Industry Conference
Gas Industry Conference 2011
Gas Industry Co’s Industry Conference was held on 24 August 2011.
The theme was ‘Optimising the contribution of gas in New Zealand’ – to reflect the natural gas industry’s success story over the last 40 years, and to look to the challenges and opportunities of ensuring gas continues to make a sustainable and enduring contribution to the New Zealand economy and to the country’s quality of life.
To view the presentations, please click on the presenter's name:
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TIME |
TOPIC |
SPEAKER |
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8.30 – 8.45 |
Coffee / Registration |
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8.45 – 9.00 |
Opening Remarks |
Rt Hon Jim Bolger Chair, Gas Industry Co |
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9.00 – 9.35 |
NZ Gas Story |
Steve Bielby Chief Executive, Gas Industry Co |
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9.40 – 10.00 |
Ministerial Address |
Hon Hekia Parata Acting Minister of Energy & Resources |
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10.00 – 10.15 |
Coffee |
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10.15 – 11.00 |
Gas Markets Reform – a Global Perspective |
Dr Larry Ruff, PhD Special Adviser, Market Reform |
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11.00 – 11.35 |
Getting gas to fuel New Zealand - conditions for upstream investment |
John Bay Chair, PEPANZ |
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11.35 – 12.25 |
Investing in gas – a user perspective |
Richard Hale Director, Hale & Twomey Doug Watson Energy Manager, Fonterra Lyndon Haugh Energy Manager, Carter Holt Harvey Group Bruce Fyfe Group Commercial Manager, Wilson Hellaby Ltd |
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12.30 – 1.15 |
Lunch |
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1.15 – 2.00 |
Growing the residential gas market – how are we doing as an industry? |
Andrew McLeod Acting GM, Electricity - Powerco Ray Ferner Managing Director, Rinnai |
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2.00 – 2.40 |
Gas, energy efficiency and sustainability |
Mike Underhill Chief Executive, EECA |
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2.40 – 3.20 |
Rock Music, Economics and the Future of Gas in NZ |
Peter Wilson Economic Adviser, Vector |
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3.20 - 3.25 |
Closing Remarks |
Rt Hon Jim Bolger |
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3.25 – 4.00 |
Conference Ends - Refreshments |
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