08:00
Welcome coffee
08:50
Opening remarks from the Chair
Scott Ferraro
Net Zero Program Director
Monash University
IMPROVING SAFETY AND RELIABILITY OUTCOMES – THE ROAD TO ZERO
09:00
HOW DIFFERENT ASSET MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IMPACT NETWORK PERFORMANCE.
- Exploring the intersections between asset management and safety management
- Energy Queensland’s asset lifecycle management journey
- How the company is bringing the two DNSPs (distribution network service provider) together after the merger
- Reviewing current asset challenges moving into the next regulation period
Tim Hart
General Manager, Asset Lifecycle Management
Energy Queensland
09:30
Challenges facing SA Power Networks from DER - and the new strategic capabilities to manage these
- The unique situations placing South Australia at the leading of renewables integration challenges
- The potential impacts on the network
- The various options we have to address these challenges
- The pioneering work that we’ve done to value DER integration
- The technical capabilities we’re developing, in particular a leading project to establish a standardised communication interface to DER aggregators to improve efficient network integration
James Brown
Future Networks Engineer
SA Power Networks
10:00
Overview of the National Energy Analytics Research (NEAR) program
The NEAR program is a partnership between the Department of the Environment and Energy, the CSIRO and the Australian Energy Market Operator developing world-class capabilities in understanding and planning for the Australian energy system. The NEAR program will link representative consumers energy patterns with energy sector data to provide a better understanding of the modern Australian energy user.
- National and regional opportunities for demand response programs
- Key drivers of energy consumption for Australian households, and
- The evolution of energy consumption across Australia over the last decade
Sarea Coates
Director, NEAR Taskforce, Economics & Analysis Branch
Department of the Environment and Energy
10:30
Morning tea in the exhibition hall
IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND DESIGN
11:00
CASE STUDY: Leveraging international knowledge to tackle emerging power system challenges
- Overview on CIGRE’s researches for the global power industry
- Key considerations to addressing emerging power system challenges
- Asset management, planning and developing
- Operating power systems securely with high levels of renewable generation
David Bones
Technical Committee Chair
CIGRE
11:20
Empowering the industry to build new generation projects with better planning and development
- Developing strong skill-set to ensure the successful implementation of new projects in the energy sector
- Establishing concerted, coordinated, collaborative industry focused research into current industry technical issues
- Working in conjunction with Australian and global energy sector on long-term issues
Board Member to be nominated
Australian Power Institute
THE FUTURE OF ENERGY – UNDERSTANDING THE MEGATRENDS THAT ARE RESHAPING THE SECTOR
11:40
Panel Discussion: Managing in a time of uncertainty – how do you set your team up to succeed in a time of change?
- What are the big trends that will have the largest impact?
- As the sector evolves, what is the value in teams with more diverse skill sets?
- How do you overcome the challenges of integrating new technologies and processes into an old business?
- Surfacing and managing ideas
Panel Moderator:
Scott Ferraro
Net Zero Program Director
Monash University
Panellists:
Andre Harvey
General Manager, Procurement & Supply
Stanwell Corporation
Tracy Deveugle-Frink
Head of Change & Innovation
Western Power
Adrian Lloyd
Technology Innovation Engineer
Ergon Energy
12:20
Networking lunch in the exhibition hall
13:30
CASE STUDY: Energy productivity and a case study into high-efficiency geothermal air conditioning
- The energy productivity landscape
- Geothermal air conditioning technology fundamentals
- Residential case study (Fairwater development in Blacktown NSW)
- The home of the future (Net zero emissions home)
Shayne Kumar
Innovation Manager - New Energy
Alinta Energy
THE ROLE OF IOT AND AI IN ENABLING PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE
14:00
CASE STUDY: Myth buster: can innovation be governed?
- How to align network investment with the agile structure of an innovation portfolio
- Taking project management to the next level by moving on from the traditional structure (plan, scope, deliver, close)
- Justifying network investments when electricity prices are too high already
Tracy Deveugle-Frink
Head of Function, Change & Innovation
Western Power
14:30
Afternoon tea in the exhibition hall
15:00
CASE STUDY: Legacy systems and the smart grid – making current networks more agile
- How to integrate new technologies to network built based on old principals
- Key tools and techniques to manage network constraints effectively
- Enabling automated demand response pilots for commercial and industrial customers
Yogendra Vashishtha
Senior Demand Management Engineer
Jemena
15:30
CASE STUDY: Balancing cost, risk and performance - using data to drive effective decisions
- Exploring the differences between asset data management and asset information management – which one to choose from
- That are a lot of insights that could be captured but engineers are unable to do so because data is stored in places where it’s difficult to get access to. How to overcome this issue?
- How to design more dynamic asset networks that enable the capturing of a lot more data
David Salisbury
Executive Manager Engineering
Essential Energy
16:00
Closing remarks from the Chair
16:10
End of Day Two and close of conference