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SEAAOC 2007
speakers included
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The Hon. Clare
Martin MLA
Chief Minister
Northern Territory Government
Clare Martin is the Chief Minister
of the Northern Territory holding the portfolios of
Asian
Relations and Trade, AustralAsia Railway, Indigenous Policy and Major
Projects.
On 18 August 2001 Clare led the Australian Labor Party into Government for
the first time in Northern Territory history. Four years late, on June18,
2005, she led Labor to a second term with an increased majority.
One of ten children, (born on 15 June 1952), Clare Martin grew up in Sydney,
commenced her education at Dominican Convent, Wahroonga and then Loreto
Convent, Normanhurst. She went on to achieve a Bachelor of Arts from Sydney
University in 1970-75.
Clare and her partner David Alderman have two children, Jake and Chloe.
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Belinda Robinson
Chief Executive
APPEA
Belinda joined APPEA on 18th
July 2005 as its Chief Executive. She has come to the industry from A3P, the
Australian Plantation Products & Paper Industry Council, where she was the
Chief Executive Officer tackling issues such as resource security, energy
policy, manufacturing industry policy, trade policy and climate change.
Belinda has spent 9 years with the Commonwealth Government including 6 years
at senior and senior executive positions within the Department of the Prime
Minister and Cabinet responsible for a range of resource, primary industries
and environment policy issues. Belinda has also worked in a variety of
resource planning roles in State and local governments. She holds three
degrees including a Master of Environmental Law from the Australian National
University.
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The Hon. Ian Macfarlane MP
Minister for Industry, Tourism and
Resources
Australian Government
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Steve Ruey-Long Chen
Minister of Economic Affairs
Taiwan
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James Slutz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Oil and Natural Gas,
U.S. Department of Energy
Jim Slutz currently serves as
the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oil and Natural Gas in the Office of
Fossil Energy of the U.S. Department of Energy. In this position, Mr. Slutz
is responsible for administering domestic and international oil and gas
programs, including research and development, policy analysis, and natural
gas import and export licensing. The oil and natural gas office leads DOE's
LNG program which involves the analysis of safety and other technical
issues.
Prior to his appointment in June 2002, Mr. Slutz served as the Director,
Indiana Division of Oil and Gas, with responsibilities for overseeing oil
and natural gas exploration and production, natural gas storage, and leasing
of state land for exploration. From the period of 1981 to 1992, Mr. Slutz
worked for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and
Gas, where he served in various managerial and technical positions.
Mr. Slutz holds an MBA degree from The Ohio State University, Fisher College
of Business, and a B.S. degree from The Ohio State University, School of
Natural Resources.
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The Hon. Raphael P.
M. Lotilla
Secretary of the Department of Energy
The Republic of
the Philippines
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Joseph Marushack,
President
ConocoPhillips Australia
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Andris Blankenburgs,
Business Development Manager, Eni Australia
Andris has 20 years experience in the international oil and gas industry. He
began his career as a petroleum engineer and reservoir engineer with Shell
in Holland and the North Sea. He then moved through a number of commercial
and business roles with independents working in the UK, US, Caspian Region
and South America before moving to Australia in 2000. He now manages
business development and commercial activities for Eni Australia and is a
Director of Eni Gas & Power LNG Australia B.V.
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Chris Hart,
Managing Director, MEO
Australia
Christopher Hart commenced his
involvement in the upstream oil and gas industry in the late 1980's. Over
the past sixteen years he has been actively involved in the industry,
serving as both director and executive director for a number of junior
companies, including Bass Strait Group NL, Octanex NL, Cue Energy Resources
NL and Natural Gas Australia Ltd., and consulting directly to various oil
and gas companies including Cue Energy and Boral Energy Ltd.
The primary focus of Mr. Hart's activities is in the area of gas marketing
and the identification of the most appropriate mechanism for the
commercialisation of various gas resources.
Mr. Hart co-founded Timor Sea Petroleum in 1994 (which has now become MEO
Australia Ltd), the original tenement holder of the Evans Shoal gasfield,
and he has been instrumental in developing the Company's gas-to-liquids
projects.
Over the past nine years, Mr. Hart has been principally involved in
formulating and developing the strategies for the commercialisation of
regional gasfields in the Timor Sea including the potential gas resources in
the Company's permit, NT/P68. This activity primarily related to the
development of offshore GTL production concepts, including the Tassie Shoal
Methanol Project and the Timor Sea LNG Project.
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John
Hartwell, Head Resources
Division, Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
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Peter Botten,
Managing Director,
Oil Search Limited
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Jack
Hamilton, Chief Executive
Officer, Liquefied Niugini Gas Ltd
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Peter Cleary,
President, North West Shelf
Australia LNG Pty Ltd
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Ian Tchacos
Chief Executive Officer
Nexus Energy
Nexus Energy's Managing
Director Ian Tchacos is a petroleum engineer with over 20 years
international experience in a range technical and commercial roles, from
exploration and development operations to marketing and energy finance.
Prior to joining Nexus Ian held a number of senior managerial positions in a
range of junior and mid sized oil companies key accomplishments include:
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Building a $250 million asset base with Hardy
Petroleum
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Gas Marketing Representative for Harriet Joint
Venture
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Non Operators representative for Bayu Undan Gas
Project
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Responsible for divestment of Bond Corporations
$1.4 billion energy assets
Since Ian's appointment as CEO of Nexus in
August 2002, the company has undergone a substantial growth period, securing
a quality portfolio of exploration and appraisal assets in the Gippsland,
Browse, Bonaparte and Vlaming basins. Ian also finalised the company's
recent acquisition of the Echuca Shoals gas discovery.
Under Ian's stewardship Nexus will progress the appraisal and development of
the Crux gas condensate field and Longtom gas discovery as well as drilling
5 exploration prospects.
Nexus' strategy is to secure highly prospective exploration acreage at high
equity levels with a view to gaining leverage from its technical and
commercial skills. Under this strategy Nexus' market capitalisation has
grown from A$2 million to a current A$ 137 million in the last 3 years.
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Stephen Ohl
Group General Manager Operations
Australian Pipeline Trust
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Robin Antrobus,
Vice President External Relations,
ConocoPhillips
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Tetsu
Hashimoto
Executive Officer General Manager
Fuel Department Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)
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Somchai
Sintharapantorn
Executive Vice President - Natural Gas Supply & Trading PTT Public
Company Limited, Thailand
Mr.Somchai Sintharapantorn is
the Executive Vice President Natural Gas Supply and Trading , Exploration &
Production and Gas Business Group, at PTT Public Company Limited (PTT). He
graduated with a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Louisiana
State University, U.S.A. in 1974 and later joined PTT in 1983 after has
worked with ESSO Thailand for 8 years.
Over the past 20 years, Mr.Somchai has worked in various areas in the
Petroleum oil & gas Industry at different management positions such as
Logistics & Refining, Supply & Trading, Petrochemical Olefins & Aromatics,
Corporate Strategy and Planning Group and in the Natural Gas Supply and
Trading. Presently, he holds Board of directorship in PTT LNG Co., Ltd. and
subsidiary companies related to power and utility business. Mr.Somchai is
also a graduate of Stanford University Executive Program in year 2000. He is
married with 2 children and he likes golfing.
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Jim McIlvenny
President, Asia Pacific &
Greater China The Dow Chemical Company
Jim McIlvenny assumed additional responsibility as President of Dow Asia
Pacific & Greater China in February, 2006.
McIlvenny, who had been Dow Greater China President since January 2004,
broadened his responsibilities to embrace Dow's presence across the whole
region, capitalizing on the many synergies that exist across Asia Pacific
while ensuring that the Company's focus on Greater China remains just as
sharp as it has been these past few years. McIlvenny is based in Shanghai,
China.
Prior to being named President of Dow Greater China, he served as Business
Vice President of Specialty Polymers, a portfolio of businesses providing a
diverse range of products for applications in industries such as paints and
coatings, water purification, transportation, construction, pharmaceuticals,
and personal care.
McIlvenny joined Dow in Australia in 1982, where he held a number of
positions in Chemical and Performance Products in the areas of technical
service, sales, marketing, and business leadership. From 1989 to 1998, he
was involved in the commercial and business operations for Liquid
Separations, beginning in Tokyo as the Business Manager for Separation
Systems in Dow Pacific.
He moved to Midland, Michigan, to serve as the Director of Marketing, Sales
and Service for Liquid Separations in Dow North America. In 1995, he became
the Global Business Director for Liquid Separations, and as part of that
role, he was named President and CEO of FilmTec Corporation, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company.
In 1998, McIlvenny was named President and CEO of Hampshire Chemical Corp.,
a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, then based in
Lexington, Massachusetts.
McIlvenny graduated from the University of Sydney with a bachelor's degree
in chemical engineering.
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Penny O'Neill
Head, Customs and Excise Deloitte Australia
Penny leads Deloitte's
National Customs and Excise practice, providing specialist customs advice to
both public and private sector organisations involved in importing and/or
exporting goods.
Penny has more than 20 years experience in the customs industry, having
commenced her career with the Australian Customs Service. Penny's core focus
is now advising clients on:
1 project management relating to imported capital equipment
2 supply contract conditions relating to imported goods
3 tariff classification of goods
4 concessional entry of goods
5 valuation of imported goods
6 disputes relating to imported goods.
Over the last ten years Penny has obtained savings (of duty) for major
projects in excess of $70 million through strategic planning and review of
import schedules, and utilisation of concessional and other customs
legislation to achieve optimal results for her clients.
Penny was involved for over 18 years in the training of Customs Brokers
throughout Queensland. This education role included designing and teaching
course material and also authoring course content for distance education
customs students around the State.
Penny is a skilled negotiator and has frequently succeeded in winning
difficult cases for her clients. She develops and implements complementary
information systems to enable maximum savings to be obtained.
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Brian Cann
Assistant Director, Gas
Industries, Department of the Chief Minister Northern Territory
Government
Brian has worked for 22 years as a professional economist within the
Northern Territory. The last 8 years he has worked in various capacities
which the Major Projects, Asian Relations and Trade Division of the
Department of the Chief Minister and its predecessor organisations. This
work has entailed research and analysis of the development potential for
natural gas processing industries and liaison with proponents interested in
the Northern Territory as a location for oil and gas related industries.
Brian is currently one of the Northern Territory's representatives on the
MCE/MCMPR Working Group on Natural Gas Supply and heads the Northern
Territory's Task Force facilitating the proposed Darwin Clean Fuels
Condensate Processing Plant..
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Paul Dutton,
Operations Manager - WA/SA/NT, BOC Gases
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Tony Regan,
Consultant, Nexant
(Singapore)
Tony Regan is a Singapore based senior consultant with Nexant, a US
chemicals, power, oil and gas consultancy. Tony focuses on the gas market in
Asia Pacific.
Tony has extensive international oil and gas experience, much of it gained
during 25 years with Shell International where he held a broad range of
supply, logistics, trading and new business development roles. With Shell he
developed several new businesses and held senior management positions in
Europe and Asia. He has over 15 years experience in the Asia Pacific gas
market and early accomplishments include the first spot sales of LNG in Asia
when he placed cargoes from Australia and Brunei into Korea in 1993. He has
been an oil and gas consultant since 1998.
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Bridget Kelly
Asia Pacific Technical Sector Leader for
Sustainability KBR
Beginning as a young civil
engineer in residential land development in Calgary, Canada, Ms Kelly's
career quickly grew to include environmental design, project management,
building design efficiency and water sensitive urban design as she became a
specialist in sustainable engineering and water management.
Since joining KBR Brisbane in 2003, she has been at the forefront of their
sustainable development movement in the Asia Pacific region and acts as an
advisor to KBR's global SD team, based in Houston.
Ms Kelly was offered KBR's inaugural position as Technical Sector Leader (TSL)
for Sustainability in 2006 and has been called 'the most dynamic and
influential TSL in Australia'. Her work with the sustainability sector
includes development of internal sustainability training programs, design
tools and resources, the formation of state sustainability committees and
nationally employed Green office operating plans. She also coordinates
sustainable development activities for large alliance projects around
Australia.
In her ten year career, Ms Kelly has conducted a variety of seminars,
university lectures, training courses and workshops in sustainable
development, sustainable project management, and building design efficiency
in both Canada and Australia.
She is an active member of the Australia Green Development Forum (AGDF) and
is currently creating KBR's sustainability program with her associates at
the Natural Edge Project, the internationally renowned leaders in
sustainable development education and training.
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Angus
G. Walker - National Industry Leader Oil
and Gas - Ernst & Young Australia
Angus completed
his Bachelor of Economics at Sydney's Macquarie University and also
completed a Bachelor of Natural Resource Management at the University of New
England, and has over 15 years of oil & gas and finance industry experience
derived from a corporate background including Shell and Ernst & Young.
Angus represents Ernst & Young on a number of oil and gas industry
associations including the Australian Energy Alliance, APPEA, and is also
the Chairman of the APEC APGAS Steering Committee; an initiative endorsed by
the 21 APEC Energy Ministers to develop and enhance the cross boarder gas
trade in the Asia Pacific region. Angus was also jointly responsible for the
formation of the Committee for Perth, and is the national leader of Ernst &
Young's oil and gas industry sector
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Bruce McCowan
Managing Director Harrier Resourcing People
Bruce is the Founder and
Managing Director of Harrier Resourcing People. Having evolved from the
Gerard Daniels People Resourcing Strategies group where Bruce was Managing
Director, Harrier Resourcing People commercially separated from Gerard
Daniels in January 2007 to form its own commercially independent entity.
Bruce re-joined Gerard Daniels in May 2006 from HBOS Australia. Bruce first
commenced with the HBOS group (within BankWest) in 1989 in a broad HR and
training role, before joining Gerard Daniels in 1995 as a Senior Consultant
working within the professional services, health, information technology and
resources sectors.
He then re-joined BankWest in 1999 as Head of People Development, before
being appointed Chief People Officer. In July 2004 he was appointed Head of
Human Resources with HBOS Australia which incorporates the business
operations of BankWest, Capital Finance, BOS International and St Andrew's
Insurance. In this position he was a direct report to the CEO and a member
of the Executive Committee and was responsible for all aspects of the HR
function including OSH, Employee Relations, Strategic Sourcing,
Remuneration, HR Systems, HR Consulting, OD, Change Management, and
Leadership Development.
Since the formation of HBOS Australia in 2004, Bruce lead the development of
the sourcing strategy and was comprehensively involved with major
recruitment strategy activities that saw personnel numbers grow 50% in 2
years. As a consequence, Bruce has developed a strategic understanding of
sourcing strategies and running recruitment from an operational perspective.
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