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AGENDA AT A GLANCE
Session | Room | 2026/7/8 morning | 2026/7/8 afternoon | 2026/7/8 evening | 2026/7/9 morning | 2026/7/9 afternoon |
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Industry High-level Breakfast (Invited only) | TBC | 07:30-08:30 | - | - | - | - |
Strategic Summit | Goldfields Theatre | 09:10-12:15 | 14:00-18:05 | - | 09:10-12:25 | 14:00-16:55 |
Unlocking Wind Capital Forum | Eureka 3 | 09:20-12:50 | - | - | - | - |
Regional Development Forum | Eureka 3 | - | 14:30-17:40 | - | - | - |
Happy Hour | Exhibition Bays via Door 9/10 | - | - | 18:00-19:00 | - | - |
Gala Dinner | Melbourne Room 1 | - | - | 19:30-21:00 | - | - |
WindGrid Transmission Forum | Eureka 3 | - | - | - | 09:00-12:05 | 14:00-17:05 |
Offshore WindTECH Summit | Exhibition Bays via Door 9/10 | 10:00-12:25 | 14:05-17:05 | - | - | - |
Onshore WindNEXT Summit | Exhibition Bays via Door 9/10 | - | - | - | 09:30-12:40 | - |
Women in Net-Zero Future | Exhibition Bays via Door 9/10 | - | - | - | 10:00 – 12:00 | - |
Start-up Innovation Challenge | Exhibition Bays via Door 9/10 | 10:30-12:00 | - | - | - | - |
2026 UNLOCKING WIND CAPITAL
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WHERE WIND PROJECTS AND CAPITAL CONNECT
The 3rd Edition of the Unlocking Wind Capital Summit unites leaders from wind developers, investors, banks, insurers, and advisors across APAC, Europe, and Australia to network and shape the future of renewable energy finance. Through expert panels and keynotes on investment, financing, M&A, and risk management, the summit delivers critical insights to accelerate Australia’s wind sector and capitalize on its booming market.
DAY 1 Morning
09:20 - 09:25
05 mins
Summit Opening by Chair
Richie Merzian
Chief Executive Officer
Clean Energy Investor Group
09:25 - 09:45
20 mins
[Keynote] From Policy to Capital: How CIS and Federal–State Coordination Are Unlocking Bankable Clean Energy Investment
Matthew Brine
Acting Deputy Secretary
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
09:45 - 10:25
40 mins
[Panel] Structuring Returns: Financing Models and Risk Allocation in Australia's Wind Market
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What Capital Needs to Commit – Return Expectations & Bankability
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Financing Structures That Actually Close
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Allocating Risk Without Killing Returns
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Capital Evolution & Global Benchmarks
Moderator:
Luke Epstein
Senior Director, Infrastructure & Capital Projects
Alvarez & Marsal
Panelists:
Fiona McIntyre
Chief Financial & Investment Officer
RWE Renewables Australia
Andrew Kerley
Director, Head of Wind
Equis
Daniel Beaver
Executive Director
Foresight Group
Paul Richards
Global Head of Resources, Energy & Infrastructure
ANZ
10:25 - 10:45
20 mins
[Fireside Chat] Contracting Confidence: How Corporate PPAs Unlock Capital for Wind Projects
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Corporate demand as an investment signal
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Designing bankable PPAs
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Risk, transparency, and trust
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The next evolution of corporate PPAs
Grant Muller
Head of Market, Risk and Development, Telstra Energy
Telstra
Sam Pearce
Chief Executive Officer
Collgar Renewables
Karen Jordan
Transaction Director
OX2
Morning Break
11:25 - 12:05
40 mins
[Panel] From Volatility to Value: Using Large-Scale Battery Storage to De-Risk Wind Revenues
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How battery storage improves revenue certainty and capture prices for wind projects
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The role of storage in firmed PPAs, merchant risk mitigation, and CIS/LTESA structures
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Curtailment management and grid-constrained project risk reduction
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Investor and lender perspectives on wind-plus-storage portfolios
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How storage reshapes capital structures, valuation, and long-term returns
Thimo Mueller
General Manager, Commercial
ASL
Steven Oswald
Chief Commercial Officer
RES Australia
Matthew Forwood
Country Manager, Energy Systems, Australia and New Zealand
DNV
James Gerraty
Chief Development Officer
eLu Australia
12:05 - 12:45
40 mins
[Panel] What Is a Wind Asset Really Worth in 2026? How Performance, Risk & Financing Are Repricing Deals.
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What actually moves valuation today — and what no longer does?
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Where are wind assets being mispriced in 2026?
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How are lenders quietly reshaping valuation through financing constraints?
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When does asset management performance actually kill or save a deal?
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What will the market realise it has been getting wrong?
Anthony Marriner
Chief Executive Officer
Spark Renewables
Stephen Panizza
Co-Founding Partner and Head of Sustainable Infrastructure
Federation Asset Management
Tom Brooks
Head of Strategy & Transactions
Potentia Energy
12:45 - 12:50
45 mins