The 2019 Convention Program
Saturday 12 October |
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| 07:00 – 14:00 | Golf: Wilunga Golf Course Sponsored by Vermeer |
| 10:00 – 17:00 | Convention Registration |
| 14:00 – 16:30 | Exhibition Set-up |
| 19:00 – 23:00 | Welcome Dinner: Bonython Hall Sponsored by Jemena; Pipe Tek; SEA Gas and Worldwide Group/Worldwide Pacific Enterprises |
Sunday 13 October |
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| 08:00 – 16:00 | Exhibition Set-up |
| 09:00 – 11:00 | Convention Registration |
| 09:30 – 15:30 | Sunday Outing: The Beachouse Glenelg Sponsored by CNC Project Management |
| 16:00 – 19:30 | Convention Registration |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Speakers’ Briefing (Optional) – Hosted by Steve Davies, Chief Executive Officer, APGA |
| 18:00 – 19:30 | Exhibition Opening Reception: Adelaide Convention Centre Sponsored by Baosteel; Solar Turbines Australia; Tremco Pipeline Equipment and Worldwide Group/Worldwide Pacific Enterprises |
| 19:30 – 23:00 | Opening Dinner: Adelaide Convention Centre Sponsored by Baosteel; Edgen Murray; Fyfe; Iplex Pipelines; HDI Lucas; Qube Energy and Vacuworx |
Monday 14 October |
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| 08:00 – 8:30 | Arrival Light Breakfast | |
| 08:00 – 17:00 | Convention Registration | |
| 08:30 | MORNING BUSINESS SESSION Sponsored by Momentum EngineeringChair: Tony O’Sullivan, Vice President APGA and Chief Operating Officer, MPC Kinetic |
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| National Anthem |
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| Welcoming Address Dave Maloney, President, APGA and Managing Director, CNC Project Management |
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| 08:45 | Opening Address The Hon Dan van Holst Pellekaan, South Australian Minister for Energy and Mining |
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| 09:00 | Awards Presentation |
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| 09:30 | Chief Executive Officer’s Report Steve Davies, Chief Executive Officer, APGA |
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| 09:45 | Keynote Address Anna Meares, OAM – former Australian cyclist and the first Australian athlete to win four individual medals at four consecutive Olympic Games |
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10:30 |
Morning Tea |
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| 11:15 | INDUSTRY LEADERS’ PERSPECTIVES Sponsored by Momentum EngineeringChair: Steve Davies, Chief Executive Officer, APGA |
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CEO Forum A panel of industry leaders providing their insights into the current and future state of the pipeline and gas industries Wendy Oldham, Chief Executive Officer, SEA Gas, Ben Wilson, Chief Executive Officer, AGIG, Rob Wheals, Managing Director, APA Group, John Walsh, Managing Director, Spiecapag and Jean-Marc Cocheteux, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Solar Turbines |
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| 12:15 | An Epic Journey – Reflections on 50 years of Reliable Operations – Moomba to Adelaide Pipeline Chaired by: Clive D’Cruz, Chief Executive Officer, Epic Energy SA Tom Forde, General Manager, Operations, Epic Energy, Geoff Balmer, Retired Pipeliner and Stephen Timms, Retired Pipeliner |
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12:45 |
Lunch Sponsored by McConnell Dowell |
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| 14:15 | AFTERNOON BUSINESS SESSION Sponsored by Valmec |
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CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES Chair: Leon Richards, APGA Director and Group Technical Director- Pipelines, McConnell Dowell Corporation Limited |
COMPETENCY Chair: Kevin Lester, APGA Director and Group Executive, Infrastructure Development, APA Group |
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Pipe-in-Pipe Pipelines – Techniques and Construction Methods from the CRISP VTB Project Tom Bickford, Project Engineer, McConnell Dowell Constructors (Australia) Pty Ltd |
Credibility Beyond Credentials – A Framework for Determining Competence for the Pipeline Industry Susan Jaques, Director, Sage Consulting Solutions Pty Ltd |
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| 14:45 | Trenchless Pipeline Crossings and Landfalls with Direct Pipe Ben Hayes, Sales and Project Manager, Herrenknecht Asia Ltd |
APGA’s Pipeline Engineering Competency System Ten Years On - Where to from Here? Chris Harvey, Director, Chris Harvey Consulting |
| 15:15 | Afternoon Tea Sponsored by Peter Norman Personnel |
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| 16:00 | OPPORTUNITIES Sponsored by ValmecChair: Wendy Oldham, APGA Director and Chief Executive Officer, SEA Gas |
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Australia’s Shale Industry – How Can We Become Globally Competitive? Peter Cox, Vice President, Pipelines and Terminals, Worley |
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| 16:30 | Transporting Renewable Energy Mark Fothergill, General Manager Infrastructure Engineering and Strategy, APA Group |
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| 17:00 | Close | |
| 19:00 – 23:00 | Fancy Dress Dinner: Costume Theme: The Winners and Losers
Adelaide Oval |
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Tuesday 15 October |
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| 08:00 – 09:00 | Arrival Light Breakfast | ||
| 08:00 – 17:00 | Convention Registration | ||
| 08:30 | APGA AGM | ||
| 09:15 | MORNING BUSINESS SESSION Sponsored by APA Group |
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PIPELINE OPERATIONS (Presented by the APGA Pipeline Operators Group – POG) Chair: Laura Bulloch, Chair APGA POG and Pipeline Manager, Energy Infrastructure Management Pty Ltd |
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Making Pipelines Piggable in the 21st Century Markus Seitz, Integrity Manager APA Group |
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| 09:45 | The Role of Control Rooms in Pipeline Operations Troy Kooloos, Operations Manager, Gas Markets, Jemena Limited |
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| 10:15 | Understanding Pipeline Failure in Areas Subject to Land Use Change Liz Brierley, Head of Asset Management, SEA Gas |
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| 10:45 | Morning Tea Sponsored by Fyfe |
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| 11:30 | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | ||
TOMORROW’S CHALLENGES – FUTURE FUELS Chair: Peter Cox, APGA Director and Vice President, Pipelines and Terminals, Worley |
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TODAY’S CHALLENGES – NOT JUST NATURAL GAS Chair: John Stuart-Robertson, APGA Director and General Manager, Pipelines, HDI Lucas |
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The Status of the Future Fuels CRC David Norman, Chief Executive Officer and Charles Rottier, Chairman, Future Fuels CRC |
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Best Practice in Butt Fusion of Large Diameter HDPE Sergio Arellano, International Sales Manager (Asia Pacific), McElroy Manufacturing Inc. and Jeroen Wassenaar, Market Segment Manager, Qenos |
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| 11:50 | Combustion Systems for Natural Gas Hydrogen Mixtures Luke Cowell, Group Manager, Combustion Engineering, Solar Turbines Incorporated |
12:00 | Scaling Potential Assessment and Implications for Use of Coal Seam Gas Produced Water Chantelle Rebello, Senior Environmental Scientist, Fyfe Pty Ltd |
| 12:10 | Looking Back from 2050 – Plausible Gas Industry Futures for a Low Carbon World Professor Mike Young, Environmental, Energy and Water Policy, Centre for Global Food and resources, University of Adelaide and Dr Dennis Van Puyvelde, Head of Gas, Energy Networks Australia |
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Rheology Modification and Its Potential Application for Coarse Coal Hydro-transport Damian Antoniazzi, Mechanical Engineer, OSD |
| 12:30 | Hyp SA – Foundations of the Future of Hydrogen in Australia Craig de Laine, General Manager, Regulation, Australian Gas Infrastructure Group |
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| 13:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:30 | CONCURRENT SESSIONS | ||
UNDERSTANDING FAILURE Chair: Mark Dayman, APGA Director and Managing Director, Fyfe Pty Ltd |
OFFSHORE Chair: Jon Cleary, APGA Director and General Manager, Commercial, Australia Gas Infrastructure Group |
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Keeping Pipelines Safe by Knowing How They Fail – The New Fracture Control Code of Practice Nick Kastelein, Mechanical Engineer, GPA Engineering Pty Ltd |
Change for the Better Dermot O’Brien, General Manager, Atteris Pty Ltd |
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| 15:00 | Acoustically-induced and Flow-induced Vibration: Little-known Failure Modes Now Addressed in AS/NZ 2885.1 Scott Monaghan, Project Manager, Enscope (a Quanta Services company) |
Tangguh LNG Expansion Project John Stuart-Robertson, General Manager, Pipelines, HDI Lucas |
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| 15:30 | Afternoon Tea Sponsored by First Gas |
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| 16:00 | IN CONCLUSION Chair: Donna McDowall, APGA Director and Vice President, Quanta Services Australia |
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Wentworth to Broken Hill (W2BH) – How to Drought-proof a Town in Record Time James Smith, Business Unit Leader, Major Pipelines MPC Kinetic and Bernie Resenberger, Technical Solutions Manager, MPC Kinetic |
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| 16:30 | Fear of Change Helen Wood, Chief Executive Officer, TMS Consulting Pty Ltd |
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| 17:00 | Summary and Close Dave Maloney, President, APGA and Managing Director, CNC Project Management |
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| 19:00 – 24:00 | APGA Annual Dinner: Adelaide Convention Centre Sponsored by ACIL Allen Consulting; Baker Hughes, a GE company; Baosteel; Denso (Australia) Pty Ltd; Fyfe; Momentum Engineering; Pipeline Machinery International and Tremco Pipeline Equipment |
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APGA reserves the right to cancel or alter any program item, venue or activity without notice.
