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PROGRAM
We are delighted to share the full 2025 State of Energy Research Conference Program. 






*This is a draft program and subject to change

Program overview

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

8:45 am

Welcome session
Sponsored by Potentia Energy

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

12:50 pm

1:45 pm

2:05 pm

3:15 pm

3:45 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, Australian National University - Developing technology in an era of uncertainty, dynamism and complexity

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

Fireside chat: Emerging challenges and opportunities for the Asia-Pacific region’s energy transition

Professor Penelope Crossley (University of Sydney)  and Tim Buckley (Climate Energy Finance)

Concurrent sessions

4:25 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

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Networking Drinks and Poster session

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

8:15 am

Welcome back – Dani Alexander

8:20 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

• Dr Mary Manning (Chief Investment Officer, National Reconstruction Fund)

• Monique Miller (Chief Investment Officer, Clean Energy Finance Corporation) - Empowering Billions: 
The Crucial Role of Research in Australia’s Energy Transition 

Sponsored by Potentia Energy

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  & Werther Esposito (CEO, Potentia Energy)

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

12:35 pm

1:30 pm

1:50 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

Discussion panel: Embedding people, culture, and justice into the energy transition

Panel: Professor Heidi Norman, Professor Yolande Strengers & Andrew Bray (National Director, RE-Alliance)

Concurrent sessions

2:40 pm

3:40 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

4:05 pm

4:45 pm

Keynote Session: Challenges and opportunities in the net zero energy transition for heavy industry

Professor Gus Nathan

Discussion panel: Can Australia truly become a renewable energy innovation superpower?

Panel: Prof Gus Nathan (University of Adelaide), Dr Rahman Daiyan (OzAmmonia), Alice Lang (5B)

Closing comments:

Dani Alexander

5:15 pm

Conference close

We thank the following sponsors of the 2025 State of Energy Research Conference for their generous support

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