Conference program

Day two

8.30am Registration with tea and coffee

9.00am Welcome to day two

Jon Jutsen, Chief Executive Officer, CRC RACE for 2030

9.10am Plenary address

Then Hon. Senator Jenny McAllister, Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy

9.30am Plenary session

Speakers: Drew Clarke AO FTSE, Chair, Australian Energy Market Operator and Chair, ACOLA Australian Energy Transition Research Plan

Dr Gabrielle Kuiper, Senior Advisor, Smart Energy Council Chair: Assoc. Prof. Chris Briggs, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

10.30am Morning tea and poster viewing

11.00am Research panel: Energy consumers and the future

Speakers: Prof. Yolande Strengers, Professor of Digital Technology and Society, Emerging Technologies Research Lab, Monash University Prof. Iain MacGill, Professor and Joint Director (Engineering), Collaboration on Energy and Environmental Markets, UNSW Sydney Prof. Renate Egan, Professor and Interim CEO, UNSW Sydney Energy Institute Prof. Nando Ochoa, Professor of Smart Grids and Power Systems, The University of Melbourne Chair: Assoc. Prof. Gregor Verbic, Co-Chair ERICA, Associate Professor, The University of Sydney

12.00pm Decarbonisation pathways: research, policy and practice

Dr Dylan McConnell, Senior Research Associate, University of NSW Chell Lyons, Sir Roland Wilson PhD scholar, Australian National University Assoc. Prof. Alexandr Akimov, Associate Professor in Banking and Finance, Griffith University Assoc. Prof. Dani Alexander, Program Lead RACE for Business, RACE for 2030 Chair: Adjunct Assoc. Prof. Chris Dunstan, Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS

People, society, and institutions: just transition

Speakers: Rusty Langdon, Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

Dr Sangeetha

Chandrashekeran, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Dr Nam Tran, Researcher, The University of Adelaide David Roche, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

Chair: Ed Langham, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

Energy transition: renewables, networks and electric vehicles

Speakers: Angela Simonovska, PhD candidate, The University of Melbourne Prof. Rosalind Archer, Head of School, Engineering & Built Environment, Griffith University Yushan Hou, PhD candidate, The University of Melbourne Soobok Yoon, PhD candidate, Monash University Chair: Dr Stuart Johnston, Program Leader, RACE for Networks, RACE for 2030

Decarbonisation pathways: transition pathways

Speakers: Assoc. Prof. Sven Teske, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

Prof. Ken Baldwin, Professor, Australian National University Assoc. Prof. Rebecca Yang, Associate Professor, RMIT

Dr Moonyong Kim, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of NSW Chair: Prof. Ariel Leibman, Director, Monash Energy Institute, Monash

Day two

1.15pm Lunch and poster viewing

2.15pm Plenary panel: Decarbonisation, decolonisation and the energy transition: research and partnerships

Keynote speaker: Prof. Heidi Norman, Associate Dean (Indigenous) and Convenor Indigenous Land and Justice Research Group, University of Technology Sydney

Host: Dr Sangeetha Chandrashekeran, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Speakers: Ruby Heard, First Nations Clean Energy Network, PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne Brendan Kennedy, Tati Tati elder and Enterprise Principal Fellow in Cultural Economies and Sustainability, The University of Melbourne and Life Course Centre Jamie Lowe, CEO, National Native Title Council

3.15pm Afternoon tea and poster viewing

3.45pm Workshop: Net zero Australia: pathways to net zero emissions by 2050

Host: Assoc. Prof. Simon Smart, The University of Queensland Speakers: Maria Lopez, PhD candidate, University of Melbourne Jamie Lowe, CEO, National Native Title Council April Reside, Lecturer in Wildlife Science at the School of Agriculture & Food Sciences, University of Queensland

Energy innovation and technology: integration of renewable energy and customers

Assoc. Prof. Jahangir Hossain, Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney Dr Elizabeth Ratnam, Senior Lecturer, ANU FERL Fellow, Australian National University Dr Graham Palmer, Research Fellow, Monash University Grace Young, Chief Innovation Officer, Wattwatchers

Chair: Prof. Gregor Verbic, Co-Chair ERICA, Associate Professor, The University of Sydney

5.00pm Networking drinks and close at 6.00pm

Energy transition: renewables, networks and electric vehicles

Speakers: Dr Anna Mortimore, Lecturer, Griffith University Scott Dwyer, Research Director

Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Jing Zhu, PhD candidate, The University of Melbourne Dr Nanduni Nimalsiri, Research Fellow, Australian National University

Chair: Prof. Stuart White, Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS

Decarbonisation pathways: renewable energy systems

Dr Reza Fazeli, Research Fellow, Australian National University

Dr Changlong Wang, Research Fellow, Monash University

Dr Huanyu Jin, Research Fellow, University of Adelaide

Dr Rui Tang, Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Sydney

Chair: Assoc. Prof. Chris Briggs, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney