Energy leaders across Australia are facing the same question: how do we deliver a reliable, affordable, net zero energy system at scale?
At Australian Energy Week 2026, one of the world’s most influential energy thinkers will share lessons from decades of work on exactly this challenge.
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Daniel Kammen, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Energy and Climate Justice at Johns Hopkins University, has spent his career shaping global energy policy and system design. His work spans advising the World Bank, serving as a U.S. Department of State Science Envoy, and contributing as a lead author to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2007.
In his keynote, Kammen will draw on international experience designing real-world energy transitions—from North America to East Africa—to explore what Australia can learn as it builds a high-renewables power system.
You’ll hear insights on:
- Optimising renewables, storage and transmission using the SWITCH model
- De-risking BESS and renewables through permanent capacity mechanisms beyond 2030
- Planning high-voltage transmission to connect remote renewable resources.
Australia’s energy transition is entering a defining decade. Decisions made in the next few years on storage, transmission and market design will shape the system for decades.
Kammen’s global perspective will challenge assumptions, highlight risks, and point to practical pathways forward.
This is a keynote that will be referenced in boardrooms, policy debates and investment discussions over the next 12 months. Make sure you are in the room when the conversation begins.
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For more information visit Australian Energy Week.
