Energy transition risk forum

4.00 pm — 9.00 pm AEST, 31 May 2024
600 Bourke Street , Melbourne Victoria, 3000
In person and online (Melbourne)

Overview

The economy is going through an energy transition and so are other major economies around the world. What does this mean for Victoria?

Following the Victorian Government policy concerning the delivery of:

  1. Harvester-Electric Base-Load [Wind, Solar PV] Capacity
  2. The secure and timely transition of the current efficient Base-Load [Fossil Fuelled] capacity infrastructure economy to a Harvester-Electric Base-Load [Wind, Solar PV] capacity economy.

The established energy supply and demand required by the government policy based on the presented data:

  1. 11 years of Harvester-Electric Base-Load [Wind, Solar PV] Capacity Energy production data from AEMO for SEA and
  2. 11 year of energy demand data from AEMO

Electrical engineering only forms a part of the solution response. The solution response is determined by the supply, demand scope and the risks associated. We will explore energy production and consumption scoping, and consumption risk. All else but the GRID.

This forum will not focus on solutions, it is about a clear and low risk scope of work for the technological solutions that would meet the Governments policy. In other words, the clarification of the Governments policy for the writing of a concise Code for the Harvester-Electric Base-Load [Wind, Solar PV] Capacity economy.

Further information 

Light refreshments and drinks will be provided. 

Please refer to attached PDF for more information. 

  • RES Member Rate ( Online ) = FREE
  • RES Member Rate ( In-person) = $20.00

Learning outcomes 

  • Risk engineering first principles.
  • Complex major project development.
  • Estimating norms and risks during the transition.
  • Operational maintenance risk during and post transition.
  • Cost value risk and electrical infrastructure risk, duplication of asset risks, construction, and dead asset risk. 

About the presenters 

Edmund Martin
Edmund Martin
Forensic Engineer

Edmund Martin, an internationally experienced forensic engineer, including the unprecedented failure of 500 MW power plants. Edmund has made a career qualifying engineering high risk major industrial and critical infrastructure in Australia and overseas including nuclear power station mechanical safety systems currently under construction. Edmund has lectured at Cambridge University and to Global Major Consulting Engineering firms.

Raphael Dua
Raphael Dua
Master Scheduler and Mentor – Leidos

Raphael Dua is one of the worlds leading and respected projects planning professionals. Raf is now in his 80’s. he was on the Polaris Missile project at the birth of project planning profession. Raf sat on the ISO committee in Sweden that recently wrote the first projects planning standard for Europe, that we can assume will be adopted by Australia, he wrote the planning software that is used by Boeing to produce the Dreamliner, one of the most complex planning activities in the world. Raf’s company supplied the 50 man planning team that delivered the Collins Class submarines. Raf planning experience include power stations, hospitals, prisons, airports, roads and major infrastructure. Raf lectures international. Raf is a world leading expert on schedule risk and Australia’s leading forensic scheduler.

Jonathan Sarah
Jonathan Sarah
Managing Director – R.V.S Industries

Jonathon Sarah is an experienced complex major project development professional and a complex major project engineering and construction professional. Jonathon technically qualified a 1,300MW complex in the VREAS1 and successfully supported the qualification of a wind farm in VREAS2. Jonathon has qualified blue chip contractors for major infrastructure panels on the eastern seaboard. 

Jonathon has been working exclusively for his Family company since 2013, a company that was established in 1964. In 1969, the company moved into engineering and construction of technically challenging circular economy plant fabrication and construction and air quality engineering and construction. Including engineering the dust collection systems first installed on every Australian Steel Mill, that were only recently replaced, the company also negotiated for the free installation of the dust collection system on the Victorian battery lead acid manufacturing plant, in exchange for the lead recovered. The company engineered the complex fine metal (swarf used, beverage cans) surface hydrocarbon pyrolysis and metal recovery plants and delivered the plants for the circularisation of metal industry in Victoria. In recent years the company has focused on startup development and new production plant and the technically challenging aspects of the renewable energy economy in keeping with the last 44 years of engineering practice. 

 

Jennifer Del Mastro
Jennifer Del Mastro
Leading Assurance Specialist, Airservices Australia

Jennifer, a Leading Assurance Specialist and Co-Chair of the Risk Engineering Society (Victorian Division), has 25+ years in Systems and Safety Engineering, on complex projects in Rail, Defence - Maritime, Land and Aviation, including M1A1 Abrams, Medium/Heavy Recovery Vehicles, ANZAC Class Vessel, Offshore Patrol Vessel (Aus and NZ), Seaboats, Canterbury Multi-Role Vessel (NZ) and recently in Air traffic Management and Airspace Change.

Jennifer completed an Electrical Engineering degree in Electronics and Communications and commenced her career as a Communications and Combat Systems Engineer.  Working predominantly in Defence she had moved between the Land and Maritime domains. Her Systems Engineering experience gave her the experience to look into other designs and identify and assess the hazards, and produce a safer product for personnel, hence moving into System Safety Engineering.  She remained in Land and Maritime but in the last 2 years has moved into Air Traffic Management and Airspace Change.

Jennifer presents the Engineering Profession through volunteering on the CSIRO/STEM program, introducing the next generation to engineering and in the last 12 months has mentored 4 women in the industry, in various stages of their career. 

Event program 

Webinar:

  • 4 pm: Introduction
  • 4.30 - 5.30 pm: Speaker one and two
  • 5.30 pm - 6 pm: Break 
  • 6 pm - 7 pm: Speaker three and four 
  • 7 pm: Panel session 
  • 8 pm: Q&A
  • 9 pm: Event concludes 

In person:

  • 3 pm: Arrival, networking and refreshments
  • 4 pm: Introduction
  • 4.30 - 5.30 pm: Speaker one and two
  • 5.30 pm - 6 pm: Networking with refreshments 
  • 6 pm - 7 pm: Speaker three and four 
  • 7 pm: Panel session 
  • 8 pm: Q&A
  • 9 pm: Event concludes 
Pricing
Online
Member: Free
RES Member: Free
Student Member: Free
Non-Member: $59.99
In-person
Member: $20.00
RES Member: $20.00
Student Member: $20.00
Non Member: $120.00
Registration close
31 May 2024
07.00 pm AEST