PROGRAM
This is a draft program and subject to change
State of Energy Research Conference 2025
Monday 14 July 2025
LOCATION: Michael Crouch Innovation Centre (MCIC)
9.00 am to 5.00 pm
Short Course:
Consumer Energy Resources on the Australian National Electricity Market - Register here
Sponsored by AGSE
LOCATION: UNSW Scientia Building, Tyree Room
3.00 pm to 5.00 pm
5.30 pm to 7.30pm
RACE for 2030 CRC: Consumer Grid Summit - Invite Only
Networking Drinks - Included
Tuesday 15 July 2025
7:45 am
Registrations with arrival tea and coffee
8:15 am
Welcome session
8:50 am
Opening Keynotes:
• Associate Professor Tim Nelson (Chair, Independent Review of the NEM) – NEM Review – Early Directions
• Lana Stockman (Commissioner, AEMC) – The bird that feasts on knowledge: the role of academic research in everyday policy-making
9:35 am
10:15 am
Discussion: Electricity market reform towards net zero:
Moderator: Professor Frank Jotzo
Panel: Associate Professor Tim Nelson, Lana Stockman, Associate Professor Zsuzsanna Csereklyei & Dr Gordon Leslie
Sponsored by AGL
Morning tea, Exhibition and Poster viewing
Concurrent sessions
10:45 am
Resources, systems
and technologies:
Consumer Energy Resources
People and society
and institutions:
Open-Source Energy Modelling in Australia – Building Tools, Capacity and Collaboration
Markets, policy and regulation:
Governing DER, Transmission and Hydrogen in Australia's Energy Transition: Of Power and Politics
11:45 am
12:45 pm
1:45 pm
Resources, systems
and technologies:
Utility-scale energy
People and society
and institutions:
Residential consumers
Markets, policy and regulation:
Power system security
Lunch, Exhibition and Poster viewing
Keynote: Developing technology in an era of uncertainty, dynamism and complexity
Professor Kylie Catchpole
1:45 pm
3:15 pm
Discussion panel: Supporting emerging energy technologies
Moderator: Professor Paul Medwell
Panel: Professor Kylie Catchpole, Professor Hugh Durrant-White (NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer), Alexandra McIntosh (Australian Renewable Energy Agency) & Blair Pritchard (Virescent Ventures)
Afternoon tea, Exhibition and Poster viewing
3:45 pm
Fireside chat: Emerging challenges and opportunities for the Asia-Pacific region’s energy transition
Professor Penelope Crossley and Tim Buckley
Concurrent sessions
4:15 pm
Resources, systems
and technologies:
Green hydrogen
People and society
and institutions:
Novel approaches to net zero
Markets, policy and regulation:
Energy precincts
5:30 pm
Networking Drinks and Poster session
7:30 pm to 10:30 pm
Conference Gala Dinner
Speaker: Dr Zhengrong Shi in conversation with Professor Peta Ashworth
Wednesday 16 July 2025
8:00 am
Registrations with arrival tea and coffee
8:30 am
Welcome back – Dani Alexander
8:45 am
Opening Keynotes:
• The Hon Matt Kean (Chair, Climate Change Authority) - Energy priorities in sector pathways to net zero:
Insights from the Climate Change Authority
• Monique Miller (Chief Investment Officer, Clean Energy Finance Corporation) - Empowering Billions:
The Crucial Role of Research in Australia’s Energy Transition
9:30 am
Discussion panel: Financing approaches for new energy technologies
Moderator: Professor Stefan Trueck
Panel: The Hon Matt Kean, Monique Miller, Professor Elizabeth Thurbon
10:15 am
Morning tea, Exhibition and Poster viewing
Concurrent sessions
10:45 am
Resources, systems
and technologies:
Energy research impact
People and society
and institutions:
The Missing 98% – A Holistic Approach to SME Integration in the Energy Transition
Markets, policy and regulation:
Electricity pricing
11:45 am
12:30 pm
1:30 pm
Discussion panel: Running two races at once: AI and the energy transition
Introduction and welcome – Dr Bill Lilley, RACE for 2030 CRC
Moderator: Dr Bill Lilley
Panel: Professor Sue Keay & Associate Professor Markus Wagner
Sponsored by RACE for 2030
Lunch
Keynote: First Nations energy policy and local visions of energy justice
Professor Heidi Norman
1:50 pm
Discussion panel: Embedding people, culture, and justice into the energy transition
Panel: Professor Heidi Norman, Professor Yolande Strengers & Werther Esposito (CEO, Potentia Energy)
Sponsored by Potentia Energy
Concurrent sessions
2:30 pm
3:30 pm
Resources, systems
and technologies:
Green iron and steel
People and society
and institutions:
Policy recommendations to empower and mobilise NSW Aboriginal landholders in renewable energy transition
Markets, policy and regulation:
Market design
Afternoon tea, Exhibition and Poster viewing
3:45 pm
Keynote Session: Challenges and opportunities in the net zero energy transition for heavy industry
Professor Gus Nathan
4:05 pm
4:45 pm
Discussion panel: Can Australia truly become a renewable energy innovation superpower?
Panel: Professor Gus Nathan & Dr Rahman Daiyan (OzAmmonia)
Closing comments:
Dani Alexander
5:15 pm
Conference close