9–10October 2019SOFITEL SYDNEY WENTWORTH

SPEAKER LINE-UP FEATURING:

The Hon Bill Johnston MLA

Minister for Energy, Western Australia

Frank CalabriaCEO, Origin Energy

The Hon Angus Taylor MP

Minister for Energy and Emissions

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Alex WonhasChief System Design

and Engineering Officer, AEMO

Jeanne JohnsManaging Director

& CEO, Incitec Pivot Limited

Richard WrightsonExecutive General

Manager Wholesale Markets, AGL

Steve DavyCEO,

Hydro Tasmania

Rod SimsChairman, ACCC

Sandra JamesEnergy Partner,

Deloitte

Shaun GregoryEVP Exploration & CTO, Woodside

Jane NormanHead of Gas

Commercialisation, Santos

Gerard ReiterExecutive Manager,

TransGrid

Alison ReeveTaskforce Leader, National Hydrogen

Strategy

Dr Kerry SchottIndependent Chair, Electricity Security

Board

Spencer DaleGroup Chief

Economist, BP Plc

Catherina TannaManaging Director,

Energy Australia

The Hon Lily D’Ambrosio MPMinister for Energy,

Victoria

Richard GrossCEO, Ausgrid

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8:15 Morning Coffee & Registration

8:55 Opening remarks from the Chair

Michael Stutchbury, Editor in Chief, The Australian Financial Review

9:00 Welcome

Michael Rath, National Leader, Power and Utilities, Deloitte

DEFINING THE POLICIES – IS THERE A LONG-TERM ENERGY PLAN?

9:10 THE MINISTERIAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS Delivering long-term energy policy

The Hon Angus Taylor MP, Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, Federal Government

THE FUTURE ENERGY STATE

9:40 KEYNOTE ADDRESS | Designing the next energy market

Dr Kerry Schott AO, Independent Chair, Electricity Security Board

10:00 Origin Presentation

Frank Calabria, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Origin Energy

10:20 PANEL DISCUSSION | Changing the face of energy retail

Embedding a customer-centric culture and conduct in energy businesses to create tangible improvements in affordability and service delivery.

Amy Childs, Managing Director, Momentum Energy

Richard Wrightson, Executive General Manager Wholesale Markets, AGL

Jim Galvin, Executive Director - Retail Markets, Alinta Energy

Matthew van der Linden, CEO, FlowPower

11:00 Networking and refreshment break

11:30 Victoria Energy Policy

The Hon. Lily D’Ambrosio MP, Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Victoria Government

11:50 The grid’s journey to 2035 – how Ausgrid is collaborating with customers as it prepares for the sharing economy and a low carbon future

Richard Gross, CEO, Ausgrid

12:10 Beyond the energy transition: when the demand side is demanding change

Sandra James, Energy Partner, Deloitte

12:30 Lunch and networking break

1:20 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Gerard Reiter, Executive Manager, Network Planning & Operations, TransGrid

1:40 Challenges (and opportunities) for energy in Australia beyond 2020

Alex Wonhas, Chief System Design and Engineering Officer, Australian Energy Market Operator

WHAT ROLE SHOULD REGULATION PLAY?

2:00 PANEL DISCUSSION | Redefining the role of regulators: what are their visions and what are the consumers’ expectations?

Moderator: Deloitte Access Economics

Jim Cox, Board Member, Australian Energy Regulator

Anne Pearson, Chief Executive, Australian Energy Market Commission

Rosemary Sinclair AM, CEO, Energy Consumers Australia

David Parker, Chair, Clean Energy Regulator

Geoff Petersen, Special Counsel, Gilbert + Tobin

2:50 Networking and refreshment break

END USERS’ VIEWPOINT

3:20 A nation rich in gas resources - ensuring the East coast gas market works for Australia

Jeanne Johns, Managing Director & CEO, Incitec Pivot Limited

3:35 PANEL DISCUSSION | Views from major energy users. The need for an energy policy which can support medium-term investment in manufacturings

Jeanne Johns, Managing Director & CEO, Incitec Pivot Limited

Garbis Simonian, Managing Director, Weston Aluminium Pty

Stephen Bell, CEO, Qenos

4:25 NEM decarbonisation, at least cost

Gordon Wymer, Chief Commercial Officer, Snowy Hydro

4:40 PANEL DISCUSSION | Emerging technologies in renewables will be both a driver of transition and a tool of transition

Gordon Wymer, Chief Commercial Officer, Snowy Hydro

Rachel Watson, CEO, Pacific Hydro Australia

Steve Davy, CEO, Hydro Tasmania

James Harman, CEO, EDL

5:20 Closing remarks

Michael Rath, National Leader, Power and Utilities, Deloitte

5:25 Networking drinks Sponsored by

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8:15 Morning Coffee & Registration

8:50 Opening remarks by the Chair

Michael Stutchbury, Editor in Chief, The Australian Financial Review

8:55 Introduction

Michael Rath, National Leader, Power and Utilities, Deloitte

WHAT WOULD TRANSITION LOOK LIKE FOR AUSTRALIA

9:00 If everyone is so right about energy, why does it feel so wrong?

Catherine Tanna, Managing Director, Energy Australia

CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND PATHWAYS TO FINANCE LOW CARBON ENERGY MARKETS

9:20 PANEL DISCUSSION

How do we fund the next generation of power stations and network investments given ongoing uncertainty in the market and competition for capital? What are the alternative funding models? What are the major concerns for investors looking to fund Australian generation assets?

Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation

Emma Herd, CEO, Investor Group Climate Change

Paul Orton, Head of Project & Sustainable Finance, ANZ

10:10 Measuring and managing risk during the energy transition

Augustin Honorat, CEO, ENGIE Australia & New Zealand

GAS DEVELOPMENTS

10:30 Future of gas market regulation

Rod Sims, Chairman, ACCC

10:50 Networking and refreshment break

11:20 Western Australia: A case study in the benefits of a domestic gas reservation

The Hon Bill Johnston MLA, Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Industrial Relations, WA Government

11:40 KEYNOTE | Global Energy Outlook

Spencer Dale, Group Chief Economist, BP Plc

12:00 PANEL DISCUSSION

The domestic Gas market outlook. Discussing alternative forms of gas supply to address the east coast gas crisis; encouraging domestic gas exploration and production development; how to achieve long term affordable gas.

Spencer Dale, Group Chief Economist, BP Plc

Jane Norman, Head of Gas Commercialisation, Santos

Ian Davies, Managing Director, Senex Energy

Saul Kavonic, Head of Australian Energy Research, Credit-Suisse

12:50 Lunch and networking break

THE ANALYSTS ON THE COUCH

1:40 PANEL DISCUSSION

This 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.

Saul Kavonic, Head of Australian Energy Research, Credit-Suisse

Mark Samter, Senior Research Analyst, MST Marquee

Nicholas Browne, Director Gas & LNG Research Asia Pacific, Wood Mackenzie

DEVELOPING A HYDROGEN ECONOMY IN AUSTRALIA

2:20 The potential for hydrogen in a lower carbon world

Shaun Gregory, EVP Exploration & CTO, Woodside

2:40 PANEL DISCUSSION

Advocating the role of hydrogen in a carbon-constrained global economy and the opportunities for Australia to profit by accelerating its uptake. Need for government and industry to collectively work to capitalise on Australia’s position

Alison Reeve, Taskforce Leader, National Hydrogen Strategy, Federal Australian Government

Fiona Simon, Chief Executive, Hydrogen Mobility Australia

Frank Tudor, Managing Director, Jemena

Dr Daniel Roberts, Leader, Hydrogen Energy Systems Future Science Platform, CSIRO

Darren Miller, CEO, Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)

3:30 Afternoon break

THE FUTURE OF COAL IN THE ENERGY MIX

3:50 PANEL DISCUSSION

Trevor St Baker, CEO, Sunset Power International

Mark McCallum, Chief Executive Officer COAL21, General Manager – Climate & Energy, Minerals Council of Australia

Tony Wood, Energy Program Director, The Grattan Institute

Sarah McNamara, Chief Executive, Australia Energy Council

4:30 PANEL DISCUSSION

Re-thinking the network infrastructure. How to ensure the grid will deliver better outcomes for the consumers? How can the networks be prepared to operate efficiently in an uncertain future? What role does the grid play in the development of new generation resources - and how will it do this?

Caroline Taylor, Head of Public Policy, TransGrid

Lance Balcombe, CEO, TasNetworks

Kevin Kehl, Acting Chief Executive, Powerlink

Alistair Parker, EGM Regulated Energy Services, AusNet Services

Christopher Flynn, Partner, Gilbert +Tobin

5:20 CLOSING | Conclusive remarks

Michael Stutchbury, Editor in Chief, The Australian Financial Review

5:30 Close of Summit

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