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Western Trade Coast Major Projects Conference

Exploring investment opportunities, major projects, and economic growth in the Western Trade Coast region

1-2 December 2025 | Novotel Perth Langley

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Early bird rate $2,695 + GST - expires on 31 October 2025 // See Pricing below

overview

Join the Western Trade Coast Major Projects Conference this 1-2 December 2025 at the Novotel Perth Langley. The event will explore investment opportunities, major projects, and economic growth for the Western Trade Coast region.

Connect, collaborate, and get inspired by exclusive updates on major projects and emerging developments. Network with the region’s senior industry, investors, businesses, community, and government representatives.

Key topics to be discussed at Western Trade Coast Major Projects include:

  • The WA Government’s landmark State Development Bill and its implications for the Western Trade Coast region
  • Analysis of the infrastructure required to address existing and future constraints to industrial development in the Western Trade Coast
  • Update on current and upcoming projects
  • Activating the Western Trade Coast’s Strategic Industrial Areas to attract and develop value-adding industries to the region
  • Western Australia’s Defence Industry Strategy and the Henderson Defence Precinct
  • Westport – WA’s future container port and supply chain
  • Skilling and training for a rapidly developing region

Don’t miss out on this unparalleled networking and learning experience for the Western Trade Coast region.

Speakers

David Scaife MLA

Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier; Minister for State Development; Trade and Investment; Economic Diversification, Parliament of Western Australia

Dominic Boyle

Principal Project Director Planning and Project Development, Westport

John Lorenti

Acting General Manager of Future Energy, Synergy

Ian Lynass

Managing Director, Blue Phoenix Australia, Asia and the Middle East

Professor Eric May

Chief Executive Officer, Future Energy Exports CRC

Warwick Carter

Director, Perth South West Metropolitan Alliance

Dr Andrew Tong

Chief Executive Officer, Cobalt Blue

Chris Kearney

Chief Executive Officer, Wind With Purpose

Gary Hale

Director, the National Resilience and Security Program Office, Curtin University

Andrew Duperouzel

Regional Manager – West, Nutrien Ag Solutions

David Harrison

Chief Executive Officer, Kwinana Industries Council

Linda Dawson

Head of the Office of Defence Industries, Government of Western Australia

Dominic Carlin

Strategy, New Business & BD, ACCIONA

Michael Carr

Operations and Maintenance Manager, ACCIONA

Agenda

9:00 am

ARRIVAL | Registration & morning coffee

9:30 am

OPENING | Welcome to Western Trade Coast Major Projects and opening remarks from Chair

9:40 am

Address from the Kwinana Industries Council

David Harrison, Chief Executive Officer, Kwinana Industries Council

10:10 am

Address from the Perth South West Metropolitan Alliance

Warwick Carter, Director, Perth South West Metropolitan Alliance

10:40 am

Defence infrastructure and the AUKUS Pillar 1 programs for the region

Gary Hale, Director, the National Resilience and Security Program Office, Curtin University

11:10 am

Networking and refreshment break

11:50 am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS |Developing the Western Trade Coast for New Opportunities

David Scaife MLA, Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier; Minister for State Development; Trade and Investment; Economic Diversification, Parliament of Western Australia

12:20 pm

Western Trade Coast: Infrastructure Strategy Report

12:50 pm

Westport: Planning for the next century of trade growth in WA

Dominic Boyle, Principal Project Director Planning and Project Development, Westport

1:20 pm

Lunch and networking break

2:20 pm

Update on the Clean Energy Link – North initiative

2:50 pm

Update on the Kwinana Energy Recovery Project

Dominic Carlin, Strategy, New Business & BD, ACCIONA

Michael Carr, Operations and Maintenance Manager, ACCIONA

3:20 pm

Australia's first IBA facility

Ian Lynass, Managing Director, Blue Phoenix Australia, Asia and the Middle East

3:50 pm

Networking and refreshment break

4:20 pm

Investing in local businesses

4:50 pm

Developing a sustainable fertiliser supply chain for WA farmers

Andrew Duperouzel, Regional Manager – West, Nutrien Ag Solutions

5:20 pm

Closing remarks from Chair

5:25 pm

Networking Function

9:30 am

OPENING | Welcome to Day 2 of Western Trade Coast Major Projects and opening remarks from Chair

9:40 am

WA the gateway to AUKUS for Australia

Linda Dawson, Head of the Office of Defence Industries, Government of Western Australia

10:10 am

Behind the metre industrial electrification

Chris Kearney, Chief Executive Officer, Wind With Purpose

10:40 am

Powering WA’s energy future: an overview of Synergy’s Kwinana Battery Energy Storage Systems

John Lorenti, Acting General Manager of Future Energy, Synergy

11:10 am

Networking and refreshment break

11:40 am

The Kwinana Cobalt Refinery

Dr Andrew Tong, Chief Executive Officer, Cobalt Blue

12:10 pm

The Kwinana Energy Transformation Hub

Professor Eric May, Chief Executive Officer, Future Energy Exports CRC

12:40 pm

PANEL DISCUSSION | The future of the Western Trade Coast: Outlook and opportunities

1:20 pm

Closing remarks from the Chair

1:30 pm

Lunch and END OF CONFERENCE

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Pricing

Packages Price
Package (Two Days Conference)$2895+GST

Event Pricing

  • Early bird rate $2,695 + GST – expires on 31 October 2025
  • Full rate $2,895 + GST – from 1 November 2025

when & where

01 - 02 Dec 2025

Novotel Perth Langley

Address: 221 Adelaide Terrace, Perth WA 6000
Phone: (08) 9221 1200

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