17-18 March 2026 | Sydney, Australia

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Jern Siew

Executive Director

DBS Bank Ltd

Daniel O’Doherty

Vice President of Business Development

EnergyDome

Brendan Warn

Managing Director | Co-founder

DIRECT Infrastructure

Andy Colthorpe

Editor - Energy-Storage.news, Deputy Editor-in-chief, Solar Media Publishing

Informa Markets

Chloe Hicks

Executive Director, Strategy and Policy 

EnergyCo

Craig Francis

Chief Executive Officer

Genex Power

Stephen Richardson

Principal Engineer DC Systems

Energy Queensland

Claude Morris

National Sector Leader - BESS

GHD

Li Zi

Deputy General Manager – Energy Storage

Goldwind

Nick Renshaw

Investment Director, APAC

Sosteneo Infrastructure Partners

Tim Ryan

Founder

Ready.Energy

Charlie Behan

Vice President, Infrastructure & Utilities

JP Morgan

Anne Pearson

Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

Essential Energy

Glenn Dahlenburg

General Manager Energy Storage

Energy Queensland

Robert Chew

Project Design Manager - APAC

RWE

Dr. Guang Yang

President of Technology

Beijing HyperStrong Technology Co., LTD.

Elena  Olevanova

Executive Director – Infrastructure & Energy Finance

Natixis CIB Australia

Kevin Guan

Country Manager

EVE Energy

Graeme Martin

Founder

Village Power

Dr. Karolina Biernacka

Sales Manager – BESS, Australia & New Zealand

Trina Solar

George Heynes

Senior Reporter

Energy Storage News

Craig Stallan

Executive General Manager

Lumea (Transgrid Group)

Seán Martin

Head of Sales - Australia

Modo Energy

Alan Rai

Executive Director - Energy & Environmental Markets

CORE Markets

Simon Brooker

Country Director, NI - Australia & New Zealand

Zenobe

Amar Rathore

Senior Director, Batteries and Consumer Energy Resources

Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate, ACT Government

Carolyn Conner

General Manager, Investment (acting)

Austrade

José Luis Herrero

Head of Origination and Execution Australia

Cubico Sustainable Investments

Tom Frampton

Head of Asset Management

Potentia Energy

Dr Keith Lovegrove

Director

Australian Solar Thermal Energy Association (AUSTELA)

Elias Saba

Chief Technology Officer

Eku Energy

Stephen Challis

Head of Asset Management

Shell Energy

Stephanie Bashir

CEO

Nexa Advisory

Christiaan Zuur

Policy Director of Market, Investment and Grid

Clean Energy Council

Dani Alexander

Chief Executive Officer

UNSW Energy Institute

Hon. Nick Duigan MLC

Minister for Energy and Renewables, Minister for Sports and Events & Minister for Parks

Department of Premier & Cabinet

Carl Christiansen

Associate Director, Business Development & Transactions

Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)

Matthew Pellow

Energy Storage Lead

Endeavour Energy

Matt Grover

Director, Energy Markets

Fluence

Joel Prata

Head of Grid

ACEnergy 

Steve Higgins

Commercial Director

ACCURE Battery Intelligence

Michael Jellis

Director - Head of Energy Markets

Equis Australia

Thimo Mueller

General Manager, Commercial

AEMO Services

Pan Galanis

Director of Energy Markets

Akaysha Energy

Aydin Kizilirmak

Head of Grid Connection and Approvals

Potentia Energy

Muhammad Walid

Solutions Manager

Sungrow Australia

Ben Arnott

Managing Director Head of Energy+ Group, Australia

Societe Generale

Jess Padman

Director of Energy Products

National Renewable Network

Nick Hawke

Director

Clean Energy Finance Corporation

Ana Erceg

Manager Grid Evolution

AusNet Services

Mirko Molinari

Chief Commercial Officer

X-ELIO

James Pirie

Program Director, Major Projects Strategy

Hydro Tasmania

Dave Bowly

Operations Manager

AGL

Beth Mitchell

Head of Engagement

Beyond Zero Emissions

Wendel Hortop

Director - Australia

Modo Energy

Daphne Yao

Chief Executive Officer

Valent Energy

Jimmy Molea

Regional Business Development Director – ANZ

Sungrow Australia

Craig Chambers

Energy Lead, Australia

Mott Macdonald

Michael Rush

Sr. Director of Sales, ANZ

Hithium

John Sheehy

CEO

Pottinger

Tom Best

COO

Eku Energy

Mervin Kall

Head of Grid

OX2

Matt Baumgurtel

Partner, New Energy Lead

Hamilton Locke

Sahand Karimi

Researcher

University of Adelaide

Stephanie Moroz

Principal

Davanz

Thomas Schmitz

General Manager, Energy Markets

Aquila Clean Energy APAC

Dr. Emi Gui

Energy Transition Program Lead

Monash Energy Institute

Toby Roberts

Country Director - Australia

Elements Green

Tim Buckley

Director

Climate Energy Finance Australasia

François-Régis Pialoux

Director | Energy

ING Australia

Edmund Li

Head of System Operations

Endeavour Energy

Vanya Kumar

Executive Director, Innovation, Commercial and Investment Attraction | Energy

Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Niall Brady

Head of Solar and Battery Storage

Clean Energy Finance Corporation

Tom Fellows

Data Scientist (Australia Lead)

Modo Energy

Sam Markham

Growth Manager, Australia & New Zealand

Fluence

Dr. Mahdi Behrangrad

Head of ESS/VPP Business Department

Pacifico Energy K.K.

Nimish Trivedi

Manager of Asset & Operations

Synergy

Joris Eerkens

Managing Director

Squirrel Energy

Jennifer Pan

Partner

Everoze

Mark Croudace

Executive Representative

LDES Council

Martino Alborghetti

Head of Techsales

NHOA Energy

Simon Mason

Partner

Everoze

Mark Swinnerton

Chief Executive Officer

Green Gravity

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