2026 Speakers
The Hon. Penny Sharpe MLC, Minister for Climate Change, Energy, Environment & Heritage, NSW Government
Andrew Forrest AO, Executive Founder & Chairman, Fortescue
Chris Bowen, Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Australian Federal Government
Larissa Waters, Federal Leader, Australian Greens
Murray Watt, Minister for the Environment and Water, Australian Government
Zali Steggall OAM MP, Member for Warringah, Federal Parliament
Geoffrey Rutledge, Chief Executive, Australian Energy Market Commission
Kim Curtain, Deputy Secretary, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
Tim Buckley, Director, Climate Energy Finance
Clare McHugh, CEO, NSW Aboriginal Land Council
David Ritter, Chief Executive Officer, Greenpeace
Bruce Thompson, Executive Director, Smart Connect Initiative
Katharine Hole, Chief Executive Officer, Association For The Battery Recycling Industry
Isaac Hinton, Head of Australia, InterContinental Energy
Michael Robinson, Engagement Manager, Cyan Ventures
Michael Wright, Secretary, Electrical Trades Union (ETU)
Veena Sahajwalla, Director, UNSW Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology (SMaRT), UNSW
Steven Hall, General Manager VET & Technical, Powering Skills Organisation
Michelle McCann, Partner/director, PV Lab Australia
Matthew Wittemeier, CEO, Rainbow Power Company
Simon Ceglinski, Head of Technology, Power Plus Energy
Dani Alexander, CEO of the UNSW Energy Institute, UNSW
Simon Linge, CEO, Livium
Glen Morris, General Manager, SmartEnergyLab
Eddie Springer, Director, Springers Solar
Thomas Seymour, Executive Manager Standards & Development, Solar Accreditatio Australia
Jerome Koh, Manager- Circular Economy Branch, NSW EPA, NSW EPA
Veli Markovic, Training Facilitator, Greenwood Solutions
Matthew Power, General Manager Renewable Energy Target Branch, CER
Scott Nargar, Senior Manager of Future Mobility & Government Relations, Hyundai Motor Company Australia
Carl Hutchinson, Managing Director, Australia & New Zealand, Enel X
Rebecca Tilbrook, Energy Solutions Leader, SEC Victoria
Jess Christiansen, Senior Manager, Partnerships - Consumer Energy Solutions, SEC Victoria
Sinead Booth, Group Manager Decarb Program, Decarbonisation Delivery, Fortescue
Nigel Morris, Chief Strategy Manager, Smart energy council
Portia Rooney, Director, Net Zero Engineering Solutions Pty Ltd
Deidre Willmott, Strategic Advisor in Global Sustainability and External Affairs, Fortescue
Brad Trethewey, Manager of Innovation, Essential Energy
Stephanie Bond-Hutkin, Head of Brand and Marketing, Plico Energy
Mark Bonnar, CEO & Co-Founder, Hunter Valley Solar Foundry
Trevor Gauld, Deputy Commissioner, Jobs and Skills Australia
Patrick Pragasam, Training and Fronius Solutions Partner Manager, Fronius Australia
Oliver Hill, Program Leader - Electric Vehicles, RACE for 2030 CRC
James Pickering, National President, Australian EV Association
Robyn Cowie, Stewardship Program Manager, Smart energy council
Suzanne Toumbourou, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Council of Recycling
Grace Tam, Head of Consumer Finance, Clean Energy Finance Corporation
Usama Aslam, Director - Sales and Product (AU), OSW
Grant Behrendorff, Managing Director and Co-Founder, AC solar warehouse
Rita Ren, Director of APAC, Global Solar Council
Symons Xie, General Manager, Anker
Andre Scott, Brand Director, 1KOMMA5° Australia
Dan Sturrock, General Manager, Solar, ARENA (Australian Renewable Energy Agency)
Matthew Wilson, Director, Central Spark Victoria
Carl Binning, Executive General Manager, Clean Energy Regulator
Rohan Anderson, General Manager, New Energy Training (A Supply Partners company)
Warwick Johnston, Managing Director, SunWiz
Lotte Wolff, Executive Manager, Advocacy and Policy, Energy Consumers Australia
Alex Killeen, Director - Zero Emissions Vehicles Strategy Implementation, ACT Government
Andrew Mitchell, Senior Product Manager, FranklinWH Australia
Richard Petterson, Chief Executive Officer, Tindo Solar
Tom Peters, Manager- Procurement and Engineering, AC solar warehouse
Peter Steele, DER (Distributed Energy Resources) Market Readiness Lead, Synergy
Gabrielle Kuiper, Australia-Southeast Asia DER Lead, Csiro
Emily Yip, Director, Community and Home Programs Branch Consumer Energy Division, NSW Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Blair Palese, Founder, Climate Capital Forum, Ethinvest
Nigel Freitas, Head Of Corporate Affairs, Brighte Capital Pty Ltd
Trent Kontopoulos, National Account Manager, Kia Motors Australia
Katie Hepworth, National Policy Director, Electrical Trades Union
Chris Fell, Principal Research Scientist, Csiro
Louise Hurll, CEO, Stellar PV
Steve Kostoff, CEO, Solar Training Centre
Earl Duran, CTO, Diagno Energy
Paul Hunyor, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Wollemi
Lisa Marsh, CEO, eLumina Global
Tim Lamacraft, General Manager Media and Communication, Smart Energy Council
Sophie Wright, General Manager - Australia & New Zealand, Opensolar
Bill Gillespie, General Manager, Foton Mobility Distribution Pty Ltd
Stephanie Bashir, CEO, Nexa Advisory
Mark Dwyer, CEO, Revolt Energy
Thornton de Voy, Business Development Manager, Smart energy council
Jonathon Dore, Manager – DER Technical Integration, Australian Energy Market Operator
Anthony Coles, CEO, Cetacea Circular
Taryn Lane, General Manager, Hepburn Energy
Fiona Dace-lynn, College Director, Trade Skills, Canberra Institute of technology
Renate Egan, Executive Director, Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, UNSW
Nick Florin, Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney
Henry Plunkett, Managing Director, Grid Rig
Sachin Sardana, Senior Business Development Manager, Anker solix
Martin Ma, CTO, Connect VPP
Edison Zhou, Sales Director, Trinasolar Australia
Brian Heong, Product Solutions Engineer, Growatt
Alice Johnson, Head of Sustainability, greenHorizon
Scott Young, Director of Sales and Marketing, CATCH Power
Daniel Bleakley, Co-CEO, New Energy Transport
Lewis Sheppard, National Sales Director, Go Solar Group PTY LTD
Antony Smithson, CEO, Australian Flow Batteries
Jackie Trad, CEO, Clean Energy Council
Ben Pritchard, Manager Sales & New Markets, Livium
Serena Yang, Manager Policy and Evaluation, Green Industries SA
Lauren Hamilton, Head of Marketing & Partnerships, Smart Commercial Energy
Simon Cornwell, Data, Analytics and Modelling Lead, Formbay
John De Bruyn, Senior Policy Officer, NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, The Environment and Water
Heidi Lee Douglas, CEO, Solar Citizens
Kate Lee, Global Advocacy Director, Solar Citizens
Greg Malone, Director, G&H Financial
Charlotte Connell, Director Innovation and Investment, Greenhouse
Thomas Gao, Senior Manager, Nsw Government Chief Scientist Office
Stefan Jarnason, General Manager, CATCH Power
Brett Thomas, Director and Partner, The Melt
Xunpeng Shi, Professor/President, University of Technology Sydney
John Grimes, Chief Executive Officer, Smart energy council
Evan Giosis, CTO, GloBird Energy
John Welch, WA State Manager, Smart energy council
Helen Millicer, Australia Lead, Climate Action for Associations
Binowee Bayles, Cultural Advisor
Ben Spincer, Chairman, Li-S Energy
Marina Monteiro Lunardi, Technical Lead Stewardship Program, Smart energy council
Joshua Nari, Training Manager, Vanuatu Institute of Technology (VIT)
PC Garg, Principal Advisor, National Solar Energy Federation of India
Rainer Knobloch, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy and Operating Officer, NewVolt
Ben Hutt, CEO, Janus Electric
Radhika Gupta, Principal Industry Enablement - NEM Reform, Australian Energy Market Operator
Helen Millicer, CEO, One Planet Consulting
Rhiannon Evans, Senior Policy & Advocacy Officer, Smart energy council
Sophy Liu, Director, Arema Solutions Pty Ltd
Dr Udayanka Mulleriyawage, Senior Product Engineer, Clenergy Technology Co., Ltd.
Richard Zee, CEO and Founder, Solarh2e
Scott Hamilton, Senior Advisor & Director, Smart energy council
David McElrea, Chief Advocacy Officer, Smart energy council
Don Henry, Chair, Smart Energy Council
John Akirs Fotos, Director, Sales & Business Development, hyperstrong
Shan Cao, General Manager, Australia Guoyue
Geoff Bragg, Training & Standards, Smart Energy Council
Dr Annie Rogers, Managing Director, SuperNova Energy
Thom Woodroofe, Senior International Fellow, Smart Energy Council
Andrew Dickson, Director & Senior Advisor, Smart energy council
Allen Edwards, Smart Transport and E-Mobility Sector Engagement Lead, Smart energy council
Ned Ekins-Daukes, Head of School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, UNSW
Darren Johannesen, Executive General Manager Sustainability, Smart energy council
Ivan Carter, Director, Aspect Labs
Andrew Smithyman, Co-Founder, Air2Energy
Steve Lewis, Project Director - Community Power Network, Ausgrid
Nazia Hossain, Regional Head- Customer Success and Strategic Grow, NazX Innovation PTY LTD
Nikki Meller, Director, Credued
Ryan Muir, Business Development Coordinator, Allegro Energy
Ahmed Tayeh, Founder, DroxQ
Oliver Hartley, Managing Director, Bright Dimension
Jun Peng Zhu, President, JSESA
Cara McNicol, Director, Policy and Legislation | Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling, Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation Qld Government
Kobie Keenan, Stewardship Engagement, Smart energy council
Carolin Kautz, Geopolitical risk and China consultant, SinoVise
Huon Hoogesteger, Founder & MD, Smart Commercial Energy
Tom Hammerton, Advisor, Arema Solutions Pty Ltd
James Petesic, Co-Founder, PV Industries
Chen Zhao, Associate, Piper Alderman
Samuel Hunt, Commercial Business Development Manager, AlphaESS
Tim Brown, Chief Electric Officer, WhipSmart
Lei Ma, Chief Representative, CCPIT
Dorothy Zhou, Director, Sunpro solar
Weiwei Shi, Member, CHAFTA forum
Jessica Shaw, WA Program Director, Superpower Institute
Richard Neumann, Senior Adviser, Renewable Energy Council Asia-Pacific
Allen Xu, Head of Overseas Affair, Gokin Solar
Richard Chen, C&I BDM, Sungrow Australia
Neil McFarlane, Head of Business and Government, Smartizer
Yuan Fang, China Country Manager, Smart energy council
Jessica Yajie Jiang, Senior Research Fellow, UNSW
Dana Lin, Principal - Clean Energy & China Market Specialist, Regenerate Talent
Nicholas Ooi, Investor, Investible
Abhishek Renganathan, Solutions Manager, GoodWe Australia
Benjamin Tonnot, founder/CEO, Energy Diversions
Jordan Ferrari, Policy Director, Nexa Advisory
Matthew Gye, Marketing Manager, Solar Juice
Alan Hunter, Chief Executive Officer / Founder, National Renewable Network
Lily Pejkic, Chief Executive Officer, Sydney Solar & Battery & AWISE
Zi Ouyang, CTO, Ja Solar Australia Pty Ltd
Zane Zhou, Country Manager, CATL Australia
Craig Bilboe, Country Manager of UK & IE, ECOFLOW EUROPE S.R.O.
Anna Bruce, Associate Professor, UNSW
Adrian Amato, Sales Director- C&l Sector, RAYSTECH Australia
Louis Adriaenssens, Chief Technology Officer, Gelion Technologies
Grant Schmidt, EGM Reycling, InfraBuild
Tristan Edis, Director of Analysis and Advisory, Green Energy Markets
Terry Niemeier, Director Transport Electrification & Safeguard, NSW Government: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Mark Cavanagh, Director, MC Electrical
Bryn foletta, CEO, Solargain DB
Gareth Ridge, Director, Zenobe Energy Australia
Mary Wang, Director, Rsm
Madison Benton, Investment Associate, Virescent Ventures
Brett Buckingham, Director, BSC
Joel Newland, Director, NewVantage
Wolfgang Sun, Senior Solution Engineer, GoodWe Australia
Gaven Xu, Solution Engineer, GoodWe Australia
Josh Robinson, Managing Director, JR Hammer
Glen Sealey, Managing Director, Renault Australia
Anthony Buckwell, Product & Solution Engineer, FranklinWH Australia
Eliese DeOliveira, Chief Executive Officer, iStore
Alex Grant, Director, ARENA
Bruce Hardy, Executive Director, Energy Futures Foundation
James McGregor, Founder and CEO, The Blue Tribe Company
Izzy Jensen, Managing Partner, Transition Accelerator
Leo Zhu, Technical Manager, GoodWe Australia
Tamara Smith, Office Manager, Its Time Foundation
Sunny Feng, Project Manager, EIWA
Jason Cheng, Business Development Manager, T-Power
Jeff Yu, General Manager of Alpha Cloud, AlphaESS
Leigh Storr, CEO, RESINC Solar
Shane Fisher, Operations, New Limit Waste Services
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