AIE Events 2019

A summary of the AIE events held in 2019. Events  with an asterix mean recordings and/or copies of presentation slides are available in the AIE Member Resources area. 

AIE BRISBANE

• 20 November: Navigating energy security in an uncertain world with John Blackburn AO, consultant in defence and national security
• 9 October: CleanCo: A new force in Queensland Renewable Energy* with Miles George, Interim CEO, CleanCo
• 13 September: New horizons in clean energy and the CEFC’s contribution to a stable grid* with Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation
• 8 August: Visit to AEMO control room
• 18 July: A perspective on Australia’s microeconomic reform journey with John Pierce AO, Chairman, AEMC
• 8 May: Retail electricity prices: regulated default offer or a competitive market* with Professor Paul Simshauser AM and Associate Professor Tim Nelson, Griffith Business School
• 10 April: Natural gas in Australia: Outlook to 2050 with Andrew Dillon, CEO, Energy Networks Australia and Dr Malcolm Roberts, former CEO at the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA)
• 27 March: Coal and climate risk: what does the future hold? with the Hon Ian Macfarlane, CEO, Queensland Resources Council, former Federal Resources Minister and Shadow Minister for Resources and Energy, Queensland; Ben Armitage, Chief Development Officer, New Hope Group; Meredith Bennett, Partner, Ashurst; and Nick Rees, Head of Natural Resources, Corporate & Institutional Banking, National Australia Bank
• 20 February: Connecting battery storage in the NEM - opportunities and challenges* with Paul Newman, Partner, Ashurst and Steve Wilson, Principal Power Generation Engineer, East Coast Energy, Aurecon

AIE CANBERRA

• 27 August: Green Steel: Forging a new industry in Australia with Professor Ken Baldwin, Director, ANU Energy Change Institute; Dr John Pye, ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science; Peter Haenke, Director, Strategy, ARENA; Andrew Dickson, CWP Renewables; Cath Blakey, Wollongong City Council; and Nick Birbilis, Deputy Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science, ANU
• 30 May: The role of social licence to operate in a just energy transformation, AIE/ANU Energy Change Institute: Energy Conversation Series

AIE NEWCASTLE    

• 21 November: A different way of looking at our power systems with Terry Summers, Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle
• 17 April: Hydrogen’s back: this time for real? CSIRO Energy Centre

AIE PERTH    

• 5 December: AIE Perth/YEPs/Women in Energy (WIE) end-of-year sundowner 2019
• 28 November: The new WA policy unit with Kate Ryan, Acting Executive Director of Energy Policy WA and a member of the WA Energy Transformation Taskforce
• 20 November: YEPs: An introduction to the Hazer Process - low emission hydrogen* with Luc Kox, Commercial Manager, Hazer Group
• 12 November: AIE/UWA/Infinite Energy Solar Car Challenge 2019 for high school students
• 23 October: WIE: Inspiring Leaders Networking Breakfast with Martin Maticka, Group Manager, Western Australia Markets, AEMO
• 17 October: Community energy in Western Australia with Mark Taylor, Principal - Built Environment Sustainability, Josh Byrne & Associates, Brian Innes, Managing Director, Starling Energy, and Rodney Littlejohn, Managing Director,  Tersum Energy and Interim CEO of Geraldton Community Energy
• 19 September: WIE/YEPs: Workforce diversity and inclusion strategies in the energy sector with Dr Mary Stewart, CEO Energetics, Sam Bartholomaues, Head of Energy (Australia), BHP, and Cameron Parotte, Executive GM, AEMO. Moderated by Lenda Oshalem, Associate Partner, Newgate Communications
• 18-19 September: 19th Energy in WA Conference: Delivering in Uncertain Times
• 18 September: WA Energy Awards 2019
• 12 September: YEPs: Waste to energy – here and around the world with Niels Jakobsen, Senior Project Manager, WtE Ramboll and Frank Smith, CEO, Avertas Energy
• 21 August: AIE/Energy Efficiency Council (EEC) Leaders' Lunch with the Hon. Bill Johnston MLA, Western Australia’s Minister for Energy
• 21 August: YEPs: Energy efficiency in a dynamic energy landscape with Luke Menzel, CEO, Energy Efficiency Council
• 19 August: Site tour to ATCO’s Clean Energy Innovation Hub
• 13 August: WIE: The contribution of energy transformation to the economy with Stephen Edwell, Independent Chair, Energy Transformation Taskforce, WA Government; Michelle Shepherd, Commissioner, Australian Energy Market Commission; and Dr Kelly Burns, Research Fellow, Curtin University. Facilitated by Sally McMahon, Chair, Women in Economics Network and MC-ed by Aditi Varma, Chair, Women in Energy
• 24 July: WIE networking drinks
• 24 July: Lessons and warnings from the east: How WA avoided the NEM crisis and how it is creating its own experiment with Matthew Warren, policy specialist
• 4 July: YEPs: Start of financial year sundowner
• 21 June: YEPs: Site visit to Rottnest Island’s Hybrid Power System*
• 7 June: WIE: Inspiring Leaders networking breakfast with Stephanie Unwin, CEO, Horizon Power
• 6 June: Distributed energy resources: the challenges and opportunities with Krystal Skinner, Manager New Energy, Synergy; Andrew Blaver, General Manager - Consumer Energy, Horizon Power; Ben Stanton, Business Development Manager, Western Power; and Robert Ceic, Technical Director & Australian Service Line Leader - Power Generation & Renewable Energy, GHD
• 30 May: YEPs: Generator insights and commercial implications
• 24 May: WIE: 100 Women Connect event
• 30 April: WIE/YEPs: Wholesale electricity market (WEM) insights
• 21 March: WIE: Personal impact, influence and visibility for women with Shona Rowan
• 18 March: Hydrogen: the challenges and opportunities* with Peter Kasprzak, co-founder and CEO, Innovate Australia and project leader for the Hydrogen Highway Group; Raymond Schmid, market development director at Switzerland’s Nel Hydrogen; and Russell James, General Manager, Business Development and Customer Experience, ATCO Gas
• 8 March: YEPs: Networking 101 with Cheryl Edwards, solicitor, member of the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) and company director
• 6 March: Luncheon with the Minister: WA’s Energy Transformation Strategy with WA energy minister Bill Johnston
• 21 February: WIE: Networking drinks and meet the committee
• 19 February: Oil, gas and coal - a look into the future for Western Australia* with Martin Wilkes, Managing Director & Partner, RISC and Murray Meaton, Managing Director, Economics Consulting Services

AIE SUNSHINE COAST

• 5 December: USC Renewable Energy District Cooling with Angela Cooney, Sustainable Solutions Manager, Veolia and Dennis Frost, Manager - Energy and Infrastructure, University of the Sunshine Coast
• 15 August: Energy from waste for the circular economy* with Joyanne Manning, Leader - Australasia Resource and Waste Management, Arup
• 23 May: Hydrogen energy* with Claire Johnson, CEO, Hydrogen Mobility Australia    

AIE SOUTH AUSTRALIA    

• 19 November: South Australia’s energy transition with Dan van Holst Pellekaan MP, Minister for Energy & Resources
• 29 October: YEPs: Lunch & Learn: ElectraNet Flagship Projects and Industry Challenges with Ashley Manna, Group Executive Corporate Development, Electranet
• 12 September: YEPs: Lunch & Learn: Hydrostar with Greg Allen, Managing Director, Hydrostor
• 10 September: Eastern Australia's largest undeveloped and uncontracted gas reserve with Richard Peasgood, General Manager Commercial, Leigh Creek Energy
• 17 July: 2019 AIE Adelaide Annual Awards with keynote speaker Kevin Gallagher, Managing Director and CEO, Santos
• 25 June: South's Australia's energy transition: outcomes to date, opportunities and lessons learned with Sam Crafter, SA Department for Energy and Mining
• 29 May: YEPs: Learnings on hydrogen from Japan and South Korea with Owen Sharpe, Department for Energy and Mining and winner of the 2018 AIE SA YEPs Development Award
• 11 April: The business case for transitioning to clean energy with Kane Thornton, CEO, Clean Energy Council
• 19 February: Oil and LNG markets in turmoil: where next? with Dr Fereidun Fesharaki, Founder and Chairman, FACTS Global Energy

AIE SYDNEY

• 5 December: YEPs end-of-year drinks
• 19 November: The future of the Australian Energy market – possible scenarios with Alan Rai, Senior Economist, Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC), Sandra Gamble, Board member and Chair of System Operations Committee – New Zealand Electricity Authority, and Hugh Bannister, CEO, Intelligent Energy Systems. Opening address by Richard Graham, Partner, Clifford Chance and closing remarks Nadia Kalic, Partner, Clifford Chance and Co-Head of the Global Oil & Gas Group
• 6 November: Social acceptance and public legitimacy for renewable energy with Nicky Ison, Founding Director, Community Power Agency, Tom Morton, Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney, Devleena Ghosh, Professor, University of Technology Sydney, and Steve Blume, President, Smart Energy CounciL
• 21 October: Eastern Australia gas outlook with a historical context with Stephen Kelemen; hosted by K&L Gates
• 2 October: YEPs: Future-proof your career in energy
• 16 September: The role of microgrids in Australia's energy future with Josh Harvey, Essential Energy; Scott Ferraro, Monash University and Ella Tofighi, Goldwind Australia
• 29 August: YEPs movie night ‘Demain/Tomorrow’
• 14 August: 20 years of generation in the NEM - Insights to inform the next 20 with Paul McArdle, CEO, Global-Roam Pty Ltd and Jonathon Dyson, Director, Greenview Strategic Consulting
• 29 July: Connecting new generation to the NSW electricity system with Byron Serjeantson, Director, Renew Estate; Alex Wonhas, Chief System Design and Engineering Officer, Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO); Darren Spoor, Specialist, AEMO; and Tom Walker, Senior Economist, Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC)
• 25 July: YEPs: Cleantech hackathon
• 20 June: YEPs trivia night
• 4 June: Reliability and security in the NEM with a high penetration of wind, PV and storage with Hugh Outhred, Managing Director, Ipen Pty Ltd
• 24 May: YEPs: 5B solar factory tour and Pingala workshop
• 16 May: YEPs: Financing renewable energy projects - challenges & opportunities with Andrew W Smith, Global Head of Energy, Specialised & Acquisition Finance - Corporate & Institutional Banking, National Australia Bank; Kelly Davies, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Australia; and Andrew Gardner, Wind Sector Lead and Director, Corporate and Project Finance, Clean Energy Finance Corporation
• 30 April: Supply and demand pressures in the eastern Australian gas market with Paul Balfe, ACIL Allen Consulting; Dave Green, Jemena; Tor McCaul, CEO, Comet Ridge; Kylie Hargreaves, Australian Industrial Energy; Mike Lauer, CEO, GasTrading; Damian Dwyer, APPEA; Stephen Bell, CEO, Qenos; Graeme Dennis, Partner, HWL Ebsworth; and Chris Sacré, Partner, HWL Ebsworth
• 16 April: The move to low sulphur marine fuel oil: its impact on the marine and petroleum industries, Australia and the world with Angela Gillham, Deputy CEO, Maritime Industry Australia and Paul Barrett, CEO, Australian Institute of Petroleum 
• 12 April-15 November: AIE Sydney Branch Mentoring Program
• 9 April: YEPs: Dissection of Federal energy policies: election edition with Dr Gordon Weiss, Energetics; Guy Dundas, The Grattan Institute; and Dylan McConnell, University of Melbourne
• 25 March: The challenges for transitioning to a low-carbon economy
• 21 March: YEPs: Challenges for energy entrepreneurs with Amber Electric, Waste Ninja and CLEAG
• 25 February: Nuclear Energy as an Option for Australia? with Helen Cook, Allens. Annual Meeting of the Four Societies: the AIE, the Australian Nuclear Association, the Nuclear Engineering Panel of the Sydney Branch of Engineers Australia, and the Royal Society of New South Wales

AIE VICTORIA

• 18 November: The two-way grid: is there a common vision and do we need it? with Alicia Webb, Principal Analyst - Emerging Markets and Services, AEMO; Stuart Johnston, Distribution Strategy Specialist, AEMO; Kedem Levy, Energy Flexibility Advisor, Enel X; Neil Gibbs, Founder & Principal, Marchment Hill Consulting; hosted by Stephanie Bashir Founder, Nexa Advisory and AIE Melbourne committee member
• 9 October: Energy industry networking drinks
• 25 September: Young Energy Professionals (YEPs): Bringing Australia’s largest power to hydrogen project to life with Mike Davis, Network Innovation Manager, Jemena
• 17 September: Electric mobility policy landscape: Australian and global context with Behyad Jafari, CEO, EV Council and Dr Alina Dini, Director, Project Development for Large Programs, Verdia and Industry Fellow at the Institute for Future Environments at Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
• 12 September: Short-term forecasting: all you need to know with Jack Fox, Principal Analyst AEMO; Dr Matthew Jeppesen, co-founder and MD, Proa; Peter Degorski, energy analyst, RepuTex; Professor Rob Hyndman, Professor of Statistics, Monash University
• 26 August: Demand response energy pool: let's have a conversation with Suzanne Falvi - Executive General Manager, Security and Reliability, AEMC; Violette Mouchaileh, Executive General Manager, Emerging Markets & Services, AEMO; Associate Professor Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University; Kedem Levy, Energy Flexibility Advisor, Enel X; Craig Memery, Policy Team Leader, Energy & Water Consumers’ Advocacy Program, PIAC; and Luke Menzel, CEO, Energy Efficiency Council. Chaired by Stephanie Bashir, CEO and Founder, Nexa Advisory
• 21 August: Energy leadership series: meet Chloe Munro AO, Professorial Fellow, Chair of the Energy Transition Hub Strategic Advisory Panel and Impact Investment Group's two Solar Funds. Facilitated by Kylie Lane, Ashurst Partner
• 17 July: Electric mobility and the modernised grid in the Australian context with Carola Jonas, CEO and Founder, Everty; Chris Mills, CEO, Evie Networks; and Justin Harding, Manager Network Innovation, AusNet Services
• 9 July: The nuclear option: a short review* with Robert Parker, Vice President, Australian Nuclear Association; Ian Hore-Lacy, Senior Advisor, World Nuclear Association; and Robin Batterham, Past President of the Academy of Technology and Engineering (2007-2012), former Chief Scientist of Australia (1999-2005), and past President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers
• 4 July: YEPs: Women in Focus: Female founders with Katherine McConnell, CEO and Founder of Brighte; Stephanie Bashir, principle of Nexa Advisory; Marteen Burger, COO and Co-Founder at Jaunt Motors; and Kimberley Winter, CEO and Founder of Evolte
• 27 June: YEPs: Women in Focus: Success, achievements and challenges ahead with Vanessa Petrie -Chief Executive Officer, Beyond Zero Emissions; Kiya Taylor Knowledge Sharing Manager, ARENA; and Violette Mouchaileh Executive General Manager, Emerging Markets & Services, AEMO
• 31 May: YEPs: Second site visit to Monash University’s Clayton’s microgrid
• 15 May: YEPs: Latrobe Valley tour
• 3 May: YEPs: Site visit to Monash University’s Clayton microgrid
• 25 March: YEPs: Site visit to AGL Somerton Power Station
• 8 March: YEPs: International Women’s Day trip to Eildon
• 26 Feb: AIE Melbourne YEPs networking and drinks

* Recordings and/or copies of presentation slides available