Day one: Session

Energy transition: user behaviour and sustainability

Danie Nilsson

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CSIRO

Applying behavioural science and reality TV to transition Australians towards sustainable housing

Dr Danie Nilsson is a behavioural scientist with 10+ years’ experience applying her research skills to a wide range of energy, environmental and conservation challenges. Currently, Danie is undertaking a postdoctoral research fellowship at CSIRO to assist in accelerating Australia’s sustainable housing market at scale, utilising innovative communication strategies.

Murad Tayebjee

Senior Lecturer, University of NSW

PlayEnergy: a massive multiplayer online game for teaching sustainable energy

Dr Murad Tayebjee is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering at UNSW. He researches high efficiency solar cell device concepts. Dr Tayebjee also teaches undergraduate Sustainable Energy. Murad completed his PhD at The University of Sydney in 2012, studying solar energy harvesting materials. He then completed two consecutive fellowships: an ARENA Fellowship at UNSW and a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship at The University of Cambridge.

Declan Kuch

Research Fellow, Western Sydney University

Everyday sustainability in Western Sydney

Declan is a sociologist of knowledge and emerging technologies. His research spans the social dimensions of the climate and energy transition, automation and the life sciences. He co-convened the IEA’s UsersTCP Social License to Automate task and is currently engaged in research on everyday sustainability practices in Western Sydney. Declan has published his research in leading social science journals and consulted to the Australian Council of Learned Academies on the social dimensions of science and technology.

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Saman Halgamuge Professor, The University of Melbourne

Deep

learning and optimisation-based approaches to forecast distributed solar generation

Saman Halgamuge, Fellow of IEEE, IET and AAIA, is a Professor in the School of Electrical, Mechanical and Infrastructure Engineering at The University of Melbourne. He served as a distinguished lecturer/speaker of IEEE (2019-21), Director/Head, Research School of Engineering of the Australian National University (ANU) (2016-18), a member of Australian Research Council (ARC) College of Experts (2016-18), the founding Director of the PhD training centre Melbourne India Postgraduate Program (MIPP) of University of Melbourne and Associate Dean (2013-15) and Assistant Dean (2008-13) in International Engagement in the Melbourne School of Engineering.

Hannah Korsmeyer

Research Fellow, Monash University

Digital energy futures: forecasting everyday life

Hannah Korsmeyer is a research fellow in the Energy Futures Research Program in the Emerging Technologies Research Lab at Monash University, which develops non-predictive speculations and scenarios for energy forecasting and demand management to guide policy and planning in the energy sector. Building on a multidisciplinary background spanning science and design, she specialises in creative and participatory methods for bringing diverse perspectives together to explore possible futures--and their implications--to inform decision-making in the present.

Tracey Colley

Research Program Manager, RACE for Business, RACE for 2030

Dr Tracey Colley is a chemical/environmental engineer with a background in energy efficiency, cogeneration, carbon footprinting and Life Cycle Assessment. She is currently working as a Research Program Manager at the RACE for 2030 Cooperative Research Centre.