While becoming one of the world’s biggest energy exporters, a decade of political division over climate change policy has undermined Australia’s traditional competitive advantage in cheap power generated from fossil fuels.

1. The Hon. Jay Weatherill
Premier,
South Australia Government
Dr Cassandra Goldie
Chief Executive Officer,
ACOSS
Andrew Vesey
Managing Director, AGL
The Hon. Josh Frydenberg
Minister for Energy
and the Environment,
Federal Government
Paul Italiano
CEO,
Transgrid
Mick McCormack
Chief Executive Officer and
Managing Director,
APA Group
Dr Alan Finkel AO
Chief Scientist,
Australian Government
Audrey Zibelman
Chief Executive Officer,
Australian Energy Market
Operator (AEMO)
Frank Calabria
CEO,
Origin Energy
Kevin Gallagher
Managing Director and
Chief Executive Officer,
Santos
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Paula Conboy
Chair, Australian
Energy Regulator
NATIONAL ENERGY
SUMMIT 2017
9-10 October 2017
Sofitel Wentworth, Sydney
Can we solve the crisis?
Belinda Kinkead
Australian Director,
LO3 Energy
Megan Houghton
Executive General Manager
Energy Solutions,
ERM Power
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2. NATIONAL ENERGY SUMMIT 2017
Can we solve the crisis?
MONDAY, 9 OCTOBER - DAY 1
8:00 Registration and coffee
OPENING SESSION
8:45 Welcome and opening remarks
Michael Stutchbury, Editor in Chief, Australian
Financial Review
8:55 Welcome
Cindy Hook, CEO, Deloitte
THE POLITICAL DEBATE
9:00 Government Keynote Address
The Hon. Josh Frydenberg MP, Minister for Energy and
the Environment, Federal Government
9:20 The Opposition Response
Pat Conroy MP, Shadow Assistant Minister for Climate
Change and Energy
9:40 Q&A session facilitated by Australian Financial Review
THE MARKET
9:55 The independent review into the future security of our
national energy market – The post review reactions and
implementation of its recommendations
Dr Alan Finkel AO, Chief Scientist, Australian Government
10:15 Prospering in a carbon-constrained future
Andrew Vesey, Managing Director, AGL
10:35 Transitioning towards Australia’s new energy future
Audrey Zibelman, Chief Executive Officer, Australian
Energy Market Operator (AEMO)
10:55 Q&A session facilitated by Australian Financial Review
11:10 Morning refreshments
STATE GOVERNMENTS POLICIES AND PROPOSALS
11:30 South Australia
The Hon. Jay Weatherill MP, Premier, South Australia
Government
11:50 New South Wales
Don Harwin MLC, Minister for Resources, Minister for
Energy and Utilities, Minister for the Arts, NSW
Government
12:10 Queensland
An invitation has been extended to the Queensland
Government
12:30 Q&A session facilitated by Australian Financial Review
12:45 Lunch and networking break
GAS DEVELOPMENTS
1:30 Santos
Kevin Gallagher, Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer, Santos
1:50 Shell Australia
Tony Nunan, Managing Director, QGC a BG Group
Business
2:10 The need for policies that increase supply and support gas
developments
Malcolm Roberts, CEO, APPEA
2:30 Senex Energy
Dr Ralph Craven, Independent Non-Executive Director,
Senex Energy
2:50 Developing new gas from offshore south east Australia to
ease the gas shortage in south-eastern Australia
Dr David Maxwell, Managing Director, Cooper Energy
3:10 Afternoon refreshments
THE REGULATORS’ PANEL
3:30 Changing electricity demand fundamentals to make the
market more transparent
Rod Sims, Chairman, ACCC
Paula Conboy, Chair, Australian Energy Regulator
John Pierce, Chairman, Australian Energy Market
Commission
Professor Ian Harper, Senior Advisor, Deloitte Access
Economics
THE CUSTOMERS
4:30 Energy shortage and price hikes: The view from user
groups
Grant King, President, Business Council of Australia
Innes Willox, CEO, AiGroup
Dr Cassandra Goldie, Chief Executive Officer,
ACOSS
5:15 View from major energy users
Louis Vega, Managing Director, Dow Chemical
Bruce Cox, Managing Director, Rio Tinto Aluminium –
Pacific Operations
Chris Birrer, First Assistant Secretary, Infrastructure,
Department of Defence
Royce DeSousa, General Manager - Energy &
Sustainability, Visy
6:00 Networking drinks
6:45 End of Day One

3. 1:15 Lunch and networking break
THE ANALYSTS ON THE COUCH
2:15 Facilitated by Australian Financial Review
This final session will review, comment and analyse the
viewpoints, initiatives and solutions put forward by
Governments, regulators and industry players to end the
current energy uncertainty and build a reliable and
affordable 21st century energy market in Australia
Mark Samter, Director, Credit Suisse
John Hirjee, Managing Director - Senior Research
Analyst - Energy & Utilities, Deutsche Bank
Rob Koh, Utilities and Infrastructure Research Analyst,
Morgan Stanley
Saul Kavonic, Head of oil, gas, energy and renewables
for Australasia, Wood MacKenzie
CONNECTING AUSTRALIA’S ENERGY FUTURE
3:15 Partnering with producers to bring gas to market
Mick McCormack, Chief Executive Officer and
Managing Director, APA Group
3:35 The role that new interconnectors can play in addressing
electricity shortages in Australia
Paul Italiano, CEO, Transgrid
3:55 The role of gas in Australia's energy future: to 2050 and
beyond
Ben Wilson, CEO, Australian Gas Network
4:15 Snowy Hydro’s plans for Pumped-storage hydroelectricity
in the future NEM
Paul Broad, Managing Director, Snowy Hydro
4:35 Q&A session facilitated by Australian Financial Review
4:55 Closing remarks from the Chair
Afternoon refreshments and Close of Conference
TUESDAY, 10 OCTOBER - DAY 2
8:30 Morning coffee
9:00 Opening remarks from the Chair
Michael Stutchbury, Editor in Chief, Australian
Financial Review
9:10 Climate and Energy Policy
Frank Calabria, CEO, Origin Energy
ENERGY INVESTMENT AND EFFICIENCY
9:30 The benefits of proactively managing your energy
Megan Houghton, Executive General Manager Energy
Solutions, ERM Power
9:50 CEFC’s role as a catalyst for investment in an evolving
energy environment
Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation
10:10 Draft Climate Change Fund Strategic Plan
Senior Representative, NSW Office of Environment and
Heritage
10:30 Q&A session facilitated by Australian Financial Review
11:00 Morning Refreshments
INNOVATION AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES
11:30 Integrating battery storage into the NEM
Lara Olsen, Regional Manager Business Development &
Policy, Tesla Energy
11:50 Innovations in energy storage systems
Luke Osborne, Chief Operations, Reposit Power
12:10 International Case Study
Brooklyn Microgrid and P2P energy sharing – Can we
replicate it in Australia?
Belinda Kinkead, Australian Director, LO3 Energy
12:30 Distributed energy resource microgrid
Onslow is set to be the home of Australia's largest distribut-
ed energy resource microgrid which will target more than
50 per cent of the town's electricity needs to be serviced
from renewable energy sources. The project is being
delivered by Horizon Power and will be predominantly
funded through a State Development Agreement between
Chevron Australia Pty Ltd (Chevron) and the Western
Australian Government
Mark Paterson, General Manager Consumer Energy,
Horizon Energy
12:50 Innovation in the Energy Sector Study
Michael Rath, National Leader, Energy and Resources,
Deloitte
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