Invited Speakers
The Conference will highlight over 100 keynote and invited speakers including:
Government Speakers
| The Hon Chris Bowen MP Minister for Climate Change and Energy Australian Ministry | Hon Lily D'Ambrosio MP Minister for Climate Action, Minister for Energy and Resources, Minister for State Electricity Commission | Anh Mai Executive Director Offshore Wind Energy Victoria (OWEV), Victoria State Government |
| Malcolm Turnbull 29th Prime Minister of Australia (2015 - 2018) | Deputy Secretary Jo Evans Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water | Owen Wilson Executive Director, Offshore Infrastructure Regulator |
Invited Speakers
| Jonathan Cole CEO Corio Generation | Thomas Wibe Poulsen Partner, APAC Lead Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners | Derek McKay Executive General Manager Offshore Wind and Generation Shell Energy Australia |
| Ben Backwell CEO Global Wind Energy Council | Kane Thornton CEO Clean Energy Council | Jonas Moberg CEO Green Hydrogen Organisation |
| Stewart Mullin COO Global Wind Energy Council | Mark Leybourne Offshore Wind Program Lead The World Bank Group | Liming Qiao Head of Asia Global Wind Energy Council |
| Mark Hutchinson Director GWEC | Aaron Smith Chief Commercial Officer Principle Power | Anna Freeman Policy Director Clean Energy Council |
| Rajnish Sharma Director of Project Management Equinor | Patrick Gorr Global Hydrogen Leader Arup | Morgan Rossiter Senior Policy Officer Clean Energy Council |
| Henriette Holm Director Ørsted Australia | Henrik Stiesdal Founder, Chief Technical Officer and Board Member Stiesdald | Morten Dyrholm Chairman of GWEC and Vice President and Global Head of Marketing and Public Affairs at Vestas |
| José Oriol Hoyos Chairman of the Board of Directors Iberdrola Renovables Internacional | Robert Ludecke GM Hydrogen and Strategic Projects Iberdrola Australia | Amisha Patel Director of Global Public Affairs Offshore Wind (on secondment) GWEC |
| Ross Rolfe AO Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Iberdrola Australia | Fernando Santamaría Executive General Manager Renewables Iberdrola Australia | David Carrascosa Director of Operations Saitec Offshore Technologie |
| Talia Zammataro Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water | Jens Orfelt EVP and President - Asia Pacific (Offshore Development) RWE | Peter Constantin Brun Global Segment Leader Offshore Wind DNV |
| Richard Clarkson APAC Technical Advisory Lead ERM | Nick Sankey Country Manager for Australia, BlueFloat Energy | Kobad Bhavnagri Global Head Of Strategy, Bloomberg NEF |
| Shashi Barla Director / Head of Research Renewable Energy Brinkmann Group | Emily Sykes Vice President Energy Transition Fund CIP | Rafael Munilla Muñoz Chief Business Development Officer Ocean Winds |
| Maya Malik Co-founder KIMA energy | Michael Hannibal Partner Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners | Joe Nai General Manager Offshore Power in Asia Shell |
| Ingunn Svegården Senior Vice President Asia-Pacific, Renewables and Country Manager Singapore Equinor | Holger Matthiesen SVP Offshore Wind Mainstream Renewable Power | Yi-Hua Lu Head of APAC Region Corio Generation |
| Fredrik Andrén-Sandberg Head of Public Affairs APAC Vestas | Pelayo Rodriguez Japan Representative and Senior Business Initiatives Manager Ocean Winds | Frank Rijnja Head of APAC Procurement Copenhagen Offshore Partners |
| Rebecca Thomson Director Hydrogen Verification and Trade, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Government of Australia | Scott Trevean Team Lead Hydrogen and CCUS, ANZ, Energy Systems DNV | Mirjam Tome Managing Director Skyborn Renewables Australia |
| Tamara Al Hashimi Technical Director RPS Energy | Mark Wakeham Australian Program Director The Sunrise Project and Board Director Sustainability Victoria | Ricardo Da Silva Alvarez Networks Business Development Manager Iberdrola Australia |
| Matthew Dickie Head of Regulatory Affairs APAC RWE | Nathalie Oosterlinck Managing Executive Officer Head of the Global Renewable Energy Division JERA Co. Inc | Trenton Gilbert Head of Section for Project Development & Analytics DNV |
| Daniel Nugent Head of Regulatory Affairs APAC RWE | Lin Wei Overseas Marketing Director Sungrow Wind | Jonathan Spink Chief Executive Officer Haewoori Offshore Windfarm |
| Nam Quach Development Manager Skyborn Renewables | Tulika Raj Co Founder and CEO SunGreenH2 | Patrick Gjelstrup Rosenquist Senior Vice President EKF |
| Erin Coldham Chief Development Officer Star of the South / Copenhagen Offshore Partners Australia & New Zealand | Shohan Seneviratne CEO Murchison Hydrogen Renewables | François Van Leeuw Co-CEO Parkwind |
| Nathan Turner Country Manager New Zealand BlueFloat Energy | Raymund Pascual Country Manager Philippines BlueFloat Energy | Eric Antoons Co-CEO Parkwind |
| Martin Hablutzel Head Sustainable Energy Systems, Asia Pacific Siemens Energy | Hanne Multhaupt Head of Procurement APAC RWE | Mike Schoofs Global Head of Energy & Renewables Kuehne + Nagel |
| Niels Steenberg Chairman and Managing Director, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Offshore Wind | Naveen Balachandran Vice President Renewable Energy Logistics, Asia-Pacific, Kuehne + Nagel | Jas Chambers Chair and Co-Founder Ocean Decade Australia |
| Michael Ottaviano Managing Partner - Renewable Energy APAC ERM | Mika Ohbayashi Director Renewable Energy Institute, Tokyo | Noel Dunlop Founder, Energys |
| Ronnie Brandstrup Head of APAC Project Development & Programmes Ørsted | Anil Chanana Country Manager - Australia Parkwind NV | Marcus Dixson Country Head Australia Green Giraffe |
| Andy Evans Co-Founder/CEO Oceanex Energy | Benoit Lavinal Global Head of Procurement Representative Corio Generation | Woojin Choi Head of Korea Corio Generation and Vice President Korea Wind Energy Industry Association |
| Prerna Bhargaba Assistant Manager, Hydrogen Strategy, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Government of Australia | Danny Nielsen Country Manager & Senior Vice President AU/NZ, Vestas | Iain McGill Associate Professor, Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets, UNSW |
| Claire Lohan Vice President and CEO Taiwan Round 3 Projects, Copenhagen Offshore Partners | Joshua Pearl General Manager Energy Transition, Iberdrola Australia | Caren Hsiao AAPAC Representative, G+ Global Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation |
| Shane Gaddes Head of the Net Zero Industries Division DCCEEW | Catherine Zerger Hydrogen General Manager, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Government of Australia | Peter Lumsden General Manager - Offshore Wind, Iberdrola Australia |
| Peng Chaocai Vice President & Chairman Sungrow Hydrogen | Feng Zhao Head of Strategy and Market Intelligence GWEC | Sergio Pinar Head of Commercial & Risk Ocean Winds |
| André Zimnik Commercial Director Boskalis | Benjamin White Senior Director, Business Development and Stakeholder Relations, Australia Equinor | Dr Madana Nallappan Market Intelligence Manager APAC Energy Industries Council |
| Christine Dela Cruz Spilling Strategy and Portfolio Lead Asia-Pacific Equinor | Joanna Kay General Manager Zero Carbon Hydrogen Australia | Andrew Pomeroy General Manager Development Wellington Shire Council |
| Jørn Hammer Partner and Head of CIP Australia Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners | Professor Scott Hamilton Expert Advisor Zero Carbon Hydrogen Australia | Alistair Parker CEO VicGrid |
| Jonathan Smith General Manager – Offshore Wind Australia Vena Energy | Dr Behrooz Bahrani Associate Professor Monash University | Franziska Teichmann Senior Manager & Head of the German Secretariat for the Energy Cooperation with Australia and New Zealand, Adelphi |
| Immanuel Capano Chief Commercial Officer Saitec Offshore Technologies | Thomas Hansen Senior Director, Offshore Wind, Australia Equinor | David Waayers Partner ERM |
| Iain Melhuish Executive Director Macquarie | Dr Rowena Cristina L. Guevera Undersecretary Department of Energy (Philippines) | Dr Nick Aberle Director Energy Generation and Storage Clean Energy Council |
| Naomi Campbell Co-founder and Development Director Energise Renewables Pty Ltd | Amy Boersma Country Managing Director JUM-BO Consulting Group P/S | Melissa Keane Partner Allens |
| Andrew Ho Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs Ørsted Australia | John Hsu General Manager of HV Underground Cable and Submarine Cable System Department for International Market Hengtong Group | Jason Storey General Manager Subsurface VIC/NZ Beach Energy Ltd |
| Todd Clewett Director, Government and Sustainability Fortescue | Seiichiro Akiyoshi CEO Green Power Corp. |
| Shannon Hurley Nature Conservation Campaigner Victorian National Parks Association | Alastair Dutton Co-Founder Offshore Wind Learning |
| Peter Morrissey Industry Advisor HunterNet | Tim Buckley Director Climate Energy Finance Sydney |
| Dr Prabir Kumar Dash Scientist D Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Government of India | Her Excellency Ms Pernille Dahler Kardel Ambassador of Denmark to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji Royal Danish Embassy Australia |
| Eiichi Ito General Manager, Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEPCO) |
| Eduardo Karlin General Manager, APAC | Yes2Renewables Coordinator, Friends of the Earth Australia |
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