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ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTES COUNCIL FOR AUSTRALIA

ERICA is a council of Australia's major energy research institutes that provides research-led advice on the nation's energy future

STATE OF ENERGY RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2025
The Need for Speed: research in the race
to net zero

14-16 JULY 2025

In 2025, the State of Energy Research Conference will be held at the
University of New South Wales (UNSW) Roundhouse,
Anzac Parade, Kensington, NSW 2052.

The UNSW Energy Institute is delighted to host this conference and
looks forward to welcoming speakers and attendees in 2025!

Registration

We are delighted to announce that registrations are open for the 2025 State of Energy Research Conference.

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Program

The 2025 State of Energy Research Conference program is available for your review.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Monique Miller

Chief Investment Officer Renewables and Sustainable Finance

Mary Manning
Chief Investment Officer, National Reconstruction Fund Corporation

Hon Matt Kean

Chair of the Climate Change Authority

Professor
Gus Nathan

Research Director, Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition
Coop-Research Centre and Director, Institute for Sustainability,
Energy and Resources,
University of Adelaide

Associate Professor
Tim Nelson

Chair, Independent Review of the NEM

Professor
Heidi Norman
University of New South Wales

Professor
Kylie Catchpole
School of Engineering, The Australian National University

Lana Stockman

Commissioner, AEMC

Dr Zhengrong Shi

Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Suntech Power

INDUSTRY PANELISTS

Andrew Bray

National Director,
Re-Alliance

Tim Buckley

Director, Climate Energy Finance, Australasia

Dr Rahman Daiyan

OzAmmonia

Prof Hugh Durrant-Whyte CV

NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer and Natural Resources Commissioner

Werther Esposito

CEO, Potentia Energy

David Hughes

Manager Network
Innovation, Transgrid

Alice Lang

Chief of Staff, 5B

Dr Bill Lilley

Chief Executive Officer, RACE for 2030

Alexandra McIntosh

Investment Director at the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)

Blair Pritchard

Partner, Virescent Ventures

ACADEMIC PANELISTS

Prof Adam Berry

Deputy Director, Human Technology Institute, University of Technology Sydney

Assoc. Prof
Zsuzsanna Csereklyei

Economist,
RMIT University

Prof Penelope Crossley

Professor of Law,
The University of Sydney

Dr Sue Keay

Australian Centre
for Robotic Vision, Queensland University
of Technology

Dr Gordon Leslie

Economist,
Monash University

Prof Yolande Strengers

Digital Sociologist and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Scholar, Monash University

Prof Elizabeth Thurbon

Deputy Head of School, Director of Research, and Professor of International Political Economy in the School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture (ADA),
UNSW Sydney

Assoc. Prof Markus Wagner

Department of Data Science and AI, Faculty
of Information Technology, Monash University

2025 ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Dani Alexander, Dr Zsuzsanna Csereklyei, Associate Professor Markus Wagner,
Professor Deanna D'Alessandro, Professor Frank Jotzo, Professor Peta Ashworth, Professor Tania Urmee, Professor Yolande Strengers, Professor Paul Medwell and Professor Stefan Trueck

We would like to extend our thanks to all members of the Committee and acknowledge the time and effort that they
are dedicating to getting the 2025 conference up and running. Your help and commitment are greatly appreciated.