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WEDNESDAY 28TH APRIL
7.00 pm Welcome Drinks
C O N F E R E N C E.. S E S S I O N S.. - ..D A Y.. O N E
THURSDAY 29TH APRIL
7.30 am – Registration
Pick up your name badge, satchel (sponsored by Fiber Glass International) and USB drive
(Sponsored by Owens Corning)
8.30 am – Plenary Session
Introduction – opening of conference
Welcome by President of Composites Australia, Genelle Coghlan, and by CEO of the Composites CRC, Professor Murray L. Scott
Welcome by Minister, South Australia Government (TBA)
9.00 am – Keynote Address
Fred Abbink, General Director, The Netherlands National Aerospace Laboratory – NLR (The Netherlands)
The Past, the Present and the Future – Three Generations of Composites Development at NLR
9.45 am – Keynote Address
Scott W. Beckwith, SAMPE, International Technical Director and President, BTG Composites Inc. (US)
FRP and Advanced Composites: Contributions to Our Expanding Energy Market Needs
10.30 am – MORNING TEA
PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION:
Evisive Inc - Non Destructive Microwave Inspection of Composite Structures
11.00 am
Session A
Session B
Non Destructive Microwave
Inspection
of Composite Structures
Jack Little, President, Evisive, Inc. (US)
Tackling the 10 Major Issues of Bolting
Composite Structures
Rik Heslehurst, School of Engineering
& Information Technology, UNSW-Australian
Defence Force Academy
11.30 am
Session A
Session B
Conventional and Phased Array
Ultrasonic (UT) Non-destructive Testing
of Composites
Alison Glover, Technical Applications
Specialist, Olympus Australia
Overview of Emerging Repair
Technologies
for Composites
Michael Bannister, Composites CRC
12.00 pm
Session A
Session B
Study of Self-Healing Epoxy
Microcapsulation and Mechanical
Test of Its Fibre Reinforced Composites
Jim Lee, The University of Auckland (NZ)
Function-integrated Design
of Fibre-Reinforced
Polymer Composites for Constructions
“Barry” Yu Bai, Monash University
12.30 pm - LUNCH
1.30 pm
Session A-2
Session B-2

Alternative Curing Methods For
Composite Materials
Paul Falzon, Composites CRC  

PRACTICAL WORKSHOP:
Resin Infusion Processing: Materials,
Processes, Preforms, Tooling, Applications
(90 min)
Scott W. Beckwith, SAMPE (US)
2.00 pm
Session A-2
Session B-2

Performance of Pultruded Fibre
Composites After Long Term
Environmental Exposure
Frank Rosselli, Exel Composites

PRACTICAL WORKSHOP:
... continued
2.30 pm
Session A-2
Session B-2

Innovative Timber Pile Rehabilitation
Technique using Fibre
Composites
Thiru Aravinthan,  USQ CEEFC,
and Norm Watt, Buchanan
Advanced Composite
PRACTICAL WORKSHOP:
... continued
3.00 pm - AFTERNOON TEA
PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION: DIAB - Impact Performance of Composite Panels
Session A-3
Session B-3
3.30 pm

Emerging Applications and
Opportunities for Biocomposites
in Australia
Andrew Beehag,  Composites CRC

PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION:
Olympus Australia -
Ultrasonic Testing of Composites
4.00 pm

Composites:
Calculating their Embodied
Energy
Sami Kara,University of NSW

Your Industry;
Our Industry - Our Futures Combined
David Johnson & Tanya Redfern,
DIAB Australia
4.30 pm

Doing Business with Defence
Murray Davies, Defence 101

Self-sensing Composites
Dee Harris, University of Birmingham (UK)

6.00 pm - Pre-Dinner Drinks
7.00 pm - Dinner By The Sea - buffet conference dinner, sponsored by Regina Glass Fibre Pty Ltd
C O N F E R E N C E ..S E S S I O N S.. - ..D A Y.. TWO
FRIDAY 30TH APRIL
7.00 am

FACTORY TOUR - Fibrelogic Pipe Systems
(limited to 50 – first come, first served. Returns to venue at approximately 9.15 am)
8.00 am – Registration

8.30 am – The Use of Composites in the Construction of Flying Model Rockets – Tim Banicevich

8.30 am
FABRICATORS FRIDAY SESSION 1
Session C-1
Fabricators Friday is sponsored by the
University of Southern Queensland -
Centre of Excellence in Engineered Fibre Composites (CEEFC)
9.00 am

The Hot Rod Project & the FGI Low
Shrink Tooling System
Norm Clements - The Innovation
& Training
Skills Centre, with students from
Murray Bridge High School

The Devil is in the Detail
Dennis Southam,
Dennis Southam & Associates

9.30 am

Process Control for Low Styrene
Emissions
Denny Fink, Syrgis Inc.

Persistence Pays
– Murphy’s Law In Practice
Arthur Rendell, Regina Glass Fibre

10.00 am

PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION:
FGI – Plexus Adhesive Bonding for
Composite Structures

Enterprise Connect
representative from Enterprise Connect

10.30 am – MORNING TEA
PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION:
Evisive - Non Destructive Microwave Inspection of Composite Structures
11.00 am
FABRICATORS FRIDAY SESSION 2
Session C-2

Tooling Technology – Current
State-of-the-Art
and New Materials
Scott W. Beckwith, SAMPE (US)

Process Monitoring of Thermosetting
Resins Using Low-Cost
Optical Fibre Sensor Systems
Dee Harris, University of Birmingham (UK)

11.30 am

WORKSHOP:
Risk Assessment for Health
Hazards in the Composite Industry (1 hr)
Joseph Crea, Occupational & Environmental
Hygiene Consulting, University of Adelaide 

TUTORIAL:
Composite Structural Repairs (1 hr)
Rik Heslehurst, Defence Force
Academy, Canberra
ACT
12.30 pm - LUNCH
1.30 pm
FABRICATORS FRIDAY SESSION 3
Session C-3

PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION:
Nupol Composites
– Vacuum Infusion of a Dinghy
& a Glass Panel

Large Volume Production
of GRP Pipes
Martyn Manuel, Fibrelogic Pipe Systems
2.00 pm

SUPPLIER SESSION: Valspar Corp.
(Australia) - Darren Smith
Australia’s Tomorrow is
Here Today:
The next generation of high performance
gelcoats – XLA PLUS

From Boats to Buildings, and Between
Richard Downs-Honey,
SP-High Modulus (NZ) 

2.30 pm

Better Quality Control in
Composites Manufacturing
Dennis Newell, The Newell Group

New and Improved Federal R&D
Incentives for SMEs
Martin Jones, Composites CRC  
3.00 pm

Ultimate Sailing –The Wing-borne
Hydrofoil (WBHF) Sail Craft Project
Stephen Bourne, 
Wing-Borne Hydrofoil

E-learning Innovations on
Fibre Composites
Thiru Aravinthan, USQ CEEFC,
and Roger Cater, PARTEC Institute
4.00 pm
The Role of Composites in the Development of a Hovercraft for the Detection of Landmines
Rahim Kurji -  University of Adelaide
4.30 pm
Wrap-Up & Wine Tasting

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