Water
Francois Gouws, Managing Director, Trility
Thibaut de Crisnay, Managing Director, Veolia Water Technologies Australia
Kim Morison, Managing Director, Blue Sky Water Partners, Blue Sky Alternative Investments Limited
Gerry Lawson AM, Chairman, SunRice
Mike Harold, Principal Advisor – Water Policy, Rio Tinto
Tim Nelson, Head of Economics, Policy and Sustainability – AGL Energy and Adjunct Associate Professor at Griffith University
Professor Quentin Grafton, Chairholder UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance, The John Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU
