• Delivering secure energy for robust economic growth and industrial development
•  Developing further renewable energy potential in Tasmania 
•  Wind-power, Basslink and natural gas distribution: the three cornerstones of a watershed moment in

• Planning for entry in the National Electricity Market
•  What does entry in the National Electricity Market and Basslink mean to Tasmania?
•   Leading Australia in the production of renewable energy
• Future developments in renewable energy

• Transitioning System Controller responsibility to NEMMCO
• Transend's responsibilities post National Electricity Market entry
•  Preparing Transend for National Electricity Market entry and beyond
•  Connecting Basslink: what’s happening?

• Identifying new regulations, systems and processes
• Understand the challenge and opportunities from the changed role of the distributor
• Meeting competitive challenges
• How Aurora responding to the changing Tasmanian market

• Developing Tasmania’s renewable energy resources
•  Determining the impact of large scale intermittent (wind) generation on networks
•  Strategies to improve electricity supply in environmentally tough times: photovoltaic and improving energy efficiency
• Strategies to secure Tasmania’s industrial load growth

• The environmental implications of joining the National Electricity Market
• Basslink, Tasmania and the National Electricity Market; how do the three fit together?
•  What will really happen to electricity prices in Tasmania?

Connecting Tasmania to the mainland is a $750 million project. At 295km it will be the longest sub-sea Interconnector in the world and will enable Hydro Tasmania to supplement supplies and thereby provide additional system security to Victoria and South Australia.

•  Hear the construction update
•  What’s the need case update?
•  Delivering corporate responsibility to Tasmanian and Victorian communities and the environment

• Getting renewable energy technology and expertise into the Australian market
• Simulating local manufacturing and attracting regional investment and employment
• Capitalising on renewable energy export opportunities without sacrificing on intellectual property and jobs
•  Factoring in the cost of dealing with the impact of high emission generation

Speed networking is an exciting, quick and non-pressured way to meet fellow conference delegates and industry peers in one 50-minute session. These brief meetings are the starting point for conversation and networking throughout the conference. This is where long-lasting and profitable business relationships are created.

•  Meet ... move on ... meet ... move on ... meet
• Form long-lasting and profitable business relationships
•  Exchange business cards with fellow conference delegates and industry peers
• The best 50-minutes networking session you've ever experienced!

• Update on Stage 1 and 2 “back bone” rollouts
• The importance of volume to competitive gas pricing
•  The contractual structure for a sustainable open access retail market
• Conversion barriers
• Demand side initiatives

• Building a competitive and sustainable Tasmanian economy
•  The role of natural gas in Tasmania’s economic growth
• Renewal energy manufacturing clusters - the flow-on effect

• Tasmania as a case study for the regulatory challenges in developing a greenfields natural gas market under the existing Gas Access Regime
• How Tasmania overcame these challenges and moved on to develop a natural gas market
• The Productivity Commission's response to the shortcomings Tasmania exposed in the existing Gas Access Regime
• The way ahead - Tasmania's natural gas regulatory framework today

• Competing for Tasmania’s power mix: gas and traditional energy supply
•  Ensuring the discipline of competition is maintained within gas distribution and retail
• The Tasmanian Gas Pipeline: delivering greater choice, flexibility and a reliable energy supply
• Investment strategies to operate on natural gas and improve competitiveness
• Regulatory arrangements relating to customer transfer, metering and gas reconciliation

• Clarifying regulatory codes and licensing arrangements
•  Likely political issues in peak loads
• Balancing consumer protection with retailers commercial interest
•  The development of wholesale gas market in Tasmania

• What will entry into the National Electricity Market mean for the Tasmanian energy market?
• What will be the competitive response to gas?
• End user perspective on entry in the National Electricity Market and increasing diversity in the Tasmanian energy market
• Determining wholesale and retail electricity prices in the National Electricity Market

• Monitoring and regulating the wholesale electricity market
• What network development is required to meet market and customer needs?
•  Developing competition in the retail electricity sector
•  Light-handed regulation of the natural gas sector

• Examining the expansion of the Ombudsman's role to include gas and the implications for the industry
• Reviewing case studies of complex cases; their outcomes and recommendations
•  Improving communication with customers to avoid costly disputes

As US and UK companies pull out of Australia’s energy market, a new guard of regional investors are buying up assets.

• Why are traditional investors returning home? 
•  Did previous investors pay too much?
• How can new investors benefit from more realistic prices?