Dr. John Wright: (Energy Transformed Flagship CSIRO)

• Grand Research Challenges on the Road to a Sustainable Energy Future

Prof. Peter Bauerle (Institute of Organic Chemistry II and Advanced Materials, Ulm University, Germany)

• Novel thiophene-based structures for solar energy conversion

Prof. Frank Walsh (Electrochemical Engineering Laboratory, Energy Technology Research Group, School of Engineering UK)

• PEM Fuel Cells, Biofuel Cells and Redox Flow Batteries: Progress and Challenges

Dr. Bjorn Winther-Jensen (Monash University, Melbourne, Australia)

• Pt-free air electrode for batteries and fuel cells

Dr Gerry Swieger (Molecular & Health Technologies, CSIRO) 

• Time-Dependent (“Mechanical”) Electrocatalysis

Prof. Leone Spiccia (Monash University, Melbourne, Australia)

• Bioinspired Water Oxidation Catalysis

Prof. Graeme Clark (Bionic Ear Institute & St Vincents Hospital , Melbourne, Australia)

• Cochlear Implants of the Future

Prof. Dennis E. Tallman (Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials North Dakota State University Fargo, USA)

• Probing Electron Transfer at Complex Interfaces by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy

Dr. Katya Izgorodina ( Monash University, Melbourne, Australia)

• Ab-initio approaches to understand electromaterials

Dr. Attilla  Mozer (Wollongong University, NSW, Australia)

• Transient optical and electrical probes: Functional studies of porphyrin-based dye sensitised solar cells

Prof. Geoff Spinks (Wollongong University, NSW, Australia)

• Incongruous actuation in conducting polymers and polyelectrolyte gels

Afternoon tea and Poster Sessions

Prof. Steve Greenbaum (City University of New York &  Hunter College, USA)

• Solid State NMR Studies of Battery and Fuel Cell Materials

Prof. Hua Liu (Wollongong University, NSW, Australia)  

• Polypyrrole used in Lithium Rechargeable Batteries

Dr. Anvar Zakhidov (The University Of Texas At Dallas)

• Novel Architectures of Solar Cells with Carbon Nanotubes and Quantum Dots

Prof. Jung-Ki Park (Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering,
Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Korea)

• Interfacial Characteristics of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

Morning Session 1

Chair: Dr. Mark Brown (CSIRO)

Prof Hong Li (Nanoscale Physics and Devices LaboratoryInstitute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

• Nanostructured materials for energy storage and conversion devices 

Prof. Andrew Holmes (Bio21 Institute, Melbourne University)

• The Victorian Photovoltaics Research Innitiative

Dr. Anthony Burke ( Monash University, Australia)

• Novel organic dyes for use in DSSC’s

Morning Session 2

Chair:Dr. Simon Moulton (university of Woollongong)

Dr. Phil Aitchison (CAP- XX Pty Ltd, Australia)

• Double layer capacitor technology

Dr. Pawel Wagner (Wollongong University, NSW, Australia)

• Improving light harvesting across the visible spectrum

Dr. Patrick Howlett ( Monash University, Melbourne, Australia)

Dr. Jose  Razal (Wollongong University, NSW, Australia)

• Carbon Nanotube Bio-Fibres

Prof. Ray Baughman (NanoTech Institute University of Texas at Dallas, USA)

• Diverse carbon nanotube artificial muscles. Meet an exciting new family member

Prof. Ric  Kaner (Department of Chemistry and California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles , USA)

• Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties on Nano-Bulk Silicon

Dr. Dan Li (Wollongong University, NSW, Australia)  

• Producing Aqueous Graphene Dispersions from Graphite

Dr. Simon Moulton (Wollongong University, NSW, Australia)

•  Powering Bionic Devices

Prof. David Officer (Wollongong University, NSW, Australia)

• Towards Artificial Photosynthesis: A New Paradigm for Light Harvesting

Dr. Siegmar Roth (Synthetic Nanostructures Group, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany)

•  Nanotube-Based Transparent  Conducting Films