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The National Energy Efficiency Conference brings Australia’s foremost energy efficiency experts, forward-thinking policy makers, innovative energy users, political leaders and industry trailblazers together to discuss, debate and create action around reducing energy bills and cutting emissions through smarter energy use.

This year we're adding a brand new event alongside the conference: the National Efficiency Schemes Summit held in the same venue on Tuesday 23 May.

There's plenty more to come so sign up to our mailing list to join the EEC community and receive updates as they happen.

WHAT

WHERE

Roundhouse

ANZAC Parade UNSW Kensington NSW 2052

THEME

This year's theme has been chosen to reflect the critical role electrification will play in the shift from fossil fuels in key economic sectors including homes commercial buildings light transport manufacturing and food processing. The best evidence from around the world is demonstrating that energy efficiency and electrification will play a critical role in the decarbonisation of huge sections of the global economy. Here in Australia we need to get on with the big national conversation about how we get this transition done.

Program

With Australia increasingly looking to energy efficiency and smart energy management to help reach net zero targets and address the energy cost crisis this year's Conference will host the essential discussions debate networking and cutting edge thinking necessary to advance energy management's role in these challenges.

Day 1, WEDNESDAY 24 May

Speakers listed in order of appearance.

See program for session details.

Energising Women's Breakfast

Welcome to Country

An opportunity for networking, discussion and collaboration around the skills,

experiences and opportunities women bring to the energy management sector.

Mary Stewart

Chief Executive Officer

Energetics

Holly Taylor

Head of Projects

Energy Efficiency Council

Aunty Maxine Ryan

Cultural Educator

Dharawal Country

Emily Skehil

Marketing & Customer Success Manager

Green Energy Group

Caroline Bennett

Chief Executive Officer

Green Energy & Carbon Management

Rachael Wilkinson

Senior Advisor - Policy and Projects

Energy Efficiency Council

Peta Derham

Branch Head National Energy Performance Strategy

Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Ruby Heard

Director of Alinga Energy Consulting and Steering Group Member

First Nations Clean Energy Network

Ministerial address

The Hon Penny Sharpe MLC

NSW Minister for Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Heritage

Electrify everything, everywhere, all at once?

A panel discussion featuring Dr Rosenow and local and international experts on the role of electrification in replacing fossil fuels in buildings, industry and transport, and the challenges that we need to overcome for efficient electrification.

Dr Jan Rosenow

Head of European Programs Regulatory Assistance Project

Merrily Hunter

Chief Executive Officer

MAC Trade Services

Prof. Dr. Clemens Rohde

Coordinator, Business Unit Energy Efficiency

Fraunhofer Institute for Systems

and Innovation Research

Nicolette Boele Expert Adviser Electrification of Everything

Smart Energy Council

Alison Reeve

Energy and Climate Deputy Program Director

Grattan Institute

Energy management in a zero-emission grid

Australia’s electricity grids will be dominated by renewable generation by the end of this decade. This session will explore how energy management, renewables, storage, electric vehicles and networks fit together, and the reforms we need to enable an electricity system that is affordable, reliable and clean.

Lisa Zembrodt

Principal and Senior Director, Sustainability Business

Schneider Electric

Patrick Matweew

Chief Executive Officer

Luceo

Ryan Warburton

General Manager, Commercial

and Industrial Customers

AGL

Terry Niemier

Director - Program and Market Development, Energy Division

NSW Office of Energy and Climate Change

Operationalising net zero in business

All Australian homes need to be optimised for a high penetration renewable energy system. This session digs into the upgrades and technologies we need to make that happen.

Jacques Morris

Team Leader UK Transition Plan Taskforce

Christian Schiemann

Market Development Manager – Building Automation

ABB Australia

Atta Ullah Sanai

Senior Projects Officer

NSW Office of Energy and Climate Change

Sally Townsend

Head of Sustainability

Blackmores

Home is where the heat is

All Australian homes need to be optimised for a high penetration renewable energy system. This session digs into the upgrades and technologies we need to make that happen.

Margot Delafoulhouze

Cities System Lead

Climateworks Centre

Prof Yolande Strengers,

Professor, Department of

Human Centered Computing

Monash University

Glenn Day

Director National Sales & Public Affairs

Stiebel-Eltron

Mike Evans

Energy Consultant

Henley

The economic opportunity of decarbonisation

An armchair discussion with Gareth O’Reilly, Zone President – Pacific at Schneider Electric on Australia’s unique position in the global race for net zero, and the economic opportunity it presents.

Gareth O'Reilly

Pacific Zone President

Schneider Electric

Strengthening skills and supply chains to accelerate transformation

Leaders from across the sector discuss how we secure the skilled workforce and strategic technologies we need to deliver the energy transition.

Jon Jutsen

Chief Executive Officer

RACE for 20230

Alex Waldren

National Policy Director

Master Builders Australia

Alex Badham

Executive Director

Energy Demand Efficiency and Safety

VIC Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Gala Dinner

Senator the Hon Jenny McAllister

Assistant Minister for

Climate Change and Energy

Will Tait

Musical Philosopher

Future Crunch

Day 2, thursday 25 May

Euro vision

Armchair conversation with Harry Verhaar. This session will cover the European Union’s Green Deal, the impact of the war in Ukraine on Europe’s decarbonisation trajectory, and the latest developments in electrification and energy efficiency policy across the continent.

Speakers listed in order of appearance.

See program for session details.

NEPS update

Armchair conversation with Clare McLaughlin, on the Albanese Government’s National Energy Performance Strategy.

Harry Verhaar

Chair, European Alliance to Save Energy

Head of Global Public and Government Affairs

Signify

Clare McLaughlin

Head of the Energy Division

Federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Flagship report launch

Armchair conversation with Christina Tonkin and Tsen Wong to discuss the launch of a new flagship report that considers the role of energy efficiency and electrification in achieving Australia’s emissions reduction targets.

Christina Tonkin

Managing Director, Corporate Finance ANZ

Tsen Wong

Head of Energy Transition

ANZ

Trajectory to transparency

Momentum is building for a single, national rating framework for homes. Where are we now, and what do we need to do to get this critical reform across the line?

Anthony Wright

Team Leader -

Building Energy Efficiency

CSIRO

Caryn Kakas

Head of Housing Strategy

ANZ

Jo Brennan

Director

NatHERS Expansion and Lighting

Residential Energy Efficiency Branch, Energy Division

Federal Department of Climate Change,

Energy, the Environment and Water

Andy Pickard

Founder

Powerhaus Engineering

Dynamic, electric, responsive

Energy flexibility in commercial buildings will play a big role in enabling a high penetration renewable energy system. This session will look at the latest insights and practice from around the world on how we get it done.

Francesca Muskovic

National Policy Director

Property Council

Dr Jessica Granderson

Interim Division Director - Building Technology and Urban Systems Division Lawrence

Berkeley National Laboratory

Steve Ford

Head of Sustainability and Energy

The GPT Group

Prof Henrik Madsen

Head of Section Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science Technical University of Denmark

Safeguard and beyond

Businesses and policymakers are grappling with the challenges and opportunities of industrial decarbonisation. This session looks at best practice policy from overseas, recent developments in Australia, and what might come next.

Tennant Reed

Head of Climate,

Energy and Environment Policy

Ai Group

Paul Papenbrock

Deputy head of unit IIA6

(Efficiency and heat in industry and commerce)

German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Chris Bloomfield

Director, Industrial Energy Efficiency Policy

Federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Louise Monger

Vice President Digital Buildings Schneider Electric

Bridgette Carter

Project Director -

Advanced Steel Manufacturing Precinct

Bluescope Steel

Building the business model for retrofitting Australia

Experts dig into the detail on the commercial models we need to retrofit Australia’s homes.

Jenny Edwards

Owner, Managing Director & Lead Scientist Light House Architecture and Science

Blake Mortimer

National Engineering Manager

Daikin Australia

Stephen Smith

Product and Systems Manager - Asia Pacific

Knauf Insulation

David Craven

Manager of the Residential Efficiency Scorecard program

VIC Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Unlocking the potential of data-driven smart buildings

Global and local experts discuss the latest research on advanced data and controls, and how we unlock the potential of smart buildings.

Dr Stephen White

Energy Efficiency Domain Leader

CSIRO

Prof Jin Wen

Associate Dean Drexel University

Dr Gabe Fierro

Assistant Professor of Computer Science Joint Appointment Colorado School of Mines Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Dani Alexander

Chief Executive Officer

UNSW Energy Institute

Dr Bill Lilley

Chief Research Officer

RACE for 2030

Financing the transition

Decarbonising our economy requires billions of dollars of investment, from rental properties to regional industrial precincts and everything in between. Finance experts and efficiency leaders discuss how the finance and energy management sectors can work together to unlock this opportunity.

Susann Bollmann

Member of the Executive Board, Head of Projects & Financial Forum Energy Efficiency German Business Initiative for

Energy Efficiency (DENEFF)

Richard Lovell

Executive Director, Head of Debt Markets

Clean Energy Finance Corporation

Alistair Fraser

Head of Energy and Performance Services

Siemens

Michelle Sichlau

Head of Business Development

Corporate Finance

ANZ

EXHIBIT

As an exhibitor your organisation will be at the heart of the action positioned in front of Australia's most engaged and invested energy management audience.

With 400+ delegates expected over two days this is an unmissable opportunity to showcase your business.

SPONSOR

Whether you’re looking to showcase a new product debate a big idea connect with decision-makers or demonstrate your commitment to Australia’s energy management sector we have a range of partnership sponsorship and exhibition packages to meet your objectives whatever your budget.

Download the prospectus to see the full range of opportunities.

Partner and sponsorship benefits are grouped into three core areas with further details available in the Conference prospectus.

and platinum partner

Changes in energy systems policy goals and technological capabilities are only accelerating and all have big implications for the efficiency schemes in place and being considered by jurisdictions around the country. Increasingly we’ve felt it was impossible to do the schemes justice in a short Conference session — hence the launch of the National Efficiency Schemes Summit.

A full-day event the Summit takes place the day before the Conference on Tuesday 23 May at the same venue.

Register for the Summit as a standalone event or add it to your Conference experience and head to eec.org.au for more details.

Special thanks to our

principal partners

Energising Women Breakfast

Held on the first morning of the Conference and proudly supported by Green Energy Group the breakfast encourages networking discussion and collaboration around the skills experiences and opportunities women bring to the energy management sector.

The breakfast is focussed on the promotion and support of women at all stages of their professional development and will address the key challenges women face in advancing their careers.

Tickets can be purchased individually or as part of your conference registration.

Energising Women Scholarship

The Emerging Women Scholarship is an initiative the EEC is particularly passionate about and aligns with our Diversity Equity and Inclusion Strategy and our commitment to the international Equal by 30 campaign. Scholarship recipients will be identified by the EEC from our networks and from those who apply directly to EEC.

Become an Energising Women Scholarship Partner by purchasing tickets for women who experience barriers to employment within the energy sector.

Energising Women Scholarship Partner benefits

• create valuable talent-identification opportunities for your organisation and the wider energy management community
  
• receive logo recognition in NEEC23 marketing and in EEC’s public-facing impact reporting.
  

You'll also provide a valuable opportunity for early-career women to attend the full Conference and Gala Dinner as well as the Energising Women Breakfast where your scholarship recipient/s will be seated with you at a VIP table.

Interested in becoming an Energising Women scholar?

Apply directly by sending your CV and an email of not more than 250 words explaining how attending the conference will benefit you and your career.

NOMINATIONS NOW CLOSED

Now in their 10th year the National Energy Efficiency Awards are Australia’s highest profile honours for excellence in energy efficiency energy management and demand response.

We invite individuals and organisations to nominate projects that demonstrate their outstanding achievement in performance leadership and innovation in one of the 11 awards categories and celebrate the winners with peers at the Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony in Sydney on 24 May 2023.

Terms and conditions of entry

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GALA DINNER

The Gala Dinner will include the National Energy Efficiency Awards and will take place on Wednesday 24 May 2023 the first night of the National Energy Efficiency Conference.

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