Andrew Blakesley
Director Forest Policy, Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources
Andrew is Director Forest Policy in the Tasmanian Government, responsible for providing strategic policy advice across the whole forestry sector and maintaining Tasmania’s commitments under the Regional Forest Agreement
Hamish Crawford
Cailum Pty Ltd
Hamish is a forest economist with over 24 years experience in forestry and natural resources management. His areas of expertise include sustainable forestry certification, forest financial and woodflow modelling, carbon sequestration accounting and forest policy development.
Since forming Cailum Pty Ltd in 2002, Hamish has undertaken over 80 consultancy projects for both government and corporate clients. He is also the Australian representative for Soil Association Woodmark (FSC certification body) and an Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne.
Fabiano Ximenes
NSW Dept. of Primary Industries
Fabiano has a bachelor in Forestry from Brazil (University of Brasília) and obtained a Master in Wood Science at the Australian National University. Fabiano is a Research Officer with the NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI), and is the current leader of the “Greenhouse Footprint of Wood Products” Project, jointly funded by the NSW Department of Environment and Conservation and the NSW DPI. Prior to this project, Fabiano was the leader of the "Carbon in Wood Products" Project from the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting.
Nick Livanes
Executive Officer, Frame & Truss Manufacturers Association of Australia
Nick is a structural engineer with extensive experience in commercial building design and construction, particularly in precast and post-tensioned concrete. For the last 12 years Nick has held market development roles with the timber industry particularly focusing on the introduction of new grades, timber technology in multi-residential design and thermal performance. Nick is currently the Executive Officer for the Frame & Truss Manufacturers Association of Australia.
Associate Professor Gregory Nolan M.Arch B.Arch(Hons) B.Sc(Arch)
Director, Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood, School of Architecture & Design, University of Tasmania
Gregory Nolan is a registered Architect and Associate Professor at the University of Tasmania’s School of Architecture. In addition to teaching, Greg is also Director of the School’s Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood, a multi-disciplinary team of practitioners and researchers working with Australia's timber industry and the design and construction professions. Greg is active in research into timber and its use in building in Australia; hardwood production and drying; using Australia's hardwood plantation, and the thermal performance of timber buildings.
Simon Dorries
General Manager, Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia (EWPAA)
Simon is the General Manager of the Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia (EWPAA). The EWPAA is a manufacturer’s association representing plywood, laminated veneer lumber and other glued structural wood product manufacturers with operations in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea.
Simon holds a Bachelor of Applied Science and has worked at the EWPAA for over 20 years. His extensive experience has included product testing and assessment, research and development, development of certification systems for Engineered Wood Products and extensive experience in the development of training programs and product standards.
Michael Kennedy
Kennedys Timber
Michael Kennedy started his timber recycling business in 1995 in Northern New South Wales. The business has now grown to be one of the largest recycled timber operators in Australia, recently opening a world class Resource Recovery Centre and Timber processing facility on a 48,000 square metre purpose built site at Narangba. Kennedy Timbers has supplied recycled timber for many large commercial projects including Suncorp Stadium, Gallery of Modern Art, Cockle Wharf Precinct, Federation Square and the Old Parliament House Canberra.
Robert Morris-Nunn
Robert Morris-Nunn and Associates
Principle of one of Tasmania’s most successful architectural practices, Robert is a deft designer with wood as both a structural material and a material closer to the hand and the eye.
Jim Gandy
Gandy and Roberts
Jim has worked as a structural/civil engineer since 1970. His main field of practice has been structures for buildings - multi-story office, commercial, industrial, domestic and heritage. The scope of his work has included design, documentation, construction supervision, soils investigations, building fault investigations, reports and has given testimony as an expert witness. Jim has developed specialist expertise in the fields of pre-cast concrete, timber engineering and lightweight steel structures. JIm has recently retired as a director of Gandy & Roberts but continues to work full time for the firm as an engineer.
Chris Ward
Managing Director,Tasmanian Timber Engineering
Chris is the Managing Director of Tasmanian Timber Engineering Pty Ltd, employing 70 people in Southern Tasmania.
He has worked as a design engineer with a City Council and a Consulting Engineer in Melbourne, Timber Advisory Engineer with Tasmanian Timber Promotion Board in the 70’s. Chris is the current Technical Director and Past President of Glued Laminated Timber Association of Australia and is a Member of Standards Australia Committee TM004 – Glued Timber Products.
Dean Ashton (BE, MBA, MIEAust, CPEng, RPEQ, RBP)
State Engineering Manager MiTek
Dean Ashton has over 20 years experience in timber design and the Gang-Nail roof truss industry spanning across Australia, Asia and the Pacific Islands. He is presently the State Engineering Manager for MiTek Australia in Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia
