Suzanne Toumbourou is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Council of Recycling (ACOR) the peak body for resource recovery, recycling and remanufacturing, committed to leading the transition to a circular economy through the recycling supply chain.

At ACOR, Suzanne has forged a renewed strategy and federal agenda for a thriving recycling sector, with core priorities of an aligned and supportive regulatory environment, strong markets and an integrated supply chain, outcome-driven product stewardship and consumers who know how to recycle right.

Prior to this, Suzanne was the longstanding Executive Director of the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council, where she delivered impactful policy outcomes for building sustainability, including advancing the energy performance provisions in Australia’s Building Code and informing the priorities of the COAG Energy Council’s Trajectory for Low Energy Buildings.

Howard Tomlin, Group Engineering Manager, Fire Protection Technologies
Ever since a lithium-ion battery caught fire in his hand Howard has had an acute awareness of how quickly lithium ion batteries go from inert to spectacularly dangerous. Drawing on his fire protection industry experience (from back when 2 wire fire panels were considered state of the art) Howard has  experience of a broad range of products that are currently on offer to mitigate the risk of a lithium ion battery fire and will be discussing the benefits and limitations of these technologies.

Howard is a member of several FPAA committees including TAC11/22, TAC3 and chaired the LIB special interest group (technical stream) during the formation of several publications about care and safe use of lithium Ion batteries. Aside from his work on the FPAA committees Howard has been an active member of the BSI working group writing the BS8489 and BS8458 watermist standards and on the back of that contributed to the re-write and update of the current AS4587 standard for watermist here in Australia after moving from the UK to work at Fire Protection Technologies in 2017.

Chris White, Commander Fire Safety, ACT Fire & Rescue
Chris is the Commander of the ACTF&R Fire Safety Section.

He has worked with ACTF&R since 2008 and he has a background in Fire Safety Engineering, Fire Investigation and Emergency Management.

Chris aims to improve community resilience in the built environment and to ensure that fire fighters have the correct equipment and fire safety systems within buildings to allow them to effectively and efficiently respond to emergency incidents.

Chris’s team - The Fire Safety Section:

• Reviews all building approval application referrals and performance solutions provided to ACTF&R to ensure buildings and fire safety systems meet the NCC and the operational requirements of ACTF&R.
• looks after the Automatic Fire Alarm system.
• Is responsible for post occupancy maintenance issues related to fire safety systems.
• Is responsible for risk mitigation regarding EV and renewable energy systems and technology in the built environment.