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Dr Skjalg Erdal
Technical Director 

Coogee Chemicals Australia

Since being established in 1971, Coogee Chemicals has created a significant place for itself in Australia's chemical industry.

We are a privately owned company and proudly Western Australian. We produce a wide range of industrial, agricultural and mineral processing chemicals for supply to both the Australian and International markets.

And we operate Bulk Liquid Terminal Facilities for import, export and storage of chemicals and fuels. At our Tank Terminals in Kwinana, Western Australia, we are hosting the major players in the fuel market, and the Sulphuric Acid Terminal is the largest acid storage facility in the Southern hemisphere.

Dangerous Goods transport operations in Western Australia and Queensland complement the service to our customers.

CSIRO/Data61

Data is the new currentcy of our world. Data-driven insights change the way we live, work, invent and innovate. Data is the raw material that fuels new industries and distrupts existing ones.

Data61 is a Business Unit of CSIRO. 

Website:
data61.csiro.au
John Vial
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Bio

My current role involves understanding the research interests and directions of the researchers inside Data61 (a CSIRO business unit) and attempting to match those interests with the needs of CSIRO's business customers. 

Success for me is when our researchers solve important problems that give our business customers a huge competitive advantage. 

In the past I have had experience solving a wide variety of problems, in domains such as:

Bayesian groundwater modelling for coal bed methane gas.

Demand modelling, pricing and prediction for global seaborne freight. 

Finding patterns in Australian banking data.

Identity resolution for large government databases.

Recommendation systems for student to job matching.

Industrial processing systems analysis for improved performance.

EL ES DE Engineering Australia

EL ES DE Engineering design, construct and commission customised mechanical systems in areas such as:

- Oil and Gas

- Subsea

- Defence

- Mining

- Aerospace

- Infrastructure

We invest significantly into R&D projects.

Website:
www.elesde.com
Mr Ben Isaac
LinkedIn logo General Manager 
Bio

EL ES DE Engineering is a SME with a traditional background in engineering, design & build projects. Having inhouse engineers and boilermakers we specilise in developing products that are buildable.

As the market moves away from more traditional methods we have taken an innovative approach and positioned ourselves for complex projects and products.

We are most proud of our RMB Minegrub http://remoteminibogger.com/rmb/ a remote controlled vehicle used on WA minesites to clean around operating machinery without shutdown and removing a number of HSE issues. Currently one unit is at South32's Worsely operation and the 2nd series will be on Rio Tinto's sites at the end of this year.

Another major achievement for us was the underwater robot we developed which houses a camera used for monitoring coral health without the need for divers. An automatic solution providing consistancy and repeatability whilst removing HSE issues.

ERM Power Australia

ERM Power is an Australian energy company operating electricity sales and generation businesses. Trading as ERM Business Energy and founded in 1980, ERM Power has grown to become the second largest electricity retailer to commercial and industrials in Australia with operations in every State and the Australian Capital Territory. ERM Power also sells electricity in several markets in the United States. The Company has equity interests in 497 megawatts of low emission, gas-fired peaking power stations in Western Australia and Queensland, both of which ERM Power operates.

ERM Power acquired Greensense in January 2016. Founded in 2008, Greensense is an award winning technology business focused on improving the sustainability performance of commercial buildings. A leader in the rapidly developing area of cloud-based big data and analytics, Greensense software is used by some of Australia’s largest organisations across education, utilities, retail, government and commercial property to drive energy and water efficiency, reduce costs and showcase sustainability achievements.

Mr Fabian Le Gay Brereton
LinkedIn logo General Manager Greensense 
Bio

Fabian is the General Manager of Greensense, which is part of the ERM Power Energy Solutions Division. Previously, Fabian was co-founder and Managing Director of Greensense. Fabian graduated from UWA with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computer Science in 1996.

Fugro AG

Dr Fraser Bransby
Senior Principal Engineer 
Bio

Geotechnical consultant to the offshore industry.  Predominently manages technical components of project work on seabed characterisation and the design of offshore foundations and pipelines.  Interested in design and performance of offshore systems, including system monitoring. 

Leads Fugro AG's innovation activities and already works with some members of the UWA geomechnics group.

Iluka Resources Ltd Australia

Website:
www.iluka.com
Ms Miriam Stanborough
Innovation Manager 
Bio

Innovation Manager at Iluka Resources, a mineral sands mining company.

Currently knee-deep in 'corporate innovation':

- finding and applying elements of startup culture that work for larger companies

- culture change and neuroscience-based creativity training for employees

- open innovation - bringing external ideas into the business