Sustainable Futures Educational Study Forum Program
7th October, 2008 - Sofitel Melbourne - 8.00am to 10.30am
(option to continue on to main forum afterwards for additional cost)

Educational Study Forum Speaker Profiles

Ian has been CEO of AIIA since July, 2008. Prior to then, he had been a National Board Member of the AIIA, serving in this capacity since 2004. As a Board Member Ian has been actively involved in industry workforce and skills issues, working as an advisor to the association’s initiatives in this area. Early in 2008 Ian stepped down as the Managing Director of ASX-listed IT research and advisory firm Ideas International after five years at the helm and 15 prior years in senior roles building the company up from its foundation.  He remains a non-executive

director of Ideas International. Prior to Ideas International, Ian worked in a number of senior roles for Prime Computer of Australia. Ian holds a BSc Tech (Hons) from the University of Manchester (UK) and is a member of Australian Institute of Company Directors.  He is married with three daughters and is based in Sydney. Roger La Salle, Matrix Thinking - MC Roger La Salle, often is the creator of the "Matrix Thinking"™ technique and is a widely sought after international speaker on, Innovation, Opportunity, and business development. He is the author of three books, Director of a number of companies both in Australian and overseas and has been responsible for a number of successful technology start-ups. In 2004 he was an expert panellist on the ABC television program “The New Inventors” and in 2005 was appointed to the "Chair of Innovation" at the Queens University in Belfast.  www.matrixthinking.com

Dr Keith Suter is one of the world’s great thinkers and communicators. A foremost speaker on global issues, as well as a highly regarded social commentator, strategic planner, writer and broadcaster.

Elisa de Wit is a Partner in the Melbourne office of Deacons and heads the Environment Group. She also leads the firm’s National Climate Change group. Before joining Deacons at the beginning of 2006, Elisa spent 8 years practising in the United Kingdom, where she had experience advising on the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme. Elisa has extensive experience in advising on environmental and planning matters to both the private and public sector, and has spoken at national and international conferences on topics such as waste management, contaminated land and climate change.

Jesco d’Alquen is the CEO of tradeslot Pty Ltd. Jesco has over 13 years of experience in Executive in-house roles and consulting (Accenture, Deloitte, General Motors, TRUenergy), delivering large scale strategy and technology projects in Europe, the US and Australia. Jesco has been the driving force behind tradeslot’s growth in the carbon space (e.g. CarbonNavigator.com) and the success story of establishing Private Electronic Markets in commodity trading from timber to grain and water.     As a leader in allocation mechanisms and market simulation tradeslot has recently been appointed to assist the Department of Climate Change in the design and implementation of the Australian Emissions Trading Scheme. Jesco holds a Master of Business and Cultural Studies from the University of Passau (Germany) and a Master of Advanced European Studies from the University of Basel (Switzerland).

Alison established and leads the Sustainability Consulting practice for Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand Limited, which assists organisations to understand the risks and identify new business opportunities in response to climate change. Alison work’s with clients to develop the ‘Green Business Case’ and implement a range of strategic initiatives supported by a roadmap of benefits.

Alison has 20 years experience in a range of industries including; Transport, Telecommunications, Technology and Government. Alison’s work experience spans strategic planning through to implementation in Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Marketing Logistics, Telecommunications and IT.  Alison has a Graduate Diploma in Technology Management and an MBA. She is a Member of Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Williamson Fellow.

Kerryn is an environmental scientist and sustainability professional with over 12 years work experience spanning private, government and NGO sectors from local community to global multinationals. Kerryn has recently returned to Australia to join PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Sustainability and Climate Change services team; having spent the past 4 years working for BP in the UK where she was responsible for their global voluntary carbon offsetting activities.

Prior to this, Kerryn worked for BP Australia as the Commercial Sustainability Manager, advising the Australia and New Zealand leadership team on environmental sustainability issues and leading the BP Global Choice program, under the Greenhouse Friendly certification scheme. 

Her other experience includes pioneering collaborative approaches to large scale public education campaigns on waste minimisation with EcoRecycle Victoria and managing one of Victoria’s first corporate sponsored Landcare projects with Rio Tinto in the Wimmera Catchment – Project Platypus.

Kerryn has a proven track record of innovating and facilitating change – from initiating and developing policy and strategies through to implementing actions and delivering quantifiable, measurable outcomes. 

She has passion and tenacity for the cause but also an ability to balance an organisations aspiration to be a 'force for good' within real world commercial constraints. 

In his role as Head of Sustainability Management, Warren is responsible for leading the SASR for Sustainability Management initiative within Australia and New Zealand and extending the customer base of the SAS Performance Management portfolio of solutions, which are instrumental in establishing a solid Performance Management (PM) environment.

Paul joined the Business and Systems Consulting division of Pitcher Partners in 1995. Since that time, Paul has assisted many organisations in successfully navigating the information systems lifecycle from strategy and review through system selection, implementation and improvement. Paul has a strong project management and commercial focus that is based on using technology to provide specific business benefit.

Simon Taylor is the Centre Manager for Information and Communications Technology at Box Hill Institute, a Technical and Further Education Institute with 40,000 student enrolments and over 1,000 staff.  Simon has spent 23 years with the navy in a range of roles, his final role being the Director of Training for his section. He has been at Box Hill Institute in his current role for the past two years. The Centre for ICT is diverse and has a range of programs from Advanced Diplomas to a Degree in the disciplines of IT, Electronic Engineering, Computer Systems Engineering and Telecommunications. The Centre has 50 fulltime staff with 40 part time staff.

Simon has a Bachelor of Science Degree, from Latrobe University, a Graduate Diploma of Information Systems from the University of Canberra and a Masters in Business Administration from Deakin University.

Gary is an Associate Director within KPMG’s Sustainability Advisory Services team; a specialised multi-disciplinary group that assists clients across a range of industry sectors better understand, manage and publicly report across a range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities. He has worked within many of Australia’s leading companies on sustainability / climate change related engagements – and well as being actively involved within the development of KPMG’s own climate change response.

He has co-authored various publications; including the 2006 Australia/New Zealand Carbon Disclosure Project Report, a report on the Australian Environment Industry, an international survey on Corporate Social Responsibility and he is currently assisting the Group of 100 prepare a revised guide to Sustainability Reporting. Gary has advised a number of industry associations on climate change related matters and sit on the Stakeholder Advisory Council to the Australian Plastics and Chemical Industry Association.

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