Event

BUREAU VERITAS
BREAKFAST SESSIONS 
ALL-ENERGY AUSTRALIA
EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE

Sep. 4 2023

Bureau Veritas Australia & New Zealand will be hosting a Breakfast Session on Day 2 of All-Energy Australia.

Join us and gain insights into the challenges we face, discuss strategies and policies, and talk about how we can help accelerate the transition.

prevent delays, overruns, and get more from your assets

This session will offer attendees a valuable opportunity to gain deeper understanding on below topics as well as networking opportunities with our experts in Renewable & Energy Transition sector.

  • Battery storage projects – key risks to focus on during the planning phase
  • To replace or extend? Getting the most out of your wind assets
  • Avoid solar underperformance

WHEN:

Thursday, 26th October 2023 -
07:00 am - 07:45am  - Networking (Light Breakfast included)
- Whole fresh fruit
- Selection of fruit juices and Betta Boba bubble tea
- Freshly brewed premium coffee, hot chocolate; and a variety of traditional and herbal teas
- Selection of pastries and croissants (V)
- Fried egg, maple glazed bacon, Swiss cheese and signature BBQ sauce in a soft milk roll
- Coconut yoghurt with finger lime and confit berries (V|VF|GF)  

07:50am - 8:50am - Presentation Sessions
- Battery Storage
- Wind (Lifetime Extension Assessment)
- Solar (How to avoid Solar underperformance

WHERE:

 Industry Theatre Workshop - Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre (MCEC)

SPEAKERS:

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Nishad Mendis
Manager, Energy Transition, Bureau Veritas Australia

Nishad Mendis is currently working as the Manager, Energy Transition for Bureau Veritas, Australia. Prior to this, he worked for DNV as a Senior Electrical Engineer, Eltek as the Solution Engineer, Alstom grid as a Design and Commissioning Engineer for HV substations.

Nishad completed his PhD from the University of Wollongong (2012), MBA from the Anaheim University USA (2020), and Bachelor’s degree from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (2005). He is currently serving as an Honorary Fellow for School of Electrical Engineering for Deakin University, and an industry advisory board member for Federation University. Also, he is serving as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversions. 
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Paul Trevillyan
Global Director - Onshore Wind
Bureau Veritas 

Paul is an expert in onshore wind technologies, operations and maintenance, and wind farm risk management, with over 16 years in the wind industry. 

In his current role with Bureau Veritas as Global Director – Onshore Wind based in Singapore. He is responsible for leading the Global Sales function for all Onshore Wind services, including development and execution of new services and products for the wind industry as well as global role out of sales campaigns.  

Prior to Bureau Veritas, Paul worked for Vestas Wind Systems based in Melbourne, Singapore and Thailand, including different roles such as Director for Service Sales – Asia and Service Operations Manager. His main focus was on the reduction of risk during operations and maintenance as well as Service contract assessment and management.  Paul has a Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
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Cristian Algar 
Global Director - Solar
Bureau Veritas

Algar has more than 14 years of experience within the renewables industry. As a Global Director for BV, He is responsible for the overall global strategy within Solar PV and BESS across the globe, supporting commercial activities and promoting inorganic growth via M&A acquisitions.

Prior to joining BV, Algar worked for 8 years at UL were he was managing a team of 100+ employees within Europe and Latin America providing third party independent Advisory services to investors and IPPs. Prior to UL, He worked for a Solar PV developer and EPC, taking full ownership of development and financing process of solar PV projects in multiple countries and regions.

Algar holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnical University of Catalonia and also a Master’s degree in Construction Engineering and Management from the Illinois Institute of Technology of Chicago. He is fluent in English and Spanish.