Jim Snow
Adjunct Professor
UQ Energy Initiative
08:15
Registration and welcome coffee
08:50
Opening remarks from the chair
Follow the money - the generation projects that will attract funding
09:00
New approaches for securing financing and PPA’s for renewable projects - looking beyond the normal players
Michael Fuge
Chief Executive Officer
Pacific Hydro
09:30
Investing in the future - how AGL is using innovation in financing models to help drive investment in new energy supply
Brett Redman
Chief Financial Officer
AGL Energy
10:00
Panel Discussion: What are the major concerns for investors looking to fund Australian generation assets?
Panel Moderator:
Jim Snow
Adjunct Professor
UQ Energy Initiative
Panellists:
Monique Miller
Director - Corporate & Project Finance
Clean Energy Finance Corporation
Michael Fuge
Chief Executive Officer
Pacific Hydro
Greg Everett
Chief Executive Officer
Delta Electricity
Emma Herd
Chief Executive Officer
Investor Group on Climate Change
10:45
Morning tea and networking
The opportunities for Hydro to play a bigger role in supporting the NEM and implications for other assets
11:15
The increasingly important role of hydro and pumped hydro in ‘balancing’ the NEM
Gordon Wymer
Chief Financial Officer
SnowyHydro
11:45
Will Tasmania become the NEM’s biggest battery?
Stephen Davy
Chief Executive Officer
Hydro Tasmania
12:15
Examining the future of generation in Queensland
Martin Moore
Chief Executive Officer
CS Energy
12:45
Networking lunch
The role of storage backed renewables in the future energy mix
13:45
Will firmed renewables become the cornerstone of the energy system?
Stephen Quilter
Executive General Manager Energy Trading and Corporate Strategy
Stanwell Corporation
14:15
Panel Discussion: Examining the opportunities and challenges in building more ‘firmed’ renewable generation assets and their role in the future generation mix
Panel Moderator:
Jim Snow
Adjunct Professor
UQ Energy Initiative
Panellists:
Stephen Quilter
Executive General Manager Energy Trading and Corporate Strategy
Stanwell Corporation
Simon Brooker
Executive Director
Clean Energy Finance Corporation
Jo Evans
Deputy Secretary Climate Change & Energy Innovation
Department of Environment and Energy
Suzanne Falvi
Executive General Manager Security and Reliability
Australian Energy Market Commission
15:00
Afternoon tea and networking
15:30
Future Grid: Power systems flexibility and security in a low-carbon National Electricity Market
Professor Pierluigi Mancarella
Chair Professor, Electrical Power Systems
Melbourne Energy Institute
16:30
Closing remarks from the Chair
16:35
Close of the NextGen Generation stream