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Day 1 – Wednesday 14 August
8:30 - 9:15 | Registration & coffee in the exhibition area | |
SESSION 1 (Chair: Ben McDonald, WEA President & Treasury Wine Estates) | ||
9:15 - 9:45 | Welcome to country and conference opening | Quenten Agius (Ngadjuri Elder) and Ben McDonald (WEA President & Treasury Wine Estates) |
9:45 - 10:15 | Humanoid robots - how do they work and are they the right solution to automation | Dr John Vial (SOUNDelve & BecomeaRoboticist.com) |
10:15 - 10:40 | Autonomous vehicles and cobots for wineries | Jorge Henry (Treasury Wine Estates) |
10:40 - 11:05 | Developing a sustainable winery | Michaela Barton (Kingston Estate Wines) |
11:05 - 11:35 | Morning tea in the exhibition area | |
SESSION 2 (Chair: Dr Lin Lin Low, Treasury Wine Estates) | ||
11:35 - 13:00 | 2-minute product introductions | Exhibitors |
13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch in the exhibition area (WEA AGM: To be held during the break. All WEA members welcome.) | Sponsored by:  |
SESSION 3 (Chair: Iskra Varbanova, Treasury Wine Estates) | ||
14:00 - 14:25 | Adopting electric forklifts at TWE | Tom Tierney (Treasury Wine Estates) |
14:25 - 14:50 | What role will hydrogen play in our energy future? | Vikram Singh (Australian Gas Infrastructure Group) |
14:50 - 15:15 | Decarbonising tractors | Simon Nordestgaard (AWRI) |
15:15 - 15:45 | Afternoon tea in the exhibition area | Sponsored by:  |
SESSION 4 (Chair: Luke Wilson, Hill-Smith Family Estates) | ||
15:45 - 16:10 | Ferment CO2 - 2024 experiments | Simon Nordestgaard (AWRI) & Steve Summers (Hill-Smith Family Estates) |
16:10 - 16:20 | Leak detection in winery CO2 supply | Steve Summers (Hill-Smith Family Estates) |
16:20 - 16:45 | Reducing CO2 usage in tank ullage management | Lenah Rasmussen (Treasury Wine Estates) |
16:45 - 17:10 | Low CO2 emissions glass bottle manufacturing technologies | Dr Wolf Kuhn (Fives Group) |
17:10 - 18:30 | Drinks in the exhibition area | Sponsored by:  |
Day 2 – Thursday 15 August
8:30 - 9:00 | Coffee in the exhibition area | |
SESSION 5 (Chair: Ruby Thomas, Treasury Wine Estates) | ||
9:00 - 9:25 | Smart manufacturing, AI and ESG | Glen Jacob (Rockwell Automation) |
9:25 - 9:50 | Red grapes to white wine: Technology and implications | Dr Rocco Longo (Winequip) |
9:50 - 10:15 | Morning tea in the exhibition area | |
SESSION 6 (Chair: Simon Nordestgaard, AWRI) | ||
10:15 - 10:40 | The ins and outs of preservative-free winemaking | Verity Cowley (Orbis Wines) |
10:40 - 11:00 | Biological tools for low SO2 winemaking | Dr Eveline Bartowsky (Lallemand) |
11:00 - 11:20 | Alternative additives for low SO2 winemaking | Tilly Bowden (Enartis) |
11:20 -11:40 | Glycolipids and other novel anti-microbials | Dr Simon Schmidt (AWRI) |
11:40 - 12:00 | Equipment & processing options for low SO2 winemaking | Kieran Hirlam (Affinity Labs) |
12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch in the exhibition area | Sponsored by:  |
13:00 - 16:15 (Attendees will be split up into 3 groups and their buses will visit all 3 sites in different orders) | Dorrien Estate - New winery construction | Sponsored by:  |
TWE Barossa Winery - Cellar 0 (R&D Winery) & Automated Barrel Hall | ||
TWE Barossa Packaging Centre - Cobots & AMRs | ||
18:30 - 19:00 | Pre-dinner drinks | |
19:00 - 23:00 | Conference dinner (includes the WEA's traditional fundraiser for the RFDS & a performance by comedian Benny Darsow) Dress: Smart Casual | Sponsored by:  |
*Program is subject to change without notice at the discretion of the Winery Engineering Association.
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