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NSW Freight Briefing - Day Two

 
Freight Briefing Day - 6th October 2011
8.30
Registration and welcome coffee
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
Paul Zalai, Manager Freight and Business Operations, Customs Brokers & Forwarders Council of Australia (CBFCA)
Reviewing the state of the NSW freight network
9.30
The implications of the National Land Freight Network strategy for NSW
  • Achieving the right mix of capital investment and policy reforms
  • Governance and policy reform which has been undertaken in NSW
  • Key priorities for NSW
Stuart Cosgriff, Partner, Clayton Utz
10.05
Virtual reality and improving freight infrastructure processes and outcomes
Dr. Ben Guy, Managing Director, Urban Circus
10.40
Morning tea
11.00
Delivering freight in an emission constrained future
  • Addressing risk management in a carbon constrained world
  • Effect of differences in carbon intensity between freight mode alternatives
  • Impact of supply chain and mobility trends from the pricing of carbon
Kym Lennox, Principal Consultant, The Tipping Point Institute
Rail Freight
11.35
Review of access pricing for the NSW grain line network
  • Appropriate access pricing arrangements for the grain line network
  • The efficient below rail costs of the grain line network
  • The share of costs to be paid by users of the network
  • How competition from road transport constrains rail access charges
  • The outlook for the production of grain in NSW
Jim Cox PSM, CEO, Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART)
12.10
Lunch
1.10
Arguing the business case for greater energy efficiency in rail transport
Dale Coleman, Board Member, Australian Railway Industry Corporation & Managing Director, TTG Technology
THE HUNTER VALLEY SUPPLY CHAIN
1.45
The role of transport infrastructure for development in the Hunter Region
  • Capitalising on past successes and making better use of existing infrastructure
  • Addressing capacity constraints – Outlining planning inefficiencies
  • Planning for future infrastructure needs
Todd Williams, CEO, Regional Development Australia – Hunter
PORTS UPDATE
2.20
CASE STUDY
Update on expansion works at Port Botany
  • Outlining one of the largest port expansion projects in Australian history
  • Managing and planning access and land use
  • The role of Sydney Ports in the state and national economy
Marika Calfas, General Manager – Planning, Sydney Ports Corporation
2.55
Closing remarks from the Chair
3.00
Close of conference
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