28 AUGUST 2024
SWISSOTEL SYDNEY
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NAVIGATING SECURITY, TRANSFORMATION AND OPPORTUNITY

The energy crisis requires swift and effective action.

To achieve this, industry leadership and effective collaboration are vital to manage short term turmoil and keep sight of the need for long term energy transition. Leaders are not only expected to forge the way forward, but also adapt to survive in our ever-changing environment.

The Energy Transition Summit gathers senior industry stakeholders to share management strategy, innovative tools, and solutions to navigate the multitude of challenges of the current environment and accelerate the necessary transition to net zero.

Why Attend

    • For over a decade we have secured the involvement of the highest calibre speakers from Australia and around the world. We have tools that make audience engagement seamless so you can ask the questions that matter.
    • Every session is independently moderated to facilitate candid discussion and debate
    • Your experience is at the heart of the Summit. Our audience is screened for seniority, so you’ll be networking in a five-star environment with the minds shaping business.
    •  We respect the seniority of our delegates by diving deeper into technical subject matter with a business-driven, outcomes-focused agenda.

Gain Access

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16 Leading Industry Speakers
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1 Powerful Day
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Executive Learning Agenda
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6 Keynotes
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200+ Executives
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5-Star Networking Environment
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Past Speakers

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The Honourable Malcolm Turnbull AC
29th Prime Minister of Australia

Co-Chair of the International Forum on Pumped Storage Hydropower
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The Honourable Malcolm Turnbull AC
29th Prime Minister of Australia

Co-Chair of the International Forum on Pumped Storage Hydropower
The Honourable Malcolm Turnbull AC- Australia’s 29th Prime Minister (2015-2018) had international careers in law, business and the media before entering politics at the age of 50.

As Prime Minister, he reformed Australia’s personal income tax, education and childcare systems, oversaw the legalisation of same sex marriage and announced the construction of Snowy Hydro 2.0 the biggest pumped hydro scheme in the southern hemisphere. Mr Turnbull embarked on the largest peacetime investment in Australian defence capabilities and set out Australia’s first national cybersecurity strategy.

Globally, Mr Turnbull played a leading role in reviving the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP-11 or CPTPP) after the United States withdrew. He also struck deals with US Presidents Obama and Trump to accept refugees who tried to arrive in Australia illegally by boat.

As a young lawyer, Mr Turnbull successfully defended former MI5 agent Peter Wright against the British Government in the 1986 “Spycatcher” trial before entering business where he ran his own investment banking firm for a decade before joining Goldman Sachs as a partner in 1997. Both before and after his political career, Mr Turnbull has been a successful venture capitalist. He co founded OzEmail Limited, the first Australian tech company to be listed on the NASDAQ.

Since leaving politics, Mr Turnbull has resumed his business career. He is a senior adviser to KKR and an investor in, and adviser to, many Australian technology businesses. He is a director of the International Hydropower Association and Chairman of Australian Fortescue Future Industries. Mr Turnbull speaks and writes on a range of issues including cyber security, geopolitics and renewable energy.

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Chris Ashton
Chief Executive Officer

Worley
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Chris Ashton
Chief Executive Officer

Worley
Chris is the CEO and Managing Director of Worley. A leading global provider of professional project and asset services, Worley operates in nearly 50 countries worldwide through a diverse network of professional, engineering, project management and field-based team members.

Chris joined Worley in 1998 and has held various leadership roles across the company as it evolved through acquisition as well as organic growth. Prior to his appointment as CEO in February 2020, Chris acted as Chief Operating Officer responsible for the integration of the ECR business and setting the strategy for Worley’s successful transformation.

Chris’s role as CEO is marked by an acceleration of the company’s transformation strategy – putting passion, skills and strongly held beliefs at the center of some of the biggest challenges on the planet.

He earned an MBA from the Cranfield School of Management. Chris also holds an Honors Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Sunderland Chris is also graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.
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Lord Adair Turner
Chair

Energy Transitions Commission (ETC)
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Lord Adair Turner
Chair

Energy Transitions Commission (ETC)
Lord Turner chairs the Energy Transitions Commission, a global coalition of major power and industrial companies, investors, environmental NGOs and experts working out achievable pathways to limit global warming to well below 2˚C by 2040 while stimulating economic development and social progress.

He is Chairman of Chubb Europe and on the Advisory Board of Envision Energy, a Shanghai-based group focussed on renewable energy, batteries and digital systems.

From 2008-2013, Lord Turner chaired the UK’s Financial Services Authority, and played a leading role in the post crisis redesign of global banking and shadow banking regulation.

Lord Turner has held high profile roles in public policy: he was Director General of the Confederation of British Industry (1995-2000); chairman of the UK Low Pay Commission (2002-2006); chairman of the Pensions Commision (2003-2006); he was the first chairman of the Climate Change Committee (2008-2012) an independent body to advise the UK Government on tackling climate change. The recommendations set out in their first report "Building a low-carbon economy” were adopted in 2009.

He became a cross bench member of the House of Lords in 2006.

Amongst his business roles, Lord Turner was at McKinsey&Co (1982-1995); was Vice-Chairman of Merrill Lynch Europe (2000-2006) and a Non-Executive Director of a number of companies, including Standard Chartered plc (2006-2008). He is Senior Fellow at the Centre for Financial Studies (Frankfurt) and a Visiting Fellow at the People’s Bank of China School of Finance, Tsinghua University (Beijing). He writes regularly for Project Syndicate, and has published “Between Debt and the Devil” (Princeton 2015), and Economics after the Crisis (MIT 2012).

He is a Trustee Emeritus of the British Museum, honorary fellow of The Royal Society, and received an Honorary Degree from Cambridge University in 2017.

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Dr Jill Cainey MBE
Director

Erne Energy
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Dr Jill Cainey MBE
Director

Erne Energy
Dr Jill Cainey MBE is the founder and CEO of Erne Energy, supporting the energy sector to understand the impacts and risks of climate change as Australia electrifies the future. Jill advocated for the interests of the clean energy industry and electricity networks in Australia and the interests of electricity storage in the UK and Europe, influencing the development of policies and regulations to support low carbon electrification. This included developing low-cost approaches to supporting decentralised community electricity markets and local flexibility that have been used to support community energy in remote regional off-grid communites.

Jill ran Australia’s climate monitoring station at kennaook/Cape Grim in Tasmania and as a climate scientist she focusses on the impact of extreme weather on electricity systems to ensure that customers and networks are resilient to future change.
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Paul Monks
Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Energy and Industrial Strategy (UK)
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Paul Monks
Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Energy and Industrial Strategy (UK)
Professor Paul Monks is the Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. As CSA, he delivers independent and impartial scientific advice to Ministers and policy makers across the department’s portfolio. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero CSA portfolio spans a wide range of policy areas, including energy (such as nuclear (fission and fusion), geothermal and hydrogen), climate change, medical radionuclides, and national security. His role also covers advising on current and ongoing issues faced by UK, with recent focus on the critical role of science in supporting sustainable, resilient and measurable Net Zero and the challenges of delivering national and global decarbonisation.

Professor Paul Monks also works closely with the Government Chief Scientific Adviser, other Departmental CSAs, and the department’s Chief Economist, to strengthen the links within and across departments, encouraging effective engagement and knowledge sharing, and to support delivery of a robust evidence base to underpin policy decisions.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, as an active member of COVID-19 SAGE, and as co-chair of SAGE-EMG subgroup, Professor Paul Monks has also input to developing and improving understanding of the impacts of the pandemic, including on events such as weddings, nightclubs and festivals, and advised on the development and evolution of public guidelines.

Prior to joining the department, Professor Paul Monks was Pro-Vice Chancellor and Head of College of Science and Engineering at the University of Leicester, where he remains a Professor in Atmospheric Chemistry and Earth Observation Science.
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Michael Williamson
Section Chief, Energy Division

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
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Michael Williamson
Section Chief, Energy Division

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Michael Williamson is Section Chief in the Energy Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Michael works on regional cooperation for sustainable energy across ESCAP’s 53 member countries, spanning intergovernmental dialogue, technical assistance and research. Prior to this, Michael was the acting Director of ESCAP’s Subregional Office for South and South West Asia overseeing 10 countries of South and South West Asia. He was previously Chief of Staff and Senior Adviser to the Executive Secretary of ESCAP. He began his UN career in 2013 as the Head of the Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology, ESCAP’s regional institution based in India.

Michael’s experience over the last 20 years covers the private sector, government and international organisations with a focus on sustainable development, energy, technology and climate change. He worked for Australian governments at state and federal level in climate change, sustainability and energy policy and in humanitarian assignments with the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Michael holds a Master of Science in Renewable Energy Technology from Loughborough University, UK, an honours degree in Civil Engineering from Monash University, Australia and a post graduate diploma in management from the Australian Institute of Management. He is a graduate of the UN leadership course at the United Nations Staff College.

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Shane Bannister
Senior Manager, Business Development and Project Sales- Energy APAC

Tesla
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Shane Bannister
Senior Manager, Business Development and Project Sales- Energy APAC

Tesla
Responsible for the development and sales of Energy Storage projects for Tesla Energy across the APAC region including transitioning Islands to a diesel-free future, helping remote unpowered or underpowered communities skip fossil fuels and step straight to renewables and enabling state and country utilities to optimise transmission & distribution infrastructure. Working with highly driven sales, engineering and delivery teams to ensure the consistency and quality in the projects being delivered.

Highly motivated and passionate individual, a driven leader that looks to improve at each opportunity and believes that the learning curve should never flatten out, a very positive outlook and always strive to deliver success under pressure.

With 9 years in the automation industry, beginning as a Graduate Engineer developing his technical knowledge after completing his Electrical & Electronic Engineering Degree (with Honours), he progressed quickly into Project Management where he was able to develop his leadership and management skills and then in to an Area Sales Manager role looking after NSW, Vic and Tasmania. Having worked on major projects across South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and NSW, Shane has been able to utilize his technical engineering background along with his high level of diverse communication and organisation skills to manage and deliver a range of projects as an Engineer a professional Project Manager and a Sales Manager before moving in to the current Business Development role with Tesla.
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Gina Bozinovski
Managing Director

LINE Hydrogen
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Gina Bozinovski
Managing Director

LINE Hydrogen
Gina is leading the development of green hydrogen market aiming to deliver commercial scale green hydrogen in 2024. As MD of LINE Hydrogen, she has secured planning approval for the FIRST hydrogen production facility in Tasmania, spearheading new energy development not just on the island but more widely including Australia and globally by leading LINE Hydrogen to a listing on the London Stock Exchange with Net Zero Infrastructure PLC. Gina has unique and unparalleled experience across energy transition and developing pipelines of hydrogen and renewable energy production sites. Prior to this role Gina led the corporate and commercial practice of a Brisbane based law firm and led a number of significant M&A transactions including the $345M Kidman & Co deal.
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SPONSORS

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2023 Event Partner | se.com/au/en
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2023 Gold Sponsor | nousgroup.com
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2023 Associate Partner | cefc.com.au
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2023 Associate Sponsor | talentnation.com.au
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Schneider’s purpose is to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. We call this Life Is On.

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PwC’s Energy Transition team helps clients unlock the environmental, social and economic benefits of Australia’s energy transition. We connect insight and expertise from a diverse capability set, shaping ecosystems that help organisations solve seen and unseen ESG and energy transition issues across their value chains.

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Nous Group is an international management consultancy with over 500 people working across Australia, the UK and Canada. With our broad consulting capability, we can solve your most complex strategic challenges and partner with you through transformational change.

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The CEFC is an experienced specialist investor with a deep sense of purpose: we’re Australia’s ‘green bank’, investing in our transition to net zero emissions by 2050. With access to more than $30 billion from the Australian Government, we’re backing economy-wide decarbonisation, from renewable energy and natural capital to energy efficiency, alternative fuels and low carbon materials. In parallel, we’re focused on transforming our energy grid, backing sustainable housing and supporting the growth of our climate tech innovators. We collaborate with co-investors, industry and Government, recognising the urgency of the decarbonisation task. We also invest with commercial rigour, aiming to deliver a positive return across our portfolio.

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Talent Nation has been securing talent for companies in the energy transition sector for over a decade. Climate Active Carbon Neutral and BCorp Certified, Talent Nation is Australasia’s leading climate, energy and ESG recruitment firm. Having specialised in this market since 2012, Talent Nation brings the experience, sector knowledge and deep industry contacts that enables us to identify the talent required to ensure organisations can establish, and deliver on, their decarbonisation commitments.

 

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Why Get Involved

The Energy Transition Summit secures national and global speakers of immense authority to arm attendees with the latest industry intelligence. Our audience is screened for seniority to ensure you are networking with the minds shaping business.

Our limited keynote and moderated panel speaking opportunities will effectively embed you in this top-end business community. Digital and physical brand activations, as well as precise business development assets further enable you to engage with this decision-making audience. As a marketing platform to demonstrate expertise, credibility, and grow your business with the Energy and Resources industries, the Energy Transition Summit offers unrivalled cut-through.

Venue/Accommodation Details

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Swissôtel Sydney

Blaxland Ballroom – 68 Market St, Sydney NSW 2000.

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Accommodation at Swissotel Sydney

Please follow the below instructions, codes and links to book 10% discounted rates from our Best Available Flexible Rate at Swissôtel Sydney directly online.

A credit card guarantee is required and bookings have a 24H cancellation policy.

 

Booking Instructions

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Pricing and Discounts

Early Bird Registration
(until 31/05/2024)
$995 + GST
$2985 + GST
Standard Registration
(from 1/06/2024)
$1195 + GST
$3585 + GST

Super Early Bird promotion available until the 1st December. The price will be available for selection during the check-out process.

 

If you are a B2B Vendor or Service Provider to the industry, please email [email protected] to discuss your involvement.

Super Early Bird promotion available until the 1st December. The price will be available for selection during the check-out process.

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

Email: [email protected]
Tel: 61 2 8004 8590

 

We look forward to delivering this event for you.

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