The Association of Building Sustainability Assessors (ABSA) will open the doors of the Melbourne
Convention and Exhibition Centre this Thursday and Friday for the Sustainable Building: Does it measure up? conference.
Featuring a line-up of industry experts, academics and government advisors, the conference will deliberate whether sustainability really measures up. Focusing on four key themes pertinent to the future of sustainability, conference sessions have been designed to consider the big picture, the regulations, the products and the tools.
The speakers include Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, The Hon
Mark Dreyfus; Federal Minister for Melbourne, Adam Bandt; ABSA’s Chairman, Michael Plunkett; climate change advocate, Sam Mostyn; General Manager of the Australian Building Codes Board, Ivan
Donaldson; CEO of Roy Morgan Research, Michele Levine; RMIT’s Senior Lecturer, Dr Usha Iyer- Raniga; Department of Climate Change & Energy Efficiency’s Paul Nagle, RMIT’s Adjunct Professor, Alan Pears; Director of Environa Studio, Tone Wheeler and many more.
Influential figure on environmental issues, and 2010 NSW Australian of the Year, Jon Dee will conduct a special breakfast seminar.
Jon Dee founded Planet Ark, ‘National Tree Day’, the Australian advocacy organisation, Do Something! and the 14-country ‘World Environment Review’ poll. He also initiated the successful lobbying for Australia’s three-year phase out of incandescent light globes and continues to spearhead the campaign to eliminate plastic bags.
As sponsors of the event, a number of corporations will be presenting their products and services in the on-site exhibition. Attendees can expect to meet representatives from Wood Solutions, ActronAir, Alternative Technology Association (ATA), Australian Window Association (AWA), Breezeway, Kingspan, IAS, Energy Conservation Australia, FLIR, Building Sustainability Institute (BSTI) and Dynamic Composite Technologies (DCT).
For more information and to register visit www.absa.net.au or email [email protected]
The conference takes place at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 19 - 20 May, 2011.
