Events

Researcher Conference 2020

August 14, 2020

Welcome to Future Fuels CRC’s Annual Researcher Conference for 2020.

The Researcher Conference provides a forum for our wide community of researchers to come together, present work to date, outline key research results and contributions already delivered, and to sharpen our focus on outcomes and impacts.

This internal event is only open to our research and industry participants. Although focussed on our research teams, the event is open to all our industry participants who are welcome to join at any time.

The event will run online over three days from Wednesday 12 August to Friday 14 August 2020. All sessions will be short and focussed, with plenty of time between sessions for other work and further discussion.

Registration is now complete and attendees should receive their login details shortly.

Day 1: Wednesday 12 August 2020

All times in AEST Australian Eastern Standard Time

9.30am – 10:30am  Social Event – Virtual Coffee Hour

All participants are welcome to join our social preconference webchat.

10.30am – 11:30am  Introduction and Welcome: David Norman, CEO Future Fuels CRC

Summary of Research Highlights

        • Progress against research objectives
        • Key research results to date
        • Impacts and implications

1.00pm- 2.00pm RP1 Research presentations – Session 1

Session Leader: Klaas van Alphen Future Fuels CRC

Research presentations on:

RP1.3-03: Methane pyrolysis for hydrogen production (Alister Sheil, UQ and Reza Abdollahi UoA)

RP1.2-01: Integrated energy systems modelling (Antonella De Corato, UoM)

RP1-3-02: Novel hydrogen-methane separation technology (Leila Dehdari, UoM)

These will be followed by an Industry Adviser response and Q&A session with Dennis van Puyvelde (ENA) and Benjy Lee (Jemena)

2.00pm – 3:00pm RP1 Research presentations – Session 2

Session Leader: Klaas van Alphen Future Fuels CRC

The second session of presentations will be:

RP1.4-01: Type-A appliance test program (Peter Ashman, UoA)

RP1.2-03: Biomethane injection viability framework (Holger Maier and Sam Culley, UoA)

RP1.2-01: Techno-economic modelling (Simon Smart, UQ)

These will be followed by an Industry Adviser response and Q&A session with Dennis van Puyvelde (ENA) and Benjy Lee (Jemena)

3.30pm – 4:30pm  Professional development session

Taking a Communication Perspective at Work: First Steps (David Paterno, RMIT)

 

Day 2: Thursday 13 August 2020

9.00am – 10:00am  RP2 Research presentations – Session 1

Session Leader: David Paterno (RMIT)

Research presentations on:

RP2.1-02: Social license and acceptance of future fuels (Elliot Clarke, UQ)

RP2.10-01: Social license to operate in natural resource dependent industries (Nikki Dumbrell, UoA)

RP2.1-05: Public Communication (David Paterno, RMIT)

These will be followed by an Industry Adviser response and Q&A session with Ashley Kellett (AshleyK Consulting)

10.00am – 11:00am  RP2 Research presentations – Session 2

Session Leader: David Paterno (RMIT)

The second session of presentations will be:

RP2.1-09: SLO Training (Kathy Witt, UQ)

RP2.1-06: Mapping Vulnerability to Future Fuels (Nicola Willand, RMIT)

RP2.2-01: Regulatory mapping (Jan Hayes, RMIT)

These will be followed by an Industry Adviser response and Q&A session with Ashley Kellett (AshleyK Consulting)

11.30am – 12:30pm Planning and delivering research projects

Robert Newton and Klaas van Alphen, Future Fuels CRC.

Workshop outlining the project proposal process, milestone reporting requirements, and essential information such in-kind reporting.

12.30pm – 1.30pm Social Event – Virtual Lunch Chat

All participants are welcome to join our social lunch time webchat.

1.30pm – 2:30pm RP3 Research presentations – Session 1

Session Leader: Nick Kastelein (GPA)

Research presentations on:

RP3.2-04: Cohesive gas impurities (Erwin Macario, UoM)

RP3.1-05: Compatibility of plastic piping with future fuels (Yuecheng Zhang, UoM)

RP3.1-02: Atom Probe Tomography – hydrogen interactions with steel pipelines (Reza Parvizi, Deakin)

These will be followed by an Industry Adviser response and Q&A session with Keith Lenghaus (APA) and Mehdi Fardi (APA)

2.30pm – 3:30pm RP3 Research presentations – Session 2

Session Leader: Nick Kastelein (GPA)

The second session of presentations will be:

RP3.1-03: Future proofing plastic pipes (Nolene Byrne, Deakin)

RP3.1-06: Hydrogen permeation in pipeline steels (Brad Davis, UoW)

RP3.2-07: Metering and quality monitoring (Ajit Godbole, UoW)

These will be followed by an Industry Adviser response and Q&A session with Keith Lenghaus (APA) and Mehdi Fardi (APA)

 

Day 3 Friday 14 August 2020

9.00am – 10:00am  Research Roadmaps

Klaas van Alphen and Nick Kastelein, Future Fuels CRC

10.30am – 12:00pm  Ideas for the future

Lead by David Norman and Shaun Coffey, this session is a mixed, informative session involving:

Update on Australia’s latest hydrogen blending projects:

Jemena: Alistair Wardrope, Technical Lead – Renewable Gases

AGIG: Owen Sharpe, Senior Strategy Advisor

Opportunity for brief Q&A.

Communication and Dissemination in a COVID-19 World

George Whittaker, Communication and Engagement Future Fuels CRC

Opportunity for brief Q&A.

3 quick responses from attendees

These responses will reflect on the value of conference, what was learnt, thoughts for future researcher conference events and what takeaways attendees may carry with them to respective workplaces, especially focusing on how we can continually grow and broaden the impact of our work.

Opportunity for general Q&A for this section.

12:00 pm  Summary and Conference Close

David Norman, CEO Future Fuels CRC

12.30 pm  Social Event – Virtual Closing Conversations

All participants welcome to join our social end-of-conference webchat over lunch.