Conference Agenda Highlights | Day 2 Chair: Natalie Thompson, Senior Analyst, Energy Storage & Solar, Wood Mackenzie VicGrid's Victorian transmission plan Alistair Parker, Chief Executive Officer VicGrid Innovating for the future: Leveraging utility-scale technology to transform Australia’s grid Shane Bannister, Head of Business Development & Sales, Megapack APAC Grounded in Australia: Deployable helical pile foundations for BESS, solar, wind & transmission Brodie Houghton, Managing Director, Solidity Pty Ltd Crunch time for Western Australia's WEM Sally Bogle, Vice President – APAC Renewables & Power, Rystad Energy Assessing harmonic filter design and sizing under divergent TNSP methodologies in the power system Dominique Alonso Sorensen, Grid Connection Manager, Electronicas Arteche Smart Grid (Spain) PANEL DISCUSSION Unlocking Australia’s potential: Harnessing renewable energy and BESS for energy security & grid resilience Elisabeth Balding, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, EDF Australia Matching Australia’s grid with its renewable superpower ambition Kylie Turner, Sustainable Economies Lead, Climateworks Centre Chair: Chris Thompson, Co-CEO, Amber Electric VPPs Reimagined: Unlocking the True Value of Home Batteries & EVs Tim Barson, Strategic Partnerships, Amber Electric How AI-driven virtual power plants are changing the game for residential communities Carly Irving-Dolan,Executive Director – Energy and Connectivity, Prospecta Utilities VPP Readiness Index Hugo Khelifa, Manager/Head of Sydney Office, Blunomy VPP learnings from the West George Martin, Chief Technology Officer, Plico Virtual power plants: How a single site could make or break your portfolio Mark Netto, Partner, VPP Partners Economic models for VPP participation: Behind the meter – energy management Pawan Verma, Solutions Engineer, Fronius Australia Virtual power plants: Orchestrating Australia's distributed energy future Tomás Eastwood, Senior Technical Support Engineer, AlphaESS Australia PANEL DISCUSSION Power of partnerships to prove and expand VPPs Leesa Blazely, Project Director, Momentum Energy Boosting VPP adoption: Crafting customer-centric and compelling value propositions Nirmit Sharma, Head of Customer Marketing, Synergy (Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation) INTEGRATING CLEAN ENERGY WITH THE GRID MARKETPLACE READINESS FOR VIRTUAL POWER PLANTS Wednesday 30th October 2025, 1:30pm – 3:00pm | Plenary Hall 2 Wednesday 30th October 2025, 3:30pm – 5:00pm | Plenary Hall 2 ▷▶▷ CLICK FOR THE FULL CONFERENCE AGENDA ▷▶▷ 44 ALL ENERGY AUSTRALIA
