Program
We are pleased to present the HiTeMP-4 program.
The program will be available soon for download.
Forum program
Overview
| Monday 21 October | |
| AM-1 | Introduction, Review, Global Drivers and Projections |
| AM-2 | Global Strategies and Initiatives in Decarbonisation of High Temperature Processes |
| PM-1 | Industry Hubs for the Heavy-Industrial Sector |
| PM-2 | Energy Infrastructure - Overcoming the Barriers |
| Evening | Cocktail function |
| Tuesday 22 October | |
| AM-1 | Policy, Finance and Regulation |
| AM-2 | Net-Zero Upstream Process Technology |
| PM-1 | Net-Zero High Temperature Process Technology |
| PM-2 | Poster Session |
| Evening | Dinner: Adelaide Oval |
| Wednesday 23 October | |
| AM-1 | International Best Practice in the Pathway to Net-Zero Iron and Steel - A |
| AM-2 | International Best Practice in the Pathway to Net-Zero Iron and Steel - B |
| PM-1 | International Best Practice in the Pathways to Net-Zero Alumina and Critical Minerals |
| PM-2 | International Best Practice in the Pathways to Net-Zero Cement and Lime |
| PM-3 | Synthesis of Key Perspectives and Next Steps |
Session 1: Introduction, Review, Global Drivers and Projections
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 – 9:05am | Welcome from the Chair | Susan Jeanes |
| 9:05 – 9:10am | Welcome to Country | Uncle Rod O'Brien |
| 9:10 – 9:15am | Welcome to the University of Adelaide | Prof Laura Parry, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Excellence), The University of Adelaide |
| 9:15 – 9:20am | Australia's Plans for Decarbonisation | Hon Ed Husic MP, Minister for Industry and Science |
| 9:20 – 9:35am | National Strategy to Achieve Net-Zero for Industry | Shane Gaddes, Head of Net Zero Industries, DCCEEW |
| 9:35 - 9:50am | Steeling for Change: China's Industrial Metamorphosis | Malan Perrier, Vice-President, Global Head of Assets, Metals and Mining Research, Wood Mackenzie |
| 9:50 - 10:05am | South Australia's Plans for Decarbonisation | Sam Crafter, CEO, Office of Hydrogen Power SA |
| 10:05 – 10:25am | Global Drivers for the Net-zero Transition for Industry and Hydrogen | Prof Christian Sattler, German Aerospace Center, DLR |
| 10:25 - 10:40am | About the HiTeMP Forum - Overview of the Carbon Transition and HiTeMP | Prof Graham 'Gus' Nathan, Interim Director, ISER, Research Director, HILT CRC |
| 10:40 - 11:10am | Coffee break |
Session 2: Global Strategies and Initiatives in Decarbonisation of High Temperature Processes
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 11:10 - 11:15am | Welcome from the Chair | |
| 11:15 - 11:35am | Global and National Drivers to Decarbonise Heavy Industry | Prof Frank Jotzo, Australian National University |
| 11:35 - 11:55am | Rio Tinto's Approach to Steel Decarbonisation | Rowan Mackay, Senior Business Development Manager, Decarbonisation, Rio Tinto |
| 11:55 – 12:15pm | Multi Hundred Megawatt and Gigawatt Scale Electrolysis Projects for Industrial Hydrogen Applications - An Update | Dr Johann Rinhoffer, thyssenkrupp nucera Australia |
| 12:15 – 12:25pm | Presentation from the HILT CRC | Jenny Selway, CEO, HILT CRC |
| 12:25 – 12:35pm | About Mission Innovation and the Net-Zero Industries Mission | Dr Alan Monaghan,
Global Mission Coordinator, Net Zero Industries Mission |
| 12:35 - 1:00pm | Panel Discussion | |
| 1:00 - 2:00pm | Lunch |
Session 3: Industry Hubs for the Heavy-Industrial Sector
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 2:00 - 2:10pm | Welcome and Overview from the Chair | Prof Ellen B. Stechel, Co-Director, LightWorks®, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation, Arizona State University |
| 2:10 – 2:30pm | Low-carbon Iron Hubs: Australia Faces Growing Global Competition | Simon Nicholas, Lead Energy Finance Analyst, IEEFA |
| 2:30 – 2:50pm | Perspective of Industrial Hubs from the UK | Prof Mercedes Maroto-Valer, Director, UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre |
| 2:50 – 3:00pm | Enabling H2 Deployment: Lessons from an LNG Operator | Mr Jason Crusan, Vice President New Energy Growth & Solutions, Woodside Energy |
| 3:00 - 3:10pm | Update on Net-Zero Hydrogen Production Technologies | Prof Greg Metha, University of Adelaide and Australian Director, Global HyPT Center |
| 3:10 - 3:40pm | Panel Discussion | |
| 3:40 - 4:10pm | Coffee break |
Session 4: Energy Infrastructure - Overcoming the Barriers
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 4:10 - 4:15pm | Welcome from the Chair | |
| 4:15 - 4:35pm | Scale of the Challenge for Energy Infrastructure | Prof Michael Brear, Director, Melbourne Energy Institute |
| 4:35 - 4:55pm | Enabling a Net-Zero Electricity System | Chris Davies, Group Manager Future Energy Systems, AEMO |
| 4:55 - 5:05pm | Romanian Perspective on Pathways to Net-Zero for Industry | Corneliu Bodea, CEO, Adrem |
| 5:05 - 5:15pm | TBC | TBC |
| 5:15 - 5:25pm | Net-Zero Energy Options for Industry (HILT CRC Project) | Dr Tara Hosseini, Senior Research Scientist CSIRO and HILT CRC |
| 5:25 - 5:35pm | ||
| 5:35 - 6:00pm | Panel Discussion | |
| 6:15 - 8:15pm | Cocktail Function | |
| 6:45 - 6:55pm | Cocktail Function Special Guest Presentation | Hon Susan Close MP, Deputy Premier of South Australia |
| 6:55 - 7:05pm | Cocktail Function Special Guest Presentation | His Excellency Mr Radu Gabriel Safta, Ambassador of Romania to Australia |
Session 5: Policy, Regulation and Finance
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 9:05am | Welcome from the Chair | Prof Peter Draper, Executive Director, Institute for International Trade, the University of Adelaide |
| 9:05 - 9:25am | From First-of-a-Kind to the New Best Available Technology Standard: How to Transform Global Industrial Sectors Towards Near Zero, Zero and Negative GHG Emissions | Dr Chris Bataille, Columbia University |
| 9:25 - 9:45am |
Policy, Regulatory and Financial Frameworks for Facilitating the Net-Zero Transitions for High Temperature Process Industries |
Prof Göran Roos, Adjunct Professor, the University of Adelaide |
| 9:45 - 10:05am | Policies to Foster Hydrogen | Prof Nazmiye Ozkan, Cranfield University, UK |
| 10:05 – 10:15am | The Role of Sustainable Finance to Guide Capital to Net-Zero Transition Solutions | Ms Nicole Yazbek-Martin, Head of Taxonomy and Natural Capital, Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) |
| 10:15 - 10:25am | TBC | Ms Leah Wojcik, General Manager, Industrial Net Zero Transformation, Dept of Industry Science and Resources |
| 10:25 - 10:50am | Panel Discussion | |
| 10:50 - 11:20am | Coffee break |
Session 6: Net Zero Upstream Processing Technology
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 11:20 - 11:25am | Welcome from the Chair | |
| 11:25 - 11:45am | Emerging Pathways to Process Low-grade Iron Ore: Green Iron Ore | Dr Mark Pownceby, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO |
| 11:45 - 12:05pm | Developing Dephosphorization Technique for Iron Ore with Reduction Process | Dr Koji Saito, Nippon Steel Research Institute Corporation |
| 12:05 - 12:15pm | Emerging Leaching Technology | Dr Lina Hockaday, Curtin University |
| 12:15 - 12:25pm | Emerging Thermal Pre-treatment Technology | Dr Alfonso Chinnici, The University of Adelaide, and HILT CRC |
| 12:25 - 12:35pm | Steam Generation with Integrated Thermal Energy Storage | Mr Fulvio Bassetti, R&D Technical Director, Magaldi Power |
| 12:35 - 12:45pm | Novel Agglomoration Technology | Mr Richard (Innes) van Schalwyk, Picko Global |
| 12:45 - 1:15pm | Panel Discussion | |
| 1:15 - 2:00pm | Lunch |
Session 7: Poster presentations
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 2:00 - 2:05pm | Welcome from the Chairs | Dr Woei Saw and Dr Ellena Li, The University of Adelaide |
| 2:05 - 3:15pm | Poster session | All participants discuss their work in Exhibition Hall, NWC |
| 3:15 - 3:30pm | Coffee break |
Session 8: Net-Zero High Temperature Process Technology
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 3:30 - 3:35pm | Welcome from the Chair | Prof Peter Ashman, the University of Adelaide and HILT CRC |
| 3:35 - 3:55pm | Ramifications of H2 DRI EAF Steelmaking | Dr Sara Hornby, Founder, Global Strategic Solutions Inc. |
| 3:55 - 4:15pm | Laboratory-scale Electric Smelting of Hydrogen-based DRI Produced from Australian Hematite Goethite Iron Ore | Prof Tom Honeyands, University of Newcastle |
| 4:15 - 4:25pm | Calix: Decarbonising Industry through the Electrification of Industrial HiTeMP Processes | Dr Matt Boot-Handford, Chief Scientist, Calix Ventures |
| 4:25 - 4:35pm | New Zealand's Hydrogen-DRI Program | Prof Chris Bumby, Victoria University of Wellington |
| 4:35 - 4:45pm | Application of 1414 Trials to Industrial Energy Sources | Dr Mahesh Venkataraman, Chief Technology Officer, 1414 Degrees |
| 4:45 - 5:15pm | Panel Discussion | |
| 7:00 - 10:30pm | Forum Dinner, Adelaide Oval |
Session 9: International Best Practice in the Pathways to Net-zero Iron and Steel - A
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 9:05am | Welcome from the Chair | TBC |
| 9:05 - 9:25am | Japan's Pathway to Net-zero Steel | Prof Hiroshi Nogami, Tohoku University |
| 9:25 - 9:45am | Overview of European Transition to Green Steel | Mr Paul Cobden, Senior Researcher, Swerim |
| 9:45 - 9:55am | Cicored: A Flexible Direct Reduction Process to Utilize Australian Ores for Green Steelmaking | Mr Parizat Pandey, Director, Product Group Direct Reduced Iron, Metso |
| 9:55 - 10:05am | Renewable Carbon Products for the Transition to Net-zero Ironmaking | Dr Joe Herbertson AM, Co-founder, The Crucible Group Pty Ltd |
| 10:05 - 10:15am | Pathways to Decarbonise Iron and Steel Making | Dr Shabnam Sabah, Swinburne University of Technology |
| 10:15 - 10:40am | Coffee break |
Session 10: International Best Practice in the Pathways to Net-zero Iron and Steel - B
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 10:40 - 11:00am | Different Reactors to Hydrogen DRI - Evaluating the Options | Prof Geoff Brooks, Swinburne University of Technology |
| 11:00 - 11:10am | TBC | TBC |
| 11:10 - 11:20am | TBC | TBC |
| 11:20 - 11:30am | End-to-end Technoeconomics of Hydrogen DRI Routes to Green Steel from Pilbara Ores | A/Prof John Pye, Australian National University |
| 11:30 - 12:00pm | Panel Discussion | |
| 12:00 - 12:50pm | Lunch |
Session 11: International Best Practice in Pathways to Net-zero Alumina and Critical Minerals
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 12:50 - 12:55pm | Welcome from the Chair | TBC |
| 12:55 - 1:15pm | The Pathways to Net-zero Transition for the Alumina Industry | Dr Alessio Scarsella, Chief Operating Officer, Almatis |
| 1:15 - 1:35pm | Pathway to Net-zero Alumina | Dr Woei Saw, The University of Adelaide |
| 1:35 - 1:55pm | Decarbonising Lithium for a Net-Zero World | Ms Wendy Harris, Regional Director, Climate Change, Hatch |
| 1:55 - 2:15pm | Panel Discussion |
Session 12: International Best Practice in the Pathway to Net-zero Cement and Lime
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 2:15 - 2:20pm | Welcome from the Chairs | TBC |
| 2:20 - 2:40pm | Fortera's Plans for Decarbonisation | Dr Mike Weiss, Chief Science Officer and Co-founder, Fortera Corp |
| 2:40 – 2:50pm | Pathway to Net-zero Cement and Lime | Ms Felicity Lloyd, Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer, Adbri |
| 2:50 – 3:00pm | TBC | TBC |
| 3:00 – 3:15pm | Panel Discussion | |
| 3:15 – 3:30pm | Coffee break |
Session 13: Synthesis of Key Perspectives and Next Steps
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 3:30 - 3:35pm | Introduction from the Chairs | Prof GJ 'Gus' Nathan, HiTeMP-4 Convenor, Jenny Selway, CEO, HILT CRC (TBC) |
| 3:35 - 3:55 | Panel Highlights - Drivers and Opportunities - key highlights not already covered by panel discussions. | TBC |
| 3:55 - 4:00pm | Comment from the Chair | |
| 4:00 - 4:20pm | Panel Highlights - Cross-cutting - key highlights not already covered by panel discussions | |
| 4:20 - 4:25pm | Comment from the Chairs | |
| 4:25 - 4:30pm | Closing Remarks | Prof GJ 'Gus' Nathan |