EcoGen 2010 is set to be the clean energy event of the year, bringing together the highest levels of the clean energy industry, locally and internationally.
Bob Blakiston will be chairing a solar session from 11–12:30 on Day Three of EcoGen 2010, 8 September.
Bob leads SunPower Corporation Australia, the Australian operation of SunPower Corporation, a manufacturer of high efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems.
In 2007, Bob was a member of the Photovoltaic (PV) Working Group commissioned by the then Minister for Energy in response to requests by the Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association (WASEA). The PV Working Group, under the auspices of the Sustainable Energy Development Office, examined barriers to the uptake of grid connected PV systems.
He is the current Chairman of the WASEA having been re-elected for a second term in November 2009.
Between 1997-2005, Bob was General Manager WA of Post Data, a direct mail marketing, bulk mailing production facility processing electronic transactions and paper based essential mail.
Previous positions were posts in the beverage distribution business with Johnson Harper, a division of Swan Brewery (a Lion Nathan company) including seven years as General Manager.
Bob’s early career included 15 years in credit management, in which time served both as State and National President of the Australian Institute of Credit Management Australia, and he remains a life member (awarded in 1996) of that Association.
