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SA Industry Climate Change Conference 2025

Towards net-zero in SA business

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Program

Program outline will be released soon.

*Program subject to change, at the discretion of the Conference Program Committee.

Day 1 - Thursday 8 May 2025
7.30am Registrations open
8.45am Conference Opening – Welcome Address by Master of Ceremonies
Martin Haese - Chair, Premier’s Climate Change Council
9.00am Welcome to Country
9.15am Session 1: Opening Address - Government of South Australia
9.45am Session 2: The Global Perspective
What does climate change action look like outside of South Australia?
10.15am Session 3: Keynote Address (speaker to be announced)
10.45am Morning Tea / Networking
11.15am Session 4: Sustainable Low Emissions Industry
What do future low emission industries look like in South Australia?
12.00pm Session 5: Finance and Investment for Decarbonised Business
How to position your business to secure sustainable finance
12.45pm Lunch / Networking
1.45pm Session 6 (Concurrent Sessions): Why Decarbonising is Good for Business
Leading businesses will share case studies and answer questions from the audience.

- Session 6a: Decarbonise your Business – SMEs
Hear from SME's that are taking advantage of market opportunities and new technology
- Session 6b: Decarbonise your business - Large Enterprises
Hear from copmpanies that have found solutions to decarbonise their business and are undertaking financial disclosures.
2.30pm Session 7 (Concurrent Sessions): How to Decarbonise your Business
Hear from experts on how to start measuring emissions; managing scope 3 emissions; and reducing emissions in the built environment.

- Session 7a: Measuring your Emissions - The basics and where to start
- Session 7b: Managing Scope 3 Emissions - How to decarbonise supply chains and the opportunities from tracking carbon emissions
- Session 7c: Decarbonising Housing and Buildings - How do we balance the high demand for housing with the need to build more sustainably?
3.15pm Afternoon Tea / Networking
3.45pm Session 8: Learning from Climate Savvy Agribusiness
Hear from leading Agribusiness experts on the gaps and opportunities in tackling climate change and building resilience for your business.
4.30pm End of Day 1 - Closing Remarks - Martin Haese
4.35-5.35pm After Day 1 Networking Drinks
6.00pm (6.30pm start) Dinner Event (limited tickets)
Venue: National Wine Centre

Day 2 - Friday 9 May 2025
From 8.00am Registrations open
8.45am Welcome Address by Master of Ceremonies
Martin Haese - Chair, Premier’s Climate Change Council
8.55am Welcome to Country
9.10am Session 9: Building South Australia’s Resilience
9.40am Session 10: Keynote Address (speaker to be announced)
10.00am Session 11: The Real Cost of Climate Change
Starting with an introduction to the impacts of climate change, this conversation will delve into what this will mean for insurance, finance and business sectors.
10.45am Morning Tea / Networking
11.15am Session 12: Practical Solutions for SMEs
Hear from an expert on the simple steps you can take to respond to climate change and prepare for a low emissions future.
12.00pm Transition to concurrent sessions
12.10pm Session 13 (Concurrent Breakout): Masterclasses for decarbonising and building resilience across industry sectors
Content experts demonstrating practical solutions for business and industry to take away to reduce emissions and prepare for climate change.

- Session 13a: Transport - The Future of Freight
- Session 13b: Knowing your Consumer - Customer behaviour and preference as drivers for market diversification and change
- Session 13c: Benefits of a Circular Economy - Actions and outcomes
- Session 13d: Harvesting Resilience: Carbon Farming for Sustainable Business Growth - How carbon farming can help to future proof your business
12.55pm Lunch / Networking
1.55pm Session 14 (Concurrent Breakout): Future Focus
Foresight Conversations on emerging trends.

- Session 14a: Future Fuels - What are the solutions beyond electric vehicles (synthetic, bio, and e-methane)?
- Session 14b: Environmental Protection
- Session 14c: Driving Climate Action in Healthcare: Transforming the Sector for a Sustainable Future - Exploring emissions reduction and adaptation strategies in healthcare to drive sustainable, resilient soluntions.
- Session 14d: Future Cities - What are the current and future challenges and opportunities to create better cities in South Australia?
2.40pm Session 15: Building the Skills of the Future
Taking action to meet workforce requirements from changes associated with decarbonisation.
3.25pm Session 16: Keynote Address (speaker to be announced)
3.55pm Closing Summary
4.15pm Conference Close
4.15-5.15pm After Event Networking Drinks and Catering
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CONFERENCE
INFORMATION

South Australia’s
Industry Climate Change Conference

8 – 9 May 2025
Adelaide Convention Centre

CONFERENCE
ORGANISERS

All Occasions Group
12 Stirling Street
Thebarton SA 5031

Contact Information
conference@aomevents.com
(08) 8125 2200

Hon Andrea Michaels MP

Andrea Michaels is the Minister for Small and Family Business; Minister for Consumer and Business Affairs; and Minister for Arts. She is also the State Member for Enfield.

Prior to becoming a Minister, Andrea was running her own small business – a legal practice specialising in commercial law and supporting small and family businesses.

Andrea is passionate about promoting diversity, supporting more women to launch and grow businesses, and building safe, fair and friendly communities.

She is focused on ensuring government is easy to do business with, that small businesses are supported to succeed, and that the whole community has access to a thriving cultural and creative sector.

Tori Dixon-Whittle

Tori Dixon-Whittle is a dynamic and results-driven leader with over 30 years of entrepreneurial success across diverse industries, including manufacturing, business development, the arts, tourism, and education. Known for her ability to lead transformation and drive meaningful change, Tori has founded and scaled multiple ventures, earning a reputation for innovation and impact.

She has played a pivotal role in elevating Australia’s creative and cultural sectors, transforming key tourism and arts initiatives into nationally recognised successes. Her leadership has extended globally, including significant contributions to international business and diplomatic relations through her work in Southeast Asia.

As Vice-President of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam, she helped strengthen vital ties between Australia and Vietnam across trade and enterprise. Tori now leads Food South Australia, where she champions the state’s position as a global leader in food and beverage excellence—driving innovation, sustainability, and industry growth.

She is an alumna of the Governor’s Leadership Foundation and serves as a Counsellor on the South Australian Royal Horticultural Society’s Agrifood and Commerce Committee. With a strategic mindset and a nuanced understanding of consumer behaviour, Tori empowers organisations to adapt, innovate, and achieve long-term success.

Brad Lemmon

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Brad Lemmon is CEO of the Recycling & Waste business at ResourceCo, one of Australia’s leading industrial recycling businesses.  With a diverse group of operations across Australia and South East Asia, ResourceCo is a pioneer in creating effective circular economy outcomes. From providing landfill diversion solutions for construction, demolition, soil, commercial or industrial wastes, to the production and supply of a wide range of high-quality construction materials or alternate fuels, ResourceCo sees waste as an opportunity.

 

Brad’s journey into sustainable manufacturing springs from over 30 years’ experience in the construction materials and mining services industries, operating and leading a diverse range of functions and roles, including commercial, operational, strategy and international trade.

 

Having led some of Australia’s largest cement and lime manufacturing facilities, Brad’s direct experience provides deep insight into the challenges faced by large, energy and emission intensive industries, as they navigate the path to decarbonisation and sustainable manufacturing.

 

Brad is a non-executive director of Papyrus Australia (ASX:PPY), the developer of a world-first sustainable technology that converts banana plantation waste into fibre and biodegradable food packaging products.

 

Brad is also Advisory Board Chairman, on behalf of Mayur Resources (ASX:MRL), supporting the Central Cement & Lime project in Papua New Guinea in the development of nation building cement and quicklime production facilities, with a key focus on sustainable production achieved through effective process design and technology.

Pavlo Smoliy

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Pavlo is the CEO at Trellis Technologies, a Lot Fourteen based, pioneer and leading Software as a Service, driving the digital transformation of mixed format data, critical to underpinning organisations performance disclosures around environment, climate and broader sustainability performance.  

With Trellis’s launch from Adelaide in 2018 and Pavlo’s subsequent joining in 2023, Trellis is scaling rapidly to now integrate, validate and interpret 1000’s of data forms for over 28,000 facilities across Australia and New Zealand. 

Prior to Trellis Technologies, Pavlo has spent most of his career in Management Consulting at Big Four firms, working on large scale business transformations in Europe and Australia. He has a degree in Economics, Finance & Management from Queen Mary, University of London as well as a Chartered Accountancy qualification from ICAEW.

Pavlo leads a Apart from his role as a CEO, Pavlo is also a Non-Executive Director and a Board Member at Dnister Ukrainian Credit Co-operative

Nick Palousis

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Nick is an engineer, CEO, entrepreneur and proud father of three daughters.

As the Founder and CEO for 2XE, Nick has spent 20 years working with over 1,000 businesses and governments to help them pursue ESG and net zero emissions with the best possible holistic return on investment. He has worked with clients across almost every major industry and government sector, and currently works with some of Australia’s most recognised brands. 

Nick has spearheaded 2XE’s rapid growth as a highly-regarded Australian ESG and net zero consulting firm, with an expanding footprint in New Zealand, Canada, US and Switzerland.

Nick is a recipient of a national British Council Eureka Prize, an ADC Australian Leadership Award and was an advisor to the World Economic Forum’s Driving Sustainable Consumption Project. Under Nick’s leadership, 2XE received a Climate Change Leadership Award from the Premier of South Australia, and was named the 2024 SA Telstra Business of Business Award Winner for Promoting Sustainability. 

Nick was also selected as the 2024 Net Zero Business Advisor Ambassador for the National Net Zero Careers campaign, funded by Boundless Earth (Mike Cannon-Brookes’ philanthropic venture).