Introductions and Welcome

Sustainable Consumption and the Role of Ecolabelling:
Anne Solgaard, Associate Expert, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, Production and Consumption Branch, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)

International Developments - Global Ecolabelling Network:
Petar Johnson, President, AELA

Introducing the International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling Alliance (ISEAL): Dr. Sasha Courville, RegNet ANU

Experiences and Challenges in the International Framework, ISEAL case study IFOAM,: Rod May, International Federation of Organic Movements (IFOAM) and NASAA

Chaired by Professor Peter Drahos, Director, Centre for Competition and Consumer Policy, RegNet, ANU

Reconfiguring Regulation - Where Labelling Fits:
Professor Neil Gunningham, RegNet, ANU

Outlining the Regulatory framework for consumer protection: Commissioner Jennifer McNeill, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)

Consumer and Environmental Perspectives on Certification and Labelling:
Leanne Minshull, National Corporate Campaigner, The Wilderness Society

Chaired by Professor Peter Kanowski, SRES, ANU

Progress of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) in Australia:
Tim Cadman MA, Forest Stewardship Council Australia

The Australian Forestry Standard: 'Australia's Forest Certification Scheme':
Hans Drieslma, General Manager, Forest Management, Forestry Tasmania and Chair of Australian Forestry Standard

Experiences with FSC: Roger Banks, Integrated Tree Croping

Forest Certification in Australia: Perceptions and Intentions in the Value Chain: Lucie K. Ozanne, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Commerce Division, Lincoln University Canterbury, NZ

Chaired by Michael Pritchard, New Zealand Ecolabelling Trust (NZET)

Good Environmental Choice Program:
Petar Johnson, President, Australian Environmental Labelling Association (AELA)

Appliance Energy Rating - Mandatory and Voluntary Approaches:
Shane Holt, Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO), National Appliance and Equipment Energy Efficiency Committee representative

The Green Power Program: Suzanne Dunnford, National Green Power Accreditation Program, SEDA

Implementation of EU Eco-label Criteria in Supply Chains Processing Australian Wool: Dr Ian Russell and Christine Nunn, CSIRO Textile and Fibre Technology:

Chaired by Paul Perkins, The Barton Group

The Role for Government in Ecolabelling:
Jane Harris, Economics Branch, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria

Compulsion doesn't hurt the Complaint: The Case for Increased Government Regulation of Product Labelling:
Richard Denniss, The Australia Institute and Jeremy Tager, Greenpeace

Organic Certification Body Perspective: (In) Credibly Organic:
Dr Andrew Monk, Biological Farmers Australia (BFA - ACO)

Experiences in Regulating the Organic Industry: Ian Lyall, Program Manager Organic and Biodynamic Program, Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS)

Chaired by Dr Brendan Mackey, SRES, ANU

Fairtrade Certification in Australia: Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO) and Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand representatives

Fisheries Certification: Duncan Leadbitter, Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)

The Mining Certification Evaluation Project: Andrew Rouse, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Green Globe 21: Jill Grant, Executive Director, Green Globe Asia Pacific

In this round table session, company representatives speak on their experiences with certification and labelling systems. Speakers include:

Chaired by Fiona Wain, CEO Environment Business Australia

Hewlett-Packard's Position and Experience with Eco-label Schemes:
May-Y Yeow, Regulatory and Standards Manager (South Pacific), Hewlett Packard

Ecoflex - A New Technology Needs a New Standard: Tim Edwards, Ecoflex Australia

Experiences with Fairtrade Certification: Ian McKenzie, Marketing Manager, Starbucks Coffee Company, Australia

The Business case for Eco Labelling: Phillip Lawrence, National Technical Marketing Manager, STORAENSO, Australia

Chaired by ... TBC

Linkages with Ethical Investment: Duncan Paterson, Centre for Australian Ethical Research (CAER)

Linkages with Green Procurement: Adrienne Stephens, CEO, ECO-BUY (Local Government Buy Recycled Alliance Victoria)

Linkages with Triple Bottom Line and Sustainability Reporting:Tricia Caswell, Executive Director, Global Sustainability, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)

Quantifying Environmental Impacts of Green Public Purchasing including Ecolabelled Products:Michael Oke, Green Purchasing Project Officer, International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)

Drivers and Opportunities for Convergence of Certification Systems: Dr Sasha Courville, RegNet, ANU

Lessons Learned and Next Steps: Petar Johnson, President, AELA