Daniel Ziffer
Reporter ‘The Business’
ABC News
07:15
Registration and welcome coffee
08:40
Opening remarks from the Chair
Strategies for ‘unsticking’ a stalled transition
08:50
Assembling the energy puzzle to provide stability now and in the future
- Charting a course through the energy maze
- Insights from the unfolding transition
- Importance of policy initiatives to overcome headwinds
Daniel Westerman
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director
Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO)
09:15
FIRESIDE CHAT: Addressing the uncertainties and risks in Australia’s decarbonisation plans
Damien Nicks
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
AGL
in conversation with:
Daniel Ziffer
Reporter ‘The Business’
ABC News
09:40
Working back from 2035 – bringing clarity to what we need to do here and now
Victor Finkel
Partner
McKinsey & Company
10:10
Morning tea in Expo Hall
10:50
CEO PANEL: What are the clear, consistent, and long term ways industry and policy makers can drive stakeholder confidence?
- What ways are we actively preventing grid instability as legacy assets exit the system, and what role will the expanded “Capacity Investment Scheme” play?
- How should CIS and transmission planning (and delivery) be coordinated? Where does this leave consumers and Distributed Energy Resources?
- How can industry work alongside policy to accelerate and empower the transition?
- What levers can be pulled to speed up the delivery of low emissions energy infrastructure?
Moderator:
Tarandeep Singh Ahuja
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Panellists:
Stephanie Unwin
Chief Executive Officer
Horizon Power
Brett Redman
Chief Executive Officer
Transgrid
Guy Chalkley
Chief Executive Officer
Endeavour Energy
Rik De Buyserie
Chief Executive Officer
ENGIE Australia & New Zealand
(re) Building a stable and forwarding thinking policy and regulatory framework
11:30
Reforming the electricity market to accelerate the transition - perspective of the rule maker and market developer
- Analysing the results and opportunities from recent strategic reviews, and the pathways forward
- Finding long term solutions that will enable and support the transition
- Defining what needs to be done to deliver reliable, secure energy at the best price for consumers
Anna Collyer
Chair
Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC)
11:55
Accelerating new renewable energy and storage developments before closing the existing system
- Defining the energy production challenge Australia faces to ensure a well-managed clean energy transition
- Public and private sector roles – policy priorities, mobilising capital, managing the reliability of legacy generation assets, and the importance of dispatchable storage capacity
- Supporting consumers through the transition with reliable, affordable energy
Mark Collette
Managing Director
EnergyAustralia
12:20
Lunch in Expo Hall
13:30
Efficiently coordinating all aspects of the energy system through the transition
- Examining how appropriate current regulation frameworks are for the challenge ahead
- Ensuring that the design and regulation of the whole market remains fit for purpose
- Directions and solutions that will address and resolve sticking points
Justin Oliver
Deputy Chair
Australian Energy Regulator (AER)
13:55
Providing the right settings for the private capital investment required to support the energy transition
David Ryan
Partner
Herbert Smith Freehills
14:25
PANEL DISCUSSION: What does energy regulatory utopia look like?
- Do current business models stack up anymore; how does the regulatory framework work and not work; what needs to be done to fix it?
- How do we resolve the tension between institutional investors and household PV?
- How can we ensure all government agencies are aligned in their transition roadmap?
- Is the current tripartite regulatory system the largest problem?
- At what point are the regulators forced to stand aside whilst government bulldozes transmission and generation projects through at any cost?
Moderator:
Mark Paterson
Principal
Energy Catalyst
Panellists:
Justin Oliver
Deputy Chair
Australian Energy Regulator (AER)
Matthew Warren
Principal
Boardroom Energy
Nick Baker
Global Co-Head of Energy
Herbert Smith Freehills
Trudy Fraser
Acting EGM Regulation
Energy Queensland
15:05
Afternoon tea in Expo Hall
Identifying and implementing the technologies that will get us to net zero
15:45
INTERNATIONAL ADDRESS: Reinventing energy: technology's role in accelerating the transition
- Exploring the pivotal role that technology plays in accelerating the reinvention of the energy sector and the transition towards sustainability
- How technological advancements are reshaping the future of energy
Damien Buie
Segment Leader, Energy Transition
AWS Energy & Utilities (UK)
16:10
INTERNATIONAL ADDRESS: Accelerating the energy transition using artificial intelligence
Arun Biswas
Managing Partner, APAC Strategic Sales & Sustainability Consulting
IBM Consulting
16:30
PANEL DISCUSSION: What is ‘Plan B’ if current projections and plans fail?
- How realistic are nuclear or hydrogen energy as backups for an intermittent generation (or is it always going to be gas?)
- Which energy storage technologies will work best to balance supply and demand?
- What is the paradigm-shifting tech that could change the whole energy landscape?
Moderator:
Ben Burge
Department of Unresolved and Meaningful Problems (DUMP)
Telstra
Panellists:
Peter Price
Chief Engineer
Energy Queensland
Tanya Hodgson
Investment Manager
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
Erin van Maanen
Executive General Manager Strategy
Hydro Tasmania
Bree Bailey
Director - Energy, Infrastructure and Renewables
Deutsche Bank
17:10
Closing remarks from Chair
17:20
End of day one, drinks reception in Expo Hall
18:30
Energy Week Conference Dinner
The official Energy Week dinner is the perfect opportunity to network, unwind and socialise with industry peers during your time in Melbourne. Tickets are $230. Includes drinks and dinner.
Venue: Sovereign Room, MCEC, level 1 (above Eureka Rooms)
Time: 18:30 – 22:30
Dress: As you are!
Bring your AEW24 Name Badge for entry