Event: Innovation X-Change on Energy Productivity - April 2019

The customer-centred transformation

Monday 08 April 2019, Aerial Centre, Sydney

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Presentations are linked below. If there is no link the speaker did not make use of visuals.

Welcome and opening, acknowledgement of Country Kate McGrath, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) - University of Technology Sydney

A2EP, innovation and implementation Simon Smith, Chair - Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity (A2EP)

RACE for 2030 CRC: Towards a customer-centred clean energy transition Stuart White, Director - Institute for Sustainable Futures

Session 02: Driving energy innovation - Moving Australia from laggard to leader

• Richard Adams, Director, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

• Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive Officer - Energy Networks Australia

• Ned Harvey, Managing Director, Carbon War Room - Rocky Mountain Institute

• Harry Verhaar, Head of Global Public & Government Affairs - Signify

• Chair: Katherine Woodthorpe, Chair - Fishburners

Session 03: RACE for homes

• Rosemary Sinclair, Chief Executive Officer - Energy Consumers Australia

• Greg Morrison, Director - Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute

• Tony Douglas, Director - Essential Media Communications

• Matti Dinkelmeyer, Senior Manager E-mobility & Smart Energy Solutions - Delta Energy Systems

• Chair: Chris Dunstan, Research Director - Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS

Session 04: RACE for business

• Francis Norman, General Manager Innovation & Strategy, National Energy Resources Australia

• Mary Stewart, Chief Executive Officer - Energetics

• Dinesh Chand, Technology Demonstration Manager - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority of New Zealand

• Ned Harvey, Managing Director, Carbon War Room - Rocky Mountain Institute

• Andrew Richards, Chief Executive Officer - Energy Users Association of Australia

• Chair: Darren Miller, Chief Executive Officer - Australian Renewable Energy Agency

Session 05: Innovation in finance

• Andrew Lawson, Director Sustainable Finance - ANZ

• Liz Fletcher, Marketing Manager - FlowPower

• Fiona Waterhouse, Chief Executive Officer - Utilitas Group

• Ariel Liebman, Deputy Director - Monash Energy Materials and Systems Institute (MEMSI)

• Chair: Emma Herd, Chief Executive Officer - Investor Group on Climate Change

Session 06: RACE for Networks

• Samantha Christie, Manager Emerging Energy Technologies - NSW Department of Planning and Environment

• Renate Egan, Cofounder and Chair - Solar Analytics

• Richard Adams, Director, Innovation & Entrepreneurship - National Renewable Energy Laboratory

• Chair: Ariel Liebman, Deputy Director - Monash Energy Materials and Systems Institute (MEMSI)

Session 07: Water, waste water and waste to energy

• Philip Woods, Service Planning Lead (Energy) - Sydney Water

• Chris Alexander, General Manager Strategic Planning - Veolia

• Ben Spedding, Energy & Resource Recovery Manager - South East Water

• Edwin Foong, Business Development Manager - Enwave

• Chair: Corinne Ong, Chief Executive Officer - ENGIE Services

Session 08: Driving innovation in energy

• Jonathan Jutsen, Chief Executive Officer - Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity

• Christopher Lee, Chief Executive Officer - Climate-KIC Australia

• Joanna Nelson, Group Manager, Future Energy - Origin Energy

• Alex Lloyd, Consultant Energy Transformation - University of South Australia

• Chair: Rebecca Shepherd, Senior Advisor Research Initiatives, RMIT University

Session 09: The customer–centred grid

• Violette Mouchaileh, Executive General Manager, Emerging Markets & Services - Australian Energy Market Operator

• Craig Tupper, Manager – Demand Management & Forecasting - Ausgrid

• Jeff Renaud, Head of Asia Pacific - Enel X

• Dani Alexander, Research Principal - Institute for Sustainable Futures

• Chair: Glenn Platt, Research Director, Energy - CSIRO

Session 10: Industry 4.0: Electrification and digitalisation

• John Broadbent, Director & Founder, Smart Factory Mentoring & Strategy - Realise Potential

• Peter Haenke, Energy Productivity Manager - Australian Renewable Energy Agency

• James Hunt, General Manager Solution Sales - Schneider Electric

• Carl Duncan, Group Manager Resource Efficiency - Teys Australia

• Chair: Kylie Bell, Executive Director, Industry, Trade & Investment - NSW Department of Industry

Session 11: Innovation in the food value chain

• Frank Bruno, Chair in Energy Future Industries Institute - University of South Australia

• Alan Pears, Senior Industry Fellow - RMIT University

• Cathy Waters, Leader Climate Research - NSW Department of Primary Industries

• Warren Leitao, Chief Operating Officer - ReNu Energy

• Thorsten Winkler, Managing Director - AGO Bioenergy

• Chair: Mirjana Prica CEO - Food Innovation Australia Limited (FIAL)

Session 12: Energy fish tank - Promising disruptor businesses in a fast-moving showcase

Pitchers:

• Solar Analytics

• Redback Technologies

• Enosi

• Planet Ark Power

• Wattwatchers

• Powerpal

Judges:

• Jil Lindau, Commercial Head Australia & New Zealand - BloombergNEF

• Chris Lee, Chief Executive Officer - Climate-KIC Australia

• Victoria Adams, Director - Clean Energy Finance Corporation