Energy Networks Australia has announced its program for the highly anticipated EN2021, which addresses cutting-edge issues relevant to these extraordinary times.
Keynote speakers include:
- Federal Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, the Hon Angus Taylor MP on the Commonwealth Government’s perspective on the challenges and opportunities presented by the transformation of our energy system.
- Dr Alan Finkel AO, Chair, Low Emissions Technology Investment Advisory Council on ‘Accelerating the move to a hydrogen economy’
- Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell AO, Director, School of Cybernetics, ANU on ‘What history can teach us about the future of energy’
- Dermot Nolan – former CEO OFGEM UK on ‘Regulating networks for a low emissions future’.
Four plenary panels will provide in depth, engaging and challenging conversations on a range of themes:
- Data to enable the energy transformation featuring speakers from CSIRO, Hitachi ABB, Australian Energy Market Commission and Essential Energy
- Greening gas: challenges and opportunities featuring speakers from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, University of Queensland and the Australian Gas Infrastructure Group
- The energy future: who pays? Featuring speakers from TransGrid, the Australian Energy Regulator, Energy Users Association of Australia and the Clean Energy Council
- Network report card: the customer journey featuring speakers from Ausgrid, Consumer Policy Research Centre, Schneider Electric and the Australian Energy Infrastructure Commission.
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The concurrent sessions are not to be missed. As the premier event for the energy network sector, EN2021 is run by the industry for the industry. The event will provide a broad range of speakers including academics, consultants, consumer advocates, energy network and transmission businesses, government, market bodies and suppliers. The stream topics include:
- Digital destiny – data transforming asset management
- Connecting the low emissions future
- Implementing post 2025 – NEM 2.0?
- Gas evolution: the customer journey
- Big data – delivering for customers
- Evolving regulation to encourage investment
- A smarter, safer, stronger grid
- The battery balanced grid
- VPPs becoming reality
- Regulation: from building blocks to service based?
- Social licence – the real power of connection
- It’s gas, but not as you know it
- Electric vehicles and distributed energy resources – a smooth
- road ahead?
- Pricing reform – are we there yet?
- Gas supporting the clean energy transition
- SAPS and microgrids – a macro issue.
You can find the EN2021 program here. Register today to obtain the early bird rate, which closes on August 17.
