AGENDA 2009

PRE-CONFERENCE MASTERCLASS Wednesday 16th September

Ensuring sustainable intermodal terminal development:What does it take to succeed?

8:30 Registration

9:00-4:00 Masterclass (including lunch and refreshments) This masterclass will cover:

• What types of freight may be attracted to a new intermodal
  transport system?
•  What freight volumes are required to have a sustainable
  intermodal system?
•  What are the likely cost considerations?
• How does an organisation commence the development on an
  intermodal transport system?

Tony Davidson, Co-Chair, Freight & Logistics Council of NSW (FALCON)

This masterclass is separately bookable.

DAY ONE Thursday 17th September 2009

8:30 Registration and welcome tea

9:00 Speed networking

Get to know your peers right from the start in this relaxed and informal speed networking session. Bring your business cards!

9:20 Opening remarks from the Chair

Tony Davidson, Co-Chair, Freight & Logistics Council of NSW (FALCON)

9:30 Federal Address: The national transport strategy

• Priority projects: where infrastructure spending is going
• The role of Infrastructure Australia
• Update on the National Reform Agenda
• Plans for a national Intermodal network

Senior representative, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and LocalGovernment

10:05 Port of Brisbane Signature Address

Jeff Coleman, CEO, Port of Brisbane Corporation

10:40 Morning tea

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STATE GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVES

11:10 Meeting current and emerging freight needs in light of the GFC and rising environmental concerns

Terry Garwood, Executive Director-Freight, Logistics and Marine, Department of Transport, Victoria

More panelists to be confirmed.

OUTLOOK

11:55 A global economic outlook for freight logistics

• Australia’s place in the global picture
• Review of export policies
• Economic challenges
• Implications of China’s growing economy
• Global commodity demand

Steve Meyrick, Group Manager, GHD Meyrick

12:30 Reforming Australia’s national supply chains

• End-to-end planning and policies
• Governments’ role in supply chains?
• A national ports strategy

Paul Sullivan, General Manager, Strategy & Communications, National Transport Commission

1:05 Lunch

2:05 Recovering from the GFC

• The benefits and challenges of investing in supply chain infrastructure
• Industries' role in building a National Logistics Marketplace
• Lessons learned from the World Bank case study into Australia's national T&L strategy

Hal Morris, CEO, Australian Logistics Council

PORTS

2:40 PORT CEO ROUNDTABLE
Strategies for port productivity-Making themost of what we have

Jeff Coleman, CEO, Port of Brisbane Corporation

Grant Gillfillan, CEO, Sydney Ports Corporation Stephen Bradford, CEO, Port of Melbourne Corporation

3:40 Afternoon tea

STEVEDORES

4:10 Container supply chain capacity: Automation, information technology & process engineering

  Speaker to be advised

SHIPPING

4:45 Coastal shipping overview

• Finding the right market
• Impacts on the industry

Chris Mangan, Secretary, Queensland Multimodal Freight Council

5:20 Closing remarks from the Chair

7:00 AusIntermodal dinner
AusIntermodal will host a dinner at Hillstone St Lucia.Coach transportation to the dinner will leave the hotel at 7:00pm for a 7:30pm start, and bring guests back to the hotel at approximately 10:30pm.
Your delegate registration includes dinner, however it can be booked separately for those who wish to attend to network and relax with peers. To confirm your attendance at the dinner, or book additional
places, please see the back page of this brochure.

DAY TWO Friday 18th September 2009
 

8:30  Welcome tea and networking

8:50  Opening remarks from the Chair

Hal Morris, CEO, Australian Logistics Council

INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS

9:00  Port of Long Beach Address

Richard Steinke, Executive Director, Port of Long Beach, USA

RAIL

9:35 ARTC’s current freight priorities and a look to the future

Simon Ormsby-General Manager Commercial, Australian Rail Track Corporation

10:10 Ensuring trucking safety and efficiency to improve road freight logistics

Bill McKinley, National Manager-Government Relations and Communications, Australian Trucking Association

10:45 Morning tea

11:00 Truck optimisation plan

• Ensuring the most efficient and effective interfaces between modes
• Future impacts of freight

Craig Webster, Chair-Truck Optimisation Plan project group, Chalmers Industries

Rose Elphick, Executive Officer, Victorian Freight and Logistics Council

SUPPLY CHAINS

11:35 Supply chain roundtable: Integrated solutions along the total supply chain- Delivering best practice in supply chain management

Doug Lukin, Director Global Supply Chain, Visy

Chris Brooks, Transport Development Manager, Woolworths

More panellists to be confirmed.

For updates please visit www.ausintermodal.com

ENVIRONMENT

12:15 Preparing for a climate challenged and oil constrained future

• The freight industry’s role in reducing greenhouse pollution
• Building the freight industry for the future: The importance of considering the environment no

Dr Tom Beer, Leader-Biofuels, CSIRO

12:50 Sustainable solutions for Australia's built environment

• Key challenges we face – climate change; "peak oil"; affordability and liveability of cities; greater congestion; public health concerns
• The need for a paradigm shift
• How modal shift to public and active transport and better designed cities will help the freight industry

Monica Richter, Sustainable Australia Program Manager, Australian Conservation Foundation

1:25 Lunch

2:30 Port of Brisbane Port Tour

The two-day conference includes a site tour of the Port of Brisbane for delegates to gain a greater insight into the operations of Queensland’s largest general cargo port, and one of Australia’s fastest-growing container ports. This guided tour will provide a unique opportunity for delegates to see first hand the massive capital expenditure program currently underway which is expanding wharves, warehouses, roads and other port infrastructure.

Coach transport will be provided and participants will be taken back to the hotel by 5:00.
 

Pre-conference workshop-Wednesday 16th September

Ensuring sustainable intermodal terminal development: What does it take to succeed?

8:30 Registration

9:00-4:00 Masterclass (including lunch and refreshments)

This masterclass will cover:

• What types of freight may be attracted to a new intermodal transport system?
• What freight volumes are required to have a sustainable intermodal system?
• What are the likely cost considerations?
• How does an organisation commence the development on an intermodal transport system?

Tony Davidson, Co-Chair, Freight & Logistics Council of NSW (FALCON)