ALL ENERGY 2026 Conference Agenda Highlights | Day 2 ROOFTOPS AND RESULTS – STATE AND TERRITORY PRIORITIES FOR AUSTRALIA’S HOME ENERGY FUTURE Thursday 29th October 2026, Plenary Hall 3 Australia’s home energy transition is accelerating, with states and territories playing a decisive role in shaping outcomes for households This panel brings together government representatives to outline their achievements and priorities for the next two years — spanning solar, electrification, storage, consumer protections, and affordability. Chair: Matthew Dewhirst, Manager, Projects, South Australian Government Panellists: Paul Corkill, Executive Director, Consumer Energy Investment, Energy Security Corporation, New South Wales Government Amber Benjafield, Director, Customer & Digital Experience, Victorian Government Scott Oster, Director Program Delivery, South Australian Government Ros Malouf, Executive Branch Manager, Program Delivery, ACT Government Grace Tam, Head of Consumer Finance, Clean Energy Finance Corporation Hosted by: ▷▶▷ CLICK FOR THE FULL CONFERENCE AGENDA ▷▶▷ TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS FOR CLEAN ENERGY Thursday 29th October 2026, Room 219 Chair: Carolyn Huston, CSIRO National Energy Analysis Centre Data Science and AI Lead, CSIRO Beyond optimisation: How AI can anticipate the needs of large-scale energy users Andy Sibley, CEO, Simply Energy Competitive advantages of vanadium flow batteries for long duration energy storage, AI data centres, and hot climate applications Graham Arvidson, CEO, Australian Vanadium Using a living lab to generate targeted insights Carolyn Huston, CSIRO National Energy Analysis Centre Data Science and AI Lead, CSIRO How does resource variability affect round-the-clock BESS project sizing? Gregory Poulos, Director Renewables Technical Advisory & Principal Atmospheric Scientist, Bureau Veritas (CEO ArcVera Renewables) A new model for commercialising innovation in Australia Emmanuel Mastio, Executive Director, Trailblazer for Recycling & Clean Energy (TRaCE), UNSW CLEAN ENERGY GOES HIGH-TECH Thursday 29th October 2026, Room 203 Chair: Karl Redenbach, CEO, AgenticScale.AI Pty Ltd Agentic AI in action: How utilities are deploying autonomous agents to cut costs, reduce risk, and future-proof operations Karl Redenbach, CEO, AgenticScale.AI Pty Ltd From asset to analytics: Overcoming data fragmentation to scale uptime Franziska Bach, Product Lead/ DVS Owner Digital | Division Large Scale & Project Solutions, SMA Solar Technology (Germany) Spatial intelligence in the transition: Practical GIS integration for major projects Tiona Meek, GIS Lead, Acciona Construction Australia Scaling innovations in low emission manufacturing: Lessons from the lab Jessica Allen, Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle Developing smart tools to monitor systems and improve workplace safety for grid maintenance and development David Hinwood, Research Fellow, IA-Cobotics Lab, RMIT From data to autonomy: AI agents and robotics for the self-operating solar farm Bram Hoex, Director, R&D and Strategy, P2AgentX 44
