More than 200 prominent speakers presented at All-Energy Australia 2019, delivering two days of presentations across an expanded 7-stream conference program. The sessions covered the latest innovations, energy policy and government initiatives and project developments across solar and wind, hydrogen, bioenergy, energy storage and more.
Plenary
Professor David Shipworth, Energy and the Built Environment, UCL Energy Institute
Darren Miller, CEO, ARENA
Lior Handelsman, Founder, SolarEdge
Rob Murray-Leach, Head of Policy, Energy Efficiency Council
Future Energy and the Grid/Smart Grid
How do we design a grid with the consumer and prosumer in mind
Marija Petkovic, Managing Director, Energy Synapse
Aylin Cunsolo, Special Counsel, Baker McKenzie
Craig Burton, Consultant, Generation Shared
Gavin Dietz, CEO, Wattwatchers
Unlocking the full potential of DER on the grid with VPPs
Dr Andrew Mears, CEO & Founder, SwitchDin
Ian Askell, Senior Engineer Demand Management , Essential Energy and Asanka Paranamana, Distributed Energy Engineer, AusNet Services
Bryn Williams, Future Network Strategy Manager, SA Power Networks
Matt Armitage, Principal Analyst – Emerging Markets, Australian Energy Market Operator
Exploring Tasmania’s significant potential to support a NEM in transition
Panelists: The Hon Guy Barnett MP, Tasmania’s Minister for Energy, Lance Balcombe, CEO, TasNetworks, Steve Davy, CEO, Hydro Tasmania
Technical innovation and future modelling
Ian Waight, COO, Solar Analytics
Kirrily Noonan, Manager, Distributed Energy, DELWP
Dr Paddy Finn, Founder and Director, Electricity Exchange
Solar
A look at the most recent changes, where the current demands are and innovative system designs
Nigel Morris, Business Development Manager, Solar Analytics
Ric Brazzale, Group Chairman, Green Energy Markets
Yannick Zapf, Head of C&I Solar PV, Clean Technology Partners
Russell Wiese, Partner, Hunt & Hunt Lawyers, and Vince Mobilio VP Sales and Marketing, Clenergy Australia
Navigating the large-scale solar transition
Sarah Morton, Senior Analyst, Green Energy Markets
Peter Wheale, Vice President of Sales Australia and APAC, NEXTracker
Unlocking the full potential of commercial systems
Peter Leeson, Director, 2010
Peter Leeson, Director, 2010
Dr Zhengrong Shi, Chair, SunMan
Dru Sutton, VP Sales, Solaria
Electric Vehicle – Run by the Electric Vehicle Council of Australia
What is happening in Australia to date: On the ground experience in the Australian EV market
Zoe Hilson, Partner, Baker McKenzie
Paul Fox, Cofounder, Evie Networks
Wim Elshout, e-Mobility Area Manager, ABB
State of play for EV infrastructure
Marty Andrews, CEO, Chargefox
Nick Zeltzer, Manager, Business Development & Transactions, ARENA
Rob Law, Executive Officer, Central Victorian Greenhouse Alliance
EVs and the grid
Lance Douglass, Director Strategy and Partnerships, Everty
Olivia Laskowski, Promoter EVSE, Siemens
Laura Jones, Innovation Engineer, TasNetworks
Wind Energy
State of the industry and project projections
Jerome Rowcroft, Senior Renewable Energy Engineer, Middleton Group
Bret Harper, Director of Research, RepuTex
Policy
Where we stand on energy policy and how it impacts Australia’s renewable energy future
Mark Williamson, Executive General Manager, Clean Energy Regulator
Anthony Seipolt, Advisor, Australian Energy Regulator
Matthew Bowen, Partner and Practive Group Leader, Energy and Regulation, Jackson McDonald
Huon Hoogesteger, Founder, Smart Commercial Solar
Finance and Investment
Risk finance availability for new technology
Mark Bonnar, Managing Director, Southern Cross Venture Partners
Bev Thomas, Director, Innovation Fund, CEFC
James Tilbury, CEO & Co-Founder, EnergyLab
Shawn Moorhead, Global Partnerships Manager & EEx Fund One Elemental Excelerator
Power price forecasting
Jordan Greaves, Trader/Analyst, Edge Energy Systems
Lance Hoch, Executive Director, Oakley Greenwood
Gilles Walgenwitz, General Manager, Energy and Carbon Markets, Energetics
Investment models relevant to energy assets
Lane Crockett, Head of Renewable Infrastructure, Impact Investment Group
Jordan Berryman, Senior Director- Alternative Investments, JLL
Philip Graham, CEO, CleanPeak Energy
Project lifecycle assessments for large scale systems
Mike Rand, Managing Director, Blueshore
Daniel Nugent, Portfolio Development Leader, EnergyAustralia
Kate Phillips, Partner, Baker McKenzie
Megan Raynal, Director, Maven Libera
Energy and Agriculture Industry
Agriculture and renewables
Anne Dansey, Senior Strategy and Governance Manager – Low Emission Resource, Department of Economic Development
George Wang, Manager, Energy and Climate Change, Point Advisory
Gabriel Hakim, Director, AgVet Energy
Richard Martin, Managing Director, Australian Energy Efficient Solutions
Market Mechanisms
A global shift to DER flexibility markets
Phil Blythe, CEO, GreenSync
Deep dive into understanding and negotiating corporate PPA’s
Dr Chris Briggs, Business Renewables Centre Australia
Michael Parker, President Molycop Australasia
Kevin Yeo, Director, CFO Advisory, KPMG
Dean Travers, GM Asset Development, ENGIE
Energy Storage
Behind-the-Meter strategies
John White, Senior Account Manager, Morningstar Corporation
James Sturch, Technical Director APAC, sonnen Australia
Patrick Matweew, CEO, Redback Technologies
Richard Schoenemann tiko Energy Solutions
Technical overviews and operational enablers
Mohamed Mostafa, Business Development Manager – Industrial Storage Solution, SMA Solar Technology
Peter Morrow, Director, Auspac Energy Technologies
Stephen Richardson, Senior Technology Innovation Engineer, Ergon Energy
A look at the benefits and implementation of alternative energy storage systems
Marco Assorati, Executive Director Asia Pacific, Salini-Impregilo
Greg Allen, Managing Director, Hydrostor Inc
Mathew Brett, Business Development Director, Highview Power
Dr Saugato Mukerji, Founder, Solid Pumped Hydro Energy Storage and Peter Gibson, Associate Professor, School of Mechanical, Materials & Mechatronics Engineering, University of Wollongong
Unlocking the value of large scale systems with energy storage
Tristan Edis, Director – Analysis & Advisory, Green Energy Markets
Lachlan Bateman, Managing Director & Head of Hybrid Energy Systems, Clean Technology Partners
Jaad Cabbabe, Senior Manager – Business Development, Fluence
Alan Coller, Director, Grid Services & Business Development SolarEdge
Project finance and bankability
Kevin Nitschke, Business Development Manager – Energy, Lockheed Martin
Warwick Forster, Managing Director, Apogee Energy
Shavaj Kallamkote, Co-founder and CTO, carbonTRACK
Government Initiatives
Local Council Initiatives
Philip Woods, Energy Projects Officer, Sunshine Coast Council
Julian Guess, Sustainability Officer, Yarra Ranges Council
Ian Foster, Commercial Solar Team Leader , Enhar
New state, territory and national policies, programs and grants in renewable energy
Daniel Harding, Director of Energy Markets and Renewables, Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate, ACT
Stan Krpan, CEO, Solar Victoria
Richard Webster, Principal Industry Development Officer, Department of Energy and Mining, South Australia
Amy Kean A/Executive Director, Energy Delivery & Coordination, Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, NSW
Andrew Burnett, Director of Transition to Lower Carbon, Queensland
David Parker, Chair, Clean Energy Regulator
Leigh Kennedy, Manager Energy Resources & Energy, Austrade
Kate Whitehead, Managing Director, Avant Group
Innovative Energy Technology
What we can look forward to, global innovations and different energy models (AI & Energy 4.0)
Jikku Jose, Co-Founder, Qucentis, Gopa Balakrishnan, Director, Ausind Business Solutions and Dr Peter O’Neill, Senior Lecturer, Monash University
Gavin Mooney, Solutions Advisor – Utilities, SAP
James Seymour, CEO, C4NET
Matt Grantham, Business Development Manager, Billcap
Bioenergy
Biomass developments
Andrew Lang, Senior Consultant, World Bioenergy Association
Julie Bird, Manager Australian Biomass for Bioenergy Assessment
Sohum Gandhi, Director, Enriva
Daryl Scherger, Consultant, Pyrenees Shire
Waste to energy initiatives
Co-presenters: Mendo Kundevski, Principal, ENEA Consulting and Trang Truong, Senior Analyst, ENEA Consulting
Robert D’Arcy, Director, Waste Mining
Dr Gareth Forde, Principal Engineer, All Energy
Community
A ‘Just Transition’ approach to a clean energy future
Kellie Caught, Senior Advisor, Climate and Energy, Australian Council of Social Services
Dean Lombard, Senior Energy Analyst, Renew
Scott Connolly, Assistant Secretary, ACTU
Tools and technology to optimise the future of the Smart Home
Rex Wang, Australian Market Specialist, Growatt
Ivan Fernandez, Industry Director – Australia and NZ, Frost & Sullivan
Rob Smeets, Director, Tempus Energy
Consultation strategies
Melinda Scaringi, Director, Ellis Jones and Javier Blanco Fernández, Country Manager, Enel Green Power Australia
Mirjam Tome, Senior Manager, Project Development Asia Pacific, First Solar
Kirsten Lee, Community Relations Coordinator, ACCIONA
Grid Integration, Security and Reliability
Where we are at with transmission and integration
Ravi Kumar, Principal Power Systems Engineer, AECOM
Dan Sturrock, ARENA
Dor Son Tan, Network Solutions Project Manager at CitiPower and Powercor and Pierre Lelong, Manager, ENEA Consulting
Dr Bjorn Sturmberg, Research Leader, Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program, The Australian National University
Optimising the network
Dr Terese Milford, Snr Future Technologies Development Engineer, Energex
Ariel Liebman, Director Grid Innovation Hub, Monash University
Dr Yogendra Vashishtha, Senior Demand Management Engineer, Jemena
Jon Cape, Managing Director, iPower Energy UK
Project Development
Opportunities, design and forecasting
Alison Dodd, Elizabeth Charlesworth, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
Aris Hovardas, GM of Sales, Todae Solar
Beatriz Toribio López, Asset Management Services, Senior Manager, Blueshore
Hydrogen
Innovation in the deployment of hydrogen
Matt Walden, Business Development and Transactions Director, ARENA
Dr Dennis Van Puyvelde, Head of Gas, Energy Networks Australia
Billy Chan, Senior Engineer, BOC Limited
Opportunities for Australia as a major exporter in the future
Noel Dunlop, Executive Director, ANT Energy Systems
Alan Kneisz, Business Development Director, Hydrogenics Corp
Safety
Minimising the rise of safety incidents in the renewable energy industry
Melissa Carnell, Senior Associate and Katherine Morris, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Australia
Roger Lin, Vice President – Marketing, NEC Energy Solutions
Phil Cotton, Operations Manager Energy & Technology Lendlease Services– Warwick Solar Farm
Microgrid/Offgrid
Reviewing the economics
Tony Pearson, Managing Director, Future Energy
Cameron Chapman, Commercial Engineering Manager, WEL Networks
Mohadeseh Ganji, Data science lead, Mondo
Barrett Ens, Lecturer, Monash University
The new normal?
Jason Ah Sam, Regional Manager Capital Projects, infrastructure & Property Group, Deakin University
Shaun Scallan, Institutional Program Manager, Planet Ark Power
Skills
Meeting the booming demand for large scale renewable energy construction projects by assessing the skills, training and knowledge transfer needs
Scott Robinson, Managing Director, Phillip Riley
Scott Robinson, Managing Director, Phillip Riley
Alex Newman, Executive Officer, Future Energy Skills
Energy Efficiency Expo
Energy Solutions: Businesses Taking Control
Navigating a Dynamic Energy Landscape
Peter Dobney, GM Resources and Energy, Orora
Lisa Zembrodt, Director Operations – Energy Markets, Schneider Electric
Gábor Hilton, Consulting Engineer, Oxford Cold Storage
Andrew Dyer, National Energy Program Manager, Coles
Manufacturers: Driving Productivity Through Smart Energy Management
Nick Balgue, Manager, Sustainable Business, Sustainability Victoria
Richard van Beveren, Health, Safety and Environment Manager, Robert Bosch Australia
Agribusiness and Food Processors: Smart Energy Use From Farm to Plate
Alan Pears, RMIT
OFFICE BUILDINGS: NET ZERO, FROM ASPIRATION TO ACTION
Esther Bailey, Head of Market Development, NABERS
Jorge Chapa, Head of Market Transformation, Green Building Council of Australia
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS: DRIVING A STEP CHANGE IN ENERGY PERFORMANCE
Christopher Iape, Project Lead, Sustainable Buildings, Sustainability Victoria
Azheem Haseeb, Building Performance & Sustainability, Siemens
Michael Gibbs, Manager Sustainability Strategy, Deakin University
COUNCILS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: LEADING THE ENERGY TRANSITION
Sam Burke, Director, Land & Property, Commercial Division, Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance
Liam Henderson, Sustainability Officer, City of Melbourne
Ben Spedding, Energy and Resource Recovery Manager, South East Water
Andrea Pape, Strategic Coordinator, Regions, Communities & Local Government, Sustainability Victoria
Policy Focus: Balancing Demand and Supply
Unlocking Value in a Distributed Energy System
Tony Fullelove, Enterprise Fellow, Monash University Scott Ferraro, Monash – Microgrid Electricity Market
Alexandra Schneiders, UCL Energy Institute
Enabling Demand Response for Households and SMEs
Dr Declan Kuch, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UNSW
Jeffrey Renaud, Managing Director Asia & Oceania, Enel X
Violette Mouchaileh, Executive General Manager, Emerging Markets and Services, Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO)
McGee Young, Chief Technology Officer, Recurve
Supporting Hard-To-Reach Energy Consumers
Lynne Gallagher, Director Research, Energy Consumers Australia
Residential: The Pathway to healthy, Comfortable Homes
Jodie Pipkorn, Director, Residential Buildings, Department of the Environment and Energy
Inge Sarunic, Senior Project Delivery Lead – Zero Net Carbon Homes, Sustainability Victoria
Anthony Wright, Research Lead, CSIRO Energy
Donna Luckman, CEO, Renew
Energy Efficiency Schemes: Meeting the Energy Challenges of the Next Decade
Ric Brazzale Board and Policy, ESIA & Managing Director, Green Energy Markets
Merrily Hunter, Director, MAC Energy Efficiency Group
Stuart Edgley Managing Director, Emerald Planet
Craig Morgan, Managing Director, Northmore Gordon
Jack Brown, Senior Policy Officer, Energy Demand & Efficiency, Policy, Department of Environment Land, Water and Planning, Victorian Government
Driving Innovation: The Race for 2030
Jon Jutsen, CEO, A2EP
Energy Transformation Theatre – Exhibition Floor
Residential & Commercial
Nathan Oxley, Edge Electrons
Mike Rainbow, Associate Principal, Ark Resources
Richard Keech, Senior Consultant, Enhar Consulting
Ray Wilson, Chief Executive Officer, Carbon Neutral
Roy Arindam, Vice President – APAC , BuildingIQ
Dave Collins, Director, Positive Energy Places
Deane Gudsell, National Development Manager, Captech and Jason Flynn, Operations Manager, Caneland Central – Lendlease
Hugh Bartram, A/Manager, Scorecard, Energy, DELWP
Shavaj Kallamkote, Co-founder and CTO, CarbonTrack
Luke Konynenburg, CEO, Green Energy Trading
Dr David Evans, Australian Modern Building Alliance
MARKET TRENDS & DEVELOPMENTS
James Hill, Assistant Director, Policy Analysis, Department of the Environment and Energy
James Clements, C&I Specialist and Business Development Manager, Wattwatchers
Robert D’Arcy, Director, Waste Mining
Harry Troedel, Director, Seacombe West & David Coote, Managing Director, Analytical Engines
Scott Bocskay, CEO, Sustainable Australia Fund
Jeff Bye, Director, Demand Manager
Gemma McGrory, Director, Sol Viva
David Blyth, Principal Consultant, Northmore Gordon
Adam Carey, Regional Business Manager, Delta Electronic
Joel Dobrogosz, Senior Channel Manager Sustainability, NSW Business Chamber
