Qualifications:

Bachelor of Arts
Diploma of Financial Services (Insurance Broking)
Senior Associate of the Australian & New Zealand Institute of Insurance & Finance
QPIB
CIP

Experience and background:

Nick is Principal in Aon’s Global Risk Consulting practice. Nick is responsible for the delivery of Aon’s broad risk consulting solutions, assisting clients navigate through volatile environments and helping build resilience in their organisation. Nick has worked in the risk and insurance industry for 15 years. Throughout this period he was worked with a variety of client industries including Healthcare, Local Government, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing and Transport & Logistics.

During the last 3 years, Stewart has been investing his time into advising Industrial clients how digital technologies can be applied to their business to improve health and safety, reduce cost, create revenue and ultimately improve their business’. Digital technologies allow new ways to solve problems and create efficiencies that previously were not viable. Digitalisation will enable the Industrial Sector to achieve the next step change in its manufacturing output. This step change in output is the 4th Industrial Revolution or “Industry 4.0” (Digitalisation applied to Industry).

With the rise of technology being one of the 5 mega trends & digitalisation driving the 4th Industrial revolution, how do you actually go about implementing digital technologies to create business value and what are some real examples of digital technology being applied in Industry today?

Stewart Coleman leads Beca’s Industry 4.0 initiative and works with industry leading businesses to help them implement meaningful digital projects as well as working with Beca’s own project teams to integrate digital thinking and technologies into capital projects for both capital and operational benefits.

Stewart will share some insights and examples of how digital technologies can be applied to:

• Reduce plant & equipment outage time / Improved plant & equipment availability.
• Provide better information and tools to minimise the impact of Seasonal Staff and loss of business knowledge (give everybody in your work force “25 years” experience).
• Improve Project Outcomes & Reduce Project Budget & Schedule Risk.
• Reduce Safety Risk during Construction and Operations.
• Reduce Energy Consumption.

With the ever increasing cost to produce we have to become smarter.

All technologies are continuously developing to endeavour to meet demands and if they aren’t they generally won’t be in operation for long.

• What new developments are we seeing in Variable Speed Drive technology?
• How can this assist with their Project Planning?
• How can this assist in managing their risk of unplanned downtime?

Prior to his engagement at De.mem, Mr. Kroell had been a Venture Capital professional in Singapore and Germany over many years. In his last role, he was Director and Partner of New Asia Investments Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based technology investment firm. Mr. Kroell was responsible for numerous investments in companies from the water and industrial sectors and played a crucial role in taking a number of membrane innovations to the commercial stage. Prior to this, he held roles in corporate finance and audit & advisory with Deutsche Bank and Deloitte in Germany.

As part of its proprietary technology portfolio, De.mem offers a number of innovative membrane technologies which have potential applications in the wine industry and winemaking process. Those include a microfiltration membrane, which can be used for the crossflow filtration of wine – with the objective to remove microbes or larger suspended materials.

Furthermore, a novel hollow fibre Forward Osmosis (FO) membrane originally developed by NTU can be deployed for the “cold” or gentle concentration of wine. The new membrane can deliver high concentration factors without the use of heat or mechanical pressure, which results in the conservation of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) or taste during the concentration or dewatering process.

Lastly, modern hollow fibre membrane technology including Ultrafiltration and Nanofiltration can have applications in the waste water treatment at wineries, to ensure regulatory compliance or even the recycling of the waste water for irrigation or production.

Garry has been in the pump industry for almost 30 years and has experience in applying pumps and aerators into many industry sectors including mining, municipal water and wastewater, power stations, paper manufacturing and the food process sector.

Hydro Innovations are a ISO90001 Quality Standard company with over 10 years of delivering solutions to satisfied customers. Pump Quality, safety and People are Hydro Innovations’ top priority.

The need to access wet wells with multiple people to repair submersible pumps can be a thing of the past with the Gorman Rupp range of above ground self-priming pumps that can easily be monitored and maintained by 1 person from the safety of ground level.

Gorman Rupp removes the need for chains, guide rails, harnesses, cranes and confined space training and greatly reduces the need to ever access wet wells. Similarly, the Gorman Rupp and Venturi Bank Mounted Aeration system allows ponds and lagoons to be aerated from the safety of the bank removing the need for workers to be exposed to unnecessary risks.

Hayden’s primary role an NHP as their Technology Specialist – Software, is to architect solutions for customers to demands/requirements. May it be programming platform solutions, SCADA/HMI systems, incorporating manufacturing intelligence, Analytics and the Configuration/Collaboration of digital content (i.e. ThinManager, AssetCentre)

Hayden is a qualified A class electrician since 2001. Progression in his career lead him to obtain further roles as Technical Electrician and Control System Engineer before joining the NHP team as their Technology Specialist – Software.

With Industry IIoT 4.0 being the buzz word of late, how do we apply these new technologies in the real world? We will Explore the ‘Edge’ of analytics with Factory Talk Analytics for Devices focusing on the Descriptive/Diagnostic Analytics of smart devices. Then follow up with Predictive Analytics of Logix AI – A ControlLogix In-Rack AI module that automates data analysis directly to the controller. Aiming at Predicting problems so you can fix them before it impacts on production.

Previously Radek worked with Heinrich Cooperage (Independent Stave Company) for 7 years as a Sales Consultant before spending 3 years as the State Manager for Nalco Water Treatment

Radek joined Wine energy in June 2015 as Sales Manager where the lure of working with innovative equipment in the Wine industry was a perfect fit for the Engineering / Winemaking background

This presentation will discuss two innovative products from one of Wine Energy’s suppliers (Parsec)

Product 1 – Air Mixing (red ferments)

Totally integrated red fermentation control system that improves quality, reduces fermentation time & reduces labour. The system also reduces jetting out time

Product 2 – Kinetic Fermentation (white ferments)

Totally integrated white fermentation control system that eliminates the need for tank rounds. Fermentation Carbon Dioxide discharge is captured converting the data into sugar left in the tank. The system provides a real time fermentation chart with optimal timing for chemical additions

After 9 years in academia, Danielle transitioned to an industry-based role as Laboratory Supervisor at a manufacturing plant in the dairy industry where she provided microbiological expertise to Quality, Operations and Research & Development teams. With a strong interest in improving microbiological quality in a high-risk manufacturing facility, Danielle refined the microbiological testing regime and developed a comprehensive environmental monitoring and raw material testing program, which allowed for early detection of microbiological issues and implementation of corrective actions. Keen to broaden her knowledge scope into the beverage industry, Danielle joined Pall in 2017.

Pall’s GeneDisc system offers accurate detection and identification of major spoilage microorganisms using PCR technology, which is based on the DNA sequences of specific microbial targets. This technology has proven effective in detection of spoilage yeast at numerous points within the winery process pathway, including fermentation, aging and in finished product.

Final membrane filters provide microbial protection for finished product but monitoring the performance of these filters is another critical aspect of quality control. Pall’s Compact Touch Integrity Testing device offers assurance of filter performance through a non-destructive test method that directly correlates to the ability of the filter to retain specific microorganisms.

JJC Group provides waste management consultancy, project management and operations support for manufacturing companies. For Australian wine companies, JJC has designed, constructed, commissioned, and supports the operation of many wastewater treatment plants that produce reclaimed water for reuse in agriculture and industry. Plants engineered by JJC produce more than 1000ML p.a of treated water reclaimed from winery wastewater.

Winery wastewater contains high levels of readily biodegradable and soluble organic matter such as sugars and alcohol. Successful anaerobic and aerobic biological treatment of winery wastewater has been demonstrated at many sites despite challenges such as shock loads and nutrient limitation. The reclaimed water is clear, presents little oxygen demand, and is suitable for storage pending reuse. In 2003, the NPEC winery wastewater treatment plant was commissioned for Southcorp and Tarac in Nuriootpa.

In 2017/18, the NPEC site treated winery wastewater from 8 wineries and distilleries, and sold 200 ML of treated water to 12 vineyards. Biological treatment is predominantly anaerobic, with only a small amount of power used for aerobic polishing. In this presentation, we will discuss the NPEC project, and lessons that can be translated to other winery wastewater sites.

He is one of the country’s leading specialists in ISO50001 (International Standard for Energy Management Systems) and was an integral part of seeing the first Australian company to have an accredited Energy Management System.

He is a certified energy coach and qualified electrical engineer with a broad range of experience across the industrial and commercial sectors. He has performed over 1000 hours of energy audits in the last decade.

Recently, Quentin initiated the Tonsley Energy Consortium to facilitate greater collaboration between like-minded innovative energy generators, service providers and equipment suppliers.

He is passionate about making a positive, lasting and measurable impact on businesses by guiding and supporting them on their efficiency journey.

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s 2018 International Energy Efficiency Scorecard1 ranked Australia 18th – the worst in the developed world. This is quite simply a tragedy of missed opportunity, especially when some of our jurisdictions (particularly South Australia) have some of the highest energy costs in the world.

Our nation has been endowed with such tremendous resources, yet for some reason we are simply not managing them well enough and it’s costing us.

In this presentation Quentin will cover the following issues associated with the current situation regarding energy management in Australia:

• Australia is performing poorly regarding energy efficiency compared with other developed nations
• There needs to be a renewed focus on strategic energy management in both the public and private sector.
• Lack of energy strategy could be stifling investment and seeing important projects overlooked.
• Government has a leadership role to play by encouraging and demonstrating good energy management practices such as ISO50001.

Whilst looking at the above issues the following will also be looked at:.

• The Costs to Australian Business.
• The Solution (we need to more with less. It’s about increasing efficiency and productivity to enable enduring competitiveness).
• Energy Efficiency vs Energy productivity.
• What is Energy Management
• ISO50001 Around the World
• Barriers to Energy Management
• The Danger of ‘Low Hanging Fruit’

• Qualified Mechanical Engineering Tradesperson (UK
• Technicians Certificate in Engineering (UK)
• Diploma Management (TAFE SA
• Diploma Business (TAFE SA)
• 11 Years in Pneumatic and Hydraulic systems; including automated machinery and control system manufacture and commissioning
• 29 years in Compressed Air & associated systems; including design, sales and service (With a brief time spent in water and wastewater treatment)
• Currently State Manager with CAPS Australia – based in Adelaide and managing a small local team in Service, Sales and Hire; of compressed air systems, nitrogen generation, power generation as well as air tools, hoists and winches

CAPS Australia has reinvested and expanded their rental business, with a flexible range of options including rent to own, long term rental, buyback flexible rental and leasing. We can assist your winery during peak season with extra air compressors, power generators, air receivers, nitrogen generators and process vessels.

We will also be touching on CAPS’ ever-popular Compressed Air Audits. Did you know over 90% of compressed air input energy goes to waste heat? Additionally, compressed air systems are often poorly set up and controlled ineffectively. Finally, only 50% of air is typically used for productive activities. How much could you save if you took a closer look into your system?

He made award winning ciders in Somerset, before returning to Australia to study winemaking at Roseworthy in the mid 90’s.

Staying with wine, he has worked for a variety of wine companies (including, Miranda Wines, Orlando, Angove Family Winemakers and more than 15 vintages overseas).

Currently Warwick divides his time between Lodestone – a contract winery and sparkling wine facility in the Adelaide Hills, and being the Cidermaker and a Director of LOBO cider, based in the apple growing region of Lenswood in the Adelaide Hills.

Decisions along the way from Orchard to Bottle (or Keg), and how this is reflected in the final ciders. Some comparison of cider making with winemaking and the similarities and peculiarities that occur. Note apples are not big grapes!

Geoff has over 35 years’ experience in manufacturing, logistics and consulting with major Australian and international businesses such as Fletcher Building, Mayne Nickless, P&O, Amcor and Price Waterhouse. Geoff has a BSc (Hons) in chemistry and commerce UWA and an MCom in marketing and finance from UNSW. He was the founding chairman of the Insulated Panels Council of Australasia (IPCA) and continues involvement to as a board member, as such he was intimately involved in the introduction of the IPCA’s Code of Practice for insulated panel installation. Geoff is also a member of FM Approvals international industry advisory council. He also represents the panel industry on a number of Australian Standards committees and is a passionate supporter of Australian Standards for Australian conditions.