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8 - 9 JULY 2026 | MCEC, MELBOURNE
CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION
8 - 9 JULY 2026
MCEC, MELBOURNE
#AuWE2026
CO-LOCATED WITH
AuWE 2026 Early Confirmed Strategic Speakers
Hon. Lily D'Ambrosio MP
Minister for Energy and Resources, Climate Action and the SEC
Victorian Government
Matthew Brine
Head of Division for Clean Energy Investment and Facilitation
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water
Anh Mai
Executive Director, Offshore Wind Energy Victoria (OWEV)
Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Montana de Meillon
Acting Director, Renewables Regulatory Practice Section
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water
Lane Crockett
Executive General Manager, Assets
SEC Victoria
Paul Graham
Chief Economist Energy
CSIRO
Adam Murdoch
Head of Renewable Energy Safety
Energy Safe Victoria
Laura Caspari
Chief Renewables Officer
ENGIE Australia & New Zealand
James Katsikas
Chief Executive Officer
EDF power solutions Australia
David Pollington
Mananging Director
ACEN Australia
Stuart Davis
Executive General Manager, Operations
Squadron Energy
David Moretto
Chief Commercial Officer
AGL
Iain Pople
Project CEO, Flagship Funds APAC
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
Nicola Pero
Executive Director
Iberdrola Australia
Stephanie Easton
Executive General Manager, Energy Markets
Iberdrola Australia
Chad Hymas
Chief Executive Officer
Aula Energy
Anil Chanana
Country Manager Australia
JERA Nex bp
Pelayo Rodríguez
Head of Business Development for Japan and Asia Pacific
Ocean Winds
Ross Edwards
Executive General Manager Operations & Markets
Tilt Renewables
Nik Trajkovski
General Manager Commercial & Bids
ACCIONA Energía
Jacqui Bridge
Executive General Manager, Network Investment
Powerlink Queensland
Claus Repenning
Executive Strategy
ElectraNet
Samuel Morillon
Managing Director Australia
Siemens Energy
Jorge Sánchez Turel
APAC Sales Leader, Wind Services
GE Vernova
Nick Foa
Chief Executive Officer
Industry Capability Network - Victoria
Thomas Schmitz
General Manager, Energy Markets
Aquila Clean Energy APAC
Bart Willems
Head of Commercial Offshore Wind
Jan De Nul
Johan Mouton
Director, Project Delivery
Equis
Tony Cantwell
Chief Executive Officer
Committee for Gippsland
Michael Choi
Chief Executive Officer
Ark Energy
Thought Leaders Driving the Next Era of WindGrid Transmission
Adele McCarthy
Executive Director, Strategy & Planning
VicGrid
Claire Cass
Executive Director, Access and Connections
VicGrid
Rachel Hayden
Director, Network Access
EnergyCo
Richard Pawlik
General Manager, Contestable Connections
AusNet
Ben Bristow
Head of Grid Transformation
Western Power
Stephanie McDougall
Head of Policy and Regulation
Tilt Renewables
Darren Brown
Co-Managing Director
Octopus Investments
Matthew Dickie
APAC Head of Regulatory Affairs
RWE
The Minds Powering the 2026 Onshore WindNEXT Summit
Nathan Blundell
Chief Development Officer
Windlab
Tobias Geiger
Managing Director
WestWind Energy
Alberto Perez Couso
Managing Director
Nordex Oceania
Richard Mackie
Head of Power Development
AGL
Emerson Hicks
Project Manager, Renewable Energy
Zenith Energy
Roberto Divita
Managing Director
PLUSSMART Technology
Wendy Farmer
Gippsland Organiser of Yes2Renewables
Friends of the Earth
Leaders Powering Unlocking Wind Capital Summit 2026
Fiona McIntyre
Chief Financial and Investments Officer
RWE Renewables Australia
Paul Richards
Global Head of Resources, Energy & Infrastructure
ANZ
Grant Muller
Head of Market, Risk and Development, Telstra Energy
Telstra
Anthony Marriner
Chief Executive Officer
Spark Renewables
Daniel Beaver
Executive Director
Foresight Group
Roby Camagong
Managing Director and Head of Investments
Equis
Werther Esposito
Chief Executive Officer
Potentia Energy
Sam Pearce
Chief Executive Officer
Collgar Renewables
Stephen Panizza
Co-Founding Partner and Head of Sustainable Infrastructure
Federation Asset Management
Karen Jordan
Transaction Director
OX2
Global Offshore Wind Leaders Gather at the 2026 Offshore WindTECH
Kiseok Kim
Development Director, Offshore Wind
EDF Power Solutions
Tamara Al-Hashimi
Technical Director
RPS
Jorrit De Boer
Commercial Manager, Renewables
Boskalis Offshore Energy
Simon Van de Sande
Area Manager, APAC
DEME Group
Giacomo Rizzi
Director, HV & Submarine Business, Oceania and South East Asia
Prysmian
Leading Voices for Regional Development Forum
Montana de Meillon
Acting Director, Renewables Regulatory Practice Section
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water
Anthea Middleton
Chief Executive Officer
Powering Skills Organisation
Michael Williams
Sustainability Superintendent
Bellevue Gold
Michael Johnston
Chief Executive Officer
Committee for Geelong
Nils Hay
Chief Executive Officer
Mid West Development Commission
James Montgomery
Chief Executive Officer
TAFE Gippsland
AuWE2025 Strategic Speakers
Sue McCarrey
Chief Executive Officer
Offshore Infrastructure Regulator
Alistair Parker
Chief Executive Officer
VicGrid
Andrew Kingsmill
Executive Director, Technical Advisory Services
EnergyCo
Belinda Wilson
Manager of Offshore Renewables
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Tony Mahar
Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner
Vinod Philip
Global Chief Executive Officer
Siemens Gamesa
Jens Bøgsted Orfelt
EVP and President, Asia-Pacific (Offshore Development)
RWE Renewables
Daniel Belton
Chief Executive Officer, Australia
RWE Renewables
Laura Caspari
Chief Renewables Officer
ENGIE AU
Thomas Hansen
Senior Director, Offshore Wind Australia
Equinor
Anil Chanana
Country Manager Australia
Parkwind
Danny Nielsen
Country Manager & Senior Vice President ANZ
Vestas
Jackie Brown
Commercial Director Onshore Wind ANZ & ASEAN
GE Vernova
Kane Xu
Senior Vice President
Envision Energy
John Titchen
Director
Goldwind Australia
Kiseok Kim
Development Director, Offshore Wind
EDF Power Solutions
Tamara Al-Hashimi
Technical Director
RPS
Jorrit De Boer
Commercial Manager, Renewables
Boskalis Offshore Energy
Simon Van de Sande
Area Manager, APAC
DEME Group
Giacomo Rizzi
Director, HV & Submarine Business, Oceania and South East Asia
Prysmian
Fiona McIntyre
Chief Financial and Investments Officer
RWE Renewables Australia
Paul Richards
Global Head of Resources, Energy & Infrastructure
ANZ
Grant Muller
Head of Market, Risk and Development, Telstra Energy
Telstra
Anthony Marriner
Chief Executive Officer
Spark Renewables
Daniel Beaver
Executive Director
Foresight Group
Roby Camagong
Managing Director and Head of Investments
Equis
Werther Esposito
Chief Executive Officer
Potentia Energy
Sam Pearce
Chief Executive Officer
Collgar Renewables
Stephen Panizza
Co-Founding Partner and Head of Sustainable Infrastructure
Federation Asset Management
Karen Jordan
Transaction Director
OX2
Diversity & Inclusion Pioneers
Kate Sykes
Executive General Manager, People and Sustainability
Squadron Energy
Kate Naughton
Chief Operating Officer
Windlab
Mary Barry
CEO of CircularEco; Founding Director
Women of Offshore Wind
Alice Thompson
Chief Executive Officer
Committee for the Hunter
Georgina Kentwell
Head of Communications and Stakeholder Engagement
AEMC
AuWE2026 VIP Guests
More will be updated soon...
Mark Vile
Managing Director
Onward
Dianne Munro
National Technical Director
Onward
Sean Myers
Southern Region Manager
Onward
Camilo Alzate
ES Director
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Chido Chandakabata
Engineering Director, APAC
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Neil Hall
Business Development Manager
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Andrea Fakos
Sales & Customer Service Manager
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
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