8:30am – 10:30am
Day 1 Plenary: Wednesday 26th October, 2022
Room: Plenary 3, Melbourne Convention Centre, Ground Floor
Bringing supply and demand together to accelerate the energy transition
Chair: Kane Thornton, CEO, Clean Energy Council
8:25 - Welcome: Robby Clark, Portfolio Director, All-Energy Australia
8:26 - Welcome to Country, Wurundjeri Elder Tony Garvey
8:30 - Sponsor Welcome: Jason Venning, Country Manager, Australia and NZ, FIMER
8:35 - Interview: Minister Lily D’Ambrosio, Minister for Energy, Minister for Environment and Climate Action, Victorian Government
and Kane Thornton, CEO, Clean Energy Council [pre-recorded]
8:45 - Keynote: Darren Miller, CEO, ARENA
9:00 - DEMAND PANEL: Chaired by Luke Menzel, CEO, Energy Efficiency Council
Panellists: Gareth O’Reilly, Pacific Zone President, Schneider Electric
Darren Miller, CEO, ARENA
Anna Malos, Country Lead, Climateworks
Fiona Gray, CEO, Renew
9:40 - Ministerial Address: Treasurer Matt Kean, NSW Government [pre-recorded]
9:50 - SUPPLY PANEL: Chaired by Kane Thornton, CEO, Clean Energy Council
Panellists: Dan Shugar, Founder & CEO, Nextracker
Anthea Harris, CEO, Energy Security Board
Morten Helveg Petersen, Member European Parliament (MEP)
Darren Miller, CEO, ARENA
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Grid Scale Energy
Future Opportunities for Australia
Community and Local Energy
Hydrogen
DER & PPAs
Decarbonisation
Electric Vehicles
Industry and Energy
CEC Solar Masterclass
11:20am – 12:40pm
Grid Scale Energy:
Roadmap to Renewables:
The building blocks to deliver Australia's monumental target for large scale solar PV
Room: Plenary 3, Ground Floor, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Gero Farruggio,
Partner, Head of Australia & Global Renewables, Rystad Energy
Panellists:
James Butcher,
Head of Engineering AU, Nextracker
Maria Vazquez,
Technical Manager APAC, Total-Eren
Simon Currie,
Co-Founder and Principal, Energy Estate
Mac Thompson,
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, SunCable
Darren Brown,
Co Head Investment & Development, Octopus Investments
Glen Thomson,
General Manager, Beon Energy Solutions
Energy Storage:
The Challenges and Opportunities for Building Vertically Integrated Battery and Cell Manufacturing Capabilities in Australia
Room: 220, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Moderator:
Dr Adam Best,
Interim Director of the Revolutionary Energy Storage Systems, Future Science Platforms
Panellists:
Christopher Janssen,
Managing Director, GPC Electronics
Mark Chilcote,
Managing Director, Energy Renaissance
Sanaya Khisty,
Chief Strategy Officer, Beyond Zero Emissions
Dr Jens Goennemann,
Managing Director, Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre
Andrew Skalski,
General Manager, Batteries, Lithium Australia
Community Energy:
First Nations Energy
Room: 218, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Chris Faris,
Chief Operating Officer, ARENA
Panellists:
Karrina Nolan,
Executive Director, Original Power
Chris Croker,
Managing Director, Impact Investment Partners
Paul Paton,
Chief Executive Officer and Strategic Director, Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations
Troyson Bassani,
Indigenous Energy Australia
Hydrogen:
Navigating the Hydrogen Rainbow and Australia's Energy Futures
Room: 219, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
David Leitch,
Principal, ITK Services Australias
Panellists:
Dr James Hamilton,
Technology Innovation Lead, BayWa r.e.
Kim Van Hattum,
Manager East Coast Australia, Fortescue Future Industries
Simon Helps,
Sales and Business Development Manager, Energys Australia
Florence Lindhaus,
Cluster Manager Energy, German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce
Dr. Vicky Au,
Deputy Lead, Hydrogen Industry Mission, CSIRO
DER
Security and Control of DER Systems
Room: 217, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Kirrily Noonan,
Director, Renewable Energy Development, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (Vic)
Unlocking Market Value in Latent Capacity of Standby Power Systems - a real-world case study from AGL and Telstra
Tom Kelly-Spanner,
DER Dispatch Operations Manager, AGL
No decarbonisation without distribution: How innovative network solutions are delivering fast, low-impact and affordable renewables to our community
Andrew Dinning,
Head of Network Planning CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy
Energy Use Optimisation: A pilot implementation for Geelong Households
Shama Islam,
Senior lecturer, Deakin University
Decarbonisation:
The pathway to net zero
Room: 212, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Lisa Zembrodt,
Principal and Senior Director, Schneider Electric Sustainability Business
Using gas for generation - do we really need it?
Liisa Parisot,
Section leader, Power Generation and Storage Solutions, Jacobs
Monetising Renewable Energy Generation and the Carbon Consequences
Aaron Jenkins,
General Manager, Ecovantage
Decarbonisation at scale: how businesses will drive decarbonisation in Australia
Ryan Warburton,
General Manager, Commercial and Industrial Customers, AGL Energy
Electric Vehicles:
Preparing for the Transition
Room: 213, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Bryce Gaton,
EV journalist and EV Transition Consultant, EV Choice
eMobility electrification of transport and the EV evolution
Carly Irving-Dolan,
Chief Executive Officer, Energy and Infrastructure, NRMA
EV and ICEV total cost of ownership parity - when and how?
Joshua Hoevenaars,
Business Development Manager, bp pulse
Global Electric Vehicle Charging Trends
Dane Muldoon,
Global Sales Engineer, Tritium
Residential EV charging in Australian homes - what's really happening?
Sanaz Tabasi,
Program Manager, The Centre for New Energy Technologies ("C4NET")
9:30am-10:00am
Are you ready for the New Energy Tech Consumer Code?
Room: Theatre 2, Exhibition Floor
Chair:
Alexandra Sexton,
NETCC Project Coordinator
Dean Lombard,
Policy Consultant and NETCC Council member
Mindy Lim,
NETCC Manager
Green Building Council Session:
Building a Better Future: Renewable Energy in the Built Environment
Room: Theatre 2, Exhibition Floor
Moderator:
Jamie Wallis,
Senior Manager, Green Building Council of Australia
Panellists:
Angela Buckley,
General Manager, Build to Rent, Mirvac
Ross Kingston,
Acting Sustainability Coordinator, Brimbank City Council
Von Slater,
Head of Development, Ingenia
Bonnie Herring,
Director of Architecture and Sustainability, Breathe
Live Podcast:
10:00am-10:45am
Have we reached the peak solar?
Energy Management Theatre, Exhibition Floor
Nigel Morris,
Head of Business Development, Solar Analysis
Ric Brazzale,
Managing Director, Green Energy Trading
11:10am-11:20am
Introduction to the Energy Management Zone
Energy Management Theatre, Exhibition Floor
Holly Taylor,
Head of Projects, Energy Efficiency Council
Agriculture:
Reaping what you sow with energy upgrades
Energy Management Theatre, Exhibition Floor
Chair:
Victoria Townsend,
Senior Project Officer, Energy Efficiency Council
Panellists:
Vin Delahunty,
Senior Manager, Birchip Cropping Group
Peter Fox,
CEO, Greenspace
Dr Alan Gore,
Data Science Team Lead, SwitchDin
Christian Schiemann,
Market Development Manager – Building Automation Electrification, ABB Australia
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Session 1
10:00am-11:00am
Solar Masterclass opening
Chair/Opening:
Nikki Potter,
Executive General Manager - Industry Services, Clean Energy Council
Presenter:
Matthew Power,
General Manager, Renewable Energy Target Branch
Session 2
11:00am-11:30am
Space Optimisation & Effective Use of Energy
Chair/Opening:
Nikki Potter,
Executive General Manager - Industry Services, Clean Energy Council
Presenter:
Matthew Power,
Renewable Energy Target Branch, CER
Russell French,
Director of Sales and Marketing, SENEC
Albert Cass,
Senior Compliance Officer, Renewable Energy, UNEX
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1:40pm – 3:00pm
Energy Storage:
Supporting Grid Scale ESS
Room: 220, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Morgan Rossiter,
Senior Policy Officer, Clean Energy Council
The case for MW’s in grid scale ESS
Owen Lock,
ESS, SolarEdge & Kokam
The future of grid-scale batteries via advanced inverter technologies
Henry Liu,
Connection Manager, Sungrow
Achieving 100% renewables: “stability services based on grid forming are the future
Daniel Duckwitz,
Product Manager Grid Services, SMA
Unleashing the value of Storage as a Transmission Asset
Lara Panjkov,
Senior Market Development & Growth Manager, Fluence
Global Perspectives:
European experience in leveraging Offshore Wind in Green Hydrogen projects
Room: 217, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Kim Demeyer,
Science and Technological Counselor, Flanders Investment & Trade
Panellists:
Paul Janssens,
Project Director Australia, Jan De Nul
Ann Overmeire,
Chief Operating Officer, Blue Cluster
Erwin Deserranno,
Area Manager Australia, DEME Group
Anil Chanana,
Country Manager, Parkwind
Gilles Decan,
Policy & Project Manager Hydrogen, Port of Antwerp-Bruges
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Community Energy Storage:
The future is now – neighbourhood batteries in practice
Room: Plenary 3, Ground Floor, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Bruce Mountain,
Professor and Director of Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
Panellists:
Chris Wallin,
Commercial Program Manager, Yarra Energy Foundation
Marnie Shaw,
Senior Research Fellow in the Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program, Australian National University
Kate Clark,
Program Manager, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victorian Government
Greg Hannan,
Head of Network Strategy and Non-Network Solutions, CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy
Hydrogen:
Social Licence
Room: 218, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Kirrily Noonan,
Director, Renewable Energy Development, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (Vic)
Building the social license for hydrogen as a future fuel
Melinda Scaringi,
Director, Communications, Ellis Jones
The Sydney Science Park, Aerotropolis, and Hydrogen: A pre-feasibility case study
Dr Scott Dwyer,
Research Director, University of Technology Sydney
Hydrogen: community awareness and understanding .
John Utting,
Managing Director, Utting Research Group
DER:
Aligning the future of the DER industry with consumer needs
Room: 219, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Doris Spielthenner,
Managing Director AU & NZ, Regional Manager APAC, SMA Australia
The Electricity Distribution Grid - an essential part of the energy transition
Katie Brown,
Director, Energy Strategy, Victorian Government: Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
Customer Energy Management Systems Study
Flora Strauli,
Senior Consultant, Enea Consulting
Automating batteries and EVs for people, not retailers
Dan Adams,
CEO, Amber Electric
Practical implications of a two-sided market for consumers and industry participants
Matt Grantham,
Head of Industry Solutions, Tally Group
Decarbonisation:
Industrial Decarbonisation
Room: 212, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Lance Hoch,
Executive Director, Oakley Greenwood
Renewable Energy Industrial Precincts
Sanaya Khisty,
Chief Strategy Officer, Beyond Zero Emissions
The critical role of super cheap renewables in decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors
James Tilbury,
Partner, Climate Change & Corporate Sustainability, ERM
NSW Net Zero Industry and Innovation Program for High Emitting Industries
Rob Thomson,
A/Director, Emissions Intensity Reduction, NSW Office of Energy and Climate Change
Electric Vehicles:
Policy and Standards
Room: 213, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Verena Pichler,
Policy and Program Design, Victorian ZEV Subsidy Program, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
Unlocking Australia’s EV potential
Rachel Lynskey,
Project Manager (Transport), Climateworks Centre
The road ahead: how policies, regulation and market conditions are shaping Australia's EV regime
Aylin Cunsolo,
Partner, Baker McKenzie
Simplifying and securing the EV charging experience
Aloysius Joseph,
Head of Solutions Sales, APAC Analytics & IoT and Solutions (AIS), Digital Identity and Security (DIS) Business Unit, Thales DIS Australia
Lessons Learnt from the EU & other Global Markets to Unlock eMobility
Pavina Adunratanasee,
Smart Solutions Manager, Iberdrola Australia
Ag and Energy:
Agriculture and Energy
Room: Theatre 2, Exhibition Floor
Chair:
Andrew Lang,
President, Victorian Bioenergy Network
Agriculture Energy Investment in the future
Adriana Robaina,
Senior Policy Analyst, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, Victorian Government
Agricultural Renewable Energy Acceleration Options for Farmers
Danielle Alexander,
Research Director, UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures
Re-manufacturing ag residues into energy, hydrogen and other value add products
Joe Finneran,
CEO, MADE Energy
The benefits of a distributed approach in supplying renewable green gas to rural and regional Australia
Michael Renehan,
Executive General Manager, Gaia EnviroTech
Food and beverage manufacturing:
Developing a taste for energy savings
Energy Management Theatre, Exhibition Floor
Chair:
Victoria Townsend,
Senior Project Officer, Energy Efficiency Council
Panellists:
Daniel Barrett,
Operational Excellence Systems Specialist, George Weston Foods
Hudson Cameron,
AWTP and Environment Manager, Inghams
Ross Tumner,
Associate Principal, Energy & Climate Change, Point Advisory
Dan Wall,
CTO, AZZO
Session 3
12:30pm-2:00pm
AS/NZS 5033:2021 FAQ
Chair:
Thomas Seymour,
Technical Programs Team Leader, Clean Energy Council
Presenters:
Michael Shaughnessy,
Technical Program Specialist and Policy Advocate, Clean Energy Council
Sandy Atkins,
Senior Compliance Officer, Renewable Energy, Energy Safe Victoria
BREAK
3:30pm – 4:50pm
Energy Storage
Grid Energy: Grid Scale Projects.
Room: Plenary 3, Ground Floor, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Rajesh Arora,
Technical Director, AECOM Australia
Learnings from 10 big batteries
Marija Petkovic,
Founder and Managing Director, Energy Synapse
How more efficient network tariffs can drive more grid-side battery deployment, and more efficient utilisation of those batteries
Rohan Harris,
Executive Director, Oakley Greenwood
Analysis Paralysis - where has our engineering gone?
Kate Summers,
Principal Consultant, Ekistica
MacIntyre - Building Australia's First GW Wind Precinct
Benjamin Ortiz,
Project Manager (Controls), MacIntyre Wind Precinct, ACCIONA Energia
Wind:
Floating Wind – technical challenges and future potential into the energy mix
Room: 219, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Rachel Hogan,
Team Lead - Power Generation, AECOM Australia
Lessons from offshore wind
Justin Hardie,
Director Risk, Hardie Investments
A global relay race: taking the baton from Asia and Europe to apply knowledge in Australian offshore wind projects
Philip Napier-Moore,
Energy Sector Leader, ASEAN and East Asia, Mott MacDonald
Technical Challenges of Floating Offshore Wind
Lara Tulloch,
Energy Systems Consultant, Frazer-Nash Consultancy
The Ørsted Story – how an oil & gas operator became a leader in offshore wind
Per Mejnert Kristensen,
President - Asia Pacific, Ørsted
Local and Community Energy:
The value of partnerships to execute energy programs
Room: 217, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Annie Ngo,
Senior Consultant, ITP Renewables
Partnership investment: is it the key to unlocking a successful transition to zero net emissions?
Rachel Ollivier,
Acting Chief Executive Officer, Darebin City Council
Utility Pole Top Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
Mark Wexler,
Principal Engineer, Enabling Technology, United Energy
Reimagining our Energy “Membership” Future(s) with a little help from Denmark
Satya Tanner,
Director, Lautec Australia
Standalone Power Systems for Renewable Energy Independence
Ganesh Ganeshkumar,
Head of Standalone Power Systems, Mondo Energy Services
Hydrogen:
Lessons learned from ARENA-funded hydrogen projects
Room: 220, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Panel of speakers led by Arena
Chair:
Alex McIntosh,
Director, Business Development and Transactions, ARENA
Panellists:
Sandra Lau,
Head of Hydrogen and EVs, Viva Energy
Jamie Lowe,
Head of Regulation, Compliance and Sustainability, ENGIE
Phil Richardson,
General Manager, New Energy Projects, Stanwell
Darren Jarvis,
VP Strategic Project Development, Incitec Pivot
PPA’s:
The evolution of PPA’s to meet the future needs of the industry
Room: 212, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Adam Clarke,
Manager Planning and Policy, Energy Corporation of NSW
State of the Market: Corporate Renewable PPAs in 2022
Chris Briggs,
Program Lead (Energy Futures), Institute for Sustainable Futures & Technical Director, Business Renewables Centre - Australia, University of Technology
The evolution of the renewable PPA - current trends and insights
Aylin Cunsolo,
Partner Baker McKenzie
Buyers Groups: understanding the dynamics and relevancy of collective procurement in the next wave of Power Purchase Agreements
Scott McKenry,
Executive Officer, Eastern Alliance for Greenhouse Action
How to narrow contract options of Power Purchase Agreements (PPA’s)
Abhi Nithyanand,
Head of Advisory - Sustainability and Energy, CORE Markets
Decarbonisation:
Decarbonising Maritime Transport
Room: 218, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
All Aboard!! Green Ports, Ferries and Shipping: Opportunities for the Renewable Energy Sector
Chair:
Penelope Howarth,
Energy Decarbonisation Focal Point, Climate Change Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Panellists:
Angela Gillham,
CEO, Maritime Industry Australia Limited (MIAL)
Leigh Holder,
Business Development Director, Yara Clean Ammonia
Sam Blackadder,
CEO, Hydrogen Integrated Technologies
Kristen Richardson,
Head of Communications & Sustainability, ANL
Sanjay Verma,
Director Decarbonisation Solutions, Wartsila Singapore
Shaun Mooney,
Executive General Manager Commercial, Port of Melbourne
Electric Vehicles:
"Accelerating" decarbonisation through smart charging EV Projects
Room: 213, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Peter Hawkes,
Director, Woods Street Partners
SA Government Support for Smart Charging EV Projects & Infrastructure
Cathi Buttfield,
Project Manager, EV Integration, SA Department for Energy and Mining
SA’s EV Charging Network
Anita Saunders,
Program Manager - Electrical Vehicle, RAA Group
Flinders University’s V2G Smart Charging EV Project
Greg Schumann,
Director, Transport & Green Mobility, Engie Services ANZ
Smart Charging EV Project Case Studies
Kristian Handberg,
Head of Future Business, Jetcharge
Smart Public EV Charging: The fight for a challenged market
James Tilbury,
Partner, Climate Change & Corporate Sustainability, ERM
Smart EV Charging and the Distribution Network
Bryn Williams,,
Future Network Strategy Manager, SA Power Networks
Bioenergy:
Biogas
Room: Theatre 2, Exhibition Floor
Chair:
Andrew Lang,
President, Victorian Bioenergy Network
Australia's National Bioenergy Roadmap
Olivier Lacroix,
CEO, Enea Consulting
Successfully delivering bioenergy in Australia
Joseph Oliver,
Managing Director, Delorean Corporation
Invisible giants: bioenergy, landfills and using our organic wastes to decarbonise our energy system
Tiana Nairn,
Group Manager - Policy, LMS Energy
Renewable gases: a further step on the decarbonisation pathway
Bronwyn See,
Senior Business Development Manager, AGL Australia
Materials manufacturing:
Manufacturing success in energy savings
Energy Management Theatre, Exhibition Floor
Chair:
Rachael Wilkinson,
Senior Advisor – Policy and Projects, Energy Efficiency Council
Panellists:
Alex Holdsworth,
Energy and Carbon Emissions Manager, Opal
Jacob Mahoney,
General Manager of Energy Solutions, Flow Power
Session 4
2:30pm-3:30pm
Stored knowledge: learning the ins and outs of battery installation
Chair:
Nikki Potter,
Executive General Manager - Industry Services, Clean Energy Council
Presenters:
Hilary Lai,
Senior Technical Services & Standards Advisor, Clean Energy Council
Nathan Smith,
Technical Program Specialist, Clean Energy Council
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9:00am – 10:30am
Day 2 Plenary: Thursday 27th October, 2022
Room: Plenary 3, Melbourne Convention Centre, Ground Floor
Chair: Catherine Way, Director Country Manager, DP Energy
Panel: States powering ahead with REZ developments
Chair: Amy Kean, Managing Director, Stride Renewables
Panellists: James Hay, Chief Executive, EnergyCo
Ben Ferguson, Acting Executive Director, VicGrid
Michael Chan, Executive Governance, TasNetworks
Panel: Reforming the Grid: Opportunities and Challenges
Chair: Catherine Way, Director Country Manager, DP Energy
Panellists: Simon Currie, Co-Founder and Principal, Energy Estate
Stephanie Bashir, Principal, Nexa Advisory
John Titchen, Director, Goldwind Australia
Danny Nielsen, Senior Vice President and Country Head, Vestas ANZ
BREAK
Time
Future Grid
Data and Digital
Energy Transition
Commercial and Residential Energy
Hydrogen
Grid
Electric Vehicles
Startups & NETCC
CEC Solar Masterclass
11:00am – 12:20pm
VPPs:
Maximising technical and commercial value from VPP’s
Room: 220, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Katie Brown,
Energy Strategy, Victorian Government: Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
Virtual Power Plants: supporting the grid transition
Alan Coller,
Director, Energy Services Division, SolarEdge
Project Symphony: WA's largest DER Orchestration Pilot
Andrew Blaver,
Program Manager, Project Symphony, Western Power
Virtual Power Plants from a customer's perspective
Daniel Sue,
Product Development Manager - VPP, Origin Energy
VPP Insights from Project EDGE
Kirstie Wu,
Solutions Architect, Mondo Power
Digitisation:
Creating an energy data strategy
Room: 219, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
James Seymour,
CEO, The Centre for New Energy Technologies ("C4NET")
Getting strategic about energy data as open and shared infrastructure
Grace Young,
Chief Innovation Officer, Wattwatchers
Value driven Grid Data Management – The key to speeding up Decarbonisation
Akanksha Sharma,
Segment Director - Power & Grid (Pacific), Schneider Electric
Data centres - the answer to the variable renewable energy challenge
John Eccles,
Technical Director - Energy Advisory, Mott MacDonald
Digitisation powers renewable asset performance
Matt Stubbs,
Founder, Profergy
Investment:
How renewable energy investment is evolving in Australia to align with the energy transition
Room: 218, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Sally Torgoman,
Partner, Energy, KPMG
Investor priorities for accelerating clean energy development
Simon Corbell,
CEO and Chairperson, Clean Energy Investor Group
Roadblocks to Transmission and the impact of transmission investment on consumer bills
Stephanie Bashir,
CEO, principal, Nexa Advisory
Financial portfolio emissions strategies and the role of the energy sector
Edward Hawkins,
Senior Manager, Engevity Advisory and Co-Founder, ORCA Insights
Energy Storage:
Determining Behind the Meter Value
Room: 217, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Lisa Zembrodt,
Principal and Senior Director, Schneider Electric Sustainability Business
Lessons in delivering Behind-the-Meter Commercial Storage Assets
Philip Graham,
Chief Executive Officer, CleanPeak Energy
We need to talk about residential batteries
Patrick Matweew,
CEO, Redback Technologies
Hydrogen:
Pathways to Scaling Hydrogen
Room: Plenary 3, Ground Floor, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Tanya Denning,
Partner, Baker McKenzie
Infrastructure requirements to scaling a hydrogen economy
Patrick Gorr,
Global Hydrogen Leader, Arup
Grid Friendly Green Hydrogen – A Huge Opportunity for Australia
Bernhard Voll,
Senior Technical Expert and Platform Manager, SMA
Maximising the clean hydrogen value proposition - from Hub to Export
Dana Spiers,
Project Development Manager, Linde
Chemical feedstocks in a green hydrogen world
Dr Keith Lovegrove,
Managing Director, ITP Thermal
Grid Scale Energy:
Renewable Energy Zones
Room: 212, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Joshua Birmingham,
Director of Large Scale and Project Solutions, SMA Australia
Investing in Transmission and Renewable Energy Zones
Bobby Vidakovic,
Head of Grid, Clean Energy Futures Team, Clean Energy Finance Corporation
Designing NSW REZ Access Schemes
Jennifer Radford,
Manager Renewable Energy Zone Design, EnergyCo
Coordinating enabling infrastructure for Renewable Energy Zones
Adam Clarke,
Manager Planning and Policy, Energy Corporation of NSW
What role can non-network solutions and DER play in Renewable Energy Zones?
Marc Sheldon,
COO, SwitchDin
Electric Vehicles:
Charging Infrastructure
Room: 213, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Jason Venning,
Country Manager, Australia and NZ, FIMER
The importance of ‘managed’ EV charging
Carola Jonas,
CEO/Founder, Everty
Leveraging technology to enable the service station of the future
Darius Salgo,
Technology Manager, Ampol
From the wind to the Wheel
Cesare Fera,
Owner, FERA
EV’s, Battery & Supply Chain Trends
Dean Williamson,
Country Manager, GoodWe Australia
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9:30am-11:00am
National Construction Code 2022
Room: Theatre 2, Exhibition Floor
Chair:
Alexandra Sexton,
NETCC Project Coordinator
Dean Lombard,
Policy Consultant and NETCC Council member
Mindy Lim,
NETCC Manager
10:00am-10:25am
Reducing the energy and cooling water consumption and attendant emissions in the Australian built environment with trans-critical CO2 systems for cooling and heating
Energy Management Theatre, Exhibition Floor
Chair:
Dr Masud Bakaul,
Chief Technology Officer, Techplus Control System Pty LTD
Klaas Visser,
Principal, KAV Consulting
Residential buildings:
11:00am-12:20pm
Cosying up with efficient electrification
Energy Management Theatre, Exhibition Floor
Chair:
Rachael Wilkinson,
Senior Advisor – Policy and Projects, Energy Efficiency Council
Panellists:
Melissa Fitzgerald,
Manager, Asset Management, Common Equity Housing Ltd.
Dr David Perry,
Co-founder & CTO, BOOMPower
Christian Schiemann,
Market Development Manager – Building Automation Electrification, ABB Australia
Jim Woolcock,
Director, SUHO
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Session 5
9:30am-11:00am
Clean Energy Regulator workshop – Securing a bright future for solar PV installations
Chair:
Robbie Nichols,
Senior Technical Services & Standards, Clean Energy Council
Presenters:
Yuneska Harris,
Engineering Services Manager, Clenergy
Peter Leeson,
Managing director, Leeson group
Michael Dodd,
Senior Project Officer, Australian Building Codes Board
BREAK
1:00pm – 2:20pm
Future Grid:
New ways of delivering energy
Room: 218, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Kate Summers,
Principal Consultant, Ekistica
Small enough to manage, big enough to matter: Alice Springs Future Grid’s holistic approach, generating lessons for the clean energy transition, beyond the outback
Lyndon Frearson,
Project Director, Alice Springs Future Grid
Improving reliability in regional and remote communities
Adeel Rana,
Networks Team Leader, Tasmanian Networks
Stand-alone power systems - a new way of delivering energy
Margot Hammond,
Stand-alone Power Systems Program Manager, Western Power
Developing Grid Resiliency in Communities using Innovative Platforms and creative Technical Solutions
Alan Kneisz,
VP Sales and Marketing, Advent Technologies
Digitisation:
Enhancing Real-time data
Room: 219, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Doris Spielthenner,
Managing Director AU & NZ, Regional Manager APAC, SMA Australia
Driving for more value and efficiency with Digital Tools for Renewable Asset Management
Lu Zhao,
Director Renewables and ESS, Envision Digital International
Securing Net-Zero by Unlocking Real-Time Data Intelligence for Network Service Providers
Adrian Knack,
CTO, Redback Operations Trading As Luceo Energy
Cybersecurity Risk in the Energy IoT Landscape
James DiLiberto,
CEO, Principal Engineer, AZZO
Government Initiatives:
How the transition is looking across State Governments
Room: 220, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Annie Ngo,
Senior Consultant, ITP Renewables
Powering homes in Victoria’s energy transition
Stan Krpan,
CEO, Solar Victoria
South Australia’s Clean Energy Transformation
Richard Day,
Director Strategy, Policy and Communications, Growth and Low Carbon Division, Department for Energy and Mining
NSW leading in Hydrogen
Tim Stock,
Director, Hydrogen and Clean Energy - NSW Office of Energy and Climate Change
Residential Energy:
Revolutionising the Electrification of Homes
Room: 217, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Sarah Fiess,
Team Leader - Sustainable Homes, Sustainability Victoria
The new world: The challenges and promises of whole home backup
Wilf Johnston,
General Manager APAC, Enphase Energy
Interoperability versus Smart Home
James Sturch,
Technical Director, SolarEdge
Hot water - your biggest savings after rooftop solar
Stefan Jarnason,
CEO, Solar Analytics
The Smart Inverter- The Heart of Smart Home Energy System
Rex Wang,
Marketing Manager, Growatt
Understanding the benefits and barriers to residential electrification
Jonathan Leake,
New Energy Projects Director, SA Power Networks
Hydrogen:
Maximising the Value Stack
Room: 212, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Samantha Phillips, P, Eng.,
Chief Commercial Officer, Dynelectro
Commerciality of green hydrogen: balancing supply costs and customer expectations
Dr Stephen Hinchliffe,
Energy Advisory Leader - Regulation, Markets and Networks in Australia and New Zealand, Mott MacDonald
Sharing hydrogen project development experiences
Geoffrey Drucker,
Managing Director, Countrywide Hydrogen
Australian Green Hydrogen for Local Use and Export
Dr Ahmad Zahedi,
Associate Professor in Power Engineering, James Cook University
H2U – Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia, scaling up commercialization
Dr Mike Giulianini,
CTO, H2U – The Hydrogen Utility
Energy Storage:
Novel Technologies fuelling grid scale energy storage
Room: Plenary 3, Ground Floor, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Jill Cainey,
Acting Director Distributed Energy, Clean Energy Council
Energy Storage Will Drive the Global Energy Transition
Eric Dresselhuys,
CEO, ESS Inc.
The holy grail of the energy transition - cheap, clean, Long Duration Energy Storage
Dr Fraser Hughson,
Chief Technology Officer, Allegro Energy
Hydrogen – why distributed applications will be the first movers Is hydrogen the answer to long-duration energy storage?
Paul Sernia,
CEO, Endua
Accelerating the Global Renewable Energy Transition
Lucas Sadler,
VP Sales & Business Development APAC, Energy Vault
Electric Vehicles:
Vehicle to Grid
Room: 213, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Kate O'Callaghan,
Director of Knowledge Sharing, ARENA
Vehicle To Grid: Killer app or flash in the pan?
Laura Jones,
Senior Analyst, The Australian National University
The Challenge of Integrating widescale solar and EV charging into our legacy low voltage network
Richard McIndoe,
Executive Chairman, EdgeZero
Data Driven: Distributor-led innovation to deliver an intelligent grid for our electric vehicle future
Thomas Handscomb, Data Science Team Lead, CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy
The charging infrastructure eco-system and how it works together with V2G
Dr Christopher Munnings,
Transport & Green Mobility, ENGIE
EnergyLab Clean Energy & Climate Tech Startup Showcase
EnergyLab
Startup Showcase I
Theatre 2, Exhibition Floor
Introduction to the Startup Showcase
Megan Fisher,
CEO, EnergyLab
PANEL:
Energy Startups Helping to Change the Face of Energy in Australia
Moderator:
Megan Fisher
CEO, EnergyLab
Panellists:
Sam Ringwaldt,
CEO, Conry Tech
Alan Hunter,
Founder and CEO, National Renewable Network
Marija Petkovic,
Founder and Managing Director, Energy Synapse
Startups and Australia’s generational opportunity in the Lithium Battery Value Chain
Noah Wasmer,
CEO & Co-founder, Roev
Commercial buildings:
Building savings with commercial energy upgrades
Energy Management Theatre, Exhibition Floor
Chair:
Julianne Tice,
Buildings Policy Advisor, Energy Efficiency Council
Panellists:
Jeffrey Elliott,
Environmental Sustainability Lead, ANZ
Đức Phan,
Senior Consultant, Energetics
Dale O'Toole,
National Manager, Building Performance, The GPT Group
Session 6
12:30pm-2:00pm
DNSPs & Setting for the sun: ensuring that inverter settings are correct
Chair:
Rhys Fairweather,
Products Program Team Leader, Clean Energy Council
Presenters:
Murtaza Latif,
Senior Engineer Strategic Network Planning, Ausnet
Joanne Pafumi,
General Manager Corporate Affairs, Citipower / powercor
BREAK
2:50pm – 4:10pm
Grid: Developing Energy Precincts:
Developing Energy Precincts
Room: 217, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Annie Ngo,
Senior Consultant, ITP Renewables
Beyond the REZ - Net Zero Growth Precinct
Craig Chambers,
Managing Director, Engevity Advisory
Active Energy Precincts - Developing Regional Microgrids
Priya Galketiya,
Net Zero Project Lead, Monash University
Energy Resilience in the Yarra Ranges
Amy Gregorovich,
Energy Resilient Community Officer, Yarra Ranges Council
Digitisation:
Behind the Meter
Room: 219, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Guy Olian,
CEO & Founder, Smart Ease
Planning an energy project for behind the utility meter monitoring and control
Tim McCoy,
Program Manager, Wattwatchers Digital Energy
Artificial intelligence and Machine learning tool for the analysis of (PV) Energy consumption and production data
Anup Raghavan,
CEO, Powertech Energy
Addressing Security Vulnerabilities in Energy Storage Systems
Dr Howard Lovatt,
Chief Technology Officer, Energy Renaissance
Government Initiatives:
Facilitating business opportunities with the new Singapore-Australia Green Economy Agreement
Room: 212, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Moderator::
David Grabau,
Head of Resources, Energy and Infrastructure, Austrade
Panellists:
Philippa King,
Deputy CEO, Policy and Programs, Austrade
Jean Bernard Carrasco,
Head of Green Economy Branch, DFAT
Hui Wen Chong,
Regional Director, Oceania, Enterprise Singapore
Kate Drews,
Director, Urban and Renewables, SMEC
Supported by:
Solar:
Commercial
Room: 213, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
PANEL:
Warranties PPAs, parasites and friends: Why relationships and long-term thinking are essential in commercial solar
Chair:
Huon Hoogesteger,
Founder, Smart Commercial Solar
Panellists:
Jacqui Jubb,
Partner, LawQuarter
Andrew Percival,
National Sales Manager, Trina Solar
Andrew Burgess,
Co-founder, Solar Juice
Andrew Fraser,
CEO, Building Services Engineers
Hydrogen:
Project Considerations for Export
Room: 220, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Dr Gareth Forde,
Hydrogen Technology Officer, Pure Hydrogen Corporation
The compelling case for hydrogen: a cross-sector transformation
Dr Ahmed Halima,
Future Fuels Lead and Principal Engineer, Mott MacDonald
Guarantee of Origin – building foundations for a low-emissions world
Cameron Mathie,
Manager, Future Carbon Markets, Clean Energy Regulator
The Hydrogen Economy: Legal guide to policy and regulation in Australia
Tanya Denning,
Partner, Baker McKenzie
Overview of the Green Springs project
David Green,
Partner, Climate Impact Capital
Energy Storage:
Achieving long duration storage
Room: Plenary 3, Ground Floor, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Demian Natakhan,
Director, Enhar
The role of hydropower storage in grid reliability and resilience
Caroline Wykamp,
Executive General Manager Commercial, Hydro Tasmania
World's largest next generation storage project (50MWh) now in operation
Dr Kira Rundel,
Commercial & Strategy Manager, Raygen
The need for speed – Storage signals flashing go, but investors not yet racing
David Dixon,
Senior Analyst, Rystad Renewables
Gravity Storage
Lucas Sadler,
VP Sales & Business Development APAC, Energy Vault
Decarbonisation Transport:
Heavy transport to Buses to Rail
Room: 218, Level 2, Melbourne Convention Centre
Chair:
Nicole Wierzbicki,
Consultant, Commercial Advisory & Transactions – Infrastructure, Assets & Places, KPMG
Green hydrogen for heavy transport and feedstock is well underway in NZ
David Heard,
Executive Director, Australia, Hiringa Energy
Clean Energy in Rail Transportation
Roy Unny,
National Executive Chair, Railway Technical Society of Australasia (RTSA)
Zero Emission Buses in Australia - Challenges
Arnaldo Sanchez,
Zero Emission Buses Specialist, Volgren Australia
EnergyLab Clean Energy & Climate Tech Startup Showcase
EnergyLab
Startup Showcase II
Theatre 2, Exhibition Floor
PANEL:
Startup journey - maximising our Lithium Battery Value Chain resources
Moderator:
Kirk McDonald
Project Manager Supercharge Australia, EnergyLab and New Energy Nexus
Panellists:
Merrill Gray,
Head of Recycling, incl. Primobius GmbH JV, Neometals
Andrew Mackenzie,
Director, Envirostream Australia
Steven Vassiloudis,
CEO & Founder, Novalith
Startup Pitch Presentations
Adam Pryor,
CoFounder, Open Solar
Mike Wishart,
CEO, EcoJoule
Matthew Forrest,
Founder, Economical Energy
Brendan Whelan,
Head of Product, UPowr
Jarman Stephens,
Founder, gridmo
Howard Leong,
GM Business Development, Key Energy
Anil Sagaram,
Founder & CEO, Acacia Money
Fraser Hughson,
Co-Founder and CTO, Allegro Energy
Government operations:
Leading by example with government energy management
Energy Management Theatre, Exhibition Floor
Chair:
Julianne Tice,
Buildings Policy Advisor, Energy Efficiency Council
Panellists:
Paul Giliberto,
Key Account Manager, Exergenics
Garry Ormston,
Principal Architect, City Design, City of Melbourne
Dr Mirek Piechowski,
Director, Piechowski Energy Pty Ltd
Ruth Thompson,
Energy and Projects Officer, University of Melbourne
Session 7
2:30pm-3:30pm
Tigo - Rapid Shutdown
Chair:
Wilf Johnson,
General Manager of Enphase Energy of Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Regions, Enphase Energy
Presenter:
James (JD) Dillon,
Chief Marketing Officer, Tigo Energy