Thanks to all those who attended the 2023 future:gas seminar roadshow!
The 2023 future:gas seminar roadshow is a series of industry-supported refrigerant education events aimed at those working in the stationary HVAC/R sector.
Tickets to future:gas seminars in Australia and New Zealand are just $20, making it affordable for technicians to pay for themselves and for business owners to send a number of their employees.
To help as many people as possible to attend, the seminars will take place on weekday evenings during the winter. Doors open at 5pm, with complimentary welcome drinks, food and trade displays. Be there by 5.30pm for a 6pm start.
Speakers for the 2023 future:gas roadshow announced! Find all the details here
For Australian seminar venue information and Google Maps navigation links please check our seminar locations page
A lot of change has emerged in the world of refrigerants since the highly successful future:gas events in 2017. So it’s time for another.
Refrigerants are still changing, with some of the changes discussed in previous future:gas seminars happening faster than expected and some slower. There are also some unexpected developments and curveballs in the mix.
Everyone in the industry needs to be aware of what is happening in the market, what the laws are and how they could be changing.
The 2023 future:gas roadshows will again assemble expert speakers to discuss and explain the latest on the recovery and handling of new refrigerants, the laws that will influence each part of the industry and what this will mean for the day-to-day life of those in the business of handling refrigerants:
Kylie Farrelley
Refrigerant Reclaim Australia
Greg Picker
Refrigerants Australia
The reasons behind refrigerant changes, from environmental and energy efficiency requirements, regulatory changes and market forces plus the potential impact of PFAS laws being tabled overseas.
Greg Brooker
Actrol
Brett Ferguson
A-Gas
John McCormack
Representing Chemours
Ed Tutty
Actrol
Mitch Williamson
A-Gas New Zealand
Eric Yang
Representing Honeywell
A discussion of refrigerants including HFOs and lower GWP HFCs such as R32, as well as CO2, ammonia and hydrocarbons plus other new blends and technologies from several perspectives including suitable applications, retrofit potential, safety, sustainability, total cost of ownership, commercial availability, performance and handling characteristics.
Robert Beggs
Temperzone
Stuart Kirkwood
Trane Technologies
Gary Knox
Daikin
Kyle Rafter
Fujistu General
Overview of changes to tools, working practices and equipment standards from a stationary sector perspective.
Seminar locations and dates
For Australian seminar venue information and Google Maps navigation links please check our seminar locations page
| Vanuatu | 11 May 2023 |
| Melbourne VIC | 16 May 2023 |
| Albury NSW | 17 May 2023 |
| Canberra ACT | 18 May 2023 |
| Hobart TAS | 23 May 2023 |
| Adelaide SA | 24 May 2023 |
| Sydney NSW | 6 June 2023 |
| Newcastle NSW | 7 June 2023 |
| Brisbane QLD | 13 June 2023 |
| Townsville QLD | 14 June 2023 |
| Darwin NT | NEW DATE: 26 June 2023 |
| Perth WA | 28 June 2023 |
| Port Moresby PNG | 11 July 2023 |
| Lae PNG | 12 July 2023 |
| Auckland NZ | 25 July 2023 |
| Wellington NZ | 26 July 2023 |
| Dunedin NZ | 27 July 2023 |
What’s new?
For example, the obituary has been written for R134a, so we all need to understand what that means for us.
In addition, more alternative refrigerants and technologies are on the horizon as the global HVAC/R industry grapples with the technical challenges of improving energy efficiency, reducing indirect and direct emissions and meeting obligations under the global HFC phase-down.
However, just as momentum toward low global warming potential refrigerants starts to build, a number of HFOs, some HFCs and blends of both are potentially on the chopping block in Europe, the United States and elsewhere over concerns that they are per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that do not easily break down and start to accumulate in the environment and living organisms, then make their way up the food chain in potentially high concentrations.
All this, against a backdrop of new governments with different agendas, mounting pressure to act fast on climate change, supply chains that have been disrupted and re-shaped due to pandemics, war, drought, floods and much more.
Suffice to say, this year’s future:gas roadshow will be a must-see.