30 March - 2 April 2026 Sheraton Grand Sydney Hyde Park
2026 Agenda
Event Schedule
- 30 March - Pre-conference Masterclass
- 31 March - Conference Day One
- 1 April - Women in Energy Breakfast
- 1 April - Conference Day Two
- 2 April - CCS Day
2 April - CCS Day
- Day/Stream
- 30 March - Pre-conference Masterclass
- 31 March - Conference Day One
- 1 April - Women in Energy Breakfast
- 1 April - Conference Day Two
- 2 April - CCS Day
Session Type
- Session Type
- Break
- Panel Discussion
Time
- Time
- Morning
- Midday
- Afternoon
08:20
2 April - CCS Day
Registration and coffee
08:50
2 April - CCS Day
Opening remarks from the Chair
Speaker
Speakers
David Byers
Director
CO2Tech
CO2Tech
Answering the questions on cost and competitiveness
09:00
2 April - CCS Day
Positioning Australia’s CCS developments to accelerate global decarbonisation
Speaker
Speakers
David Kearns
Country Manager Australia
Global CCS Institute
Global CCS Institute
2 April - CCS Day
Positioning Australia’s CCS developments to accelerate global decarbonisation
09:00
- Benchmarking Australia’s CCS progress against leading international projects to identify strengths, gaps and emerging best practice
- Translating global lessons on cost, policy and commercial models to improve the competitiveness and bankability of Australian CCS investments
- Integrating capture, transport and storage insights from international hubs to shape more efficient, large-scale Australian CCS networks
Speaker
Speakers
David Kearns
Country Manager Australia
Global CCS Institute
Global CCS Institute
09:30
2 April - CCS Day
Succeeding where others stall - cracking both the policy and economic incentives to make CCS projects viable
2 April - CCS Day
Succeeding where others stall - cracking both the policy and economic incentives to make CCS projects viable
09:30
- Securing policy certainty and funding commitments to reduce investor risk
- Leveraging commercial revenue models to build a viable business case
- Integrating capture, transport and storage to lower capital costs and ease financing
10:00
Panel Discussion
2 April - CCS Day
Panel Discussion: How can CCS overcome cost and competitiveness challenges?
Moderator
Liam Pepper
Executive Director, Global Commodities
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Speaker
Speakers
Kevin Morrison
Energy Finance Analyst, Australian Gas
Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
Glenn Watt
Chief Operating Officer
Beach Energy
Beach Energy
Andrew Nicholls
General Manager, Carbon Capture & Storage
Woodside Energy
Woodside Energy
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Jane Burton
Project Director, CarbonNet
Invest Victoria
Invest Victoria
2 April - CCS Day
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion: How can CCS overcome cost and competitiveness challenges?
10:00
- How can high capital and operating costs be managed to remain competitive with international LNG?
- What government support mechanisms effectively share cost burdens and reduce investor risk?
- How can commercial revenue models be leveraged to make CCS financially viable?
- What integration strategies lower capital costs and simplify financing for large-scale projects?
Moderator
Liam Pepper
Executive Director, Global Commodities
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Speaker
Speakers
Kevin Morrison
Energy Finance Analyst, Australian Gas
Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
Glenn Watt
Chief Operating Officer
Beach Energy
Beach Energy
Andrew Nicholls
General Manager, Carbon Capture & Storage
Woodside Energy
Woodside Energy
Jane Burton
Project Director, CarbonNet
Invest Victoria
Invest Victoria
10:40
2 April - CCS Day
Morning tea
Regulatory and approval risks/ Market and reputation pressure
11:10
2 April - CCS Day
Advancing CCS through the Otway Test Centre to confront Australia’s emissions challenges
Speaker
Speakers
Matthias Raab
Chief Executive Officer
CO2CRC
CO2CRC
2 April - CCS Day
Advancing CCS through the Otway Test Centre to confront Australia’s emissions challenges
11:10
- Demonstrating secure CO₂ storage in depleted reservoirs and saline formations to validate scalable CCUS deployment
- Developing cost-effective monitoring and verification (MMV) technologies to boost regulatory and community confidence
- Translating lessons from Otway’s research into policy, commercial and engineering practices for large-scale carbon storage
Speaker
Speakers
Matthias Raab
Chief Executive Officer
CO2CRC
CO2CRC
11:40
2 April - CCS Day
Responding to market and reputation pressure
Speaker
Speakers
Jane Burton
Project Director, CarbonNet
Invest Victoria
Invest Victoria
2 April - CCS Day
Responding to market and reputation pressure
11:40
- Meeting buyer demand for low carbon LNG to protect market share
- Addressing NGO and investor criticism to reduce reputational risk
- Balancing CCS with broader decarbonisation to maintain credibility
Speaker
Speakers
Jane Burton
Project Director, CarbonNet
Invest Victoria
Invest Victoria
12:10
2 April - CCS Day
Delivering economically viable abatement through CCS and natural gas
Speaker
Speakers
Glenn Watt
Chief Operating Officer
Beach Energy
Beach Energy
2 April - CCS Day
Delivering economically viable abatement through CCS and natural gas
12:10
- Assisting Australian manufacturing to decarbonise by displacing coal with gas alongside CCS abatement
- Potential for industrial hubs near large scale CCS to optimise CO₂ transport and storage efficiency
- How the Cooper Basin could be the launch pad for a new import/export industry for Australia
Speaker
Speakers
Glenn Watt
Chief Operating Officer
Beach Energy
Beach Energy
12:40
Break
2 April - CCS Day
Lunch
Strategies for dealing with technical and operational uncertainty
13:30
2 April - CCS Day
Enhancing CCS performance through technical and operational refinements
Speaker
Speakers
David Fallon
General Manager, Lower Carbon Execution
Chevron Australia
Chevron Australia
2 April - CCS Day
Enhancing CCS performance through technical and operational refinements
13:30
- Diagnosing injection performance to optimise throughput and reliability
- Adapting reservoir and pressure management to maintain safe storage conditions
- Incorporating technology for monitoring and long-term operations
Speaker
Speakers
David Fallon
General Manager, Lower Carbon Execution
Chevron Australia
Chevron Australia
14:00
Panel Discussion
2 April - CCS Day
Panel Discussion: Coordinating storage and transport to enable large scale CCS
Moderator
Yu Jing
Scientia Senior Lecturer, School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Speaker
Speakers
David Fallon
General Manager, Lower Carbon Execution
Chevron Australia
Chevron Australia
Matthias Raab
Chief Executive Officer
CO2CRC
CO2CRC
Rachael Smith
Executive General Manager, Commercial and Growth
Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG)
Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG)
2 April - CCS Day
Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion: Coordinating storage and transport to enable large scale CCS
14:00
- How can infrastructure integration across multiple projects reduce costs and accelerate CCS deployment?
- What lessons can we draw from current projects for coordinating transport and storage planning?
- How can early injection and operational experience inform future large-scale CCS networks?
- What strategies best manage technical and operational uncertainty while scaling CCS infrastructure?
Moderator
Yu Jing
Scientia Senior Lecturer, School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Speaker
Speakers
David Fallon
General Manager, Lower Carbon Execution
Chevron Australia
Chevron Australia
Matthias Raab
Chief Executive Officer
CO2CRC
CO2CRC
Rachael Smith
Executive General Manager, Commercial and Growth
Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG)
Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG)
14:30
2 April - CCS Day
Closing remarks from the Chair
14:35
2 April - CCS Day
Close of Carbon Capture Day
2 April - CCS Day
- Day/Stream
- 30 March - Pre-conference Masterclass
- 31 March - Conference Day One
- 1 April - Women in Energy Breakfast
- 1 April - Conference Day Two
- 2 April - CCS Day
- 30 March - Pre-conference Masterclass
- 31 March - Conference Day One
- 1 April - Women in Energy Breakfast
- 1 April - Conference Day Two
- 2 April - CCS Day