Energy delegation

Energy delegation one day program

Program details

Energy delegation half-day program

Location: In person event - Level 46, 55 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Date:  Tuesday 22 October 2024, 9am to 2pm.

We invite you to register your interest for the Victorian Government’s energy delegation half-day program to All Energy Australia in October 2024.

This comprehensive program is designed to explore the dynamic and rapidly evolving landscape of the energy sector in Victoria and Australia and will provide you with valuable insights, practical knowledge, and networking opportunities to drive your projects and initiatives forward.

The program will include:

  • The market outlook for Victoria and Australia: the supply chain and what’s needed for net zero by 2045
  • Investment experiences in Victoria: insights from wind, solar and energy storage projects
  • Understanding the Australian energy market: electricity market dynamics and grid connectivity
  • Green financing: securing financial support for your projects and selling into the grid
  • Networking

Register your interest

Following the expression of interest process, registrants will be contacted in August to confirm their place in the delegation.

Number of spots will be allocated based on space to accommodate as many guests as possible across the wind, solar, and battery, and renewable manufacturing industries.

Program schedule

The half- day program runs from 9am to 2pm, and includes morning tea and networking lunch.

Moderator:  Finnlay Cowden, Investment Manager, Invest Victoria

9:00Welcome 
  
9:15Opening
  
9:45Session 1
 The market outlook for Victoria and Australia: the supply chain and what's needed for net zero by 2045
Panelists:
Vanya Kumar - Executive Director - Innovation, Commercial & Investment Attraction, Energy Group - Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA)
- Sarah Miller - Regulatory Specialist – Offshore Renewables, Offshore Infrastructure Regulator   
- Dan Sturrock, Investment Director, ARENA    
  
10:15Session 2
 Investment experiences in Victoria: insights from wind, solar and energy storage projects
Panelists:
- Campbell Ross - Head of Wholesale, Octopus Investments
- Sara Taylor - Director of Regulatory & External Affairs, Hydrostor
- Erin Coldham - Chief Development Officer, Southerly Ten
- Nam Quach - General Manager, SEC
  
11:00Morning tea
  
11:30Session 3
 Understanding the Victorian energy market: electricity dynamics and grid connectivity
Panelists:
- Liz Ryan - Executive General Manager, Transmission, AusNet
- Nicola Falcon - General Manager, Victorian Planning and Connections, AEMO
- Deepak Sharma - Director, Project Delivery, VicGrid
  
12:15Session 4
 Green financing: securing financial support for your projects and selling into the grid
Panelists:
Chris Dynon - Partner, King & Wood Mallesons
Ged Cochrane - Partner, White and Case
- Sub Mukherjee - Director Project Finance, Westpac
- Joe Harber - Head of Wind Investments, Clean Energy Finance Corporation
  
13:00Networking lunch
  
14:00Close

Contact us

For more information about the program contact Finnlay Cowden.