2025 Forest Carbon Summit

Program & Speakers

Thursday 10 April

7:30 Registration, arrival tea & coffee
8:30 Welcome to Country
8:50 #1: Opening Session & Keynote

Keynote presentation: Contributions of Forests to Net-Zero
Anna Skarbek, Climateworks Centre

An update from the Clean Energy Regulator
David Parker AM, Clean Energy Regulator
9:40 #2: Carbon Markets

Pathways and opportunities
Zoe Ryan, Climate Friendly

Market and speculation, and value of plantation credits
John Lawson, Midway

A market update
Georgia Cox, CORE Markets
10:50 Morning tea
11:15 #3: Forest Carbon and Natural Capital

Interaction between the carbon market and biodiversity credits
Rayne van den Berg, NatCap+

Regenerative forestry
Ben Boxshall, wood4good

Managing natural capital with science and technology
Swaroop Tulsidas, CSIRO
12:45 Lunch
13:30 #4: Carbon Methods

Plantation methodology
Billie Jones, SFM

The role of the Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee in the development and ongoing monitoring of carbon methods in Australia
Dr Libby Pinkard, ERAC Member & CSIRO

A carbon crediting method for enhancing native forest resilience
Blair Freeman, Forestry Australia

Expanding forest sector participation in carbon markets – Lessons from overseas
Dr Shaun Suitor, Sustainable Timber Tasmania
15:00 Afternoon tea
15:30

#5: BREAKOUT | Forest Carbon and Investment #6: BREAKOUT | Forest Carbon 101
ActivAcre – Unlocking new opportunities for landowners through carbon and timber aggregation
Andrew Morgan, SFM
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Forest carbon – An investment grade asset class
Raphael Wood, Silva Capital
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Carbon capital and nature based solutions
Amanda Naismith, New Forests
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Dr Fabiano Ximenes, NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
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Intro to FullCAM
Dr Stephen Roxburgh, CSIRO
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Intro to carbon credits
Geoff Roberts, FLINTpro
16:45 Close
18:00 Casual networking dinner

Friday 11 April

8:00 Registration, arrival tea & coffee
9:00 #7: Keynote & Panel: Ethics & Risk

Keynote presentation
Dr Simon Longstaff AO, The Ethics Centre

Panel and Q&A

  • Dr Simon Longstaff AO
  • Samuel Dawes, Carbon Market Institute | ACI Code of Conduct
  • Matt Weaver, Howden Australia | Insurance applications in de-risking carbon and nature projects
  • Zoe Ryan, Climate Friendly
10:15 Morning tea
10:45
#8: Agriculture and environmental plantings, and alternate use of fibre #9: Plantation project development and the role of the RFP
Environmental planting projects
Dr Elizabeth Pryde, Greening Australia
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Out of the ashes: Re-Vi’s Kangaroo Island Biochar Project
James Davies, Re-Vi Group
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Agriculture through a carbon lens
Warwick Ragg, National Farmers Federation		 Forestry management plans for the plantation forestry method
Dr Phil Lacy, PF Olsen
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Financial assessments for the plantation forestry method
Damien O’Reilly, Indufor
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Group discussion: Role of the RFP
Facilitator: Damian Walsh, Margules Groome
12:15 Lunch
13:15 #10: Learnings and best practice

The integration of carbon abatement methodologies into best management practices of existing forestry estates
Stephen Hrast, PF Olsen

Learnings from ACCU management
Simon Penfold, Landari

Learnings and best practice in forest carbon projects
Dr Carly Green, Environmental Accounting Solutions

The importance of cultural and social values
Sean Appoo, Aboriginal Carbon Foundation

Policies to optimise carbon and other forest-based outputs
Bill Hurditch, Fifth Estate Consultancy
14:30 Afternoon tea
15:00 #11: Looking to the future

The future of international forest carbon markets
Prof Rodney Keenan, The University of Melbourne

Valuation, financial disclosures & financial reporting
Andrew Morton, Indufor

Policy settings: Reflections from COP, and putting Australia on the stage
Sara Bray, AFPA

Insights from T3 Collingwood mass timber building: Carbon in the built environment
George Konstandakos, Sumitomo Forestry Australia
16:30 #12: Closing Keynote

Reflections on the future
Dr Robert Waterworth, FLINTpro
17:15 Close