Day Two: Session

People, society, and institutions: just transition

Rusty Langdon

Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

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Electricity sector workforce projections for

Australia’s 2022 Integrated System

Plan

Rusty Langdon joined ISF as a Research Consultant in 2020. Rusty has an academic background in ecological economics, industrial ecology and community planning for sustainability. Rusty is professionally experienced in quantitative and qualitative analysis, workshop facilitation, stakeholder engagement and designing and managing research projects across a range of public and private sectors.

Rusty is passionate about a just transition to a zero-carbon future and integrating circular models into our economic system. They are particularly interested in analysis techniques, governance structures and economic models that consider both macro/micro scales, enviro/ social/economic spheres, actively consider community need and facilitate the inclusion of diverse community voices.

Sangeetha Chandrashekeran

Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne

Electrification,

energy hardship and vulnerability: results from a mixed methods study

Sangeetha is a Senior Research Fellow in the ARC Lifecourse Centre, and at the Indigenous Knowledge Institute at the University of Melbourne. Sangeetha has a PhD in Geography from the University of Melbourne and her research focuses on how to achieve transformative outcomes for both equity and environment through the energy transition. She has written on smart meter roll outs, the consumer data right, energy affordability in Europe, measuring energy poverty and energy justice for First Nations. A common theme in her work is the changing role of the state and new spatial patterns of energy governance.

Nam Tran Researcher, The University of Adelaide

Economic optimisation of ammonia supply chain system based on economic, social and governance (ESG)

Factors

Nam Tran got his BSc degree in Chemical Engineering from Can Tho University in 2006. In 2009, he won the prestigious Panasonic Scholarship for his MSc study in Chemical System Engineering at The University of Tokyo, Japan. In 2014, he began his PhD. study in Chemical Engineering at The University of Adelaide (UoA) with an Australian Awards Scholarship. After finishing his Ph.D. study, Nam joined The University of Adelaide as a researcher, and then, as a senior researcher. His research interests include sustainable technologies, process design and optimisation, reaction engineering, micro-flow reactor, green and renewable energy, and life cycle assessment.

David Roche

Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

David Roche is a Research Director (Strategic Energy Collaborations) at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney. His expertise includes distributed energy systems, flexible demand, and net zero strategy. He has over 25 years’ experience in business development and technology commercialisation, which includes project-managing some of Australia’s first grid-connected photovoltaic systems, developing Australian renewable energy standards and policy, and being a director of five ASX-listed technology start-ups. He leads business development for ISF’s Energy Futures team, and provides business development expertise to the newly-established NSW Decarbonisation Innovation Hub.

Ed Langham

Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

Ed specialises in low carbon energy transitions, working with new and emerging energy market players to develop Decentralised Energy Resources to accelerate climate action. He works on energy strategy and planning, business model development, open data mapping tools and regulatory reform for the new energy landscape. Ed has driven much of the Institute for Sustainable Futures work on Network Opportunity Mapping and Local Electricity Trading, as concepts to keep public grid assets viable, and open up neighbourhood scale business models in an era of distributed generation and storage. He has worked extensively with local and state governments, universities, utilities and precinct developers, and served in governance roles for the Coalition for Community Energy (C4CE) and Pingala Community Renewables.