Electric mobility is among key topics at The National Cleantech Conference & Exhibition (NCTCE) in Brisbane on August 3 and 4 in 2020.
The Cleantech industry across Australia is invited to submit ideas for inclusion in the conference at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.
It follows a successful inaugural conference on the Sunshine Coast in May 2019.
NCTCE is looking for industry experts, researchers, innovators, start-ups, entrepreneurs, students, non-government and government organisations, consortiums (public-private) to participate as speakers, conference program director Tiffany Bower says.
Melbourne deputy lord mayor and former prime minister’s environmentalist of the year Arron Wood returns as master of ceremonies in 2020.
Highlighting the best innovations and solution implementation case studies locally, nationally and internationally, the multi-stream event conference theme is ‘Cleantech fast-tracking sustainable growth’.
This involves innovation, research and entrepreneurialism; new business models and strategies, Cleantech as a driver of economic development through the building of new industries, strengthening existing ones, job creation and exports, partnerships and collaboration, community building, social change and policy change.
“We are seeking contributions from various disciplines, skills, knowledge bases and experience – if you’ve got a story to tell about Cleantech in Australia or overseas – we want to hear about it,” Bower says.
Event partnerships manager Nick Moore launched the 2020 exhibition floorplan and says two of this year’s exhibitors, Envac Australia and Greenplate, have already signed up.
“With the event covering seven different industry sectors, there will be limited spaces for each sector ensuring a diverse showcase of Cleantech products and services,” he says. “The exhibition will also be open to trade visitors in 2020, so we expect a significant increase in the numbers through the show floor.”
NCTCE 2019 keynote speaker Dr Tim MacTaggart, Redflow Sustainable Energy Storage chief deployment officer says: “Cleantech has moved beyond being a ‘science experiment’, but to fully realise the transition to a clean economy, we need to build the human infrastructure to support technological innovation.
“This is where an event like NCTCE2020 comes in; it helps to spread ideas and create the connections which really drive the changes we need to happen.”
Queensland chief entrepreneur Leanne Kemp suggests the conference’s importance could lead to Queensland being dubbed “Cleansland”.
Visit https://nctce.com.au/ for more information.
